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Do vegans maintain on more calories?
It seems as though vegans maintain on more calories 2500+ than those who eat dairy/meat products and focus more on protein a pose to carbs. What are your thoughts on this? Do you believe this is true, not true, or too many variables that could contribute?
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Unmotivated
Really haven't been on plan for weeks cause I've had so many things going on but I've managed to stay where I've been. So no weight gain. But now need to get started again.
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Frustration in Maintenance ...
Ok, so I have been maintaining for over a year now and during this year, I have not given much thought to my little belly pooch. I've been basically basking in the fact that I have been maintaining a size 4 for year (which I have never worn before) and developing biceps and triceps. However, I have been coasting a bit too…
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Going the wrong way
I've gained and lost the same 10 lbs for the last 15 months... I haven't been on track since I hurt my hip... I'm frustrated...
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Your top 5 tracks to listen to while lifting / running to maintain, recomp
I always need good tunes to listen to while working out. What is on your rotation or go to list for lifting / cardio days? Here's mine: 1. Rocky IV soundtrack 2. Creed soundtrack 3. Tron soundtrack (I don't even like this type of music but it gets me pumped) 4. Taylor Swift (girl in me... what can i say) 5. J. Cole I could…
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NYT Ain't Got Nothing on Us: Maintainers Roll Call!
All of the NYT posts have got me wondering-how many of us here on MFP are actually successfully maintaining? I think it would be helpful to those who are still in the weight loss phase, and may be feeling discouraged by the recent article, to see that there are in fact quite a few of us here who are successfully rocking…
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Foot Size Change
Has anyone else's shoe size gotten a little smaller after weight loss? I went shoe shopping recently and discovered that I need a half size smaller!
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Most people select a goal weight, and that determines their calories. Has anyone tried it the other
way around? Select a calorie zone and let your weight fall where it may, just to see what happens? (I'm trying that for now. I want to see what happens if I eat 1400-1600 on most days, along with the occasional treat meal, and see what I end up weighing. I'm 5'2.5" and middle-aged, though, so I may find this range to be…
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Well, Hello there, Plateau...
In the last nine months, I have lost 29 pounds... During those nine months, I struggled; it was really tough. And I am still faced with challenges, even now. Lately, there's just been so many celebrations at work. So much food in so many days! A little bit of this, a little bit of that won't hurt, right? Wrong. If you've…
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Interesting article
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html?_r=0
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What nutrition supplements do yountake while maintaining?
Been focusing on maintaining since January this year and have focused on recomp to gain lean muscle mass. Was curious what you folks have been incorporating in your diets or weekly routines. I try and do strength training 3 to 5 times a week and hiit cardio twice a week. After workouts I have been taking a whey protein or…
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Rapid Weight Loss is Not the Culprit!
OK, so by now the Biggest Loser study is lighting up the boards. It's a good study. The research is solid. Here is a quote from the study: "Rapid weight loss, such as that experienced by “The Biggest Loser”participants, is sometimes claimed to increase the risk of weight regain, but recent studies have failed to support…
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Found my equalibrium!
I just eat when I feel hungry. If I eat too much at one meal, I find that I don't want to eat much for the next. Biggest thing was societal pressure. If you're at a meal and you only get a cup of soup, it looks bad. I mention that breakfast was four chorizo and egg tacos, and that somehow makes up for it. As a large man…
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Cravings
Okay people of My Fitness I need help controlling cravings. I can not help it food is too good these days and with Facebook having all those great food vidoes and great restaurants out there it's really hard not to eat out or good tasting but bad for you food. It's not like I eat and eat and eat but I need to figure out…
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Freaking out
I've been working on a maintenance diet for about 2 weeks. I am tracking faithfully and almost never go up to 1600 calories. Most days it's between 1300 and 1500. I go to a gym and work with a personal trainer 3 times a week and on other days I ride a recumbent bike for 1 hour. I've gained 6 pounds. What should I do??? Do…
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Exercise calorie question.
I have been tweaking my calories trying to maintain, MFP says that as a sedentary female weighing 102.3 pounds and being 5 ft 1 (156cm so close enough) I should eat 1350, fitbit gives me 1295 if I do very little, anyway I was still losing on 1350 so I increased by 100 per day and problem was sorted. But I am enjoying being…
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Why are calories going down after goal?
I hit my goal after 235 days of eating 1,500 net calories per day. 185 lbs to 158 lbs. So why does My. Fitness pal say to eat 1,200? Why are calories going down after goal? I don't get it. Any ideas?
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How to balance calories
I reached my goal weight Sunday (yay!). I have been very careful about everything I eat - bringing my lunch to work every day, not eating out, etc. Today, the company provided a special lunch which never happens, and I ate and enjoyed it! When I figured up my calories, it totaled over 900!! It wasn't that much food, it was…
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Lessons Learned & Learning 29: 870 Days of Maintenance
Prior maintenance updates: 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 120 days, 150 days, 180 days, 210 days, 240 days, 270 days, 300 days, 330 days, 360 days, 390 days, 420 days, 450 days, 480 days, 510 days, 540 days, 570 days, 600 days, 630 days, 660 days, 690 days, 720 days, 750 days, 780 days, 810 days, 840 days. The vertical red…
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Maintenance is Hard...Sharing My New Plan
I wanted to introduce myself. I'm new to maintaining and so far I'm pretty bad at it. I really don't want to gain the weight back, and I've been reading this board for advice. I've lost ~ 25 pounds on Weight Watchers over the last year. I know people have a lot of issues with WW, but overall it worked for me at a time when…
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Need some advice for temp weight maintaince
Home for another 4 weeks recovering from a surgery...need to maintain current weight until I'm able to exercise again...please share thoughts and any advice
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My goals.
I don't know if anyone will reply but I currently weigh at 10st 6lbs now under maybe and I did weigh 13st 2lbs. I made this leap in 5 months and now at the weight I want to be have found myself happy again. However I'm so used to my diet of eating less and constantly checking labels and not eating foods I don't know how to…
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Does maintaining weight get easier after a year?
Hi, new here, just joined today :) with everything in the news I got pretty depressed. But then I found this article and wanted to get it straight from the horses mouth. Do you guys find that maintaining is easier after a year? Or is it always super hard like they say in the NYT article?…
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Would love some new friends to encourage each other to maintain our weight and get in better shape !
I am open to all different types
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During Injury
Hi i'm a golfer who usually goes to the gym 6 days a week and walks alot yet i've managed to fracture my pars in my spine and am out for 2 months with no excercise except on a spinner. How do I minimise strength loss? Thanks, Robbie.
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Miss seeing the numbers drop!
I lost 85 lbs over the course of a year and I'm in maintenance now. Every day I get on the scale (old habits die hard) and every day it says 126-127. There's still a part of me that wants to see that number drop even though I'm happy with where I'm at. I assume that after eating in a deficit for so long it's just going to…
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Gaining it back; NYT article
I'm a newspaper carrier and today while I was bagging my route I noticed an article on the front page of the New York Times about the contestants of The Biggest Loser. I was running late so I didn't have time to read the article in full but I did scan it. Apparently a good many of the contestants on that show regain all…
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Coldest spring ever
Usually this time of year I am in sandals and short sleeve shirts just loving the spring weather! Well, this year I am freakin freezing all the time! I really want to wear my cute sandals and new clothes but I can't concentrate at work because I'm numb lol. Do you ever adjust after you've been maintaining weight loss for a…
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Protein shakes
I'm trying to cut some belly fat down for my lower abs and I'm wondering will drinking 2 or 3 protein shakes a day help that or not help that? I workout 4 days a week for an hour and fifteen minutes and I'm trying to cut the fat without loosing too much weight (202lbs) so I'm trying to reach at minimum 202g protein/day.…
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Stopping smoking & trying to lose some weight
Just wanted to ask if there's anyone else out there who has stopped smoking & maintained their weight? I'm trying to watch what I eat & log calories etc because I really don't want to put (too much) weight on. I've been smoking for 10 years week 3 of not smoking but I'm literally bored. I haven't stopped eating everything…