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    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      krishnip wrote: »
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      I have started running - which is so hard but I'm doing it!!

      I am also doing a Jillian Michaels DVD for upper and lower body - anything else you can recommend?

      You haven't yet answered my questions upthread, so I will add them again. When you exercise, are you eating back some of those calories? How much total weight are you trying to lose?
    • Posts: 32 Member
      WinoGelato wrote: »
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      What goal weight are you trying to get to? Are you exercising? What sort of exercise? Are you eating back those calories?

      I am five feet tall, I would like to be about 110 pounds. I am running and also doing Jillian Michael upper and lower body.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Keep a pot of homemade chicken soup around (made with celery, onion, carrots, salt, and pepper ... no noodles). There are only 72 calories in 2 cups of this stuff and it's so filling you won't be hungry again for hours. I recommended organic ingredients and Himalayan or Celtic Sea Salt.
    • Posts: 19 Member
      krishnip wrote: »
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      Great idea - never gave rice cakes a thought - any ideas for toppings?

      Egg, tuna salad, light cream cheese, peanut butter (light if you want), cheese whiz, nutella, etc.
    • Posts: 13,454 Member
      krishnip wrote: »
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      I am five feet tall, I would like to be about 110 pounds. I am running and also doing Jillian Michael upper and lower body.

      Are you eating back those exercise calories?
    • Posts: 17,890 Member
      You don't have enough fat to lose to sustain the deficit you are aiming for, that's why you are hungry at 1200 calories. It's a flaw in MFP's setup that it makes the user pick weight loss rate, and without any instructions. We all want the weight off as fast as possible, but max is too fast unless you have a lot to lose. At your weight (and height), you can safely and realistically lose up to 0.75 pounds per week. Just a small increase in calories will make you feel better and reduce the risk of dieting failure and health issues. Please up your calories to 1400 - and don't spend your precious allowance on popcorn and rice cakes :s
    • Posts: 3,250 Member
      OK, she's a 49yo female, 5' tall, aiming for 110 lb.

      According to the calculator from the Baylor College of Medicine,
      https://www.bcm.edu/cnrc-apps/healthyeatingcalculator/eatingCal.cfm
      110 lb would make your BMI 21.5, which is in the healthy range, so that's OK.

      If you're inactive, you'd need 574 calories per day to maintain that weight at your age.
      If you're active about an hour a day, it says you'd need 1171 cal/day to maintain 110 lb.

      That calculator also tells how many servings of the various food groups you should eat.
      Can point you in the right direction as far as healthy snacks.


      But as others have said, protein & fat control hunger longest.
      Try lowfat cheese (mozzarella is good) to get protein.
      Frozen grapes are fun on hot days, both by themselves and as ice cubes in a glass of flavored sparkling water.

      During the summer, I've been doing breakfast of frozen fruit blended with skim milk... just like a shake / smoothie, with lots of fiber, a bit of protein from the milk (or throw in an egg), very little fat, & it's only a couple hundred calories depending on the fruit.
      (Using bananas & a bit of peanut butter ups the calories but is really tasty!)



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      Here are some useful posts:
      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/819925/the-basics-dont-complicate-it/p1

      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/872212/youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1

      http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1

      Goal setting, including weight, calories, and macros
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-setting-goals-667045

      Exercise basics
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-08-exercise-667080

      Sleep enough
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-27-sleep-weight-control-690492

      Eating higher protein & lower carbs leads to more weight loss
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-08-09-high-protein-diet-685553
      Try 45% carbs, 20% fat, 35% protein

      Eat about half your calories for breakfast (see the last half of this post for the studies)
      http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MKEgal/view/2014-06-10-some-studies-about-weight-loss-667818
    • Posts: 10,371 Member
      Paprika/bell peppers in stripes and cucumber in convenient think slices/parts, maybe cherry tomatoes. Put a big bowl of it on your desk and snack from it. Doesn't have much calories, keeps you full, and is tasty.
    • Posts: 261 Member
      edited August 2016
      krishnip wrote: »
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      Get rid of fat - HATE the way I look right now - feeling rather depressed actually

      Strength training will give you better results of reducing the look of fat than severe restricting of calories.
      My advice is to set your mfp goal to .5lbs per week and do strength workouts (lifting or body weight exercises such as squats, push ups, lunges). Jillian Michael's has 2 levels of her 30 day shred videos on YouTube for free.

      Edit: I suggest this route because you aren't very overweight.
    • Posts: 2,130 Member
      krishnip wrote: »
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      My fitness pal has me at 1200 calories, you're right its not enough food

      Change your weight loss goal to adjust this - you might consider moving to 0.5 pound per week.
    • Posts: 32 Member
      robinstamm wrote: »
      Keep a pot of homemade chicken soup around (made with celery, onion, carrots, salt, and pepper ... no noodles). There are only 72 calories in 2 cups of this stuff and it's so filling you won't be hungry again for hours. I recommended organic ingredients and Himalayan or Celtic Sea Salt.

      oh yeah thats a good one thanks
    • Posts: 251 Member
      Rice cakes with toppings! Walden farms makes 0 calorie spreads like apple butter, hazelnut, marshmallow cream and chocolate peanut butter! So with two rice cakes and the topping it would only be 70 calories!

      I like pickles: 0-5 calories
      Light yogurt with bran cereal mixed in
      I also like to chop up a whole cucumber and add cherry tomatoes with feta cheese and light vinaigrette dressing.
      Carrots- raw or baked in the oven with seasonings
      Fiber one brownies- 90 calories
      frozen grapes
      apples
      pears
      a slice of toast with peanut butter
      A cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate- 90 calories
      Hot tea with lemon
      coffee
      Pretzels
      two sheets of graham crackers with peanut butter

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