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Things You Didn't Know Before MFP

smsmith1616
smsmith1616 Posts: 7 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
The goal of this is to help people with some of your "ah ha!" moments...

I'll start:

1.) I didn't know how to measure portions on my plate (i.e. 1 oz of meat being close to the size of my palm).
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  • nyctraveler
    nyctraveler Posts: 305 Member
    yep i thought 4 oz of fish was about 8 oz as it turns out

    i also thought 100g of anything was A LOT lol
  • Jellyphant
    Jellyphant Posts: 1,400 Member
    Didn't know/realize that 1200 cals and under was considered starving yourself. Aaaanndd, I didn't have the slightlest clue was a 'HRM' was for the longest time, hahaaaa.
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    I didn't "know" that a pound of muscle weighed more than a pound of fat. smiley-laughing021.gif
  • taso42_DELETED
    taso42_DELETED Posts: 3,394 Member
    I didn't know how widespread and common under-eating issues were
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    I didn't know how much sodium is in a Claussen dill pickle!
  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
    I didn't know that it was ok (even ENCOURAGED) to eat your exercise calories back, or that you didn't have to feel hungry all day long.
  • skinnywithin
    skinnywithin Posts: 1,392 Member
    I didnt know that i could eat so much and still be within 1200 calories !

    I didnt know there were so many amazing people put there !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • mandeiko
    mandeiko Posts: 1,657 Member
    I had NO idea what a "NSV" or "HRM" was.

    Or simply that there were so many caring people on just ONE website. :)
  • szczepj
    szczepj Posts: 422
    I didn't know how much sodium is in a Claussen dill pickle!

    Agreed. But I love pickles :(
  • PeachyKeene
    PeachyKeene Posts: 1,645 Member
    I didn't "know" that a pound of muscle weighed more than a pound of fat. smiley-laughing021.gif

    :laugh:
  • iAMaPhoenix
    iAMaPhoenix Posts: 1,038 Member
    Didn't know who the hell TOM was...:ohwell:
  • Sweetlux
    Sweetlux Posts: 222 Member
    I didn't know it would be this much hard work....and feel so good to reach my goals :)
  • wonnder1
    wonnder1 Posts: 460
    I didn't know that so many people were in the same (sinking) boat.
    I didn't know that 13 pounds could equal 17 inches.
    I didn't know that I could feel strong
    I didn't know that I could do a chin up

    I didn't know that I could do this. (And so can all of you!)
  • Mad_Dog_Muscle
    Mad_Dog_Muscle Posts: 1,251 Member
    BUMP
  • chrisc31
    chrisc31 Posts: 137 Member
    I didn't know how much food I was actually consuming! And I didn't know that I could get results without living on salads and carrot sticks!
  • Laceylala
    Laceylala Posts: 3,094 Member
    I didn't know that "MFP already has a deficit set into your calories, so you need to eat your exercise calories."

    That P90X wouldn't kill me.

    That there are so many rockin' people on this site!
  • mrsjohnson75
    mrsjohnson75 Posts: 182 Member
    Didn't know who the hell TOM was...:ohwell:

    :laugh:
  • JesaGrace
    JesaGrace Posts: 799 Member
    Didn't know who the hell TOM was...:ohwell:

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • devilwhiterose
    devilwhiterose Posts: 1,157 Member
    I still don't know what NSV and TOM is. :grumble:

    I didn't know how HORRIBLE my eating habits were until I started logging my food.
  • albali
    albali Posts: 225 Member
    I didn't know:
    that there are so many calories in wine :-(
    that there is good fat and bad fat
    what NSV meant, but now I do, they are great!
    that friends can be shy of saying 'you have lost weight' incase you think they are implying you were fat!
    that I would love peanut butter on apple as a snack!
    that I could run
    that my friends on this site are just so lovely

    Rock on everyone!
  • 27strange
    27strange Posts: 837 Member
    I had absolutely no idea how many calories I was eating per day. Some of the home cooked meals we used to make that I thought were pretty healthy, turns out they are not. They are loaded with calories, carbs, fat, sodium, etc. I have become so much more aware of how many calories different ingredients contain.

    Also, eating back exercise calories. Still a hard one for me to let go of previous assumptions on this one.
  • nurse_carolyn
    nurse_carolyn Posts: 348
    I didn't know that I would meet so many amazing friends and that I would become addicted not only to MFP but to working out, it's all good:)
  • KateHubb
    KateHubb Posts: 366 Member
    I didn't know:
    how HORRIBLE I was eating... probably close to 3000 cals every day, easily! I'm at 1300 now!
    how much I miss my fried foods... but that will pass!
    the benefits of green tea
    what a NSV was
    there was even a site like this! LOVE IT!!
  • tiaydew
    tiaydew Posts: 89 Member
    :laugh: :laugh:
    Didn't know who the hell TOM was...:ohwell:

    OMG! This is hilarious!
  • amoffatt
    amoffatt Posts: 674 Member
    Realized what bump meant, and that 1200 calories is a challenge to stay at without feeling hungry.
  • txgator
    txgator Posts: 65
    I didnt know I would be here for 2 months and STILL not know what "NSV" , "HRM" or "Bump" is.


    And who is Tom?
  • Schwiggity
    Schwiggity Posts: 1,449 Member
    Didn't realize how many empty carbs I was really consuming.
  • taniux88
    taniux88 Posts: 43 Member
    Didn't know who the hell TOM was...:ohwell:

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: i know me either:laugh:
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    Didn't know what "TOM" meant either! LOL

    Didn't know how much I "needed" a food scale and HRM!! Love my toys!! :D

    Didn't know how many people out there were as OCD about fitness and nutrition as I am!! (Some even more so!! EEEK!! hehe)
  • Boomerof51
    Boomerof51 Posts: 43 Member
    That at age 60, I could sling a kettlebell around, develop defined muscles in my arms, and love every minute of it! Thanks, MFP!!
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