Too many calories??
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You're right I do get into a method of trying to bring across my point. That's my bad. Personally though I did find what worked best for me was using the tape vs the scale. But that's me, I felt better about seeing my waste get smaller vs seeing the scale go down. I'm better at talking then typing.0
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TheArchyBunker wrote: »You're right I do get into a method of trying to bring across my point. That's my bad. Personally though I did find what worked best for me was using the tape vs the scale. But that's me, I felt better about seeing my waste get smaller vs seeing the scale go down. I'm better at talking then typing.
your waist can get smaller but it doesnt mean you are putting on muscle and losing fat. no,the scale is not the whole story. Using a tape measure can help when you dont see the numbers on the scale go down.2 -
Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »Its not about the scale vrs tape, its the other things... telling people that they are going to be building muscle while in a deficit.. Telling people that they need to trick their body every 12 weeks with a new workout routine, Telling people to use google to tell them what macros they need.
This to me is all broscience.
Besides slight newbie gains people do not build muscle in a deficit. Women especially, we are not built for it. It takes much more for us to add lean mass then it does a man even in a calorie SURPLUS.
Changing the routine thing i already explained however my guess is you ignored it because you felt like your broscience views of tricking the body with new workout routines every 12 weeks is more accurate then the body burning calories regardless of routine, since most people often lose weight by just going for walks.. and don't change from that.
Google also doesn't know who a person is specifically, telling someone to let google pick and choose their macros for them, you might as well tell them a specific meal plan also. Macros do different things for different people and until she finds her hunger to be an issue MFP offers those goals for her to change as she pleases based on her needs, Its not like shes got a specific goal in mind right now, she just wants to lose and considering that shes already expressed concerns about things and having past histories of eating issues, its just over complicated a delicate process, the girl just wants to get started, shes not trying out for a Muscle woman event next month
Yeah i just want to lose the weight first, then I'll see if I want to tone and build muscle.
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Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »
I love him.0 -
Because measurements have been brought up.
Weight fluctuates. You can lose 1lb a week and have a higher weight today than you did 30 days ago under the right (wrong) conditions.
Unless you're losing a 2+ lbs a week in the super obese range it is HARD to judge progress on a day to day basis because of the fluctuations.
The answer is NOT weigh once a week or once a month because of the first point I brought up.
The answer is a trending weight app or web site where you consistently record your weight under "standard" conditions once a day and watch the general trend in addition to the daily numbers.
I use trendweight.com in conjunction with a freely available Fitbit.com account (no device required). Weighgrapher.com allows for manual direct entry of weight data. So do Libra for Android and happy scale for iPhone.
Don't restrict too much. Never give up and go on a binge because you flubbed it. Frankly getting back on the wagon as fast as possible is the only thing that will unflub it.
Stop thinking along the lines of "I put this effort in, I should be rewarded".
If you are putting a big effort in and doing things differently than you're willing to do things long term... what happens long term? What have you learned? Seek to develop a way of eating and moving that will be permanent. Not a diet.
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Um, i'm not obese i'm also very tall.Because measurements have been brought up.
Weight fluctuates. You can lose 1lb a week and have a higher weight today than you did 30 days ago under the right (wrong) conditions.
Unless you're losing a 2+ lbs a week in the super obese range it is HARD to judge progress on a day to day basis because of the fluctuations.
The answer is NOT weigh once a week or once a month because of the first point I brought up.
The answer is a trending weight app or web site where you consistently record your weight under "standard" conditions once a day and watch the general trend in addition to the daily numbers.
I use trendweight.com in conjunction with a freely available Fitbit.com account (no device required). Weighgrapher.com allows for manual direct entry of weight data. So do Libra for Android and happy scale for iPhone.
Don't restrict too much. Never give up and go on a binge because you flubbed it. Frankly getting back on the wagon as fast as possible is the only thing that will unflub it.
Stop thinking along the lines of "I put this effort in, I should be rewarded".
If you are putting a big effort in and doing things differently than you're willing to do things long term... what happens long term? What have you learned? Seek to develop a way of eating and moving that will be permanent. Not a diet.
End of my $0.22! (inflation)
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That's why i'm doing myfitnesspal for longterm purposes and not eating 700-900 calories a day and then binging.0
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Um, i'm not obese i'm also very tall.Because measurements have been brought up.
Weight fluctuates. You can lose 1lb a week and have a higher weight today than you did 30 days ago under the right (wrong) conditions.
Unless you're losing a 2+ lbs a week in the super obese range it is HARD to judge progress on a day to day basis because of the fluctuations.
The answer is NOT weigh once a week or once a month because of the first point I brought up.
The answer is a trending weight app or web site where you consistently record your weight under "standard" conditions once a day and watch the general trend in addition to the daily numbers.
I use trendweight.com in conjunction with a freely available Fitbit.com account (no device required). Weighgrapher.com allows for manual direct entry of weight data. So do Libra for Android and happy scale for iPhone.
Don't restrict too much. Never give up and go on a binge because you flubbed it. Frankly getting back on the wagon as fast as possible is the only thing that will unflub it.
Stop thinking along the lines of "I put this effort in, I should be rewarded".
If you are putting a big effort in and doing things differently than you're willing to do things long term... what happens long term? What have you learned? Seek to develop a way of eating and moving that will be permanent. Not a diet.
End of my $0.22! (inflation)
Re-read what I wrote and point out to me where I think you're obese. Thank you.
Doing MFP does not develop a way of eating by itself.
You still have to work it and try different things and see what suits YOU better for the long term.1 -
Um, i'm not obese i'm also very tall.Because measurements have been brought up.
Weight fluctuates. You can lose 1lb a week and have a higher weight today than you did 30 days ago under the right (wrong) conditions.
Unless you're losing a 2+ lbs a week in the super obese range it is HARD to judge progress on a day to day basis because of the fluctuations.
The answer is NOT weigh once a week or once a month because of the first point I brought up.
The answer is a trending weight app or web site where you consistently record your weight under "standard" conditions once a day and watch the general trend in addition to the daily numbers.
I use trendweight.com in conjunction with a freely available Fitbit.com account (no device required). Weighgrapher.com allows for manual direct entry of weight data. So do Libra for Android and happy scale for iPhone.
Don't restrict too much. Never give up and go on a binge because you flubbed it. Frankly getting back on the wagon as fast as possible is the only thing that will unflub it.
Stop thinking along the lines of "I put this effort in, I should be rewarded".
If you are putting a big effort in and doing things differently than you're willing to do things long term... what happens long term? What have you learned? Seek to develop a way of eating and moving that will be permanent. Not a diet.
End of my $0.22! (inflation)
Re-read what I wrote and point out to me where I think you're obese. Thank you.
Doing MFP does not develop a way of eating by itself.
You still have to work it and try different things and see what suits YOU better for the long term.
Someone clarified to me already, thanks.1
https://youtu.be/OXO2azb3_PE
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