Dr.OZ Total 10 as a guideline not the rule
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I'm sticking to 1200 and exercise can give me a little mote wiggle room. Days im not at work it's easier to stay away from food and keep busy moving.0
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I was having issue with bowel movement for about 2 days. Cinnamon life cereal fixed that right up. I drink 72 oz. Of water or more every day.0
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Mrsnatty - want to know what other people are doing that works and sustainable. MFP I've known about since a girlfriend had bypass surgery but my goals are attainable with persistence. Not to mention being single and on the market!
What works for weight loss is being at the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals. All plans are based on this premise, regardless of what their claims are.
What's sustainable will greatly vary between individuals. There's a million plans out there and what clicks with one person will be a disaster for someone else. You can experiment with a few different plans and see if one is a good fit, or you can just use MFP, which is one of the easier options in my opinion.4 -
I had 4 oz. Of chicken. Creamed spinach and Brussels sprouts for lunch. Yet sitting here at my desk 2 hours later and I feel hungry again. Sugar snap peas and low fat yogurt or plain almonds or even Quaker steel cut oats are my options available. What would you choose?1
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Dr. Oz is annoying, but there's nothing wrong with using a plan for guidelines and suggestions as long as it's healthy (meaning not dangerous) and works for you.
I started my weight loss using the horrifically named "flat belly diet". Did I think it would give me a flat belly? Nope. But it was a plan and meals that I could easily follow, that worked well with my tastes/flavor profiles, and gave me a great jumpstart for new foods and recipes that I could start using. I don't follow the guidelines anymore and I think there's a bit of "woo" in it, but I still use recipes that I learned from there.5 -
OliveGirl128 wrote: »Mrsnatty - want to know what other people are doing that works and sustainable. MFP I've known about since a girlfriend had bypass surgery but my goals are attainable with persistence. Not to mention being single and on the market!
What works for weight loss is being at the correct calorie deficit for your weight loss goals. All plans are based on this premise, regardless of what their claims are.
What's sustainable will greatly vary between individuals. There's a million plans out there and what clicks with one person will be a disaster for someone else. You can experiment with a few different plans and see if one is a good fit, or you can just use MFP, which is one of the easier options in my opinion.
Yep. I like planning my meals around what's on sale locally for the week and what my family likes. I would last about 5 minutes on something that required specific foods or macros each day, and even less if it will cost me more.
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I had 4 oz. Of chicken. Creamed spinach and Brussels sprouts for lunch. Yet sitting here at my desk 2 hours later and I feel hungry again. Sugar snap peas and low fat yogurt or plain almonds or even Quaker steel cut oats are my options available. What would you choose?
I would pick one based on the combination of what I wanted most and what would help me meet my nutritional needs in the context of all the other food I was eating that day.3 -
I checked my macros for today so my protein and fat definitely needs to go down and up with carbs. Good advice!0
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I had 4 oz. Of chicken. Creamed spinach and Brussels sprouts for lunch. Yet sitting here at my desk 2 hours later and I feel hungry again. Sugar snap peas and low fat yogurt or plain almonds or even Quaker steel cut oats are my options available. What would you choose?
It doesn't matter what anyone else would choose. Many people find protein and fiber satiating. Others not so much. It's about experimenting & finding what works best for you. Personally, I might have an 80 calorie Greek yogurt with 12 g protein, but that's me.5 -
Do any of you notice a difference when you're on your period?1
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Do any of you notice a difference when you're on your period?
I tend to crave sugar/chocolate a couple days before then my appetite is pretty non existant when it actually comes. I do, however, notice that I tend to gain 1-2lbs mid-cycle when I ovulate rather than the typical bloating before my actual period. I track this in my diary in the notes section1 -
Interesting because i fluctuated on initial bloat. A longer trend will reveal more to me
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IF the title was instead
Dr OZ Total 10 as a tool and not a rule
1. it would rhyme
2. it would have inspired tons of comments about how much of a tool Dr Oz is.6 -
Suzanne that was towards Deanna not you. Not an argument just a reading comprehension thing and probably too much detail on my part. Judgement free zone? Deficit is nice but what about the carbs. I dont eat bread, pasta, or rice normally. Is there another food I don't know about?
Well, there's potatoes, quinoa, barley, buckwheat, oats, and corn to start with.1 -
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I don't know anything about this plan so this is what I would do regardless of your plan:
Look into stress management tools. If you know that your priorities shifted when you were stressed then you know that this may happen again if you don't handle it.
See what parts of this plan were not sustainable for you or you didn't like and discard or change them. If something was the first to go when you stopped dieting then it was not potent enough to be habit forming.
Add back anything that diet did not allow, but you really liked and missed and not having it made it stressful for you.
If eating this way affected your social life, make exceptions where appropriate. Long term changes take real life into account.
If eating outside this plan made you feel guilty or triggered negative self-talk, remind yourself that you are using this as a guideline not a rule, and that it's okay to not be perfect all the time. Food is food, and it can be enjoyed without regret even if it's outside your plan. It's good to have a strategy, and regardless where this strategy comes from (yeah I dislike Dr Oz too), if it makes dieting easier for you then it's useful. The problem arises when instead of using this strategy as a tool for calorie management you allow it to entirely rule your choices and feelings.
Most of all, keep logging consistently to make sure you are staying in a calorie deficit and getting your nutrients.3 -
My advice is stop trying to hit your macros perfectly. Protein is the most essential, making sure you get enough fat is essential, everything else, meh.
I just eat food. I try to make smart choices when in a deficit so I'm not permanently hungry, for me that looks like all three macros at each meal ideally. But I will still sacrifice lunch for cake sometimes. Go over maintenance for a good meal out with friends.
It doesn't need to be complicated, that's a sure fire one way ticket to frustrated giving up because too hardsville. Live life. Eat food. Stay within your calories.5 -
VintageFeline wrote: »My advice is stop trying to hit your macros perfectly. Protein is the most essential, making sure you get enough fat is essential, everything else, meh.
I just eat food. I try to make smart choices when in a deficit so I'm not permanently hungry, for me that looks like all three macros at each meal ideally. But I will still sacrifice lunch for cake sometimes. Go over maintenance for a good meal out with friends.
It doesn't need to be complicated, that's a sure fire one way ticket to frustrated giving up because too hardsville. Live life. Eat food. Stay within your calories.
Totally THIS. Set your protein appropriately and use it as a target. Carbs/fat. suggestion/guideline.
Obviously you don't want to overshoot protein either. but using the .8-1.4g per lb of LBM or 1g per kg of TBW and set that as a floor...
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