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Most Helpful Posts - Getting Started (Must Reads)
These are posts that have been recommended by our community members to help you get started. Weight Loss/Diet/Logging Food: FREE Customized Personal Weight Loss Eating Plan! (Not Spam or MLM) Fad Diets and General Recommendations A guide to get you started on your path to Sexypants So you're new here... Calorie Counting…
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Acronyms and Terms for New MFP Members
Original topic: 08/16/2012, updated 7/2022. This is the THIRTEENTH (eek!) update, with modifications to the existing list. If anything is not clear, feel free to ask or use your Google-fu. If anything is incorrect, please let me know and it will be updated in the next re-post. This list is mostly focused on health,…
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Master MyFitnessPal: Quick Tips & Features videos on YouTube
Hi all, Please feel free to check out some of our new "How To" and "MyFitnessPal features" videos on our Master MyFitnessPal: Quick Tips and Features YouTube playlist. These videos will walk you thru... How to use the progress bar, update nutrient goals, track macros, use meal scan, use your weekly digest, how to use voice…
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Master MyFitnessPal: Quick Tips & Features videos on YouTube
Hi all, Please feel free to check out some of our new "How To" and "MyFitnessPal features" videos on our Master MyFitnessPal: Quick Tips and Features YouTube playlist. These videos will walk you thru... How to use the progress bar, update nutrient goals, track macros, use meal scan, use your weekly digest, how to use voice…
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Carbs and Fats are cheap. Here's a Guide to getting your PROTEIN's worth. Fiber also...
Below you can see the link to the Google Spreadsheet that I created containing 318 foods (as of 5th Sept. 2015) which shows the following: Column - Title - Meaning* A - P%Cal Rank - Ranking of food by Protein Kcal / Total Cals (Highest is ranked 1st) * B - Food - Food Name * C - Food Category - 1 of 12 food categories * D…
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Calorie Counting 101
Calorie Counting 101 With the crazy amount of "I'm eating 1200 calories and I'm not losing weight" or "My weight loss has stalled" threads that get posted every day I decided to copy a calorie counting sticky I wrote for another forum. This is a guide to help ensure as much accuracy as possible when counting calories. It…
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30+ Tips to Increase Strength Training Intensity
Brothers and sisters of iron, welcome! Resistance training is a wonderful method to increase strength, improve muscle tone/size, and work off some aggression in a positive manner. (I would get in trouble tossing *insert source of annoyance* around, so instead I will toss around some heavy pieces of iron.) Newcomers to the…
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Diet for cutting (vegetarian)
Hey guys, I m new here... I'm doing serious training since almost one yr and I want to know some diets for cutting rn I'm at 67 kg bw w 13-14% bf and u can say I wnt a summer beach body so can u all give me some diet plans... It would be a great help for me...
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Which lifting program is the best for you?
All, Since it's a very common question when it comes to bulking, I wanted to create a running list of programs that can provide a solid foundation for members, whether they are in the beginning stages of bulking, going back to a cut or looking to maintain their gains. Since the majority of our advanced lifters tend to…
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How I overcame Binge Eating: Ride the Craving Wave
Hi everyone. In this long post, I go over how I overcame my Binge Eating. I used to have very problematic eating in the evenings (a common problem) and could easily munch on 1000s of calories to the point where I felt absolutely stuffed/sick. I had no idea how much I was consuming. This would also happen to me in the…
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First Time Bulking
I have a lot of question for this topic, I have been training for 2 years my main goal since the beginning was to loose weight and I did, by stupidly being in a caloric deficit for about 1 year... YES I lost the weight but I never felt that I looked the way I wanted... because I was never able to build muscle; so now...…
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A guide to get you started on your path to Sexypants.
I generally think that people put emphasis on things that either don't matter at all or only matter a small amount while ignoring the things that matter a great deal. Overview of what I think is important: * Eat the appropriate caloric (and macronutrient) intake for your goals and track intake accurately. I think eating…
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Bulking for beginners
I am going to go ahead and put some information here that I see asked a lot about bulking. I would also highly recommend that everyone read the below link: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10049766/bulking-a-complete-guide-for-beginners/p1 < it used to be a sticky but I don't know what happened to it. Clean…
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How to Find Your Maintenance Calorie Level
People sometimes ask here about what to do at the end of weight loss, and some say they don't know how much to eat to maintain. A few are worried about sudden regain. I decided to write a standalone post with the advice I'd give. I welcome comments from others who've successfully navigated this shift, and maintained a…
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Biochemistry answers to weight loss questions: Where does the weight go?
I see this question on the thread a lot: "Okay I get that if I eat less calories than I use I will lose weight, but where does that weight actually go?" The assumption seems to be that you either poop it out somehow or that you literally convert mass into energy like you were some sort of nuclear reactor. Neither one of…
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Women - menstrual cycle, weight, and fitness matters
Hey ladies! We get a lot of threads with titles like “TOM--gained a pound!” or “PMS and can’t stop eating!” This is my attempt to create a reference thread about those issues. Please add any info (especially good websites/resources/articles) that you may have about this subject. Menstrual cycle basics If you would like a…
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Of refeeds and diet breaks
This thread started as a discussion of refeeds, based on a recent Lyle McDonald podcast (see below), then we brought in diet breaks. Ideally, it should have been the other way around because, for most people, the diet break should come first. Therefore, here is our amended OP! Preface: A lot of the strategies discussed in…
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Logging Accurately..step by step guide
What does “Logging Accurately” mean???? *warning long post* I have thought long and hard about this post as there have been a lot of discussions lately over logging accurately…that well have gotten a bit “heated”… That phrase “logging accurately” doesn’t mean just weighing your solids and measuring your liquids there are…
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Gaining Weight During Pregnancy and Losing It Postpartum
Gaining Weight During Pregnancy and Losing it Postpartum I see these questions pop up all the time on MFP. To my knowledge, there isn't a solid thread that thoroughly goes through all of this, and MFP has no official Pregnancy or Breastfeeding setting. Having been through the experience myself, I've decided to create this…
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Looking for a detox/cleanse?
Hey MFPers. With the rapid increase of new users there are many posts coming up asking for detox recommendations. I figured this would be a good time to provide some links explaining why you generally don't need to detox or cleanse. Your body is readily equipped to handle toxins and in the event it cannot, you're in far…
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So you want to start lifting? Great!
Just a brief note/point that I wanted to make since I've seen a lot of friends offline make this mistake recently. :) If you just started or have been lifting for only a few months, don't do any of those split routines. Split routine means this:* Monday: Biceps, Chest [Bicep curls, dumbbell chest flies, ... ] * Tuesday:…
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BMR and TDEE Explained for Those Needing a Guide
After posting and learning about BMR and TDEE from some great people on this forum, I finally got a full understanding of BMR and TDEE. I just emailed a friend at work all that I learned as we changed our lifestyle and eating at the same time - I thought a copy of my email may help those in the forum seeking a "dummies…
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Most Helpful Posts - Success Stories (Must Reads)
These are some of the most loved success stories that our community members have recommended. * 3 yrs./312lbs. lost & 1yr. from Bodylift and Maintenance * What's Your Most Recent NSV * I went from morbidly obese to 6 pack abs! Ask me Anything * From 363.4 to 197.7 lbs: My One-Meal-a-Day Success Story * Wheelchair user…
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Most Helpful Posts - Getting Started (Must Reads)
These are posts that have been recommended by our community members to help you get started. Weight Loss/Diet/Logging Food:* FREE Customized Personal Weight Loss Eating Plan! (Not Spam or MLM) * Fad Diets and general recommendations * A guide to get you started on your path to Sexypants * So you're new here... * Calorie…
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In Place of a Road Map: Short N' Sweet
This is a short form for the full document contained here: In Place of a Road Map The Road Map is simply a tool to find Body Fat%, BMR, and TDEE. All 3 items are important to understanding fat/weight loss. Once you know these 3 numbers, you'll be able to manipulate nutrition and training to get to your next goal. 1) Body…
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So you're new here...
I've spammed this in hundreds of threads... I figured it was about time to give this info a permanent home. 1. don't trust the initial setup that MFP provides. If you put in the wrong/inaccurate information, it'll tell you to eat an amount that may not be applicable. 2. Make sure you eat enough. 3. Figure out what works…