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Thanks Terrapin! This is great advice! I am going to pick up a food scale this week and start putting more focus on food quantity. This my be an area that needs tidying up. I will also try cutting back on the extra calories from exercise. Just so I understand it correctly, when you say maintenance cals, do you mean caloric…
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Shmulyeng, When I eat out, I buy salads and use yogurt based dressing, or I pick up a large chili from wendy's (which is around 300 cals). I'm very cautious when eating out. The problem is, I travel a lot for work, which makes this kind of thing challening. Terrapin, I'm in the process of getting my body fat percentage.…
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I try to guesstimate the weight or quantity I'm eating, but that might not be enough anymore. It's worked for me up until now, but I can see that I'm going to have to put more work into my diet (weigh and measure food). Maybe even remove my cheat day - oh god haha. Thanks for the help guys. Time to go back to the drawing…
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Iwishyouwell, I only ask if I am eating enough because I understand that eating too little can lower metabolic rate and prevent weight loss. So to answer your quesiton, yes it does make sense to me. The plateau has been nearly a month now. I find myself getting hungry often and wonder if this is normal. If so I'll continue…
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I should have mentioned that 1450 is the baseline that mfp has calculated for me, exercise not included. I allow myself an extra 300 - 400 calories for 30 - 45 minutes of moderate to vigorous cardio. Sorry, was not clear enough on this. It looked to me like her intent was to direct me to a place that could better inform me…
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Although my daily consumption often results in high sodium, my weight loss has been gradual from the beginning and water weight is only temporary. Having said that, I may need to reduce my sodium intake a little. I'm also a bit of a 1 day a week splurge type of person (Can't help it!! hah) and tend to miss a day from time…
