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I weigh myself whenever I find myself in the bathroom in a suitable state of undress simply because I'm curious but that weight is never recorded and generally dismissed 5 seconds after I step off the scale. I weigh in each morning and record that daily weight in my spreadsheet for processing and calculations. This weigh…
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What I was refuting was the statement 'that food has has chemicals, it's bad'. A baseless argument which is only made worse by it's prevalence. It's a scare tactic circulated by people to dupe the ill informed and gullible. What you've done there is present an apagogical argument. It's an appeal to extremes where to avoid…
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Yo-yo dieting I'm certain is going to be a familiar tale for the vast majority of people here. I know it is for me. I've spent 25+ years going down a little then up a lot to get to the weight I was 18 months ago when I finally began to address my eating habits in a way that wasn't just a temporary measure. The difference…
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Of the two examples you noted the one who 'ate like a bird' was eating in a calorie surplus. If there's one thing that I (and I'm sure A LOT of others here) can attest to is that it's possible to eat enormous amounts of food away from prying eyes. Just because you and those that were closest to her didn't see it didn't…
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Possible misunderstanding. Someone may have thought that flag was a way of marking the response for later reference like you'll 'flag' important emails.
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Oh no! Not chemicals!! Just a quick tip for future reference. Everything is chemicals. Literally EVERYTHING.
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I'm 6" man but I'm 45. I started with a 1000cal deficit when I was 355lbs. I reduced my calorie deficit to 750cal once I got to about 280lbs to make continuing losing weight safe and sustainable and this deficit has thus far gotten me to 245lbs with no signs of slowing. The idea of a 6" man at 225lbs should be maintaining…
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Could be these cheese and cracker packs I like, sometimes it's a snack/muesli bar, other times it might be a handful of skittles or M&M's or even a flavoured milk sometimes. So yeah. Pretty much anything I feel like eating at the time that I can fit in my calorie goal.
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Not sure what's going on there. I don't use reminders anymore but when I did they were all set to send a reminder me to log only if the meal had nothing entered by the specified time.
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The database is accurate if you take the time to find accurate entries. The database is also filled with some terribly inaccurate entries too. It takes a bit of time when you first start logging to find the accurate ones but once they've been located they'll be in your recent list for easier reference. As for logging…
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For me it depends: Anything less than 2 hours. Doesn't matter, eat something, don't eat something. Some people feel better with an empty stomach others like to eat. If it's more than 2 hours, say a longer bike ride for example, then I'll tend to up my carbs the day or two before and make sure I eat something a bit carb…
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Breakfast: Coffee, sometimes a breakfast bar type thing Lunch: Nothing Snack: Usually nothing, but sometimes I'll grab a muesli bar or cheese and crackers or something Dinner: Whatever I feel like, pizza, burger and fries, kebab, pasta, anything I feel like up to about 800-900cal Desert: 3 or 4 fun size chocolate bars
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Nope. The system gave you the calorie limit YOU selected. If you're hungry and being given a 1200cal per day I'll bet my last dollar that you've selected an inappropriately aggressive rate of loss.
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Something to keep in mind. Logging in MFP is a bit of a pain to begin with but gets MUCH easier after a short while. What you'll quickly find is that you're very likely to have a relatively limited and somewhat repetitive diet. You'll very quickly begin to populate your 'recent' list with all the foods you eat and logging…
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Firstly motivation. No one can give you motivation, that can only come from within. If you don't want to do it then chances are you wont. Harsh but true. Secondly what to eat. What you eat largely doesn't matter for weight loss. The important thing is how much you eat. Weight loss is created by a calorie deficit so the…
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That's not how it works. Bad ideas will always get shot down here. That's one of the biggest benefits of this community is that all the bro-science, unsupported "opinions" and general misinformation gets called out. Otherwise everyone would be eating 1200cal a day, chugging apple cider vinegar and trying to avoid…
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My primary (long term) goal has nothing to do with being a particular weight. My long term goal is 'weight management' so as long as I'm consciously managing and controlling my weight then I'm achieving that goal. As of right now I'm overweight so the short term goal most of the time is to 'weigh less'. As long as over…
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I'm going to make a couple of assumptions here with my advice. 1. That you're not housebound so actually go places outside that require you to put one foot in front of the other. 2. That it's putting on the workout clothes and 'going for a walk' that makes you feel self conscious. So my advice is don't 'go for a walk' and…
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The range thing aside there's also the factor of healthy BF% differences and musculature between males and females. Women have a slightly higher healthy body fat percentage than men which means that all things being equal the healthy female will weigh slightly more. BUT men generally have slightly more muscle mass so again…
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I've always seen a distinction between 'working out' and 'active' where 'working out' is focused on maximising progress and development and 'activity' is just doing stuff you need to do. For example. Someone lifting heavy in the gym might have 3 sessions per week for 2 hours per session and need rest/recovery days in…
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As others have mentioned different calculations using different factors will give different results. Also keep in mind that all the calculators give you estimates only based on the 'average person. It looks to me like MFP is giving you a nice middle ground for a calorie target, so that's a good place to start. In a month…
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Incomplete data provides meaningless or at the very least unreliable and inaccurate results. for example: Mon - 110g Tue - 115g Wed - 95g Thu - ?? Fri - 120g Sat - 100g Sun - ?? If Thur you had 90g and Sun you had 85g then the week would average at 102g If however Thur you had 130g and Sun you had 140g then the average…
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Seriously, exercise less or, don't exercise until you have your calorie intake under control. I didn't start losing weight until I stopped exercising. Working out, particularly at the weight I was previously was nothing short of counter productive. I'd sweat my backside off for an hour, burn 300 calories and walk out of…
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What if there was no wagon? What if overeating for an entire weak doesn't mean squat because 1 week makes up less than 2% of the entire year and what you did/do during that 2% is in the grand scheme of things pretty meaningless when compared to what you do during the other 98% What if enjoying yourself sometimes is…
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I reject the tyranny of food classifications! Let food be food. Free of the arbitrary pigeon-holing which society has foisted upon them. Free of the shackles of labels. Free of the expectations to restrict themselves to particular segments of the clock. Viva-La-Food-Revolution!
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To me it feels like many people think they need to suffer for their progress and therefore any advice that they received that makes it sound too simple or too easy gets dismissed. It's almost as if they feel like any weight they lose has to come through suffering, sacrifice, misery and struggle or it is somehow not 'valid'…
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Hey and welcome. Point 1. Going to the gym will help you get fit but only has a very minimal impact overall on weight loss. That's not to say that you shouldn't be working out but keep in mind. Fitness happens in the gym and weight loss happens in the kitchen. Point 2. Eating the same foods as your husband and kids won't…
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As others have said, it's only as hard as you make it. Picking a suitable calorie deficit = easier Picking an aggressive calorie deficit = harder Choosing to eating foods you like = easier Forcing yourself to eat foods you don't really like = harder Being flexible and realising that life happens = easier Being rigid and…
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Firstly how much water you drink has everything to do with staying hydrated but virtually nothing to do with reducing fat. Just drink when you feel thirsty and keep an eye on your pee to make sure you're drinking enough. Pale straw colour is what you're looking for, any darker than that and you need to drink more, lighter…
