mrsmiley32 Member

I still have about 48lbs to lose, lost about 27lbs so far (though actually my initial scale was off 10lbs I found out later so technically I've lost 37lbs so far). I'm 5'10-11 @ 223 this morning.

So since I'm part of the crew of "don't trust the exercise calories" I just mentally divide the results by 2. I have MFP set at sedendary and lose 2lbs/week (which came out to be about 1500 calories for my height + weight). And I'm averaging about ~2.5lbs/week (I walk about 10k steps a day which is about 600calories, so I…

I'm a light sleeper and so if I wake up and have a light snack I'm usually up for the day :neutral: so I use midnight as the rule.

I shoulda kept my big mouth shut... Just remember, CICO. It's proven (not a fad, it's what far smarter people than me with fancy degrees have researched and proven true) so even on your three cheat days make sure you average under for the week. How you eat and what you eat matters farrrrrrrrr less than how much you eat and…

17oz of chicken not a lot :smiley: But remember protein is 4calories/g so it's 800calories for the protein alone. Fish can be pretty fatty and it'd have to be 184g of egg whites (no yolks). Let alone misc calories that get digested (is that how that works? I know carbs:4g, protein:4g, fat:9g, but there is extra mass there…

Why it looks that way, I log everything (so if I ran out of time and had to skip a meal there is likely some quick substitute in there like last nights dinner was a protein shake). However a day of 68g of protein sounds awfully low given (oh hey though, it did happen on 3/13) but as you see most of those are around the…

Really cool, then I am def floating between the 25&30 picture. I thought this was something I could precisely track as I lost weight, I will just keep it as a general idea in the future. I really do appreciate it! (I was freaking out over this)

Yeah I am probably worrying over nothing, I will say the BF% thing is something my fitness center uses (if that leads to it's credibility or not). Something about it using an electrical current to judge total BF%.

It wasn't blunt, it was rude. A person came in looking for advice, told you what they need in their life and wanted to see all avenues. In response he was told "If you don't follow my way you will absolutely fail". While we can assume this, it was none the less quite douchey. Blunt (in this case) simply means you know…

It was rude, for structure I'd say "watch your MFP and don't go beyond the limit, a lot of people here can give you a list of healthy tasty foods". But if you want to do the military diet all the more power to you something is always better than nothing (sometimes you have to fail to succeed and who knows you may just…

Habit begets habit, hunger begets hungers. There really is no way I've found to side step, some will suggest drinking water and by all means if you think you are dehydrated do so. Careful though if you are like me, water could give you hunger pains. I've noticed hunger seems to stem from 2 reasons for me (all this is…

Does whiskey and diet coke count? :smiley: Anywho, truthfully I mostly replaced soda (for the most part except this last day apparently) with iced tea. Been drinking black tea for years instead of coffee to get my morning started. Beyond tea (no milk or sugar), ice water.

3300 calories today and 7.5gm of sodium. The scale change is going to take a few days of healthy eating to see this weeks actual progress :(

You won't gain on a deficit it's pretty rare and my guess at that height/weight losing that quick would be close to dangerous. However if you want to retain muscle the rule of thumb (unless it's changed) is figure out your LBM. Then convert that into grams, that's how much protein you need to retain muscles while on a…

As others said but I just want to add, congrats on the loss!

I don't follow the 1000 calorie diet however if you take the snacks out of my daily meal it sadly would barely touch 1000 calories. I go with the following (and my diary is open if you like) Breakfast: 3 Egg Omelet with ham, cheese, and diced peppers (300calories) (spray oil) Multi-vits+fish oil+5hr energy (39calories)…

To answer your question: "By doing this for YOU not anyone else!". Same things we tell drug addicts, the only time you will be ready to quit is when you are doing it for you and no one else. I personally feel having friends on MFP drives me to lie more than succeed (each person is different) but I have no reason to lose…

Go to? Oranges, mmmmm oranges. If I need a chocolate fix than it's def. the choc whey protein shake. A lot of ice creams are ~140 calories for 1/2 a cup (4oz) and they are ... kinda dairy... but ice cream isn't terrible as long as you portion control it and go for cheap ice cream (tends to be more air than cream :P)

Actually the days I play soccer are the big days I want to, it's the day after I play soccer I'm more like "ehhhhhhhhhhhh" :smiley: Thank you guys, just wanted to make sure I wouldn't hurt myself/my progress. I am curious about the morning vs night, does that matter at all?

I have to admit, you brightened my morning with this. Not sure how but it made me more accepting of yesterday's binge (not to repeat, just less depressed about it). Thank you.

Most days 1500~1800 calories even though my TDEE is 3400. Today 4018 calories and only 2 beers (most of that is pizza hut). Been really depressed today and I guess I've been stress eating.

Well my pee is pretty light in color and I think I am getting enough, I am avoiding cranps for the most part. Regarding bo weight loss, because I put my initial weight as 235, a month later I found out I was actually 250 (and was steadyly flictuating +- 1lb around that weight) so I added that as progress, as of this…

I thought I started doing about 700 cals under recommended 5 weeks ago, but I did just change up my diet and added all the exercises about 11 days ago (previous monday)

This! This is exactly my feelings. Truth be told if I get hungry, I eat. But instead of grabbing a snickers bar I grab 3oz of baby carrots. Because A) Farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr more filling (seriously) B) 35calories C)I stay full for longer. Though if chocolate is what I need, I cut off a slice of 72% chocolate from…

Wait but you can change, that's the point of MFP. I tend to agree with you that you shouldn't regret the past, however you should learn from it! Which by context is what we are discussing to help others from making our mistakes.

Opiates I didn't realize the 70lbs I gained. Quit almost 5 months ago. Curious a lot of people are upset they didn't take photos, why? I would rather not have pictures I am ashamed of.

Had it happen to me a few times now, or so the doctors told me. Only reason I know it can happen though is anecdotally. Regarding following response: you are right, I was looking at it from a crazy level because every time I approach 100oz of water I end up in the hospital for some reason or another. And I tend to spread…

For me that would be: 144oz or 18 cups a day. Dude you can _over_ hydrate. This is the kind of advice that lands people in a hospital, at the very least with a kidney stone at the larger end something horrible. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill/ Maybe you are going…

Twas yum :smiley: luckily I was city browsing when I ate it. Technically I walked for about 8 hours today, but I enjoyed several touristy things and I feel MFP overestimates so I logged it as 3 hours of walking. So skipping dinner bc im still kinda full/just now starting to get munchy I came in pretty much on target.

I'd buy that, I mean don't get me wrong I didn't eat it all but since I don't know measurements I figure if I log everything as whole and as accurately as possible I'd be more likely. I found a 340 calorie/4oz one after you showed me that link :smiley: What I have now is 100 calories for the bacon/slice 1360 calories for…