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When we are stressed our bodies naturally begin to go into this panic mode. You might notice you're more sweaty but cold (clamy) and that your breathing becomes irregular and quick. You can actually trick your body into thinking you're calm with breathing exercises. Once your body relaxes it's so much easier for the mind…

We're leaving this weekend. Does anyone have anything to add to this? Any tips or tricks? :D

Hi! 27, mom of two girls, looking to lose between 30-40 lbs depending on how I feel. I just want to be strong and look healthy so I can be a reflection of a confident woman for my daughters to look up to. Oh and I want a hot butt too ;) Feel free to add me! I just started on this journey and would love motivation buddies…

Wish I was in Scotland right about now!

I'm a mom with two little girls. Would love some motivation buddies that are also parents. I'd be happy to return the favour!

I've enjoyed some valentine's day chocolate. I logged it so I didn't go over my calorie goal and exercised to help free up some room. Who can resist a kiss, or two, or four! I'm also going to have heart shaped pancakes with my daughters this morning and I'll hiit it later to free up more room. Don't beat yourself up over…

I got a few friend requests after posting on this thread! Would love some more motivation buddies and I'll gladly return the favour! :)

Hey, fellow Canadian here! I'm in southern ontario and we've been hit hard! Just like you I've had the app a while and never committed to using it. This time around I've requested a mentor and she's given me some diet and exercise suggestions which were great! I've logged every day since I started, just 6 days, but it's a…

Happy valentine's day! I'm also looking for motivation buddies and would be happy to return the favour!

I added you. I'd love to have some more friends too. It's motivating to have ppl cheering me on and I'm happy to do the same!

Mashed potatoes! I made them with vegetable stock, butter, and sour cream and could eat 350g for 250 calories. That's incredible and a lot of potatoes!

Hi! I'm just getting started too and it looks like you got a lot of great advice! I don't eat meat so I find it difficult to reach my protein goal. I used a whey powder yesterday with 2/3 cup of almond milk and it helped me hit that mark. I found that eating a large portion of salad before whatever else I'm going to eat…

I soak all my produce in vinegar before I put it away. I also have a little green brush that I carved "veg" into specifically for meticulously cleaning my veggies and fruits. Hands are all over those apples and hands are so gross and germy.

Ok that's what I was thinking regarding the tdee. That I would be short on calories and have to adjust if it became more regular. I think right now because I'm not in a routine I'll probably do better on the mfp plan. Thanks again!

I'm on track understanding as far as the 3 mfp has my goals at aren't added for me, that I have to manually input them as well as anything above and beyond those three goals.

I meant for the tdee :) when I set my tdee to three exercises weekly if I exceed that wouldn't it be inaccurate. But it's irrelevant because I'm going to stick with the mfp. Seems more geared to ppl like me who need to be held accountable for their exercises by logging.

I think I'd like to log everything to help keep me motivated and on track. That does make much more sense but just wondering if you set it at 3 exercises per week and then exercise 5 times that week wouldn't the calories be too low? I want that flexibility for when I'm having a great week which is why now that I understand…

Gah, so much more confusing than I expected! I'll get it though, just need a bit of practice. Thanks for the info. So do I log exercises above and beyond the 3 I set?

That's great, @psulemon‌, thanks! After adjusting to no exercise my calories went down to 1312.

I don't eat it for a few reasons, personal and I find it's hard for me to digest. I just bought. Food scale and I started using it yesterday :) @segacs‌ I didn't think of that double dipping! Thanks for catching that! I think I'm going to take it out of my tdee so I can log it. I'm brand new to exercising so I'm not sure…

I don't eat meat and I limit my dairy intake. I included exercising 3 days a week. I was going to put 4 but I didn't want to let myself down if I missed one. I figured I could just log the work outs and eat back a portion of the calories.

I definitely want to keep the little muscle I have! There were three settings for amounts to cut from my tdee 15%, 20%, and 25% and I picked the middle of them. I can bump it down to 15% to save the muscle I have. It was a calculator that gave me the 46% figure. I took several measurements and gave my height, age, and…

I'm 5'3 and 166.4lbs. I have an embarrassing body fat percentage of 46% and I set my goal on the tdee calculator to aggressive so 20%. Hope this helps and thanks for the reply.

Oh and also what do you log your hiit exercises as? Yesterday I logged it as high intensity aerobics :)

I just wanted to thank everyone for their suggestions. Here's the smoothie I made today and even though it was green and the texture was pretty gross the flavour was great! I couldn't taste the handful of spinach I put in! Thanks so much :)

Throw a hand full of cashews in and you'll meet your goal! At 227 calories from 40g you'll also get a nice bit of carbs, fat, and protien! And that's just about 16 cashews. Even if you split it up into 4 groups of 4 throughout the day if you can't stomach eating them all at once. Personally I could eat 100g in one sitting,…

I really like eating in the morning now that I can. I felt like I physically couldn't eat in the mornings. I'd wake at 7:00 and wouldn't eat until 11-12, it didn't feel good but eating in the am felt worse. Right now I've maxed out my calories for the day so I'm having a tea and relaxing without the thought of snacking…

@FreakinFlabuless‌ love the name! I'll try it but I'll have to sub the banana. I really do enjoy spinach in a lot of foods it's the mixing of fruit and salad that gives me the heebie jeebies. @christinev297‌ I love me some tetley! I'm not going to sweat too much over the almond milk, my tea needs a bit of colour. I'm…

I'm sure I'll get the hang of what is and isn't important to track. Thanks so much for the tip. I had my first tea without sugar today and it wasn't bad at all! Not sure why I've been adding a heaping tablespoon for so long. Multiple that by 3-5 teas daily and it really adds up!

My smoothie has 54g of sugar, my daily intake should be 45! :\