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I follow the "blue zones" way of eating. I absolutely love it and I feel good but apparently - I am failing at it due to lack of exercise, no friends/support groups/activities, no faith based things/community, too much stress in daily life, not enough sleep....the food and wine are up to par except B vitamins. Because I…

Hi have you lost weight? Can you share how much you are eating?

Hi all, I've been doing the Mediterranean diet for a year now. I gained 15 pounds but my blood work is fantastic. I've been off MFP for a while and figured I needed to start tracking again to see if I'm overeating or not exercising enough or both or just hormones or stress... Anyone want to be my friend?

I am. I've been looking for a community but can't seem to find anyone doing the Mediterranean thing.

Thanks yall. I appreciate the feedback. I hope the original poster gets something out of it too.

Like I said, I have only lost two pounds in 5 weeks on the scale (I'm not losing weight "on the scale") but I have lost 6 inches across my body (I am assuming this is fat shrinkage which should = weight loss). I want the scale to show it..I'm female, 41, and 210.6 lbs at 5'5" and trying to get to 170 at least. My…

Thanks for the response. I did make an edit to my post with additional information if that may help. I use a fitbit to estimate my calorie burn, which in all cases is a smaller number than what MFP gives for the same exercise. I officially have no idea how much I'm supposed to be eating now. On average, based on my fitbit,…

Just for clarification on this... If the calorie goal is set to 1800 calories per day, and one exercises and burns 750 calories, lets say you aren't entering exercise calories into MFP...then one would actually only be eating only 1,050 calories, even if they ate their calculated 1800 calorie daily limit? And this is…

Hi yall. I just started running for the first time in my life using the Runkeeper app. I'm about halfway through and I'm having horrible shin splits! I literally can't run on a blacktop. Either concrete or a trail seems to be best for me. I wear Altra trail shoes with arch supports (I pronate inwards). I am currently about…

I just came across your post! Great job! Keep going! What workouts do you do three times a week? Weights, cardio, body weight exercises? You've made some serious progress already!

Hi there, thanks for sharing your insight. I will take this into consideration...I think I am going to start putting 1 calorie in every time I do a workout and stick to my calorie goal for now so I don't eat back my cals. I am targeting 1800 calories a day. I hope that isn't too much or too little. But I cannot survive on…

Hi Toni, thanks for the friend request :wink: No, I haven't been to have the hormones checked specifically...no doctor has ever mentioned it. They say I have metabolic syndrome but can't back it up with tests - i.e. there's no tests for that and its hard to detect. They always say eat better and exercise more. Lower…

Hi all.. I'm new not new new....ok it's been a while. I'm 210ish, almost 42, 5'5" and nothing works. I'm a muscular fat kinda person...and I can't shrink. I've tried everything, calorie restriction, keto, whole30, vegetarian, etc. Zilch. I even cut out processed foods and nothing. I don't drink soda and don't eat sugar or…

I'm in Atlanta too...

Ok I'll give it a shot and see what happens

Thanks @heybales - If its water weight, it certainly hasn't gone away yet. The steroids also messed up my sleep cycle..up all night, tired during day and hungry all the time. So I probably over ate (wasn't tracking during that time). Once I recovered from my illness, I began working out (4 weeks now, 6 days a week up to…

I like the MFP method, since that's what I'm already doing, I just have no idea how many calories I need. I never read the Fitbit emails. I never logged how much I ate that caused weight gain and I wasn't exercising then. I had a recent weight gain from steroids...and that has been a booger to get rid of.

Hi all, My name is Mitzy, new to the group. I am trying to figure out how this works and need some help. I calculated my TDEE, but I used the calculator on the webpage instead of my Fitbit. I use a Fitbit and sync it to MFP. MFP goal is currently set to 1200 calories a day, it was 1600 and I recently started working out 5…

I'm approaching 40 in a few months and I'm about 216. A few years ago I was at about 240. I got down to 190 then gained about 10-15 lbs back after being sick. Now I'm suffering with stress at work and gained about 5 lbs from stress eating, then got sick again and put on another 6 lbs from meds and steroids. I just finished…

I personally find that meditation helps me to control my bad habits. I get a sense of satisfaction and well-being....it helps me to not make bad choices, like late night snacking or overeating at dinner. Meditation after a workout is best for me.

House Targaryen for me please! I have no idea what I'm doing!!!

I'm in!