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No, part of what made me overweight to begin with was eating when I wasn't hungry. Over the last 3 years I've taught myself how to listen to my hunger signals again and only eat when hungry. It's allowed me to maintain 115 lb loss for going on 2 years. Somedays I'm more hungry and somedays less so. Over the course of a…
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for me eating after work became a habit... now I have a snack before I leave work and go home and make myself busy. I now do my workouts right when I get home. So instead of come home let the dogs out snack. It's come home let the dogs out, change into workout gear, workout, clean, shower, walk dogs, whatever whatever, eat…
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... water weight, weight of more food physically in your system. I gained 6lbs in water weight from Saturday to Sunday. I weigh usually about 8 lbs more if I weigh after dinner vs my morning weigh in. Food you eat has weight. Water you drink has weight.
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Exercise regularly - increase in mood Follow a routine - as someone who struggles with anxiety having a routine helps me remain calm and decreases my stress. Get enough sleep - I see a decrease in mood when I'm not getting enough rest. Alone time - I love my dogs and I love my SO but I'm a person that needs complete alone…
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Thanks, for the response. It's kind of nice to know I'm not just losing my mind. I've decided on .5 lbs a week for two weeks and then two weeks at maintenance to see how that plays out. So far my first couple of weeks have been good and I've lost slight over .5 lbs each week. I'm getting ready to switch back to maintenance…
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Honestly, I love it because I love seeing my weights progress even if it's just one more rep or adding the 2.5 lb plates. What helps make it enjoyable... I don't really need help like I said I like to see my strength progressing and that's enough for me. I work on in my basement though and I blare music that makes me feel…
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Thanks everyone, Yeah I do a fair amount of weight lifting, and I have always been fairly muscular. Even in high school/college when I was active I was around 20% body fat at 175 lbs. But I haven't had a test done recently. If I go by height-waist ratio I'm good. My waist is 29 inches. making my ratio about .44 under .5 is…
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I think this is interesting and I have a friend who often asks me how I find the time and motivation to do my workouts and quite frankly.... I don't FIND the time to do them. I have to make the time to do them... and I had to make a commitment to doing them even when the motivation isn't there. Once my routine was set up…
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I'm so sorry you're going through all of this and for so long. I think I read a study somewhere the high levels of stress for prolonged periods of time can cause up to 20 lbs of water retention...I'll have to go look for it. If you know it's water stay off the scale and keep doing what you're doing. Weighing yourself is…
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It is certainly supposed to be net carbs not total carbs from what I recall. I'm just here to add. A couple years ago I did this and was getting too much fat (for my body) from doing a LC diet and it caused gall stones... which felt like intense cramping, I mean excruciating pain, and lead to constipation. You should…
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Nothing. I don't eat things I don't like and if I start eating something and it's not satisfying I stop and eat something different. life's too short to eat things I don't want to be eating. *shrug*
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This used to happen to me too when I would take diet breaks after a sustained period of time at a deficit. I find if I let myself just eat to satiety it only lasts for a couple of days and then my hunger levels balance out to around my maintenance calories. All in all, I've blown over my WEEKLY goal by 15,000 calories once…
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Hey everyone, I lost 115lbs, any of you can feel free to add me as a friend :) good luck!
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While I'm not specifically the person you asked but.... I would say that looks like a good start. Honestly, just start eating those calories the "slow increase" doesn't seem like it'll be beneficial to you. In that... 1800 is still a deficit of nearly 400 calories from that TDEE estimation. Eat the TDEE calories... if…
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Ok, first of all, take a breath. Your post gives multiple reasons you might have 1 day where your weight is slightly up... 1) you had a couple of higher carb days which you even said yourself can cause bloating and water retention... 2) you also said you weight *most* things you eat but not all. Have you given yourself a…
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you mentioned wanting to be more "toned" which is just a roundabout way of saying less fat and more muscle.... which is what recomp is designed for. You eat at maintenance and follow a progressive overload weightlifting program and ** over time ** lose fat and gain muscle. So you'll appear smaller and more "toned" as a…
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I mean honestly it’s no wonder you’re a bottomless pit.... you were eating 1200 and doing 1hr + exercise 6 days a week... you weren’t eating enough to properly fill your workout intensity most likely. Any upward scale shift by a couple of pounds is likely replenished glycogen and the physical weight of more food in your…
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Maybe you should consider the mental aspect behind this behavior? Are you eating because you're hungry? Are you eating just because you see other people eating? What is the reasoning? I personally, don't do this anymore. But it took me a long time to cultivate the willpower to say no to free food.... because it's free. But…
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If I use the same time frame for reference (since January) the scale has shown be exactly 4 lbs lost.... I found that whoosh effect got fewer and farther between the closer to my goal I got. Trust the process. It's not magic and it's slowwwwwwwwwwwww. I cannot stress enough how slow it is. And a million things can make it…
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wouldn't necessarily impede fat loss but would impede perception of fat loss.... OP I'm 1 inch shorter was the same age and same weight doing about the same amount of exercise (calorie wise) and eating the same amount of food as you. for months I didn't see any scale progress.... upped my calories to 1800-1900 because I…
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Reading this gave me anxiety lol. IMO you're overthinking it.... I eat my calories based on a weekly goal. Somedays (often days I workout) I'm not as hungry and therefore eat less, but other days (often rest days) I'm more hungry and therefore eat more. At the end of the week I aim to have my average be my maintenance…
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Just as an example, I eat a protein bar every day for lunch (because I like it) the weight listed is 50g typically they weigh from 45g to 62g. 9/10 times they weigh over 50g. It doesn't seem like much when it's only 10-20 calories but doing it every work day was some weeks 100 calories of my deficit gone and I didn't even…
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I'm going to disagree with this. Yes, he is your husband and father of your children but this can backfire so hard if he doesn't see an issue with what he's doing or his weight. I was overweight and 100% healthy. my ex could have taken me 100 doctors and I wouldn't have listened or done anything until I was ready to do…
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I also would like to point out that new or increased exercise can cause a stall on the scale because of increased water retention in muscles. I took a break from my exercise for a couple of months due to life and when I start I didn't lose anything for 10 weeks then suddenly dropped water weight. I was losing fat the whole…
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^^^ This. I lost 114 lbs using MFP, took a year off for maintenance and decided to try to lose 10 more. For some reason this time around it's causing me intense anxiety. Like I KNOW my deficit is built in and long term I KNOW weekly trends are what matter (that's what I used before) but my mind cannot handle it this time.…
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mine usually will take a few weeks up to a couple of months to sort itself out. when I start new meds for hypotension it can take a couple of weeks or a couple of months. typically my weight range will stay higher and I'll just over time start to feel less puffy.
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well i have low blood pressure and have to eat a high sodium diet. if this is something you need to do for your health. Then adjust your maintenance range up. 3lbs isn't a big deal and likely no one will notice that water except your perception of it. I adjusted my range because I'd rather carry 3 lbs of water and not pass…
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I'm from Michigan so I'm not sure of price point comparisons. So for my gf and I and our two dogs (they eat home cooked meals because of epilepsy and allergies). We spend about $400 a month. We are able to cut down to $300 or less a month from June - October because we signed up for a farm share. $300 for the season and we…
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When I started I ate less of everything that I normally ate. Once I started eating less and moving more it was easier for me to naturally make other dietary changes. I don't really eat many of the same foods that I used to. I never eat pasta anymore, but I think when people say "you have to give up {insert whatever food…
