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@Avidkeo Your fab photos had me zoom in on your Strava to see where that stunning mountain is.
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Good work. Decluttering and recycling/reusing/repair/repurposing is a huge part of self-care.
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That's not too bad, only a year or so. Time to plan well. You're so good at organisation and time-management.
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Oat bars for breakfast/snacks. ~656 kilojoules each.
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White bean dip (non-dairy), mushrooms, edamame beans, and chickpea pasta. Approx 1300 kj per serve. To take to work for lunches. Love doing a plant-based pasta for work lunches (sometimes I have some salmon or tuna in them).
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Buckwheat & wholemeal flour & hazelnut meal pancakes, walnuts, blueberries, lactose-free yoghurt, mandarin, lemon, & Red Gum Honey syrup. 1650 kilojoules. Made this myself, feeling like a real adult. :smiley:
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Nice contributions!
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Hi! It sounds like you should set your MFP Activity Level to "Active" or "Very Active". How would you describe your normal daily activities? Sedentary: Spend most of the day sitting (e.g. bank teller, desk job) Lightly Active: Spend a good part of the day on your feet (e.g. teacher, salesperson) Active: Spend a good part…
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Today I'm tired because I didn't sleep much due to my mind thinking of things to do in the middle of the night before a trip away, so I got up and did a very boring filing job that made me tired enough to sleep some more. I followed the sleep hygiene routine and still got up at my usual time. I read that that's when we…
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Hi, and thanks, @Susieq_1994 :smile: @AdorableWarrior I hear you! And @Lucinda_Sue too! I think we all are full of self-doubts. I'm learning that that's what keeps us alive in some respects - learning not to make mistakes again and get killed by wild beasts on the savannah, or get kicked out of our tribe. :smile: But when…
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This week I've been consciously working on my sleep hygiene. It really is an all-day effort, making sure you get enough exercise (but not too much) early in the day, then start winding down and stop using electronic devices before it's too late in the evening.
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The following questions are ones describing the issues you will come up against now you've reached goal. How are you coping with the shift into maintenance? Maintaining weight is just as hard, if not harder than losing weight, because there's no end in sight, and we see so many in the Maintenance forum speak of the battles…
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Well said. It might help to take a week to eat at maintenance and sort out your sleep first. Sleeping better will help you feel less stressed, and could reduce water weight and your worries about it. Here are some great tips on Sleep Hygiene (following such rules have been absolutely vital for me).…
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The 2 people who disagreed with this are probably really worried about their own behaviour. It's hard when you first start looking into MFP and/or dieting, and you've seen the old stories and advertisements elsewhere about people losing weight quickly by being really "motivated" etc. If I could name the biggest problem…
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The body can not burn (or gain) an infinite amount of fat per day. Medically-prescribed VLCDs (Very Low Calorie Diets) are used for fast weight loss, but only in the case of imminent fatal health emergencies. VLCDs are only prescribed for short term periods, and they always are followed by normal-eating diet breaks. There…
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You can do it, lovely people! Good to see you using the Community!
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It won't hurt to discuss things now, so you know what you can expect. As in, just ask if they prefer you to work full time and study (full/part time?) till then? And also, what do they prefer after? Openness is so important.
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I'd quit adding other apps like Pacer and Endomondo which just confuse the numbers to try to understand. Try to learn what MFP and Garmin are doing. Read the MFP Help topics. There are lots!!!!
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I'm female, and today I earned 2,400 kilojoules (574 kcal) for a 10 km run (12,700 steps). Males earn nearly twice the amount as females (grrr, not fair :wink: ). I have MFP set to "sedentary". MFP's steps calorie adjustment changes throughout the day. I go running first thing in the morning. After that, I get the running…
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Insomnia is awful. I've had diagnosed stress for a few months, and my weight was up 3 kg. I don't know if your insomnia is anything to do with the iron deficiency other than causing worry and sleepless nights. Bit of a vicious circle, for sure, and certainly if it includes work/home/financial stress too. 1.5 lb per week is…
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This is a nice idea for a thread. I'm glad to see this in here. I started February Fast on January 31 2018, and haven't drunk alcohol since. (See the Challenges forum thread posted earlier.) These month-long challenges are great - so long as you don't go back to drinking every day straight after. :smile: I might be popping…
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Just so you know, that's about as funny as giving an obese person a set of scales for a joke. :neutral:
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Just quoting @kshama2001's useful post again. And this part of your (the OP's) post: "It would appear though, that my uptake of anything other than fat is less than ideal, since now my iron has tanked, despite being a happy little omnivore with regular meals of the normal iron-containing things, and no period unless I…
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I see Metabolomics hasn't been mentioned. I started learning about it a year ago, and have gone off on many tangents, coming back to this thread and always forgetting to mention it because reasons. :smile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolomics "Metabolomics is the scientific study of chemical processes involving…
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Patience. What were the end of the day totals like? How did you go today?
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I'm doing very well, but I just saw I've missed nearly 1,000 posts in here. :astonished: Looking at my Nomo app: 601 days alcohol-free $3,435 saved ($40 a week) Last drank on January 31 2018. I don't miss it. Alcohol doesn't seem comforting or pleasurable to me like some people think it is for them (or the advertisements…
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Perhaps you are eating only leafy salads and/or things you don't actually like. "Eating healthy" does not mean punishing yourself. Eat things you like, and which don't make you feel bad. If you like burritos, have them. If you like pasta, have some. If you like roast chicken and potatoes, have some. Eat lots of veggies…
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I'll just add that (particularly for women) scale BF numbers can vary in accuracy because their calculation of "fat" percentage also uses weight/mass in our breasts. Glad to see you've upped your calories. 2 lbs per week at your weight/height was putting you at risk of health problems. Hopefully you're aiming at less than…
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Since 2015 I've used iOS Health, Fitbit Charge 2, and two Garmins (Fenix 5 since 2017), and they've all been very accurate when linked to MFP and eating the number of kilojoules MFP tells me to eat. I log all my food, and for the past 3+ years I've also eaten back 95% of the exercise calories, and maintained my goal…
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Yes, it does a daily projection throughout the day, based on your Garmin exercise so far. Other things to note are: MFP also has your activity level included (not very active) so that would mean you get some extra calories assumed burnt. I use a Garmin and have Garmin Activity Class as 0, and MFP activity level set to…
