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That's the best part about all this.... do whatever makes you happy. Just stay within your calorie goals. For me, I increased my snacks. :)
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Look up reverse dieting. In a nutshell, it's slowly adding calories back week after week until you stop losing weight.
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You can't rush these things, and weight loss doesn't drop in a straight line. Sometimes you lose more, sometimes you lose less. Many people lose a bunch in the beginning, and then it slows down dramatically. You're comparing 4 weeks of data. I have 70 weeks of data, myself, and I can tell you anywhere between 0.5 to 1.5…
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He wrote "net calories" and I interpreted that as calories after exercise.
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You're not losing weight because you're taking in too many calories for what you're expending. (CICO). You're probably overestimating your exercise calories, on top of perhaps not correctly measuring your intake. If I were you, I would not eat back any exercise calories at all, and instead I would stick to 1700 or 1600 or…
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Whether you count calories or don't count calories, your body doesn't care. For each of us, there is a number of calories that if we eat more than that we will gain weight, if we eat less than that, we will lose weight. Logging allows people to know how much they are eating... that's all. So if you can eyeball your food,…
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Timing of meals doesn't matter when it comes to losing/maintaining weight. It's how many calories you eat within a day/week/month that matters. WHEN you eat is a matter of preference, and how it makes you feel.
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Same for me. I also wish I had figured this out sooner. It's so simple in concept and non restrictive. It's awesome.
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Worked for me. BUT... I maintained a weekly deficit of 3500 cal or more. (Ate in surplus on Saturday, but Sun-Fri ate in deficit for a combined 3500+ cal deficit.) Lost 60 lbs. The key for me was I still logged everything... high or low calorie days. I disagree that cheat days are counterproductive as a general statement.…
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Like many here, I was addicted to diet coke. I quit cold turkey.... had a TERRIBLE week, where I felt groggy, lightheaded, weak, dizzy and had headaches galore... then after the 4th day, it all disappeared. I suddenly felt clear, energetic, no more afternoon lows... like one of those Claritin commercials. Anyway, I was…
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I call it a "splurge" day, myself.
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* This! Exactly!
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For me it was not being on a diet, but a lifestyle change... I wanted to be able to lose weight eating all the foods I still loved, so that once I hit maintenance I wouldn't have to change anything except for eating more of the same things. I now eat the same foods and the same macro proportions as I did when I was losing…
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I drink more water and keep busy. I figure, I can wait another 60 minutes.
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Thanks for your insight. Thanks, makes sense. And to be honest, I don't necessarily eat 3700 calories, but rather, it's my limit to still be able to average 2000 cal/day for the week.
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I agree with those who say... it depends on the person. For some, it works great, they can lose and maintain. For others it doesn't, and it leads to the infamous downward spiral. Neither way is wrong or right.... but maybe just wrong or right for each individual. For me, I can do both. I require about 2100-2300 cal per day…
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Yes
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I also agree. You could probably use a break. Take one day off and eat anything you want, then go back... but I wouldn't advise eating less than 1500 per day, especially with all the exercise you do.
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I used "reverse dieting" to eventually figure out what my maintenance calorie level is.
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Just throw it out and promise yourself not to waste again by making it again.
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I certainly was not advocating that. And I definitely was not saying I would start eating foods I didn't like just because of the calorie count.
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I know it was psychologic, but for me, every 10 lbs was a threshold that I seemed to have a hard time breaking through.
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Of course I can budget any food into my day now if I wanted to. I'm not trying to say I've "given up" any foods. I can eat whatever I want. My point was that for me it was enlightening to see that in the end, I really didn't like certain foods as much as I initially thought and even stopped wanting some of them. Seeing…
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I agree with those who say to get rid of them. Look at it this way... By keeping them "just in case" you're already saying that you could fail and gain the weight back. By getting rid of your bigger sized clothes, you're committing to yourself to never going back and doing whatever it takes to keep the weight off for the…
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It's not the bread that's bad, it's eating too many calories that makes us gain weight. You can still have your bread in your sandwich if that's what you like. But track all your foods and see which ones you can eat less of, and stay within your calorie goals. I have bread and/or chips and/or chocolate EVERY day, but I…
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I do this too. I count fruits and starchy veggies, but not the low calorie vegetables. Firstly because they are so low calorie that I have measured in the past and I never ate more than 100-200 cal per day. And secondly I often eat salads with a mixture of multiple veggies in small amounts, like a couple of pieces of…
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Also something to consider is that sodium intake can cause water retention. So if the food you're eating, even if "healthier" and low calorie, has a lot of sodium in it, you can gain water weight which takes a few days to get rid of.
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I agree
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Me too. Twice daily. I've learned a lot about how food affects my daily weight. Also I find that by weighing frequently each measurement is less important in terms of emotional impact.
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There isn't unless you pay for the premium service. I just ignore it. I try and match my "Goal" and my "Food" numbers and ignore the "Exercise" and "Remaining" numbers.