Blaked22 Member

haha well I've never had this problem before either!!

Yes, the gym at my school is very nice. I have just found it easier to work out at home because I can just walk downstairs and I'm there.

Also, I have a fit bit and use it every day. I average between 10,000-12,000 steps a day. My car was stolen recently so I walk to school several times a day. (So generally throughout the day I walk between 2-4 miles)

Wow, I extremely appreciate all of the comments, thanks! I want to say first off that even though I have been a member for a while, I am still new to MFP. I did not realize that MFP offered the same tools as the other website, it makes more sense to just stay on one website, so thanks for that! I want to give more…

So, can someone help me? How many calories- fat/protein/carbs should I aim for each day?

Yeah, I have it at lightly active. Seems like the general opinion is that the calculator is not exact. How did I get fat? When I turned 21 I started brewing beer, drinking beer, collecting beer, thinking about beer...etc. I pretty much stopped drinking alcohol this summer (except for occasion) and have lost a a bunch of…

Thank you all for the replies! First off, Yeah, I am eating much more than 30 g protein a day. It is closer to 70-100g of protein a day. My goal is to lose weight, I am already a big guy and have plenty of muscle underneath all this fat. However, I am still doing a fair amount of strength training. I would like to be able…

Thank you all for the information! So I found the problem.... First off MFP is recommending that I eat 2,300 mg of sodium a day. Today I made two ham+turkey sandwiches with mustard. The sodium from the packaged lunch meat is insane. For the two sandwiches it totaled 2,400 mg of sodium. (Either they are incredible salty or…

haha, yes. I have really high blood pressure for being 22. Mainly from stress caused by school (and poor diet and exercise) --- Does sodium effect blood pressure?

So far so good! The one problem am having is restricting how much sodium I eat. Even when I watch what I eat all day I am still way over.

Haha, I am so busy. I don't have time to eat that many times a day. I eat 3 meals a day and maybe have one snack between 10am-5pm.

Well I appreciate all of the advice that I have been given already! Thank you all for being so welcoming!

Thanks guys. Today I did a trial run of counting my calories at least. MFP says I should be eating 1977 calories a day, and I ended up 10 calories over that. Is this an accurate calories per day goal or should I be eating more or less?

Absolutely!