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Insanely impressive, sunflowerhippi!
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A great post. Thank you for sharing your story and perspective - it's inspiring.
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I completely agree. You don't seem to accept the realities of weight loss / recomp, ready to commit or remotely interested in working at it.
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I definitely need to give it a solid month. One thing I find with maintenance... I keep wanting to make a tweak, which means I am not getting the data I need to evaluate anything. New goal for maintenance: sticking to a period of maintenance where I don't change anything!
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Oh yes, counting on the adjustment... I routinely get 800+ by way of fitbit Charge HR adjustments and have 1000+ weekend days! I'm not much of an MFP logger for exercise, however. I find their estimates off. The HR has seemed more "accurate" (and is lower than the gym machines), to the extent there is any accuracy at all.
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Thanks for the links and the detailed explanation (which I've had to read a couple of times and am not sure I in fact fully understand!). nxd10, I think I understand your numbers and figured out my mistake: I fiddled with my settings and realized I'd manually overriden my "goals" calorie objective, because it had…
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The MFP net number is very different. Maybe that's why I'm confused? Edit: yesterday I burned 2900, ate 3195 and MFP says my "net calories" for the day are 2063. I am more confused than ever!
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This is my new favourite thread. 5'11, netting about 1500 for the month of August. Eating about 2450 gross. Was maintaining 145-148, but haven't weighed in a couple of weeks (clothes are fitting a little better, in fact). And I am somehow showing more definition. Workouts have been superb and intense - have never felt…
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I love ice cream and treats. TDEE doesn't really work for me - I prefer to monitor my net calories. I prefer seeing how many calories I've earned from exercise on a particular day when planning how much ice cream to have that day - or whether I should skip it. I started with TDEE but found (and still find) it too much of a…
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I have only been here since January of 2016, and yet I can't imagine getting to a point of not checking in daily - because I know (from prior and current experience) maintenance requires me to be accountable and vigilant. I can't talk about this stuff with people IRL. This community is very important to me - both as a…
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Amazing work! I think recomp will definitely help you. I have DR and have seen vast improvement from strength training and diet. That said, for me, it will never entirely "go away" - I'd need a full abdominoplasty to repair my lower abs. (I've looked into it.) Ab progress pics on my recomposition efforts are in my profile.…
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I hit goal in April and spent the next 2 months trying to maintain. I made mistakes and went back up 5 pounds (part of that was the pretty common glycogen bounce people get when they increase calories too quickly). It's now mid-August and I am finally in a solid maintenance routine, happy with my numbers and comfortable…
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I always feel like I'm one big meal / box of chocolate away from my former self.
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Ditto. "Treats" for me have changed. And they are smaller - like 1/2 a dark sea salt chocolate bar, not a large movie theatre bag of peanut M&Ms (although I can always be talked into splitting one, or a single-serving pack). I'm much pickier about baked goods, too. It's got to be fully worth it. I'm currently into a daily…
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You don't seem very ready to commit to a weight loss plan, as I read your post. You really want to lose weight and feel miserable, but at the same time, you don't seem interested in making the kinds of changes you need to if they will "ruin" your current lifestyle. 1. It's going to be WORK. Compared to not being in…
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I went to a wedding Saturday. Logged a quick add of about 3500 calories (literally for dinner) because I couldn't be bothered to keep track of the massive amount of decadent foods consumed, and even so, ended up at the low end of my weekly net calories. I probably ate too little in the lead up - but either way, I'm right…
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I do this. I swear, I have noticed a huge difference.
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Currently: 1/2 avocado (~125g) on toast (Ezekiel, which I keep in an office fridge freezer) with pink Himalayan salt and a ton of cracked black pepper. Greek yogurt-based a.m. and p.m. snacks.
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On my big and intense cardio days (a.m. HIIT followed by killer steady steady e.g. big incline powerwalking), I feel like my appetite it killed off for several hours. I am hungrier much later in the day or the next day, and usually end up having a much larger dinner - twice my "normal" amount. I eat back at least 50% of…
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I avoid weighing when I've got DOMS for that very reason!
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Is that 1200 in total (ie eating back 0 exercise calories) or 1200 net?
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I keep chocolate out of the house because I can't moderate with that kind of access. Instead, I buy a pack or mini bar (or occasionally, large bar of dark sea salt) of chocolate when I intend to eat it. What size I buy depends on how much I'm planning to eat, because I will have the whole thing in one sitting. Last night,…
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The only thing that works for me is logging everything, starting every day with a dedicated workout of some kind (walking a lot is presumed, but isn't enough to earn my inevitable vacation calorie overage) and limiting / focusing my carb intake.
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Funny, I was wondering the same thing - accuracy of calories earned. I religiously track my timed workouts using the stopwatch function on my Charge HR. Here are recent comparisons between what Fitbit calculated the isolated activity to be, vs. what MFP would calculate for the same activity:* Running/jogging at a 6.2 min…
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I hate the indents! Sometimes I can get the seams of my yoga pants too.
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I'm also struggling. Half-heartedly struggling, that is. I'm very active - much more active - but I'm also way more relaxed and spontaneous with my food choices. Sticking to my planned calories is where my discipline is falling apart. Work keeps me somewhat honest because I'm in a routine, pre-packing lunch and snacks. But…
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This is totally me! I have diastasis to begin with. For one reason or another, summer has gotten into the way of my regular pilates training session and I got lazy with at home pilates workouts, between my regular workouts. In the last 6 weeks, I've noticed a big difference in my belly. Pilates (with really correct form -…
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5'11 and maintaining ~145 with I would guesstimate 20% BF. Pear-shaped and super lean on top. Carry my weight in my thighs and legs. Aiming for recomp but frankly, I'm taking it easy this summer - I'm super active but not as super focused. I was on a roll with recomp in late Spring (progress pics in profile). I'll recommit…
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I bookend every day with the same smoothie breakfast - 319 calories - and 200 to 300 calories for treats or dessert etc. Otherwise, I seem to consume most weekday calories at lunch and afternoon snack - about 600 - 700 calories between those two "meals". Lunch can be at 2 p.m. and snack can be at 3 p.m. It's more of a…
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A lot. More than 150g every day, whether I work out or not (and I do work out 6x a week), often averaging 175g or so. However, I eat ~2250 at maintenance. I aim for 35-40% protein.
