SusanMFindlay Member

I had nanaimo cheesecake for dessert last night. Made in house at a local restaurant as their "flavour of the day". Mind you, you don't get a very big serving when you share one slice with your husband and two kids!

1200 is not remotely enough. You didn't give your stats, so I can't say what your number should be, but if you have access to a pedometer or step counting app: Sedentary: <5000 steps/day Lightly Active: 5000-9999 steps/day Active: 10,000-14,999 steps/day Very Active: more than 15,000 steps/day Otherwise, start with…

Have you considered a diet break?* Just for a week or two? It might help massively with the hunger hormone issues that it sounds like you're experiencing. *That just means eating at maintenance to let your hormone levels reset and give your brain a break from dieting. You'd still count calories.

If all you need is a very rough estimate, subtract 3,000 from your step count then divide by 20* to get your "extra" calories over sedentary. "Sedentary" here corresponds to about 3,000 steps for most people. You don't switch up to "lightly active" until 5,000-7,000 steps - but there's an "in between space" where you're…

Then eat your chicken with a sauce. There are lots of options out there, and they aren't all as calorie-dense as full-fat Alfredo. We regularly have chicken breast in some sort of sauce over rice with a vegetable side dish. Tomato-based sauces will be the lowest in calories, but we also like some of the Asian sauces. Or…

I thought they were getting at the satiation-from-fat factor? Which the chocolate would provide and the broccoli wouldn't.

But if you want oats or beans or lentils or tea or any number of other perfectly healthy foods, they're in the "interior" aisles. I suppose if one is anti-carb, the "perimeter only" approach works but most staples are in the interior. Besides, the cookies/candy bar aisle is immediately opposite the check-out so it's…

The 472 calories you burnt on your walk includes the calories you would have burned anyway even if you were sitting or lying down. Depending on how long it took you to walk the 2 miles and your height/weight, that could be anywhere from about 25 calories (if you're very small and it only took you half an hour to walk the 2…

I'm currently losing at 0.5 pounds/week. I did 2 pounds/week (accidentally) when I was heavier, but that was too fast for me. I dropped it to 1 pound/week and just kept my calorie target the same as I got smaller (which is why I'm now down to 0.5 pounds/week - though that's going up a little as I'm more active in the…

First of all, well done! Personally, my approach would be to aim for and get to 160, celebrate that achievement then decide if I wanted to aim for 150. But if your personality is such that switching the goal to 150 now would work better for you, then go ahead and decide that. After all, if you get to 155 and realize you…

Muscle tone is a real thing that relates to how muscles respond to pressure. It has *nothing* to do with what people actually mean when they say they want to "tone up". When people say they want to "tone up", it means they want to look thinner/leaner/firmer. Which means they want to lose fat. (They may think that they want…

* Swing by the grocery store on the way home. Grab a roast chicken, a tray of microwavable macaroni and cheese and a head of broccoli. Mac and cheese gets microwaved according to instructions (and is mostly for husband and kids; I get a small serving). Broccoli gets chopped and put in a glass bowl with a dash of water.…

No. With the only caveat being that some foods are more satiating than others. Going over my calories with 100 cals of dark chocolate means I'm only going over by 100 because I'll be happy after that. Going over my calories with 100 cals of snack crackers would give me no satiety at all and then I'd want to eat more (and…

People who say they want to "tone up" or "tone their muscles" tend to think that certain exercises will change the shape of their muscles. That's basically impossible. If somebody wants to "firm up", that basically means they want to lose some more fat from over top of the muscles and really has nothing to do with the…

My experience has been that, as a general rule, those for whom English is a second language tend to make sloppy mistakes (like "loose" instead of "lose") far less often than those for whom English is a first language. If I see the mistake once, I assume it's a typo. If I see it repeatedly, I will tend to assume the writer…

There's no such thing as a single ideal weight for any height. Variations in bone structure, bone density and amount of muscle make everyone's ideal weight (even at the same height) slightly different. But even if 165 is a good goal for you (which it might be), being within 20 pounds of it make you "close to goal weight".…

300 sounds too low for an hour of constant exertion for a person who weighs 200 pounds. It's got to be at least 500. (Though I agree that 900 sounds too high.) Calorie burns are strongly dependent on your size. So, when you read that somebody who weighs 120 pounds burns X calories doing something, realize that you will…

Which high carb foods? The high fat cheese or the high fat ranch? :tongue: (Yes, I know that white bread is mostly carbs, but this is *not* a "high carb" snack. It's got a good balance of fat and carbs with a little protein from the cheese.)

This group is great: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/113945-fit-fabulous-postpartum

Just a few minor fluctuations... :wink: Started calorie counting around Day 1300...

Are you able to fit at least 60 grams of fat and 90 grams of protein into your 1000 calories? If not, it's too low. Grams of fat calculated by her weight * 0.4 g/pound. Grams of protein calculated by her weight * 0.6 g/pound. Both should be treated as minimum targets.

How much fat are you getting? The only items that I see that looks to have much fat in it are the avocado and olive oil - and that's only 135 calories so 15 g of fat from those two items. If you're way under your fat goal, that might be responsible for you being hungry. Many people find satiety from a combination of fat,…

I think it was the use of terms like "blubber" and "rolls" that suggested you see yourself as fat. You're not fat. You don't *need* to lose weight. You *want* to lose weight. There's nothing wrong with you wanting to lose weight. You can afford to lose fat off your thighs and still be healthy, so nobody is telling you not…

Okay. Cool. So, the confusion was coming from the fact that you were describing the 1/3 cup-turned-into-a-prepared-serving as tiny. I haven't eaten Rice a Roni in a very long time, but I regularly eat basmati rice and I don't find the serving produced by cooking 1/3 cup to be tiny at all. :smile: Admittedly, I'm sure it…

I regularly see posts from people claiming to eat "under" MFP's recommendation rather than eating the recommended amount. To be clear, I fully agree that "sedentary" is the correct choice for many people. Even when I suggest that people would find it easier to increase their daily activity level enough that "lightly…

As much as it sucks, it's totally normal to still be wearing maternity clothes 1 month after giving birth. It takes 9 months to gain the baby weight. Expecting it to come off instantly when we give birth is unrealistic, and I hate that the media pretends that's how it works.

Then it makes sense for you. As long as you're not preaching to people with more consistent activity levels that they MUST choose "sedentary" no matter what, you're not who I'm talking about.

Is gestational diabetes a concern? If so, that would be the reason for the three snacks (to try and spread out the carbs as much as possible thereby minimizing blood sugar fluctuations). If not, I see no reason not to combine snacks to make an extra "meal".

The adjustment is indeed the problem, but my experience has been that the advice around here (with a few notable exceptions) is always "sedentary! sedentary! sedentary!" So, those people aren't willing to accept that they burn X calories up front either.

My biggest tip: Move more. Take baby for walks. While she's this little, you can either pop her in a stroller or wear her. Most babies *love* being worn by mum. I took up playing Pokemon Go and it helped motivate me to get out of the house and go walking. My husband and I have also implemented a tradition of taking the…