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Have you synced your fitbit to mfp?

Don't worry about what anyone else is doing or thinking. Focus on yourself.

@roamingtiger I am doing that program too. I started a bit late so I'm only on day 4. Trying to do it with my boyfriend but motivating him is the hardest part! He never wants to do it but he'll be annoyed if I do one without him!

Thanks, for the tips. Sounds pretty similar to what I was doing so it seems like I'm on the right track so to say. I don't have a track near me or at least not one that I can use for free. I've been running around my local park which is exactly 800m a lap. It's a square with each segment being around 200m so it's fitting…

@sarahthes Oooh that's useful thank you. My watch is a garmin but quite a cheap one. I've not come across this feature so I'll do some exploring.

Yesterday I did my first ever speed training. I am following the Nike 10K plan which called for various intervals at various paces. I've never really focused on changing up my pace so it was weird to try and estimate my pace. I felt like I was constantly checking my watch! My first 200m was far to fast so I slowed it down…

UPDATE I'm adding in Yoga with Adriene's 30 days of yoga to my routine I'll give it a go. Starting with 24 and I'll see what I get to. 01/01/19 – Running – 32:09 minutes 02/01/19 – Lifting – 49:29 minutes 05/01/19 – Running – 32:10 minutes 06/01/19 - Lifting - 32:10 minutes 06/01/19 - Yoga - 40:00 minutes 08/01/19 -…

STARTING WEIGHT AND DATE WITH MFP (MY FITNESS PAL):152lbs 2016 CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT:137.2 Jan. 7: 137.2 Jan. 14: Jan. 21: Jan. 28: January Goal: January Actual: Feb. 4: Feb. 11: Feb. 18: Feb. 25: February Goal: February Actual: Mar. 4: Mar. 11: Mar. 18: Mar. 25: March Goal: March Actual: Apr. 1: Apr. 8: Apr. 15: Apr.…

Are you able to take public transport? I can't help you much becuase I'm very lucky to live in a city with multiple gyms in walking distance. My gym is literally metres from my flat!

Yesterday's again: Breakfast: Porridge with hazelnuts Lunch: Swede soup with crusty roll Dinner: Homemade Thai salmon burgers with homemade slaw Dessert: Orange and cacao bite 1610 calories

Yeah I find this annoying. I just don't think the recipe builder is sophisticated enough to pick out the important recipe information in a large blog post.

Tomatoes. I can eat them cooked but raw in a salad or sandwich? Bleh!

Personally exercise is very important for my weightloss. Without exercise I am on 1360 calories. 200 extra calories make a hell of a lot of difference!

Optimum Nutrition and Gold Standard are my favourites. When researching I basically divided calories by protein to see what gave me the best bang for my buck. Some brands will pack their powders with sugar so not all are created equal.

I did speed training for the first time. I've been running for years but have decided I finally want to improve my pace so I'm following the Nike 10K plan and am using my local park (800m perimeter) as my track!

I am a big beer and wine fan and wouldn't be willing to give it up completely. However, I am trying to only drink things that I really like. If a bar has no craft beers or decent wines there is no point in drinking stuff I don't really like that much. So I'm basically saving my alcohol calories for the good stuff!

I would bet on water weight. You can gain water weight for all sorts of strange reasons. Salt, alchohol, heat, altitude. Wait until you're back into your normal routine before worrying.

You don't have to use the MFP pre-set macros. You can adjust them to what suits you. If you don't like to eat many carbs you can increase your fat and/or protein goal to compensate. You can do this under the goals tab.

I'm a terrible planner. I have a veg box delivered fortnightly and try to base my meals around that with using up the more perishable things first apart from that I tend to buy my lunches and dinners from day to day. Luckily I work from home and live opposite a supermarket so I have lots of options.

The UK also labels nutrtion in grams too. Usually the total grams of the container is listed somewhere on the packaging so If I don't have scales to hand I use this. So if I've used about a quarter of the packaging divide by 4 etc. It's not exact but neither are tbsps and cups really.

This is yesterday, haven't planned today's dinner yet. Yay for living opposite a supermarket! Breakfast - Savoury porridge with poached egg an sriracha Lunch - Swede soup with wholemeal roll Snack - Orange and cacao oat bite Dinner - Squash and spinach quesadilla Dessert - Vanilla bean Halo Top I'm trying to eat less meat…

I guess it depends how much you've exercised that day and what else you've eaten. It seems like it's just a big portion from the picture. Is this takeout or one of those subscription services where they send you the ingredients and you cook it?

I'm in London so out Parkruns are supqr busy. We had a record turn out of 625 people last week! I'm very impressed with your dedication. I've been doing parkrun for over a year but have missed a few due to being away/hangovers/random circumstances (a few weeks ago i forgot to put my phone on to charge and I didn't feel…

I'm a bit weird but I like hot sauce on salad. I love anything spicy. I also like to make my salads more filling by including egg and beans.

I'm having a similar problem. I'm trying to eat more fibre for its satiating effect but I've gone from a once a day girl to 3 times a day! I don't mind that much but I hope I'm not losing nutrients by being so regular. Major TMI coming up, I do apologise. If I look at my BM I can see undigested food from less than 12 hours…

Original starting weight - 154lbs January starting weight - 139 lbs January goal - 137lbs Ultimate goal - 130lbs January 2nd - 139 lbs January 9th - January 16th - January 23rd - January 30th - Total loss for January -

I'll give it a go. Starting with 24 and I'll see what I get to. I'll give it a go. Starting with 24 and I'll see what I get to. 01/01/19 – Running – 32:09 minutes 02/01/19 – Lifting – 49:29 minutes 05/01/19 – Running – 32:10 minutes Total: 1 hour, 53 minutes and 48 seconds

Hi everyone. I want to prioritise running a bit more this year. I started running about 3 years ago with C25K. I completed the program and was still running regularly but without really any goal in mind. Usually I'd do about 3-4K round the block in the morning 2-3 times a week. My friend then got me in to Parkrun (a free…

A lot of the fuss around artificial sweeteners is scare mongering. I don't really use any added sweeteners of any kind because I don't sweeten my coffee, tea or cereal and I don't drink much soft drinks (maybe once or twice a week at the cinema or with a meal out). When I do drink soft drinks I will always choose the diet…

Also your BMR increases when you're on your period so I see eating at maintenance as justified for those few ridiculously hungry days.