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Follow MFP with scales. Get a step tracker and try to get your 10k steps a day - will help the weightloss. Approaching the wedding you can have a body wrap to temporarily spot reduce what you didn't manage to loss. Ensure you buy a new bra a week before the wedding to reflect your new size
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It does tighten. My belly used to be just like OPs and now I have a taut flat stomach. Ditto with arms. Just takes a while.
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Inspiring post. Can I just add that immediately after losing my first 30kg my belly fat/belly skin looked just like yours, but after maintaining for 7 years I have noticed a significant tightening. It will happen eventually!
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There are organic vegan protein powders out there (hemp or pea). Alternatively an easy vegan source is moong beans
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I'm vegan right now (religious reasons - do a vegan fast every few months) and eat rainbow salads of veg. I also have nuts and legumes. It's actually a lot harder to stay on calories for a proper vegan diet than a vegetarian/pescetarian because high protein stuff usually has a lot of fat too. If you're adding all that…
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In terms of the impact to the body, all sugar is sugar unfortunately. Fruit sugar is ever so slightly harder to digest but if you're eating 500 cals per day of fruit (and this is you estimating so it might be even more) that's often hundreds of grams of sugar. That much sugar is not you. Not to mention the acid will weaken…
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Everyday because I want to track the fluctuations.
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I used to walk 10 miles a day when I was a child, had three meals a day and didn't snack, but I was still overweight on a 'traditional' diet. People in the 70s and 80s ate a lot of crap.
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Raw in a salad with cherry tomatoes and mozzerella.
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Just because something is classed as junk food doesn't mean it has no nutrients. A beef burger from McD for example has a decent amount of protein, fat, carbs, vitamin B (from the bread). Pizzas are a complete nutritious meal when done properly with fresh veg and cheese & can often have a good amount of vitamin c and…
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Strongly suggest you don't go on here looking for medical advice. Speak to a qualified dietician/nutritionist and speak to them. You will need to take your meds but diet can be used alongside to control it.
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I don't know anyone who has practiced portion control (without any knowledge of calories) to ever keep their weight off in the long term. Weight loss might be slow but it eventually creeps up.
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I like to split meals. A bit of breakfast at 5am the rest at 8-9am. A bit of lunch at 12-1pm, rest at 6pm, then dinner at 8pm. It's the only way I feel sane. I also work on a weekly average net. So have flexibility if I really need a bit more some days.
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You should weigh yourself for an accurate TDEE. My maintenance at 170 pounds, 5 ft 7, very active (ie 10-15k fast paced steps per day) is allegedly 2,800. I have PCOS so reduce by 500. Not saying you can't have a TDEE that high, you should try after all, but it seems a huge amount for someone as petite as you.
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Just get right back on the wagon. The holiday from restricting has likely done you some good.
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I'm pear shaped and will often lose weight everywhere on my upper body except my breasts - those tend to remain the same size as I have a large rib cage. Strongly suggest you consider the reduction. A 32i sounds painful.
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Fitbit calculates total calorie burn ie exercise plus that of general existance, therefore it allows you to eat more. It passes only the exercise portion to MFP. MFP only counts the exercise beyond the minimum required for each of the activity levels. I personally use MFP but know people who used Fitbit and still lost,…
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You must be tall. I didn't look anywhere near that good at 200 pounds lol. Well done!
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TheWJordinWJordin: I don't portion control. I just make sure I don't eat too many calories. Is there a meaningful difference between "portion control" and "not too many calories"? Particularly when you achieve both by carefully measuring what you eat [\b] You're not measuring your intake accurately using portion control.…
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I don't believe in set points. The hunger only happens when trying to lose weight too fast - it often goes away when eating at maintenance.
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TDEE are just estimates. The proof is in the doing. Try it and see if you still lose?
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When at work I split my dinners - 200 calories before or during my commute, and 200-300 calories when I get home. My Gym time occurs prior to my morning commute - usually 4am.
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The rules don't apply for overweight or obesewomen, but do discuss this with your gaenocologist. They will probably tell you to continue losing up to 0.5kg a week, but you need their okay first.
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If you're still losing you're not at your plateau yet. Weight loss can slow for any number of reasons. When you do reach a plateau ie 0 weight loss over 3 weeks or more, try eating at maintenance for your current weight for a few weeks then restrict. It should resolve it.
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I rely on a weekly deficit/weekly average numbers, and so some days I'll eat more than others. It broadly balances out in the end.
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I'll usually have a coffee with one tsp sugar or a banana at 5am. Then have 'second breakfast' around 8-9. Split lunch similarly too. Means I'm not too hungry on my evening commute.
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Your net calories should be 1200 not your total. Try eating back some of your exercise calories and see if it makes you feel better
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Photos can be misleading and don't work for me. I've lost 3kg in my phase 2 loss and already my waist has shrunk from a 32 to a 28 inches. However I am still very overweight and fat. Why? Because most of weight is on my hips, thighs, and bums and they haven't shifted an inch. So in photos I look a lot slimmer but actually…
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It's a great achievement. All I can suggest is go with your gut instinct and don't really go by what the numbers tell you - if you need to go smaller to feel more confident then do it.
