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Are you definitely sedentary? Are you doing any exercise? Are you eating your exercise cals? Is it possible that you're burning more than you're accounting for and that's why you're losing weight faster than planned? MFP is designed for you to log your exercise and eat those additional cals.
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The news here (in the UK) said it suppressed appetite. I guess that's a game changer for people who don't really want to change their habits so don't make any effort but, as said above, what happens when they stop taking the drug? No prizes for guessing that they'll just put weight straight back on as they won't have…
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I can't help re your actual question, as I'm not in the US, but do you have a freezer? Much of what you've listed could be made as a larger meal - and then freeze additional portions. My freezer is full of different curries, different stirfries, chilli, bolognese, tagine, different roast meats, cheesy tomato pasta bake,…
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That possibly goes a long way to explaining your burnout. Eat at least a fair percentage of your exercise calories, give it 6 weeks and see how you're doing then. I always eat 100%, but I'm quite confident that the calories calculated for my exercise are pretty accurate. MFP is designed for you to log your exercise and eat…
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I've lost a third of my starting weight. I'm also only 5'1.5"tall so I do look very different, particularly to people who don't see me very often. I've had a lot of concerned comments about losing too much, being really skinny now etc etc but I put it down to the fact that everyone was so used to me be considerably…
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Thankfully my GP doesn't have anything so high tech. The scales are in a side room, so I usually pop in there whilst the doctor is updating notes, take off my shoes and most of my clothes and hop on the scales. Even so, I typically weigh 1kg (~2lb) more on their scales than I do on mine. As someone said above, my scales…
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Do you eat your exercise cals? Or are you eating 1500 cals, burning a load from exercise and effectively eating a NET number that's far fewer cals than you need?
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And to track your sodium, go to Settings and change one of the nutrients (they're listed at the top) to Sodium. Scroll down and Save.
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I definitely don't have your experience but my suggestion would be to set yourself small goals that are attainable and work up from there. I assume you're logging your foods in MFP. I also assume you know what spikes your blood sugar and what doesn't. In the Diary Settings, you can re-label the various meal categories. I'd…
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I too have learned a lot from these forums. In the past, I restricted certain foods or food groups. Not surprisingly, I didn't stick to those diets for any length of time and any weight that was lost just came back again. Using MFP, I don't deprive myself - and have read over and over that that's true for many others.…
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Are there foods you'd like to eat but feel you can't or shouldn't because they don't fit with your diet? Perhaps a diet break / eating at maintenance for a period may help - eat foods that you like, but in smaller portions so that you're not over-eating? Have a break from dieting whilst you get back on track mentally.…
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More details including your age, height, weight, how active you are on a day-to-day basis, how much exercise you do (and do you log it) and what goal did you enter when you set up your info on MFP? Also, do you weigh your food on scales and use measuring spoons for all liquids? MFP won't let you complete your diary at less…
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Not that I'm aware of. I can't even find a way of figuring out when I last ate an item.
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I've heard the same thing @acpgee - no idea where from, but I don't watch TV so definitely not from a cooking programme and I don't think I've read The Sun in about 30 years. OP, I'd also suggest something that involves grilled chicken and salad if you're after low cals, low fat etc. However, I don't see the point in…
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Another option is to change your Diary categories and have one 'meal' just for logging fruit and veg each day. Then just deduct the carbs number for that 'meal' from the overall total. It won't probably work if you build recipes that have carbs from different ingredients though.
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What's a 'reasonable serving' to one person could be huge or pathetic to another person. Different people write these recipes, therefore a serving size will differ per dish. I start by looking at the key ingredients - how much protein? is pasta / potato / rice used in the recipe or do I need to add those as a side? I have…
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[/quote] Thank you. So far my average is around 1400 calories per day and im getting close. Yesterday it let me know that if I keep it up at that rate I will weigh 145 in 5 wks. Is this pretty accurate? [/quote] It's a guide. However, it's based on every day being identical to today and that's highly unlikely. You may eat…
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Yes. MFP is designed for you to log and then eat your exercise calories.
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It can do. It depends on what you eat and how much. Log everything you eat for a month. Look at how many calories you're consuming per week. If you're gaining, even slowly, you're eating more than your Maintenance number. Only you can know what / where you can cut a little to ensure that your average puts you at the weight…
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I've always erred on the side of caution too. My recipes track the ingredients and quantities initially used. Yes you may have a buttery liquid left, but some of that could include moisture that has come out of your chicken. You don't know. The only time I don't do this is if I put 2 tbsp oil into a roasting pan for veg…
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Mostly I just chop it up and freeze in 100g portions for adding to my lunch salads. Sometimes I'll add roasted chicken to a stirfry. The carcass (and skin) get simmered for an hour or so in a big pot with about 1-1.5 litres of water. Then I fish all that out and add a load of chopped veg to the chickeny water. Whilst…
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Is your cheat day because you're meeting with family / friends and eating and drinking more? Or because your calories through the week aren't sufficient so you feel hungry and blow it? If it's due to meeting with people, I'd cut a little from each meal during the week (one clice of toast with breakfast, a smaller serving…
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All of the above answer your point anyway but, for future reference, in case you have any issues that do need to be addressed, it's rare for anyone from MFP to be reading any posts on these Forums. You'd need to go the Help section and log a ticket with the Support team. Sometimes you see an MFP Moderator pop up but you…
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Good for you. Even if you don't lose 20lb (weight loss isn't linear, it'll slow as you get lighter anyway plus the end of May is 16 weeks away), any weight loss at all is still better than where you are right now and will hopefully give you the encouragement to continue. In case you haven't read it elsewhere, weigh…
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CICO, although I keep my carbs below 130g a day (because I'm T2D) and juggle things to ensure I get sufficient protein and fibre. The simple answer is that I just continue to eat foods that I like but I made my portion sizes smaller, especially the rice / pasta / potatoes / couscous element, and added more veg instead.…
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In addition to what @goal06082021 said*, different brands will have different cals. I've never heard of eMeals so don't know if it's just recipes or whether you get sent the ingredients but, if you're shopping yourself, using a different brand to those used in the original recipe's creation could result in a different end…
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You can have up to 6 categories (I think). In additional to Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, I have one for drinks. I then have two Snacks categories. One is for pre-planned things that I bought ahead and intended to have with my lunch (lentil crisps, apple or other fruits, cheese & crackers etc) and one for the adhoc things…
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Congrats on getting started, but be aware that some of your 7lb will have been water weight. Are you eating the number of cals that MFP gave you or are you trying to undercut that number? Also, that's a very very aggressive target and probably isn't sustainable. Or rather, it's not sustainable without health risks or a…
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I've always eaten 100%, both during weight loss and now in Maintenance. To some extent, the accuracy of the numbers MFP gives you for an exercise will depend on what exercise you do. I've always found it pretty accurate for (brisk) walking, but I know others disagree. It certainly wasn't accurate for any gym cardio…
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To add to my above comments, read the answers to the "Is it safe to lose 2lb a week" post asked by Rocio12.
