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I’m thinking people who have been overweight and no longer log have other rules they follow to maintain. I like logging and knowing a candy bar can fit into my calories today and I can still maintain my weight. My rules are just the number of calories I can consume in a day and nothing else.
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I felt the same way. It was way too restrictive and I felt like all I could eat was fruit or veggies. Everything else was too high in points to enjoy. Hated it and lasted a couple of weeks. Oprah is still overweight and has been advertising it for years. So not a great success story.
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I think that would be .5 a week. You will need to be tight with logging. 30 min of dog walking will only burn 100-150 calories depending on how fast you walk.
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Good luck and congratulations! I’m only 6 weeks into maintenance and still logging and feel like I’m still on a diet. I’ve either been overweight or obese my entire life and I don’t expect 50 years of overeating to stop now. I’m hoping I will feel more confident in a year.
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Just add more activity to your normal day. Make effort to move more. Park further away, go to the bathroom at work further away, take the stairs when available. I go to the restroom one flight down and when I take a 10 min break, I walk. I go to the gym during my lunch break. It’s light out late now, so I take a 20 min…
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Not really. It will give you calorie adjustments for steps as long as you don’t use the exercise setting for activity. I walked a lot one morning around the mall. MFP gave me 150 calorie adjustment for the steps. Later that afternoon I went outside for a long, brisk walk and used the exercise feature on the AW. It will…
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This is my 9th time to lose 50+ lbs in my life. Started when I was 15. I lost 72 lbs this time and am in maintenance. I continue to log and count calories and weigh most every day. I have learned a lot about moderation and it’s not all or nothing when it comes to losing and maintaining weight using MFP. I take it one day…
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The AW integration with my MFP is ok, not great. It either gives you calories for steps or exercise in MFP, not both. I am in maintenance and I was under eating for a couple of weeks, so I manually added more calories to MFP to help. I really wish it would sync better so I would have more confidence in the amount I’m…
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I do 1 lb plus 100 calories. .5 doesn’t move the scale fast enough for me to be happy with the progress.
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Are you eating back at least half your exercise calories on top of those base calories? If not, then you are probably not eating enough. That’s why you are starving. WW will only work if you eat at a calorie deficit reguarless of how many points you have to eat. I hated WW. It was too restrictive and not flexible with what…
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My why is because I want to do things, go outside and feel good walking, be able to go on hikes or go swimming in the ocean. I want to be in pictures and not be terrified about what I look like. I want to be able to wear pretty dresses. I want to go shopping and be able to find clothes that look good on me every time. I…
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It was about 6 weeks and 12 lbs for me.
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I also say it takes new proper fitting clothes for people to notice. Too big clothes makes you look sickly or sloppy.
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I did too! I did the exercise videos too. Now when I hear “it’s my party and I will cry if I want to” I think about exercising with Richard. Lol!
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In high school in the 80s I begged my mom to buy these fiber diet pills I saw in the back of a magazine. You would just take five pills with a lot of water three times a day and then the next day eat all you wanted. I lost fast on that diet over the summer. When school started I was embarrassed to take the pills at school…
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Not a fan of cheating because it makes food bad. I really believe learning to live life and enjoy food in moderation is the key to keeping the weight off. If you have a special event where you will enjoy more food, enjoy yourself at the event, don’t stuff yourself but start back watching your calories with the next meal or…
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That’s why I prefer to exercise alone or with my husband. It’s very hard losing weight and I wouldn’t want to chance anyone bringing me down and making me feel I wasn’t worth it. It’s happened to me many, many times. Women can be mean. Just not worth it. Keep working on being the best you can be and F off the losers that…
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You won’t gain weight if you continue to log your food and stay within your calorie goal. Also continue with your exercise program and weighing. I was afraid too. I gave up losing a couple of pounds short of my last goal I was so tired and hungry even at a small 300 calorie deficit I decided to do a two week maintenance…
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Yea I fit into a size 6 shorts at Macy’s in one brand. It ticked me off and I refused to buy them. I’m not a size 6! I’m wearing a size 8 in most women’s designers, but some jeans I still need a size 10 (Lucky and Guess).
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I’m 51, 5’ 8” 161 lbs (164.4 is normal for my height) and I wear a size 8 pant and size 12 top/dress (big girls). I would have to lose 10 lbs to go down a size on pant, but my top wouldn’t change much. I’m pretty much where I want to be based on how I feel and how I fit in clothes. I’m also happy to no longer be…
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This annoys me too. I end up under eating most days because as soon as I log an exercise all previous step calories are gone. Now if I walk a lot without counting it as exercise I take note of the number of calories MFP gives me before it goes away with exercise. Then I add it back manually as walking. Another method would…
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I’m also 2-4 lbs from my goal. I have been feeling very hungry and exhausted, my blood pressure even got below 90/60 so I decided to take a diet break last week. I’m one week into eating at maintenance and am happy and feel so much better. Actually I’m still eating 150-300 calories less than maintenance according to my…
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Yes it is and so is excessive plaque build up. I’ve done low carb Atkins off and on for over 30 years and that was one of the side effects. I don’t do it anymore because of multiple reasons, with this being one of them. It’s no fun going to the dentist 4 times a year to scrape off extra plaque. Having a balanced, all foods…
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I agree you are not chubby. I guarantee you will look at this picture in 10 years and wish you still look like that. Take care of yourself and you will! Keep living an active and enjoyable life. This sounds like Mom advice, but Colllge age guys are immature, but they will mature some day and you will find the right person…
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I’m thinking over exercising can make me unbearably hungry. I do moderate exercise with weight training for about an hour a day and haven’t taken a break in about two weeks. I eat all my exercise calories back (based on my Apple Watch exercise calories). I was so hungry last week I was in tears a few times, so afraid my…
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I hate not going to workout. I actually have to make myself take rest days. Keep going, don’t do anything crazy that you get injured and in a month it will be something you have to do.
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What are your stats? How much do you want to lose? I lost 66 lbs and I’m 51. I work full time and an empty nester. It’s really really hard to lose weight and keep it off. You have to really want it and make it priority #1 in your life for it to happen. I have about 5 lbs more to lose and I’ve been really hungry this week…
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I just lose at a lower rate. I started with a setting of losing 1.5 a week with MFP giving me 1370 a day and I ate back exercise. I’m down 66 lbs and and very close to my goal and I cannot live with eating less than 1400 plus exercise a day, so I lose less a week. Make your calories sustainable for the long run. Eating at…
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That’s too bad. I think if you found some activity you could do it would help increase the number of calories you can eat and help your appetite. I workout to earn around 300 calories a day in exercise to allow a snack at night. It feels manageable at 1750 a day. I have no idea how people keep it at 1200.
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Instead of snacking at night waiting for your partner to get home, walk around your house briskly. If you have stairs, include those in your walks to get your heart rate up. If you do that for 30 min you can burn about 120 calories. You can do it in 10 min increments. It’s easy when you do it like that.
