Armywife04_21 Member

The woos lol :D

I think we have grown accustomed to eating way too much, to the point where we are hurting. This is why we all decided to lose weight- because our eating habits lead us to being overweight and in some cases obese. Small portions are normal portions, your body and health will thank you. Sure sometimes you have treat meals,…

So update for me is that I am now down to 116, so 4 lbs down since I stopped being on a deficit at 120. I do have to admit that I don’t hit my daily 1720 calorie allowance everyday, nor do I eat my exercise calories (yet I should say). Stress and what not has decreased my appetite and sometimes I find myself eating at the…

During my period I am seldom hungry honestly. It is the direct opposite of ovulation, I’ve got to force myself to eat at times. Glad to see I’m not alone in this!!!

It is definitely a learning experience, this is a lifestyle that takes a lot of getting used to. I do like the ability of eating more though! One thing for me is that I never have eaten my exercise calories, maybe that is what I need to add! It can be a scary step to do so! (For me anyway)...

I’m only 5’2 though, but I do think it is still too low for how active I am. I run 13-15 miles total a week and do weight training too, so I will probably be upping my calories soon.

One more thought....I honestly don’t understand how maintenance works as a whole while eating a lot more calories than before. How can you still lose while eating at 1700 as if you were losing at 1500? What was the point in eating at 1500 all along? Idk, just a thought...

My maintenance weight is 120lbs and MFP puts me on 1720 calories a day but I think it might be too low, I am now down to 118lbs, so we will see if it stabilizes soon.

I’m glad I’m not the only one!!!!

I am still trying to get the hang of it. Honestly right after I started maintenance I thought it was absolutely wonderful, as I have said in several posts, but now that it has “set in” sort of speak I am struggling. Idk if you guys deal with this too, but there is a small percentage of me that misses eating whatever I…

Thank you!

That’s a good feature to know! What’s the difference between the first number “net calorie” and the “average”?

That’s really good to know, I do have that guilt feeling sometimes but I know that I have to work on that. In the past I had that good and bad label for food, now I am trying to have a healthier relationship with food. It does scare me after losing a whole kid (51 lbs) lol, I don’t want to gain all that weight back…

When I first started maintenance I was loving it, now I feel like this *kitten* is hard!

I’m glad I’m not the only one, thanks ladies. And as far as “this question has been asked before”, it seems like my question helped a couple of women figure out what was going on as well. I consider it a win win :)

So question, how were you able to get to a weight of over 200lbs?

Honestly, I don’t have an issue with the price. My issue is that 1 cookie is over 400 calories. Their nutrition label is for 2oz of that 1 cookie, who eats half a cookie? Not I. So I pass on the cookie and stick to my protein powder.

I was just like you, eating way under, I also dealt with anorexia for the vast majority of my life. Even though I have recovered from anorexia, I still struggle with the mentality but I have gotten better. I know it is scary to see such high numbers when it comes to calories and honestly you will make every excuse in the…

As @RunRutheeRun stated, motivation really does come and go. If I only went to the gym when I was motivated, I would seldom be there. I have to get up very early, make time for my workouts before going to work and do it all over again the next day. It is all about building a habit, for we are creatures of habit. Slowly,…

I haven’t been maintaining long at all (started last week), and I’m not sure if I have lost weight yet. I tend to get obsessive over the scale due to years of anorexia, so I only weigh myself once a week. Last week I had a .2 gain (few days in), but I’m sure that was just water retention and glycogen levels increasing, so…

Wow, thanks guys! I really did not know that at all. I’ve actually been afraid to but that means I get to eat a lot more....wooohooo lol

Do you eat back your exercise calories? Because I’m on lightly active, although I do run 12-15 miles in total a week, but that’s what I put on here. Anyway, it gave me 1,720 calories

Well, I’m 29 today and no change in MFP calories :)

“Looked at food today” made me chuckle lol

Yes! Haha

Well......this all escalated quickly O_O

This turned into a really funny post lol. I’m trying to put my mind on “birthday calories have no calories” haha

Thank you everyone! And for those whom are close to their goals, you can do it! If I did it, you guys can too!! When being on deficit you start off struggling and feeling deprived, but then getting those extra calories after so long- it feels as though it is a luxury. The work is so worth it! Now my body craves working…

Thank you so much guys and for those birthday wishes as well! A lot of great information here and that is why MFP is great, you learn something new everyday!

Thanks guys lol. I just know that when you get older your calories decrease even slightly. When you go on any calculator this is why they ask your age, so I was wondering if MFP did the same once you are older. Kind of funny in a messed up way lol