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I made banana bread today :) turned out pretty good

my *maintenance* for my goal weight is something like 1500 calories a day, so 1200-1300 for me doesn't feel that low - to slowly get there... but - I'm pretty short and I spend most of my days at a desk, outside my evening workouts

might be better to just look at the net average for the week in the app and see how it works out in the long run... I've had a few "over" days combined with a few "under" days this week, for example, but my average net is still around 1250 so just about right

I find 1200 borderline bearable for me - so I've been sticking to 1300 instead because having that extra 100cal for a small snack really makes a difference sometimes But it really depends on the day... lots of vegetables, fibre, protein? I'm ok, usually even left with enough calories to have a nice glass of wine or a…

to just do my warmup on the days when I'm really "but I don't feel like exercise", before 100% deciding to skip the day...chances are, unless I'm genuinely not feeling well, if I do the warmup I end up doing the whole thing without a problem... so it's usually just an issue of getting started

If I didn't count my tea, diet soda (mind you I do log my diet coke separately), or coffee as my "water/liquid intake" in addition to my soups and milk and still went for 2l a day I'd end easily up drinking like 5+l of liquids - which would mean running to the bathroom every 20 minutes all day long There's days where the…

yeah, that was the main reason why I ended up getting the adjustable 10kg ones a couple of years ago - for a LOT of stuff 2kg felt like I might as well just be moving my arms on their own

I've done those in the past too but unfortunately by the end of the 30 days (which ended up being extended to more like 40 days because both level 2 and level 3 of 30 day shred kicked my behind, hah) I did notice I had a bit more endurance and an easier time doing squats, lunges, planks... but my arms still felt just as…

I know when i first lost weight I kept overestimating the amount of space I'd need to move, for example, between tables/chairs.. or the size of jeans I'd fit into - I'd pick up stuff and think "this is gonna be way too small" and then it would fit or even be loose on me

I've had my vision go a bit "funny" and/or got dizzy on some days where I either didn't eat enough or was having particularly low blood pressure

I personally wouldn't skip dinner unless I wasn't particularly hungry and I knew it put me over maintenance for the day, at the end of the day it's just one doughnut :) look at it as a treat and move on

I did insanity 2x about 5 years ago, was actually considering doing it again since I still have the DVDs

depends on what you define a cheat day as.. I never do a "i'll eat whatever and as much as I want without logging" because I could easily wipe out a week's worth of work and it's just not worth it... I might take advantage of an occasional "still logging/monitoring my portions but letting myself eat around maintenance and…

something like 5lbs, stays for at least a few days then drops back to normal.. I always feel a bit bloated around that time of month

I think people get used to seeing you at a certain size/weight so when you lose some they notice the changes and aren't used to seeing you that small I got the same from my family when I first dropped to something like 120lbs (I'm 5'2-5'3), about how I looked too thin and my hands looked bony, etc.. but they got used to it…

A few years ago when I was a bit thinner (and had more muscle) I had someone I went to university with ask me what my diet was like... so I explained.. I think they thought I had some "secret" or I was just "naturally thin" because I then got something like "must be nice to be an athletic type like you, you don't have to…

oh definitely... I'm always hungrier the day after not getting enough sleep

I like a glass of wine with my dinner a couple of times a week... but I make sure it stays at 1 glass, and that it doesn't put me over my overall goal I miss my dark beer sometimes though... just not worth the 200-250 calories for a bottle of the stuff I like (only comes in 500ml, and noone to share it with)

today is my "off"/rest day so probably just a bit of yoga later in the afternoon

I'd get whatever it was I'd been craving that was too high in calories to fit into my normal meals/days - at the moment, that would mean me getting pizza

Depends on the day.. sometimes it's 6pm, sometimes I have my last snack at 10pm Eating kinda late is not usually an issue for me because I go to bed pretty late... if anything, an early dinner sometimes means I'm starving by 10-11pm

video games and lots of hot tea

stick to food you know doesn't upset your stomach and is easy to digest until you feel better? I get an upset stomach when I eat fried meat and (in large amounts) some types of full fat dairy - I had a milky coffee and 2 scoops of pistachio ice cream for the first time in like a year recently while out with a friend and it…

my unsweetened herbal tea, salt & pepper... I think I log everything else

Logging it is probably a good idea :) I know, for myself, I could *easily* wipe out my entire deficit just by eating a bit too much of everything/using more oil than usual at dinner (also - depending on which tablespoon I use for my peanut butter - I could be looking at a 100cal difference... which would be almost 10% of…

How much are you eating aka are you sure you're not replacing the calories you'd normally get from drinks with calories from food (healthy doesn't necessarily mean low in calories)? Are you logging everything accurately and are you using a food scale? Measuring cups and spoons can be really off and estimating the exact…

I usually have a day or two where I don't go for a deficit around that time of the month (I tend to get really hungry the day before my period starts - I find it easier to eat maintenance than risk basically inhaling a chocolate bar later in the day), but I think I've had ... maybe 1 day this past month where I might have…

Thanks for the reply My issue with doing more exercise is, at the moment, I'm not sure how much more I can do (at my current capabilities) as I'm already usually pretty much dead (literally lying in a pool of sweat, with noodle arms/legs) after the 40-50 minutes that I do in the afternoon - mfp says I'd need to be going…

oh that could be a good idea, I definitely have days where I'm not that hungry and could use them to save calories for the next time I feel particularly hungry

At the moment I tend to cycle through a combination of stuff like jump rope, jumping jacks, burpees, etc, pushups, squats, and whatever I can - at the moment - do with the adjustable weights I have at home - I've been logging my exercise as a combination of "calisthenics light effort/vigorous" but as a few minutes less…