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I'm 6'2" and had to drop to 180 before my gut was gone. If you are a football player you probably have a lot more muscle than me but I'm guessing you will still need to lose at least 15-20 pounds. As the previous poster mentioned, where it comes off first is a matter of genetics. Eating healthy won't make you lose weight,…

The meetings are pretty much the same thing they have always been, tbh nothing has changed but the name of them (and they have some new kinds of snacks you can buy lol).

Sure, feel free to add me.

Hi Krystal, I'm also a WW member (lifetime) and prefer this to the WW app. Just make sure you have a food scale and remember you will need to count zero point foods if you are using the MFP calorie goals.

Get a cheap digital food scale and start weighing your food. If you aren't losing weight you simply aren't in the calorie deficit you think you are in.

For entries that are put into the app by WW the zero point ingredients are not counted. For user added entries they are just calculated accusing to the smart points formula and may be higher.

If you are going to stop running for whatever reason while you do this lifting program, be sure to monitor your calorie intake and burn very carefully. Weightlifting burns a lot less calories than running does.

The current system only increases point values for sugar and saturated fat, not fat in general (although a previous version of the plan did). The point cost decreases for protein.

You can also sync a phone app to MFP to automatically keep track of them. I use Samsung health and it seems to give me an accurate burn (I eat back all of my exercise calories). I don't have a fitbit or anything similar.

Keep in mind there are no "zero point foods" on MFP, you must measure/weigh everything.

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The current US dietary guidelines recommend limiting foods with excessive added sugars (foods with corn syrup, sugar, etc added during processing) because of the link to heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and weight gain. About half the added sugar consumed by Americans actually comes from beverages like…

An easier solution might be to use an app on your phone to figure it for you. If you use one that uses location it can pull the elevation from google maps. Samsung health and Google fit both do it, UA (who makes MFP) has a couple of apps that look like they do the same thing.

Go to settings > data permissions > MyFitnessPal in the Samsung App. Under "Allowed to Write" make sure Exercise is turned OFF. Under "Allowed to Read" make sure "Daily Step Count Trend" is turned ON. Go to MyFitnessPal select "Steps" and choose Samsung health. Close and restart both Apps. Then do some walking. It should…

Lots of people are. Welcome!

I still go to WW for the weigh ins, and to support my mother who is also a member. I do all my tracking on MFP. I should reach goal this week so should be a lifetime member soon (I'm already well within the goal range, I'm just vain).

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I agree with all those those who suggest walking (if it is possible). You do not need to do hardcore cardio, but the health benefits of moderate aerobic activity (like walking) are real and substantial. https://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/basics/pa-health/index.htm The fact that it lets you eat more is a bonus.

Welcome! The biggest difference between MFP and WW is MFP assumes you will be exact and weigh everything, WW assumes you will underestimate what you eat. You will get more predictable results with MFP if you use a scale.

The "fruit in the morning" thing comes from the original 1960's weight watchers plan where they wanted to encourage people to eat a balanced breakfast and get the proper amount of vitamin C (a daily orange or other high vitamin C fruit was required) and other nutrients. Fruit didn't go with the suggested dinner meal plans…

If I know I'm going to go out I'll pre-log my booze, dinner, Fudgie the Whale ice cream cake, or whatever the night before. Then I can just eat a bit less during the day or come in a little under the day before to compensate or eat at maintenance for that day even if I'm trying to lose. Hasn't slowed my progress.

Greek yogurt.

You can select the serving size and it will usually give you a bunch of options. Switch it to grams and just enter the grams. If it doesn't have 1 gram increments, look for another entry that does. The entries that have the option to enter in grams tend to be more accurate in my experience.

There are a lot of people here (myself included) that still go to Weight Watchers meetings but track with this app. I don't know about the other plans.

If you are coming over from weight watchers freestyle there are a few things to keep in mind:* There are no zero point foods (you have to count everything) * You have to count exercise, and eat back exercise calories (weight watchers doesn't require you to eat fit points because they would rather you eat them back in zero…

If you want to lose a pound a week and you are losing a pound and a half a week, up your calories by 250 a day. You can manually change your calorie goal in the settings, regardless of what it recommends. So if you are losing 1.5 pounds at 1350 net calories a day, try 1600. You may need to re-enter your macro percentages…

Google Barbara Rolls, Penn State, Volumetrics.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/categories/recipes

I had that problem with weight watchers as well. On weeks I ate a bunch of zero point foods I could lose nothing, then if I avoided them I'd lose too much. Which is why I started tracking with MFP. On MFP there are no "zero point foods" (because they all have calories). So you need to weigh and track them as well. If you…

Points go up for sugar and saturated fats, go down for protein.