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I'm kind of in this right now. I actually shot below my goal weight by just over 10 lbs and tried to maintain and maybe gain slightly to get back to my goal weight. I was training 5-6 days a week for a marathon. With training so much and trying to gain a little weight, I was eating a ton and could really eat whatever I…

You know what, maybe you had no success with your diet today, but you reached out and helped someone who really needed your help. It may have been a stressful day, but you were a good human being today and that has to count for something.

No twinkies and vodka diet? :grumble: The rest of this post gets two thumbs up! :bigsmile:

This is great advice. A couple things to add, be patient. You did not get overweight overnight, you can't drop the weight overnight either. The healthy way to lose weight is the long, at times frustrating, slow method of gradually losing the weight. You don't want to shock and over stress your body, because stress…

Broken forearm, so cast is below the elbow? Walking outside, recumbent exercise bike at the gym, stairmill at the gym or up and down real stairs (carefully.... ;-) ). Any and all lower body strength training should be good. If not a gym member, lunges and standing leg lift (forward and to side) will strengthen your quads,…

Yes it's bad. Obviously it's enough calories for you to be maintaining weight and hopefully not running to low on energy. However, everything you list is heavily processed and you make no mention of fruits and vegetables. Raw or lightly cooked fruits and vegetables are packed full of vitamins and minerals your body…

Most like it's operator error or some of the natural error in using calipers. As you lose weight and size your skin does slowly shrink elastically, but it's slow and that looser skin easily throws off the caliper tests. As someone else stated, the only relatively accurate body fat test is the hydrostatic test.

There is a ton of opinions out there. The only truth is the most simple one....burn more calories per day than you consume and you will slowly lose weight. And if it was really just that simple, most of us would not be here. Your body (everyone's body) is reactive to changes. You change your diet, restricting calories, and…

Fage is the best I've had. I like the plain with some honey drizzled on it. Muller and Liberte are good too. Chobani black cherry and Dannon Oikos pineapple are great fruit flavored ones. The only ones I avoid are Yoplait because they add thickeners instead of straining the yogurt (or at least used to) and my local store…

Why do you assume the dog is trying to attack you? Have you never seen a dog run up to someone just to say hi? And if it really is a safety issue (for the dog or people on the street) doing nothing but posting on an online message board ensures that absolutely nothing will change. Stop being passive aggressive and ring the…

unfortunately gluten sensitivity allergies are becoming more and more common. Just like peanuts over the past 25 years. Celiac's is an autoimmune disease that is passed hereditarily. If you have the genetic marker for it, Celiac's can flare up at any time. My mother has Celiac's, diagnosed less than 2 years ago and shes in…

Definitely talk to you doctor. Sounds similar to anemia or thyroid problems, but a that also sounds a lot like mono. And I'm not a doctor so I'm just guessing. Other than the doctor, make manageable steps to get back into this. Step one, stop with the fast food. If you haven't already, get back to a healthy, balanced diet.…

The 1200 is a lower limit MFP put in place as a rational lower limit and to not encourage disorder like behavior. The warnings are there for the similar purpose. There are people who will try to exercise all day, eat next to nothing and expect that to be healthy. It's not healthy, physically or emotionally. As for your…

Generally estimate it and look through the MFP database entries for something that looks to be in the calorie range I would expect. When in doubt, estimate the calories to be on the higher end.

^This Any guy who feels threatened because his girlfriend gets hit on and shuts the other guy down has some serious personal insecurities and jealousy issues. Everyone feels jealous every now and then, even the most secure, but to the point of feeling emasculated and threatened....?? Move on.

Thanks Everyone! I started using a foam roller after my knee started acting up after that 17 mile run. I also did some online searching for IT area deep tissue massage and therapy treatments to get the IT band to stretch and release. Those are kind of painful to do, but so very worth it. For a long time I have done hip…

I did the stupid thing of trying to push up mileage way to fast. I jumped from 13.6 to 17.2 miles from one weekend to the next and that is when my knee went soft. I think the shoes were part of the problem, either just not quite enough support or slightly wrong pronation angle on the sole, but I know I was a big part of…

Are you talking about net calorie goal or total calories? I started off eating a NET of about 2100 calories and reduced down to about 1900 as I lost weight. Hit a plateau after losing 40 lbs, upped my calories to about 2300 and broke through that plateau. Eventually lost enough weight to lower my net down to about 2150,…

A lot of people on here have started near where you are. Personally I was up into the low 300's before making changes to my life, eventually finding MFP to help me track and stay organized and motivated....in a year and a half I lost 100 lbs. Before MFP, I adopted a high energy dog and started walking him every day. 1 mile…

As you lose weight, definitely keep some form of strength training in your workout program. Use is the only way to build or keep the muscle you have. As you lose weight on a calorie deficit, you are losing body mass not just body fat. Working your muscles with resistance exercises is the only way to keep them strong and…

Yes, go see a podiatrist. Everyone on here is just guessing. Yes, it could be a form of PF. The plantar fascia tendon mass runs from your heel to the base of your toes under the arch of your foot. You can have PF or tendonitis type problems anywhere along the tendon mass. Rest and stretching (calf muscles, Achilles tendon…

It gets down into how you set up your MFP profile and what you consider your normal daily activity. MFP does calculate your TDEE and then subtracts from there for weight loss goals (1 lb per week = -500 cal per day from your TDEE, 2 lb = -1000 cal per day). MFP will never give a net calorie goal lower than 1200. You…

Most of the energy you burn during a workout is going to be from glycogen stored in your muscles and glucose in your blood. Those are sugar and starch derivatives that your body breaks food down into during the digestion process. Since it takes hours to fully digest food (think 12-24 hours on average) you slowly replenish…

MPW? ***25-ish and slowly climbing. What's your favorite distance? ***anything on a trail in the woods, 10k.....but after 3 half marathons that distance is growing on me. Brand of shoes? ***currently Asics, but also like Brooks Indoor or outdoors? ***Outdoors except for the cold, dark, pouring rain of winter and then I'm…

Losing weight is all about the calorie deficit. Exercise is incredibly important, but you exercise for fitness. No matter how much you exercise you can eat up all the calories you've burned if you try to (not recommended, but possible). If you combine a calorie deficit with a healthy diet and solid exercise routines, you…

To each their own on flavors. I personally like the Chobani black cherry the best. Fage plain, non-fat with some honey is great too. Look at the ingredients of the Dannon "greek" and some of the store brands. Some of them use corn starch as a thickener to approximate greek yogurt. If you like the taste of them, no problem,…

I would agree with the comments about possible anemia (iron deficiency) and needing more protein in your diet. Personally I'm an omnivore who eats chicken and fish regularly, but generally little in red meats. While losing weight, lifting and running regularly last summer I became somewhat anemic. I craved protein, but the…

Go buy a few things you can pair up with other things. I replaced my wardrobe multiple times last year while dropping over 6 inches off my waist. I just bagged up 3 garbage bags full of old clothes that have been replaced by smaller versions to donate to Goodwill. That is a good feeling, and you're getting there.

Well said and well done! Love the parts about allowing your goals and motivations to evolve. It's essential to be flexible mentally because healthy weight loss takes time. Finding joy in putting the effort into yourself and finding the determination to follow through when life gets hard are the hardest parts, but once you…

30 Day Shred as already suggested or something like the Insanity or P90X workouts. To get noticeable improvement in 6 weeks your best bet is going to be in high intensity interval training, which is what those workout programs do.