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Thanks everyone! I've been using the recipe builder for years but I normally just used measuring cups and then divided the whole recipe into 6 or whatever. I'm sure 1gm=1 serving will be much more accurate.

Me too. I don't own a car.

My understanding is you should be eating at maintenance in the first trimester, losing weight isn't worth it! I've also heard that watching carbs (i.e. 40% carbs a day) can help prevent diabetes. For what it's worth the recommendations for women not to gain more than 35lbs (or 20 if overweight) are a bit bull. I tracked my…

This thread just makes me very glad I can lose weight eating 1500 calories a day!

I often eat something similar but I find the protein powder kind of "curdles" so I stopped using it. Does this happen to you?

Wow, my jaw literally dropped. You are a very handsome man ;) Nice work!

As someone who did have an actual eating disorder (anorexia in my teens, bulimia in my twenties) what your describing sounds like food/weight preoccupation. It's very common and almost normalized in our society. I have dripped in and out of this way of thinking since recovering years ago. I recently had a baby and I'm…

Congratulations! I'm working on losing my baby weight, my daughter is 6 months old. Feel free to add me. You should join this group! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/113945-fit-fabulous-postpartum Just an FYI, this is not true for everyone. It's sort of talked about as a reason to breastfeed but in reality about…

I feel you! I love drinking red wine and my husband also loves wine and drinks it every night..it makes it very hard not to. I have been using my food scale to measure out exactly 6oz and then telling myself I cannot have anymore. I wait as long as possible before having my glass so that I can savour it and then brush my…

Would you mind telling me what your macros are? I'm not sure exactly what LFHC is. I don't have pre-diabetes but my mom and several family members do and I am trying to be proactive about preventing it.

Congrats! You look amazing :)

My weight has fluctuated over the past 5 years because of recovery from surgeries and having a baby, I'm 5'6'' and pear shaped for reference. 155 - size 10 145 - size 8 138 - size 6 132 - size 4

Inspiring! My baby is 5 months old today. I was 177 when I gave birth but I'm stuck at 154 which is too much on my 5'6'' frame.

I'm also 154 and 5'6'', at this weight we are just within the normal range for BMI..but that doesn't mean much. Ideal weight means different things to different people but to me it is a weight that you feel comfortable at and that you can maintain without too much deprivation or spending all day at the gym. My ideal weight…

In the past I was working out a ton (i.e. cycling 200K a week plus heavy lifting) and I lost weight without weighing my food. I recently had a baby and I'm trying to lose the last 15-20 lbs but I'm not nearly as active so dieting alone isn't doing it, I just bought a food scale so I'm hoping it will do the trick!

It can take a healthy couple up to a year to get pregnant so I wouldn't put it off because of your weight. Overweight people don't need to gain as much during pregnancy (typically like 15-20 lbs). I was a low/healthy weight when I got pregnant and I gained 40lbs but lost 20 of those within a month. So if you eat well and…

I'm on mat leave with a 4 month old and only get to the gym a couple times a week. I don't have a car and walk or take public transit and I normally get in anywhere from 5-12K steps a day. I choose to set myself to lightly active and not lot exercise unless I do an intense workout.

OK thanks for all the comments! I will start weighing packaged foods I eat regularly to make sure the calories I've been logging are accurate. I find measuring cups much easier for liquids so I'll probably continue using them for that but weigh dry foods.

Amazing! Good work :)

I'm 5'6'' but... SW/CW (10 weeks postpartum) 157 LW 134 GW 130

I'm the same weight and height as you are and previously had an eating disorder. I restricted my intake to the point where I stopped having periods and developed heart problems and still never dropped below 125. What I worked for me (years later) was eating 1600 - 1800 and heavy weight lifting. Before getting pregnant last…

I have very little breast tissue (I also can't produce enough breastmilk) so my breasts go from about a 36C at 175 to a 34A at 130. When I'm at my thinnest my breast look like deflated balloons :( Breast size is a mixture of fatty tissue and glandular tissue.

I love coffee, I drink about 2-3 cups a day. I also eat low cal toast (spelt stonemill) most mornings, I was able to get to an maintain a low/healthy BMI this way until I got pregnant and started eating pastries instead :#

5'6'' and I feel great with a lot of muscle mass at around 130, puts me at a size 4

Age: 29 Height: 5'6" Pre-pregnancy Weight: 134.5 lbs Goal to Gain:25-30 lbs Due: August 15, 2016 Week 4: 134.5 Week 5: 134.5 Week 6: 136.5 Week 7: 135 Week 9: 137.5 Week 10: 136.5 Week 11: 136 Week 12: 138 Week 13: 139 Week 14: 139.5 Week 15: 140.5 Week 16: 144.5!!! Week 17: 144 Week 18: 145 Week 19: 146.5 Week 20: 147…

Hi there, I am very active on MFP! About to give birth and will be trying to lose baby weight soon. I started off slim (5'6'' 133) but I've gained 40lbs despite walking 10K a day and weight lifting up until month 8 so I have my work cut out for me. Feel free to add me!

Congrats @_cassie623 Hope all goes well

Congrats! I was also doing strong lifts when I got pregnant. I continued throughout the first trimester with my max weights and barbells but by the second trimester I had a huge belly and didn't feel comfortable so I switched to doing modified exercises with dumbbells. I kept that up until month 9, now as labour approaches…

HW - 175 LW - 130 CW - pregnant! I'm 5'6'' and my highest weight was 175 in my teens. I hovered between 140-150 for years and then got down to 133 with a lot of muscle mass last year. I felt great at this weight, was very active and a size 4. I'm currently 9 months pregnant and 170, hoping to get down to 130 postpartum.…

We actually had the opposite problem in my house - no food rules and no routine. My mom didn't always cook meals but just grazed and let us graze all day. It felt like we just ate all day, which probably contributed to me being 175lbs at age 10. I think these habits largely contributed to the eating disorder i struggled…