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Definitely helped me... I've been creeping up since my big weight loss and just now hitting "critical mass" where I can feel a difference in my physical capacity.... (After having l lost 33 lbs between sept 2010 - march 2012, recently found myself creeping up so it 2016 and I'm back to remind myself of the cause and effect…
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Why do you think caffeine is bad?... how much are you drinking? more than 4+ cups a day? My sis a bio chemist came across a study years ago... stating that while neither caf or decaf have cholesterol in it, decaf can actually raise your cholesterol... and it prompted my switch from decaf to caffeinated coffee. Seen quite a…
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I bobble up and down... when I've maintained the same weight for 3 or more days in a row, I'll log it in MFP. I think you've got to look at it the same way the say to look at stock market fluctuations they'll be high days and they'll be low days, but it's the overall trend that counts. I only log my morning weigh-ins,…
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Diet coke triggers my appetite, and I always go over by 200-300 calories on a day I have a Diet Coke.
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I'd been drinking diet soda since I was 10 y.o. (long before nutrasweet) had tried to ditch diet coke many, many times and always revert. Switched to Iced Coffee almost 10 years ago, that way I didn't have to worry about caffeine withdrawal. And really it wasn't the caffeine that was a problem for me but all the chemicals…
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Two theories.... or maybe a combination of the two 1) When you are losing you have the excitement of seeing the scale go down and encouragement from people who notice, they tell yo how great you look and you get lots of attention. THEN... People are so excited and proud of their accomplishment that they don't create a…
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Coffee!!! U Penn did a study... turns out it Does NOT dehydrate you! It just hydrates you slightly less effectively than water. Not enough of a difference to worry about when your tracking.... Just remember to track milk/creamers and sweeteners.
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Below are the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION %BF recommendation. 17.5% sounds perfect for you
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If you can't count calories and track nutrition.... still keep keep a food journal. Anything that clarifies the cause and effect relationship between what you eat and how you feel is helpful. I learned a lot of thing with a food journal in my pre-MFP days.
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2 lbs a week seems like a lot to expect when you are less than 20 lbs away from your goal. Weighing 175 I started @ 1 lb a week, when I got to 155 I stepped it back to .5 lb a week and wished I'd slowed it down sooner. It's not about how fast you can take it off, but how long you can keep it off. After a considerable…
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My understanding is that too much protein is hard on the kidney. But I have no recollection of where I heard that or how much is too much. .... okay editing... I found this from harvard http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/03.13/09-kidney.html ... A study done on the effect of high loads of protein on people with already…
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They Can't Take That Away From Me - Ella Fitzgerald
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My latest strategy is to make my daily goal my maintenance calories minus 200-250. That way when something comes up and I have to make a less than ideal choice I've got ~1400 calories to play with over the course of the week. Let's face it life is messy and we can't be perfect all the time (and who wants to be??) I AM…
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there is a entry for "Judo, karate, kick boxing, tae kwan do" in the exercise data base... if class was an hours I'd log 30 minutes to account for time spent on instruction when we weren't really doing any thing and apps over estimating calories. Also on days when I work out I have less of an appetite, so I'll use the…
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My "maintaining" has turned into to creeping upwards.... time to plan a better strategy
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I'm a big trader joe's fan... I buy frozen veg., frozen fish (Swai - chop it into individual portions) frozen mashed potatoes. I'll grab a portion of each from the freezer and microwave... and 3 minutes later voila dinner. Okay for proteins, my go tos are frozen: fish, shrimp, turkey meatballs, veggie burgers, chicken…
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Farina with a bit of cheese mixed in (similar to how you might make polenta or grits)... I only about 200 calories, and it keeps me full for ages.
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I'm here for the same reason, been playing with maintenance strategies for 3 years and have realized that I'm slowly, but surely creeping up again...
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My latest favorite is farina, I add a little cheese like you would to polenta or grits. A good amount of protein... 0nly about 200 cal. and it keeps me full for ages
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I'm 5'6 1/2 SW:175 CW:155 GW: 150 LW:142 i got down to 142, was hoping to maintain at 145... but 150 seems more realistic, considering my age, my hearty peasant stock and that I don't want to lead a life of complete deprivation. I'm finding maintenance way harder than losing... been tweaking it since 2012.
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^ THIS. FIRST.... I know I sound like an old fart (and I kinda am) but NEVER EVER compromise your health for vanity. I checked out your profile and saw you were within the healthy range for your height, when I was at your age too, but always thought I was fat and needed to lose more, and I YO-YOed because I went past what…
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Amen The other good news is you don't have to be perfect , you just have to do better. A few small changes until they become habit, when they are habit and you don't have to think about them any more, then add a few more. rinse and repeat.
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1 Question.... what is your current height and weight? When I was your age I was a perfectly healthy weight and always thought I was too fat... hence yo-yo dieting, which was really not at all good for my health. Protect your health first. Make sure you goal is reasonable and healthy. BMI is not perfect but unless you are…
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Build muscle! But remember you do need some fat, women more than men. Below are the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION %BF recommendation.
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I felt like then until I realized that even a bad day on MFP was better than any day before I started tracking. So your not perfect, but you are doing better. (I also kept a excel sheet of my daily over and under amounts, so that I could see patterns. I noticed that if I was over my calories, sometimes it was because I was…
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Rather than focusing on what I shouldn't eat, I've been more successful focusing on what I should eat. Here I my goals... haven't come close to hitting them consistently yet. EVERYDAY: a green salad, a green veg, some other type of veg, (Yellow: carrots, sweet potatoes, White: eggplant, cauliflower, potatoes, Red: beets...…
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NOT SHOPPING.... I lived in a 300sq ft. apartment for almost 20 years... last thing I need is more stuff. spend some time reading/vegging/people watching in the park. ...at the beach go to the movies, a play or concert go on a hike
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Good Potassium... which is especially helpful in counter acting sodium. I love the SELF NUTRITION DATA website almost too much info to process: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2554/2
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You take up the width of the sidewalk, looking up, walking slowly, randomly stopping then starting again blocking other peoples way while they try to walk around you. You're a jerk... (see link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LmPBPWHJu4
