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Minnie, thanks for being so specific. I admit, eating more makes me nervous. I feel full as it is most days on what I've been eating, I'm eating every few hours and it feels like plenty! I worked hard to increase protein and decrease carbs and have felt better eating that way. It's hard to balance listening to the numbers…
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I'm trying to eat about 1350-1450 calories, regardless of exactly how much estimated exercise I log. Since my net goal is at a 500 calorie deficit from my TDEE, 1150, that's eating back some but not all of my exercise calories. That seems to be a good amount in terms of hunger... providing me energy without stuffing myself…
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Thanks for the advice so far. To clarify two things... I've been working on losing weight for over 6 months, I've just only been using MFP as a tool for a little over a month. I've been stuck for months, and only just saw my first progress recently, before it stopped again. That's what I meant by "stuck." And I'm trying to…
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I've been stuck a couple of weeks. I'm 5'4", weigh 127 now.
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Concordancia, I organize a lot of things in recipes. For the amount of chicken I baked, I made the recipe so that two servings = two ounces, and that's how much I ate. Also, the chocolate dipped bananas are pieces (8 to a banana), not whole bananas. Hope that helps explain things!
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HI all, It's been a couple of weeks since I've been trying to follow the advice I received in this thread and I wanted to follow-up! I have been eating more, eating back exercise calories as much as possible, and limiting sugar and carbs... The two biggest pieces of advice I heard throughout this thread. I'm still not…
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I'm 21, I'd love to find more friends on MFP for motivation and to motivate!
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Cherry, I've been pondering this too. I got some advice from MFP users the other days that I should be watching my sugar limit, so I've been trying to follow a daily goal of 24g of sugar. I find difficult to stick to, but when I look at the sources of sugar throughout the day, many small random sources contribute (such as…
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Yeah, good point! I think I'm really starting to realize what a science this is... which is encouraging, since it means it can be understood and conquered! I'm not sure I have the funds for a personal trainer at the moment, but it's something I've considered (along with a dietician). I'm also looking for more strategic…
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Okay, I thought it would be something like this. Out of curiosity, where do you—or MyFitnessPal's guided goals, for that matter—get these percentages? Is there a "golden ratio" for weight loss? Is there a good ratio for young women? For semi-vegetarians (I don't eat much meat)? Keeping in mind that I am not seeking any…
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Quick follow-up question for any of you who had advice about watching carbs & sugar based on my diary... I've been working on limiting those, but now I keep going over MFP's protein goal. Is this a problem? I'm guessing it's better to eat less sugar/ fewer carbs even if that means eating too much protein, but I'm not sure.
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Well, I certainly have a few ideas and things to change! Of course I welcome more, but for now, I want to say that I appreciate everyone's thoughts from tonight.
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Well, okay! I'm definitely going to look into heavy lifting. I mean, a picture says a thousand words. Plus, I've been hearing about it a lot lately and generally thinking about what else I could do for exercise that would be more effective. I'm the kind of person who does well with "programs" but not classes, and I've…
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I've looked at a lot of BMR/TDEE/calorie calculators lately and I'm feeling pretty confused. Is there any kind of consensus where I should set my daily goal? MFP's calculator tells me 1200, someone suggested 1300. Assuming I do a better job of choosing my calories AND eating back the calories I exercise off every day so…
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No, sounds like it's not. I don't know how to fix my ticker, but I'm trying to lose about 15-20 pounds at the moment.
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Sorry to make every answer another question, but this is so helpful. Can you (or anyone else who's had success with it) be more specific as to how to go about doing "a real lifting program"?
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I definitely appreciate your thoughts on this, and I fully admit that it's possible. But I am going by how I felt at a lighter weight and how I feel now. I don't feel good! I don't quite know how to explain it, but I feel fairly certain that my body isn't designed to be at this weight. I don't mean this in a vain…
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Revisiting this, no idea what raspberry ketones are... but I have been considering reevaluating supplements/vitamins. Can you get your metabolism tested?
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jonnythan and Marilyn, okay, this is very helpful and specific advice. I can certainly try increasing calories, either my overall goal to 1300, or doing a better job of at least accounting for "earned back" exercise calories... I've been noticing the sugar trend too, so I can work on that, any other suggestions?…
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wildchild, I've read that around the internet a few places, although when I saw an OBGYN, she said it was "preposterous" and that she had never heard of b.c. being linked to weight gain in the way I thought mine was. But I'm going off regardless to see if that's it. That's my last resort, so it's good to hear it worked for…
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My diary only reflects the past few days since I was previously counting calories on another site, but I have made it public. I also wasn't logging exercise for a while, so that isn't reflected, but I've been doing ~30 minutes to 1 hour of moderate/intense cardio every day and weights every other day for two months, plus…
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Yes, I had blood work done in the winter, when I was just started to get frustrated with all this. I had my thyroid checked and it / everything was normal.
