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Quick stuff: string cheese, 2 light Wasa crisps with Laughing cow, chopped fruit like strawberries, pineapple and bananas with some cottage cheese, Think Thin, Kind or Nu-Go bars. With Nu-Go, the dark choc mint is great! Veggie Crisps, Costco sometimes has these in big bags. Chopped veggies (carrots, red peppers, cherry…
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This makes so much sense, thank you. As I was rethinking this over the weekend, I figured something along the lines of what you were saying. Especially since MFP visibly increases your calorie allotment for the day when you add in the workouts. Since I only marked "moderately active" or something like that, I didn't…
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I think it depends on the person. For me, sometimes closer to 3-4 days
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I actually just looked back at my profile, and it takes into account my exercise and is still telling me that if I exercise and hour 5x weekly, I should only be eating 1200 calories a day. So, is seems that I shouldn't be eating back any of my exercise calories. Am I missing something? I'm 5'4", medium build and hoping to…
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I just started training for distance running (well, a half marathon, so not too much distance). Anyway, also do mixed cardio/weights at least 2-3 days a week, so am working out at least 5 days. I have never thought about eating any of my exercise calories back until I started reading these boards as it seems counter…
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Thanks for letting me know that they set the protein limit a little low. I didn't even think about my diary being visible, so I just made it public. Will look into changing settings to 40-30-30. I know that there will inevitably be some up weeks. It's good to know that everyone has 'em. Really appreciate the feedback!
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Great work!
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5 between Saturday morning and this morning, despite 2 workouts on Saturday and one yesterday. Only went to one party and only had one plate of food and one piece of cake (and 3 small glasses of wine). frustrating! Hoping there's some water weight that'll be gone by tomorrow am. Usually Monday is my weekly weigh in, but I…
