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I use half and half, which has 3.5 grams fat per serving. At 3 tbsp per mug, that’s only about 6 percent of the daily recommended fat. It’s a higher percentage of daily recommended saturated fat (maybe 30).
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Success begets success. Sounds like you’re in a good place because you’ve structured this to allow yourself to be successful. I say carry on and don’t over complicate this with too many more goals yet.
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What tools do you use to tally your calories? Do you ever log your food in MFP by grams/ounces and use a digital food scale? Some prepackaged things don’t need this (a granola bar), but my success has always come from putting most of my food on a food scale — grapes, cheese, meats, sliced sourdough from publix, peanut…
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at 5 lb in 3 weeks i would stay the course for now. if you start to lose faster / too fast, you could start eating back some of the exercise calories. it’s trial and error.
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when you go to the PROGRESS page, you have to click the word STEPS and toggle it over to WEIGHT (mobile view)
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I can’t answer your actual question, but if you add them all separately, they show up in your recently added / used list and are really easy to find for the next day. Or you can log multiple days at once just to get it done.
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Yeah the term “right” is standing out to me. For me it’s more about “how much” than right or wrong. For example, I just made myself a waffle with peanut butter for breakfast. Instead of “is peanut butter a right choice,” I threw the waffle on the food scale and chose 18 grams peanut butter instead of 25-30. In the…
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Do you mean it removes some of your “calories burned through steps” because you added a workout? Thats because it doesn’t want you to double dip. So the steps you just took during your workout are counted only in the workout. Is this what you are referring to? I saw this on my own account yesterday. I had some immediate…
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this! and don’t just focus on WHAT you are eating, focus on how many grams / ounces (therefore calories) you’re eating of each thing as well. this app helps with that!
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Initially it took a few weeks to stop feeling frustrated and annoyed. Then I felt empowered. I have never expected anyone else to hold me accountable or “help me” maintain my health. It’s solely my responsibility and I set out to never blame my husband, my colleagues, etc. Using a digital food scale for most of what I eat…
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Is your apple watch communicating your entire days burn to MFP, or just the workouts? My apple watch only syncs the workouts I initiate in the Workout app, but I cannot remember how I set that up. You don’t want to end up for double credit for daily movement by getting it both from the watch AND from the “activity level”…
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grapes, cucumber, blueberries, skinnypop popcorn. i like the mini 100 cal granola bars made by kind. cashews have more calories than the rest of these but i put mine on a digital food scale so i only get one serving. i also try to eat dinner before 6.
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i also eat dinner early, at 5 or 5:30 when i can
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When I need to go back to a deficit for a few months, it takes me about two weeks to adjust to feeling a smidge hungry between meals then the crankiness swaps with feeling proud and in control.
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What did you set your daily activity level to?
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I didn’t notice you saying anything about counting calories. Have you been doing this, considering that’s what MFP is for?
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protein bars have so much sugar! i only have one snack between lunch and dinner. sometimes it’s grapes and cheese. sometimes it’s mixed nuts with a 70 cal serving of chocolate chips added. sometimes it’s skinnypop popcorn. or a chobani yogurt.
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You’re caving because you’re aiming for 0. Why not start with a few ounces each night. Or have a glass every other night.
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agree. you’re going to lose more muscle than you want to this way. when we eat in a deficit we’re not ONLY losing fat. so we have to go slow and strength to train.
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weigh and measure my food for the day in the morning. make all food choices for the day ahead of time and pre log as much as you can. without a plan for the day we may be more impulsive.
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I have spondylolisthesis and some foraminal stenosis. I have to be really careful when I exercise. Stopped running, stopped lifting heavy. But I’ve been able to become active again in different ways — walking, stationary bike, functional strength training some with dumbbells. I have on and off chronic hip pain / low back…
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cook dinner the day before (or several days before) and have it portioned out and ready to microwave when you get home!
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agree with pre logging. i do a lot of my weighing and measuring in the morning (fruit, etc) so i can just eat the next time im hungry. i’ll log the whole day while i drink my coffee so ive already made all my food choices. no need to be impulsive.
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Some people really like to weigh regularly to understand fluctuations. I do not. In a situation like this, I would wait a month or two to weigh myself while remaining thoroughly committed to my food scale! I can be proud of myself for my hard work without constantly checking for numerical proof that I’m doing well!
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i put most foods on a digital food scale. also, i agree with embracing hunger. to this extent — hunger isn’t an emergency. i do a lot of self talk that hunger now, for example, means i’m really going to enjoy dinner when it’s ready in an hour! don’t have to remedy immediately.
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That sounds about like my sizing. The problem is I’m a different size at different stores. I had to get into the mid and upper 120s in order to get into a Size 6 Old Navy jeans/shorts and a size 2-4 pant at Ann Taylor Loft.
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yes!!! throw some chicken breasts into a crock pot with some chicken broth and seasoning. sometimes i do garlic, onion, salt, pepper. sometimes i do a tub of pesto with some powdered ranch dressing. when it’s done, shred it out then put it in containers pre weighted to how much you want in each serving.
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1670 sounds great if you stalled on the other number. If it’s too aggressive and you’re hungry, just move in that direction more gradually.
