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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.
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i like to put my plan for dinner in early in the day then go ahead and log what i’m packing for snack and lunch. that way i know ahead of time what makes sense, how some choices will impact other choices, etc. then the goal for the day is to eat everything logged!
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Have you tried simply using a food scale to weigh your foods by grams and ounces? Are there specific goals you have that Mediterranean will help with?
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totally normal. not a plateau at all.
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Here’s what I tell myself: i don’t need motivation. that will always come and go. i need discipline instead! it’s up to me. it’s not my husbands job to help me do this, or my friends job, or my mothers. i am responsible for my own health. if that means i take over cooking so that it’s prepped in a way that i can weigh and…
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If you loose too fast, you’ll be losing a greater percentage of muscle along with that fat loss. Lose slower and you’ll retain more muscle mass! Slow and steady.
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Maybe. I assume that some of this is trolling. People who are bored looking to get a rise out of the regular posters.
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Same!
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let yourself eat chocolate after the kids go to bed but plan it. try buying bars of dark chocolate but only eating / logging one square per night.
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How do you calculate those numbers? Do you eyeball your servings? Use a digital food scale? That’s so little food (1065) that to not be hungry I am wondering if you should use a digital food scale to test the accuracy there. It can seem like overkill to some, but I use it when I need to lose weight so I can enter my…
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try an app called fiton. there are a lot of free videos that do not require subscription
