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Taco Bell -chicken soft tacos Burger King -grilled chicken sandwich McDonald's -burger without cheese Subway -avoid cheese and mayo, add veggies or double the meat if you have enough calories. Order the lowest calorie bread white Italian. Some fast tips: Ask for no mayo. Mayo is ridiculously high calorie and most chains…
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I would have a small snack maybe use 250 of those 800 earned calories for something you want and leave the rest to offset your big meal yesterday. That's what I typically do if I feel like I'm starving. However I've found that when I eat a really big meal that's like 1200+ calories, then my cravings skyrocket for the next…
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Running 8 miles once. Trying to get past the 10k 6mile range, break into 8 and 10 regularly. Walking would be 10 miles, 15 when I was hiking.
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Not sure why it didn't put the second picture...
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This is my furocious munchkin bengal kitty, his name is Scout. Hi to the beautiful Corgi Scout! (I love corgs!) Scoutifer has a side hustle as a bank teller in the sink.
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Yes it could work, however if you don't run one day you will not have a deficit that day. If you run faster or slower your burn will be different daily despite having 30 mins be a constant. I.E. one day may be 2 miles in 30 mins but the next could be 2.5 or even 3. The higher mileage would yield higher calories burned,…
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You know I realized the same thing recently. The first time I lost all my weight (2012) I enjoyed the comments immensely, but the high was short lived because I majorly failed at maintenance. This time I lost it all, I'm smaller and fitter than ever. I do like receiving compliments but I also feel they are backwards like…
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Hey there! I'm not a mama but I am a positive person and I am passionate about fitness. I have about the same stats. I'm 25, I started 173 and am down to 126! Loving the fit lifestyle! I started my journey in 2012, lost all the weight, gained it all back plus more and finally lost it all again and have wrangled a hold on…
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I'll join late! Currently 126.4lbs at last weigh in a week ago. I'm shooting for 125.0 by Easter! I didn't weigh this Monday intentionally so I can see a bigger drop later on! Cheers!
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@xchocolategirl no it was just an estimation to illustrate that for a lot of people working out hard increases hunger and it's easy to eat/refuel way above even what is burned so sometimes you are negating your deficit without realizing it due to increased appetite. I run and if I ate to appetite after a run I could easily…
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Hey from a fellow South Carolinian! Two suggestions. Cross fit burns a lot of calories, however most everyone over estimates the amount they burn and underestimates how much they actually eat. So you might burn off 1,000 calories but you'll eat 1,500 because heavy WODs makes you hungry! Overeating is way to easy to do.…
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I had the same problem at 130lbs. I switched to maintenance for a few months and then when I started a deficit again I dropped to 128 and then 126 pretty quickly. Still going down from there currently.
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I've lost 50lbs and I am cold a lot. I found when I temporarily went to maintenance and upped my calories I felt warmer but not completely. I'm always freezing in a deficit. Not sure if my macros were that much different, I think it was just more calories more energy to keep my body running.
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I started 10ks last year and loved them! My advice, drink the water at the stations but keep moving. Stretch before and walk after the finish line, keep moving so you don't cramp and get sore. Leading up to the race, two days before just do a walk and the day before rest. Don't push yourself in distance the week of, easy…
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I bloat like crazy 10ish lbs of water right before my inactive pills. I went from 126lbs to 135 lbs this month before TOM. Once I start bleeding the weight falls off and I see a huge loss and usually lower than before my bloat! Exercise can cause retention too. Give it a bit more time and don't weigh the week before your…
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You really have to change your mindset. It's tough but doable. Food is fuel. Eat to fuel your body not just for pleasure or boredom or entertainment or self medicating stress, anxiety or depression. Don't deprive yourself. Food deprivation is like a slingshot. The more you over restrict and pull back the harder you will…
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It depends on how your Fitbit is set up. If you earned an extra 600 from it, is it actual intentional exercise or normal daily activity? Fitbit may be basing your calories off of your sedentary number and adding in for additional movement throughout the day. MFP won't be the same as that necessarily. Since your male, I…
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Eat later. I don't usually eat my first meal until after 12 noon and I am typically done eating by 8pm. There's no reason you can't eat at 3pm, 9pm, and midnight if you wanted. Calories don't tell time. Night shifters eat at night and sleep all day, doesn't effect weight loss. I would try to hold off on eating until later…
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MFP does go back as far as you have been a member! There is a box on the progress tab where you can expand or shrink the graph based on 1, 3, 6 months, a year or all time. All your data points should be there for as long as you've had MFP.
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Hey! I'm the same stats as you! 126 currently wanting to be 120. In 25yo and 5'3. I found calorie cycling works when you have a small amount to lose and low calories. So on days I gym it up and lift weights I eat like 1500-1600 lots of protein. On cardio (runner here) days I eat lots of carbs and eat less since I'm…
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Not to be the buzzkill here, but just some advice! If you crave sugar and nothing else will do, I suggest trying to take a break from it. I know I know, others will jump down my throat for merely suggesting you do something that will not be your way of life after the weight is gone. Hear me out. If I get into the habit of…
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Once. I lost 40lbs (168 to 128) in 2012 and gained it all back plus 10 more up to 175. I lost that all again and even more. I maintained for a year. Currently 126 (50 down!) and back to losing working down to 120 for vanity purposes. This will be the last time, I didn't change and went back to old habits. This time I…
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Banking calories seems crazy to some people but think about how naturally people used to fluctuate with their eating habits. Mon-Fri your typical adult eats pretty average healthy meals at home during the week and doesn't have dessert every night. (Not saying you can't!) this is just for context. So they eat say 1800 every…
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Set point isn't a real thing. Set point behavior develops because you stay a weight for awhile and eat the same foods and do the same exercise so you think your stuck but really you are not, you are just maintaining! 26 here, 5'3 female. 18yo I was 140lbs and size 8 pants, medium tops. I gained from 18-21yo and maxed at…
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Coke Zero and cherry Coke Zero! Love it so much and it keeps me in my goals. Nothing wrong with it unless you believe the deadly artificial sweetener crap and the aspartame scares. I think full calorie soda would likely kill me from diabetes before my Coke Zero.
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Meat is calculated raw unless specified cooked. The butcher weighs it out for pricing and so it's 8 oz of raw that the sticker says. Yes there is still room for inaccuracies because that piece may be 8oz total but it might be 6oz of meat and 2oz of fat, whereas the next steak that is also 8oz may be 7oz or meat and 1oz of…
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Pick your 24 hour time to be the day cut off. Whether that is midnight or not doesn't matter. Just count your food day to day or night to night 12 midnight Monday to midnight Tuesday, or 7am to 7am or 9pm to 9pm. Just do not let yourself get into the habit of logging food eaten at a weird time as the day before or you will…
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Quitting is not an option. Success is success no matter how small. Love yourself even when you aren't very lovable. Food is fuel, not a reward. Cookies don't tattle but your clothes will. There is no award for suffering, so don't. The best accomplishments are ones no one can see.
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Genetic face shape is the most likely. You could have edema from water retention. You could have a constant allergic reaction going on to someone you come in contact with, a detergent, cleanser, body spray, certain foods. It could be regular seasonal allergies. It could also be because of certain medications like steroids…
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You may lose all the weight being restrictive, but carbs are not the devil. They are higher in calories than protein, so bang for your buck they may not always fit your daily goal in the amounts you would like to eat (a whole potato, a big serving of chips, multiple rolls/biscuits or pasta) but they will not prevent weight…
