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One slice of cake didn't blow your whole day nor throw off your weight loss targets.
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ryendey, I think you're just obscuring the important take away from the question of "what is the point of eating back your exercise calories". It is important for people to understand that MFP sets your daily calorie goal based on your desired lbs/week loss and activity level, without considering purposeful exercise. When…
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BJ, Tea is fine. You really just need to get a handle on "how much" you eat/drink not "what" for right now. Over time you might find that certain foods are more filling or certain foods trigger binges, but for right now just count everything and stay within your goal
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Yep, not just for the calories but I like the credit in fiber and micronutrients
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A guy who is in success stories framed this the way I have come to see this. You don't need motivation, you need momentum. You just need to build good sustainable habits that lead you in the right direction. Then everything takes care of itself and doesn't feel like work.
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Put me in the camp of, "if I'm craving it, I'll eat it in a reasonable portion, count it towards my calories, and move on with my life without any guilt whatsoever." It's unreasonable for me to avoid the things I like forever. I've been able to meet all my weight loss goals while mixing in the things I love. If I have a…
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I think your intuition is right here, as you are getting closer to your goal you can eat more and slow down your progress so that what you're doing is more sustainable in the long run. You're probably not going to be able to sustain 2 lbs a week weight loss all the way to your goal weight. There's a lot of different…
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The water weight fluctuations you'll be going through due to changes in diet, exercise, and period cycle are greater than the amount you intend to lose. Sounds like you're seeing the progress that really matters so just keep doing what you're doing until you get back to looking the way you want to.
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Most people say "lose weight" as a proxy for achieving a certain body ideal. Sounds like you are making progress towards that body ideal, so why does the number on the scale matter?
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Sorry, what's the problem?
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I should also add that eating back half your calories is just an adjustment people do to do a better job of estimating their calories burned. If you are very good on estimating your calories burned and consumed you should be able to see your planned deficits come to reality. For me, it had to the tenth of a pound per week…
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In short - to maintain a reasonable calorie deficit for sustainable weight loss and lifestyle.
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I think the conversation is OK if it's in a good place, and for every couple that good place probably looks a little different. For my wife and I, we both come from families with a history of obesity, heart issues, and diabetes, so I think maintaining a healthy weight is something we should and do feel comfortable talking…
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It may be hard to be patient, but you can't hang on these short term results. You can fluctuate as many as 3-5 pounds daily on changes in diet, carb lebel, exercise regimen and TOM in just water weight. But, you shouldn't care about water weight! You could only care about fat loss, and that takes time. Have good habits,…
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You can lose weight on 2000 calories a day, period. I've had times in my life where I was losing a pound a day on 2,700 calories a day diet and I'm only 5'6". It just depends on how many calories you are burning with your exercise regimen. Michael Phelps ate 10,000 calories a day when preparing for the Olympics and he…
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Of the 10 or so people o know in real life that use MFP, I'm the only one who goes to the forums. I really don't think you should HAVE to read the forums to be setup for success. Luckily, I do. I've actually got a project I'm working on for how I'd personally do the "getting started" that would lead people to smart…
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It's just cumulative calorie deficit or surplus that matters. What you're saying could work. As someone mentioned, I'd question the sustainability, but that's not for me to say since it's a very personal question.
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I don't think MyFitnessPal does a good enough job explaining the tool or how to set goals and what the goals mean. It's had this problem since 2011 when I joined.
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The best article you'll probably find on the accuracy of the bod pod https://weightology.net/the-pitfalls-of-body-fat-measurement-part-3-bod-pod/
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All that is great 1: you may need to adjust expectations. 2-4 lbs per week is not sustainable all the way down. 1-2 lbs per week is the recommended. 2: if you're starting new workout routines, don't be surprised if you retain some more water initially 3: Try to focus on making sustainable changes to your life and not…
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As long as this is not a recurring habit I wouldn't sweat it.
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Started logging everything without changing anything to understand baseline better and what changes I needed to make.
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That's usually followed up by "or 1% of your total body weight".
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Lol, I remember when I thought being in college was busy. Little did I know I'd never have so much free time again in my life. Log your calories religiously and do strength training at the campus gym.
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We don't really have much information to go on here. Feel free to eat during all those times as long as your meals are within your calorie goals. If you chose an aggressive deficit that is hard to adapt to your lifestyle, consider a less aggressive deficit.
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Because it's full of wrong information. You can't build muscle on a calorie deficit. Sweets and breads won't make you gain weight themselves if you are maintaining a calorie deficit. There's no advantage to cutting out bread, sugar, and dairy, and there sure as hell is no benefit to cutting out diet drinks. Literally…
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Hard to say how much weight is "too much". May be better off taking it 10 lbs at a time and seeing how it looks when you get to each milestone. It is hard/impossible to add muscle mass when eating at a calorie deficit. But resistance training is still important while dieting to preserve muscle mass to ensure the mass you…
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3 weeks is a really short time. The amount of water retention fluctuation you might expect from diet, exercise, and TOM issues exceeds the weight loss you'd expect from someone in your weight range, since you look pretty close to healthy weight. Half a pound a week is good progress and if it shows on your body isn't that a…
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In addition to what's said above, I think it keeps people honest and remove bias. I've observed first hand how bad we can be at "eye balling" food or sometimes eat something and conclude that the calorie impact is probably solow it's not worth logging. Or you go out to eat and have one really bad meal, and decide not to…
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Sounds like both over training and under fueling. By breast feeding you're burning ~20 calories per ounce, so if you're exclusively breastfeeding you're likely burning 400-600 calories per day. Then with your running you're burning another several hundred calories. I'd be surprised if you didn't feel lethargic
