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To earn calories, exercise needs to be entered in the cardio category, regardless of the type of exercise. From there, I just suggest breaking whatever exercise you do down to its most basic type. Strength training instead of bench press. Calisthenics instead of HIIT. That sort of thing. For time-based entries, include the…
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I have no particular thoughts one way or the other. They’re a great tool for a lot of people and they get good results. Personally, I wouldn’t touch them with a 100 foot pole. One of the well-known side effects is gastroparesis (paralysis of the stomach). I’ve had gastroparesis in the past and it was absolutely hellish. I…
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Keto gives me terrible gastrointestinal effects. Fasting makes me grumpy, so why would I make myself suffer? Misery burns no calories. I lost 60 pounds counting calories. Maintained that loss counting calories. No gimmicks needed.
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If you want to use the friend feature, why are you not just sending out requests yourself? I don’t know of many people using that feature or accepting friend requests any more, but if it’s important to you, then perhaps direct action might be more satisfying for you.
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I've had the MIND diet recommended to me by a couple of my providers. It's a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets that has been shown to promote brain health and lower the odds of experiencing cognitive decline. I've found it a little challenging to stick to because I just don't do enough advance meal planning…
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It's really rough trying to eat more healthfully with a busy schedule. I feel you on so many of the things you said! For me, I still mostly eat out, just with some strong rules in place. I never eat more than half of a restaurant meal, I add vegetables absolutely any time it's an option, and I choose reasonable…
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You'd probably get a kick out of a happiness hack I heard once: if you cut your sandwich into unequal pieces and eat the small side first, you have something to look forward to while you eat your lunch. I've never tried it personally, but the tip itself gives me a smile.
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Really? I skip dinner relatively often, if nothing sounds appealing to eat I usually just go to bed. Seems like I get some of my best sleep on those nights. I always figured that it was because my calories (and likely blood sugar) are low enough that it’s easier to get into a really good deep sleep.
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I think the key part of your post is the "stick with it". You will find as many ways to eat as there are people eating and any of them can lead to weight loss, given a calorie deficit. Going on some special "diet" and returning to "normal" eating afterwards is usually a recipe for regaining the lost weight. Figuring out…
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Go by the box, always go by the box. Not only do manufacturers change recipes and formulas from time to time, entries in this database are international, so the information may be different depending on location. Beyond those possibilities, this is a crowd-sourced database that is only minimally curated by MFP staff. With…
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Pre-workout is usually a high-ish dose of caffeine combined with some niacin to give you the "tingle". A cup of coffee or even caffeine pills offer the same basic benefit for a LOT less money and more control over the dosage.
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Keep taking the phentermine and it will indeed be the last step you take. Have you read about the cardiac side effects?
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New spammer peddling illicit drugs all over the boards. Eight posts so far this morning. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/profile/1011638412/Mikecartar
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My suggestion is to quit worrying about the wagon and a whole entire "program". Just do one thing that points you in the right direction. Do that thing for a week or so and add something else and then something else a week or so after that. When I feel my habits start to slip, I focus on adding at least one vegetable to…
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90% of bald people still own a comb. They just can't part with it.
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I've lost, gained, and maintained my weight while probably eating out 3+ times per week. For me, it makes no difference whatsoever where my food was prepared. I don't order individual appetizers and take only 1 piece of anything ordered for the table. I recognize that not every meal is an "occasion" and keep my choices…
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MFP staff only check the Feature Suggestion and Tech Support boards. They don't read everything post by post. There are a few threads about this on Tech Support already, but probably a good idea to send an email to support so that it's "officially" on the radar.
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Sorry bud, you’re just talking to other users here. MFP staff don’t read the boards other than Texh Support and Feature Suggestions. We have no way of knowing what developers might or might not be working on. That said, when this is suggested on the Feature Suggestions board, the indication from staff is that this isn’t…
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MFP had an original data dump from the USDA database at the time. Since then, it's been crowdsourced. The only "verification" comes from other users editing the incorrect entries. You should verify yourself every entry that you use before you use it. Sources like the label on the food, the current USDA database, or the…
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People who lose all capacity to drive once a snowflake hits their windshield.
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Generally speaking, I don't care to cook and consider 10 minutes to make a meal a major investment. I stock my kitchen with pre-cooked food that I only have to heat up. You can buy frozen chicken, beef, shrimp and all kinds of other protein pre-cooked. You said no carbs, but frozen vegetables offer endless variety, can be…
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“Complete your day” has nothing whatsoever to do with saving your data. It just generates the “if every day we’re like today” message. That’s it. There isn’t really any reason at all to actively close your diary.
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That’s not likely to happen since those aren’t standard entries on a nutrition label. MFP is a crowdsourced database and the odds that people will conduct external research for every entry they create AND enter it accurately are slim.
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Did you know 90% of bald people still own a comb? They just can’t part with it.
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I weigh myself every morning after the bathroom, but I don't worry about my pajamas. First, I'm not going to strip down, weigh myself, get dressed again and then go feed the dog etc. etc. That's just too much before my eyes are all the way open :D My pajamas weigh a few ounces and I wear the same kind with the same kind of…
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@jestog63 The good news is that none of that has anything to do with free or premium or how to use the various pages. The feed is completely gone for everyone. These boards are the only interactive space MFP continues to offer.
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I think we’re pretty much a bunch of cats watching the water circle the drain at this point.
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Alternatively, there are multiple entries for nearly everything. Just check other entries to see if they use your preferred unit of measurement and (after verifying with an outside source!) use that entry instead.
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I don't dislike many vegetables, but I lost a lot of my sense of taste with Covid so most don't taste like much of anything any more and just aren't as appealing as they used to be. So my solution is to add flavor. Pile it on. Til you can't see green anymore, lol. I use hot sauces, chile (chopped, sauce, flakes), ranch,…
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They said the code was too old to keep cobbling together and that the newsfeed didn't get used anyway. Yet we still see daily posts asking about it and it's been what....four months now?
