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I typically eat a bowl of Kashi cereal (specifically...the cinnamon crumble one) with a cup of almond milk and a small banana. ~300 calories, 13g protein and 12g fiber. As I don't eat meat or eggs, I find this is a simple breakfast with enough protein and fiber that keeps me full for quite a while.
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While I've never been overweight, I gained 20-25 lbs in a year eating as a vegetarian. (Not when I became a vegetarian, but after being vegetarian for about five years.) Had moved out and thus just ate what I wanted when I wanted it...which happened to be too much pizza, pasta, Chipotle, cake, cookies, fries, etc. -…
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I record all my gains/losses on an app (Happy Scale) to see the trends. I only log losses on MFP unless it is a sustained gain (a month or so).
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I believe the term you are looking for with no meat/dairy is an "ovo-vegetarian."
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If you're using a Fitbit my guess would be the number of active minutes/flights of stairs/etc. resulted in a higher calorie burn in fewer steps.
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Toffuti has one. It's at my local grocery store (Acme), sometimes in the section with organic food/fake meats, sometimes right next to the regular cream cheese (depending on which store I go to). Their website lists stores that typically carry the brand: http://www.tofutti.com/help/
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Happy birthday and good luck with the session!
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That's what I was thinking. OP said they ate a 700 cal dinner to avoid midnight binges. Let's pretend dinner (the last time they eat at night in this case) is around 6-7PM, vs. normally eating a snack around 12AM...there's simply more time for food to be eliminated between the time they last ate and when they weigh in the…
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I think a lot of it also stems from the fact that we rely so heavily on cars in the USA. I work with foreign students studying abroad here, and it feels like their #1 complaint is that they need a car to go anywhere. Keep in mind, we're in a relatively small city and they're mostly from big cities (i.e. Tokyo, Beijing,…
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I'm pretty sure it'll be difficult for us to tell you when to drink so you can pee when you have a break. It's a pretty personal thing and dependent on you/your body. You'll probably have to just experiment and see what works. Although I'd say don't chug the water down. I know when I drink a lot quickly, I tend to need to…
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Every morning, usually. I only record new low weights on MFP. I don't get bothered much by fluctuations (I enter daily weights on the Happy Scale app, which shows me a downward trend) and I feel like I regained the weight I had previously lost mostly because I had stopped weighing myself and holding myself accountable.…
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Just sip during work and drink more heavily before or after? Maybe not after, unless you wanna be getting out of bed every hour... Why can't you go during work? Aren't you allowed to ask someone to cover you for 3 minutes?
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Lol, I was considering it!! Looked up a few online at Target etc. but the ones I saw on Amazon had much better reviews and were cheaper too. So I'm waiting. Impatiently :p
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When your food scale breaks and you get irrationally sad and annoyed that you won't be able to log accurately for two days until Amazon delivers the new one you ordered. (Me today! :s )
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I challenged myself to be vegetarian for a week. Six years ago. Haven't stopped ;) Not sure it really changed how I felt (probably lost around 10 lbs to start, but I wasn't overweight) or impacted my wallet, though I was never a big meat eater to begin with. I will say that being vegan (for about 4 months now) has been…
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From what I can tell from FitBit, my best total burn (i.e. the whole day, not from a specific exercise) was 3,528. I was on vacation in Tokyo that day, spent nearly the whole day walking and sightseeing (14.63 miles / just shy of 34,000 steps) so seems about right to me. Maybe. I've always found my Fitbit to be fairly…
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I have a Fitbit challenge with some coworkers, and the challenge shows badges you all earn during that time period...well one day a coworker with the HR earned the 125+ floors in a day badge. We were all W T F but turns out she had been driving home from out of town (~3 hours) and I guess the changing elevation/vibration…
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Sorry, I'm not sure. I've never actually used this function, I've just seen others post about it. When I try it (using airplane mode) I can search for things that are not just my recent foods (e.g. I searched for "chicken" which I've never searched for before, as I'm vegetarian/vegan.) I found a lot of entries that…
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I don't think so. I just turned "airplane mode" on my phone to test it out. The barcode scanner kept telling me that it couldn't connect with MFP. Also, note that the offline database doesn't have EVERYTHING. For example, I can normally search for my grocery store brand peanut butter (Food Club) and log it, but I could not…
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From what I understand, the app has a large offline database. So even without an internet connection, you may be able to pull up most of the foods you eat and log them. Well...for as long as your phone stays charged, that is 8) Otherwise, write it down. Guesstimate the portions and you can enter them in your diary when you…
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Are you getting enough protein throughout the day? Sometimes I find myself craving peanut butter on my lower protein days.
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Go for it! I have the One (I don't like the idea of wearing the wristband ones...seems ugly) and have been using it on and off (mostly on) for nearly 2 years now. It can get a little boring after a while, but you can do challenges with friends to help keep you motivated to move. I mostly love the data now -- here's an…
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Doesn't matter as long as you're consistent. Do whatever is easiest for you. If you try midnight to midnight you could try changing the meal names to times, to keep it more organized.
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Walmart?
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My problem was that I started to take that kind of comment as a way to justify my laziness or poor eating habits...and then they got worse. I was naturally pretty slender so it wasn't a big deal for me to eat poorly or not exercise, because I could do that and stay slim! Which lead to more justifications (Oh, I can get…
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At the very least, right now you can start honestly logging your food. If you're not ready to start cutting calories or eating healthier, at least log to see where you stand. You might find that viewing your food logs encourages you make better decisions. You also could try making exercise a habit now, and worry about the…
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Get a Fitbit, definitely! Even one of the cheap $50 ones will help. I do retail part time and some days I'll walk 5,000 steps at work and others I'll walk 22,000, depending on how busy we are. Fitbit really takes the guesswork out of it.
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Maybe keep on with the deficit for another two weeks, try the dress on again and see if it's fitting any differently. If necessary then you can get it altered, or eat a bit of a surplus to fill it out properly again.
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The only thing that comes to mind would be, if possible, change the time zone on your activity tracker? So if it has a watch, that'd be wrong, but the sync could link up more closely to your "day."
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Another thing you could try is re-naming your meals (under settings - diary settings) and using times (midnight-4am, 4am-8am, etc.) instead of the traditional meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner), if that makes it easier for you to keep track.
