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To vary sandwiches or tortilla wraps, I spread some basic or garlic hummus and then a little salsa, pesto, tapenade or similar flavoring to add zip to veggie + protein filler, whatever the choice is that day. A citrus zest would be good too. I do use turkey alot and get tired of it so should vary more with other protein…

I reached my goal but realized that MFP could be adopted to be a tool for maintenance. I decided what my acceptable weight range would be and that I would weigh myself every week, just as I did while dieting. I did stop daily logging but, like this week, decided that I would make myself go back to logging if it looked like…

When choosing fruit as a food, it is important to remember several things: glycemic values (index and load), portion size and timing of when the fruit is eaten. Another factor to consider generally is fiber content. Some fruit, like watermelon, bananas and fruit juices are high glycemic and therefore more likely to…

I am now in maintenance mode but I know it helped me to set up a competition with others also wanting to lose weight. Yes, they were people I personally knew, in fact in my family. We agreed that the winner would get a gift card to the clothing store of the winner's choice. We kept the value low...to keep it in everyone's…

I'm also South Bay NorCal. I want to keep up with young grandkids plus not hating how my clothes fit. But I've also seen my daughters' deal with weight after becoming Moms and see how hard it is to keep food for kids in the house and diet too.

I have long been a walker and sometimes a dayhiker but not enough to keep the weight off. I guess that is true for you too. One of things I did when I started with MFP was use my heart rate monitor to figure out what my existing calorie burn was, kind of way of learning more about what my body did. I used it too to find…

One cup of oatmeal has 4g fiber. Fiber One has 14g in a 1/2 c serving. Small portions of Fiber One can be used as an add-in fiber bonus to other foods.

I look for fiber content and track it on MFP, because it also keeps me from feeling hungry by slowing digestion, a process which also slows the impact of sugars. I add a 1/4c of Fiber One to any cereal and it can also be added to salads and such. I limit bread choices to multigrain or stone-ground whole wheat. Pears are…

Great information! Thanks! Now I want to read more about it. The explanatin helps put the HRM's role in exercise in perspective. I had dropped one pleasant exercise, fast-walking hillside trails in a local park, because I thought it was no longer efficient exercise for me, based on HRM calorie data (decreasing). But I love…

I haven't checked the chart you mentioned but your comments sound like guidance I've received elsewhere.. It is true that fruit beats many other carbs in nutrition value but they still require scruitiny to choose well. Your list is pretty good. I would add nectarines to it. I also note that you can control portions of…

While weight decrease affects calories burned, improved condition also decreases calories. Coaches recommend athletes switch to different exercises as the current exercise become easier. Each switch will use different muscles or use muscles differently, initially harder and burning more calories. I use an HRM as well. I do…

I have a CTN Food Counts book aka The Complete Book of Food Counts by Corinne T. Netzer. "Complete" is impossible but it keeps issuing new versions.. It lists both natural (uncooked or unprocessed) and processed foods. It includes calories and six nutrient values. It lists most foods by brand, even fresh foods, but usually…

I don't know if it would work for you but I allow a higher % of carbs while requiring that carbs to provide more protein and fiber. I include fiber in the nutrients I track. Fiber slows consumption of carbs and, thus, its impact.also keeps me feeling full longer.. While I've reduced my consumption of bread generally, I…

Knee pain is how I figured out that I had to work on my inner and outer thighs/quads Knees need the balance of balanced strength in all quads and that would become evident with any vigorous side-to-side or twisting exercise. Walking/running work mostly the front of the thigh and the hamstrings/glutes. Rather than abandon…

I have reset my activity level to light active, thanks to these suggestions. Today I am less than a pound away from my weight goal but just changed it to go another 5 pounds as I can see my body can use it. FYI - I do watch my BMI and want to keep it in the healthy zone. But I am close enough to want to use this time to…

I might not have thought of the activity level as a key setting but it makes sense. I'll file it in my brain while I work the rest of the way to my target and the day I can celebrate the goal by resetting to maintenance mode. I'd guess making using a sedentary level will be best as major slices of my time are at a…

Welcome and Congrats for acting before the next 30 lbs came back! When I started on mfp near 7 weeks ago I was doing the same thing, not letting myself go back to my worst. My weekly weigh is tomorrow but I had lost 7+ lbs last weigh-in. Use me a mfp friend if you like. For bad weather days or days when the time to go…

You are here for all the right reasons. I've tried calorie counting other ways but MFP is the easiest. Nice too that it tracks exercise. I've been at it six weeks and am down 7 lbs, learning as I go about how my body responds, like how the more my body gets used to exercise, the fewer calories I burn or that my metabolism…

Welcome.I know how those pounds suddenly appear but also how this site helps make counting calories easier. I've been logging in a month now but it sure helps. Be happy to be a myfitnesspal friend if you'd like.

Good for me. Right on my goals too. :flowerforyou:

I'm new to myfitnesspal but find this discussion very helpful. I have a F6 and love its HR and calorie data, which I also use when not 'exercising' to monitor body efficiency such as resting HR or calories burned in unstructured exercise like house or yard work. But I hadn't thought about what happens when the watch or…