kami3006 Member

I sincerely don't know. I believe early on users could add them, but now I would assume it has to go through a link like Kshama added above. It's not something I've looked into, but I know it's not a obvious option on the app or website.

Yeah, but it sounds like he wants to add a barcode too. And, I don't think users can do that.

I am a bit confused too. I am reading this as the OP owns a meal prep company and wants to enter his food into the database, for others to use, with an accompanying barcode. As far as I know, there is no way for users to do this anymore.

Yes, with premium you can set separate goals by the day for the upcoming week.

If you're willing to open your diary, folks can give some feedback on your logging.

No breakfast for me or I end up hungry all day.

You look wonderful. Love the blue dress! Well done! :drinker:

At least weigh things a few times to get an idea. Some foods are pretty standard and don't deviate, so I stopped weighting them. I've found some prepackaged foods that have wiped out my deficit by being more than 20% over. And, I've found a few that are lower and that allows me to eat more of it.

Mine has a very long them relationship with my food scale.

That's fantastic! Keep it up :drinker:

I do this as well. I have my maintenance set about 150 calories lower than I need because I tend to go over. I think it's a throwback from knowing I could go over my deficit and still be in deficit as long as under TDEE. If it ain't broke...

That's by far the easiest way to do it. Focus on calories and what you're already eating and tweak as you go.

To the bolded: I think it's pretty common to know the information and still have trouble applying it to ourselves.

Yes, otherwise you'd be in deficit. You want to be eating around maintenance which includes exercise.

^ yep, this. I wouldn't force fluids either. You body holds onto water for many reasons, and, unless there's an underlying medical condition causing it, there's no need to fight it. Let the water do what it needs to do.

I average mine during the week. I like to eat my cardio calories on lifting days. Some days higher, some lower and it balances out over the week. No issues in six years doing this.

I lost 25 lbs. at an average rate of a half pound per week, but the scale only dropped every three weeks. The rest of the time, I fluctuated around my current lowest weight. But, like clockwork, every third week I would have a new low that was 1.5 lbs. down. That was throughout the entirety of my weight loss.

^^ My husband, who is anti-vegetable, will actually eat them roasted without complaints.

No, there isn't. Just finding a reasonable number and sticking with it long enough to get your own data; about 4-6 weeks. FWIW, my six years of data give me about 150 calories per hour while following a power/hypertrophy program. I'm 44, 5'3" and 125.

It’s not required on food labels so many times the user doesn’t have that info available to them

Many people, myself included, follow a weekly calorie goal and just balance out everything over those days. Some specifically bank calories for the weekend, events, or just a higher calorie day. You just need to find the right balance that doesn't have you restricting too much some days making you go overboard others.

Congrats! You look lovely. Have a wonderful time in Vegas!

A lot of people fear exercise calories because they're estimates that they think they can't get a good number on. But, it only takes four to six weeks of consistency to see where the exercise numbers fall. When I was in deficit, I was eating 1350 and started, like many, by not eating exercise cals. It was not sustainable…

You're welcome. Sorry if it was short, but I'm on my phone and it's hard to get time to write. The video link is fantastic.

Current thread on the topic: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10750195/exercise-calories#latest Excellent video/thread on the topic: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10503681/exercise-calories-do-i-eat-these-a-video-explanation/p1

I started Depo on my first cycle after I had my daughter. I lost pregnancy weight, which was high (thank you bed rest), and got down to a lower weight than before I became pregnant. No issues, no side effects. I stayed on the shot for three years, until my husband had a vasectomy, and never experienced any side effects…

I usually eat lunch about 45 minutes to an hour before and have a banana while I'm working out.

http://breakingmuscle.com/womens-fitness/the-dirty-little-secret-of-the-female-athlete-cellulite

That was a good one for me too; I think we discussed it before. I slap mine on the scale now before and after and find the calories easy to fit into my day. :)

Well done! Keep on moving forward 🙂