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If there is one thing in particular you'd rather track than Sugar, you can change that in your settings. You can also go to the Reports tab and generate an over-time report of your consumption of various nutrients, one at a time. Be careful though. Various database entries may be inaccurate. Potassium especially is often…
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MFP will calculate calories for: BMR --> Existing. This is the bulk of your calorie allowance most likely. Lifestyle --> Based on what you tell it. This is your motion beyond existing but NOT counting workouts. (Outside of workouts, do you spend a lot of time sitting, most of the time on your feet, or a lot of time…
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I stopped chewing gum because it started to make me nauseous. But I don't think there's an objective "this is always bad for everyone in all circumstances" ruling on gum. So I'd say if you like it, and you don't think it is affecting you, personally, in a big negative way, then it's probably fine for you. Anxiety, for…
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This. I can rarely weigh anything right now. (This is not my preference. Trying to guess is so much more complicated.) But if my weight loss stopped or slowed, I would know why -- it would likely be due to inaccurate food logs. I *know* my food log can't be right, but I am losing, and I don't have many options to clean it…
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How do your macros look? Cutting back on sweets -- does this mean you're not hitting your carb target or do you get it through fruit and grains? Did you cut down on coffee, tea, significant amounts of chocolate -- aka caffeine? Are you getting enough water? It is not uncommon to get tired and headachey if not. (Is your pee…
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Try making one change at a time. Weight loss will happen if you stick consistently to your calorie target. That's it. You can do that by eating pizza or kale or whatever, just get MFP set up correctly, log your food, stay on target. Once you see yourself losing, maybe you'll feel inspired to start changing your food…
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Don't think of it as giving up food. Just portion control and making some different choices. You will get used to it and get better as you go. And once you're at maintenance, your calorie target will be higher than it is now! Also, it's really tough in the beginning! Your body adjusts some, it really does. And your target…
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This. It's just the way MFP is designed. Since it isn't psychic and didn't know ahead of time that you were going to go and burn 500 calories, it created your whole deficit for you with food alone. Once it knows you burned a bunch, it adjusts to what it would have told you to eat had it known. If it bugs you, you can…
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So in theory, to set yourself up correctly: Your activity level is not supposed to include exercise. It includes daily movements, your lifestyle. So it should probably say sedentary. Then you would log exercise, and yes, you would eat some of that back. Maybe 50% to start. Or you could use the TDEE method instead, and set…
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Most "articles" about health, diet, fitness, metabolism especially, are spreading misinformation. Taking findings from one study (which you shouldn't do) and making the findings stronger in the article than they were in the study, for example. When you eat does not matter for weight loss. Eat at night if you like to. You…
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Definitely a good lesson -- knowing what you're choosing helps you make better choices. But if this was all you had for breakfast... even if your daily calorie allotment is 1200, wouldn't 300 cals be fine? No need to spend two days "working off" a 300 cal breakfast I wouldn't think.
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I'd prefer a mom who lives to be like, 100, and gets to be my mom for as long into my life as possible, to a mom who dies earlier or is incapacitated earlier because she didn't take care of herself. This is me being dramatic to illustrate, and is not meant to make anyone feel bad or blame anyone for having health problems.…
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If it's just tap water, get a filter for your tap, or a filtered jug for your fridge. I mean, drink whatever you want, but if you are trying to lose weight, and drinking a lot of calories, that's even fewer calories that you can have at meals. Like, those are your calories that could be pizza or steak or cheesecake or…
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I cut them out because I don't feel well on them either. But my understanding is that a lot of the hype that artificial is "bad" and somehow natural will be "good" is not accurate. It is more about what works and doesn't work *for you* and about balance and moderation (honey affects your blood sugar and has calories, just…
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Yes, aim to net at least 1500. Do you weigh your food? And do you log every bit of it -- cooking oil, mints, butter, fruit, etc? I only ask because if you're feeling full, you may be closer to netting 1500 than you think, and may not need to adjust as much. No sense trying to force yourself to eat another 600 cals if you'd…
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Lightly Active or Active. You may have to try one and see what results you get after a month or so. If you're losing faster or slower than expected, you can adjust.
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Make sure you put total servings in the recipe. Write one ingredient per line. Then it should give you a guess at each ingredient for the closest database match. Scrutinize this -- there will be some that are wrong, in my experience, and you'll have to change those. (Via Edit Quantity if it picked the wrong amount, Replace…
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IMO, just cut it back. Make it fit into your calorie target. Have one thing a day, or have multiple but reduced portions or alternate choices, or have some days with none and plan for (read: save calories for) a really great thing on the weekend (like chocolate cake at a restaurant). You can eat anything and still lose…
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I take Reactine daily, or some years I switch to Aerius. You may also want to look into a prescription for a nasal spray -- take only when you need, or you'll get a dry nose, but they are *fantastic* for when you still have bad runny nose etc despite daily allergy meds.
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Going to depend on what you order and what your goals are.
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I would probably not track that, and just think of it like a bonus. Like, I track my dog walks, but not my time spent in the dog park, because sometimes I'm meandering and throwing and walking up and down hills, and sometimes I'm standing and chatting. It's not really trackable. It's great to get some extra standing and…
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Nothing is "extremely bad to eat", it's just a matter of whether it fits in. When you log the calories, make sure your entry is accounting for there being fat there. Same with chicken skin -- use an entry that says "with skin" and not "meat only". (I would probably eat it.)
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How long have you been doing this? To some extent, there's a lot to get used to, and hunger will improve. What is your calorie target set at? You may have picked a target that is too ambitious. You could tell MFP that you would be happy to lose at a slower pace, and you'll get more calories to eat. (And at only 25 lbs from…
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Roasting them is my fave. I do use oil but I use a controlled amount (fat is important anyway, so it isn't a waste, you do need SOME there). Frying pan with oil, onions, garlic, and spices and/or herbs is another great way. (Again, just portion the oil.) I also use salt and pepper, but I add it to my plated veggies so I…
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Another thing to consider is to avoid saying things that trigger these responses. Of course your mother thinks you could take a rest day or eat one cookie... you could. It's your choice though, not hers. If you have to reschedule a workout, and you know that saying something like "Ugh, I missed my workout this morning and…
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You could check out Blogilates. It's free on YouTube, and there's also a whole workout schedule you can get free on the site. The videos are short (you aim to do several in a day) and so easy to work in to a tight schedule.
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Dairy (milk, yoghurt, greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, cheese, etc). Eggs. Soy or nut milk. Seed or nut butters. Seeds, which you can easily add to other foods or grind up. Eggs. Tofu. Edamame. Certain grains -- quinoa is one, I think. Peas. Hummus made from chick peas, or store bought. Oatmeal w/ other protein additions…
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When you're thinner and closer to goal weight, weight loss is more like 1 lb a week or less. 0.5 lb or less. And the accuracy of what you're doing matters more, because your deficit is smaller -- meaning little errors can take you out of deficit and put you at maintenance. How long have you been stalled? (Because you might…
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Right at meeting your goal, a little under, or a little over, is great. It's a target, not a limit! But if you're hungry at night, then you need to account for that in your planning. Take some of the "eat and eat and eat all day" calories and re-allocate them so you're not really hungry before bed, with no calorie room…
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Small gains are probably just normal weight fluctuations, usually from water retention. Keep an eye on it, and if in a week or two it is still climbing, you'll need to take a look at what you've been logging for calories in and out. (If I'm reading your post correctly, that you're gaining slightly in the last week or two.)
