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I am always over on protein, and many of my sugars are from fruit. MFP doesn't distinguish where your sugars are from, and sets your "goal" very low. I think mine is set at 34 g. I aim for 30% protein every day, though I range from 22-30% most of the time. Higher healthy food choices like nuts, salmon, quinoa, avacodo,…
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I eat higher protein than MFP tells me. You are welcome to add me and view my diary. My goal is 1830, and I eat most of my exercise calories back when I work out. It helps keep your metabolism running strong, as opposed to slowing it down.
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It will be a healthy goal as long as you don't lose too fast - goal would be about 1 kg per week, maybe a little more. Good for you! That's great! I'd also suggest getting your body composition done - it's always good to know how much fat you lose and how much lean tissue you gain over that time!
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Calories, obviously, and like many here, PROTEIN! I am averaging about 150 g per day for the last several weeks. 15% is too low for most people, I shoot for 25-30%. I found it keeps me more satisfied and easier to stay within my calorie goal. Loss is slow but consistent, averaging just over a pound a week.
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Is your diary open to your friends? I also run, and find that I drop weight most efficiently when I get to my goal in NET calories, meaning I eat my calories burned mostly back. I burn 130-150 calories per mile. Long run days I usually eat all my calories back since I'm ravenous. As of yet, that's upwards of 1100 calories.…
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Hi Luna! My name is Lisa, I will help motivate you in anyway I can. I just have a question for you! Have you ever looked into having your body tested for your body composition? It will tell you how much fat you approximately have, versus lean tissue - which includes everything from muscle to water to organs... When I reach…
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Hey blipontheradar! I have not done a lot of TRX, but I did get to do some single leg squats on it last night for my running class. Yowsers - it works! I do know that many of the moves are different ways to do strength exercises with weights - just using gravity and your own body weight. I wonder if you just put the…
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Great to hear about you getting off all your meds except one! That's amazing! Just another perfect example of how diet and exercise really is the "go-to" for many health related issues! People need to think of food as Medcine, as well as fuel! What a success story!! Be patient with the pounds coming off! I've been in a…
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I support your efforts, but no one commented on my previous post on here, at least that I saw. Do you have any idea what your Body Fat Composition is? You are in a healthy range if you are 21-30%, as a woman. There are many ways to find this out, and some of those more accurate than others. Your goal weight at 142 seems…
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Do you have any idea what your Body Composition is? When I make it to 165, I'll be close to 21% Body Fat. That is normal range, or maybe even fit range - I'd have to check. I'm 5' 5.5" and am slowing working my way down to goal. If you work out at a gym, one of the trainers could do a 3 point caliber test for you. If your…
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What about your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)? You can google it, and you can find several calculators to give you an estimate. You can also do this for Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE). Each will give you an estimate and approximate your calorie intake according to your goals. I'm 5' 6", and my BMR is around 1650. BMR…
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What's your height? Do you know your BMR? What is your calorie goal?
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What is your basal metabolic rate and your calorie goal? It's possible you truly are not eating enough. When I hit the 10 lb mark (should be next week!), I'm upping my calories by about 200/day. I'm training for a 1/2 marathon and, even on rest days, the body needs the fuel to recover. Other thing - do you eat your…
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Or set smaller, perhaps less stressful, goals first. And reward yourself in a non-food way when you achieve them. Maybe a pedicure, or a massage or something. Could be 5%, could be 10 lbs - that part is up to you!
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My goal is 165, which would would put me around about 22% if I don't lose muscle. If I gain muscle, that only means I burn more fat and that % goes down.
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I'm also 5'6". At my last fitness assessment, I had 129 lbs of lean tissue. It's more important to maintain your lean tissue than worry about the number on the scale. For every 1 lb of lean tissue you have, your body burns an extra 50 calories a day, and AT REST!! I would focus on your body composition rather than weight.…
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What is your BMR? That is a great start to finding how many calories you need to consume daily.
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What is your BMR? You might not be eating enough calories period. Legs feel sluggish while running, hiking or walking when 1 or 2 things happen. 1) You are not drinking enough water. 2) Your blood sugar levels are severly dropping. Or a combination of both. From the very little research I have done, the only benefit to…
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I'm your height! I have also lost 7.5 pounds since I've joined MFP. I'm guessing the first ten won't be too noticable, but the next 10 will be. When I lost 83 pounds on Weight Watchers years ago, no one could really tell until I'd lost at least 30, maybe more. Depends on your starting size.
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Congrats! I can't imagine that! Best way to combat muscle soreness is actually the opposite of what you might think. I love warm baths, but cold soaks actually fight the inflammation in your muscles. (Heat makes them more inflammed.) Fill your tub with enough cold water to cover your legs. If it's not cold enough for you,…
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Added! :)
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Even when I don't want to run, I think about all the people who can't, but would love to. I started running when I joined Team in Training, while raising money for blood cancer research and those with blood cancers. I get lazy too - we all do, we are human after all. I find that no matter if I want to run or not, after I…
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It will depend on your height and weight. Also, eat more protein - try for 25% of your total calories. It will help you feel fuller for longer amounts of time.
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MFP gets its 15% from recommendations from the USDA. I try to eat my macros according to "The Zone," which ups the protein to 30%. It does actually help weight loss as fat loss rather than muscle loss.
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How much protein are you eating? MFP gives the standard 15% based on USDA recommendations, but I've had better luck striving to obtain 25-30% of protein in my daily diet. Might be something to try.
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Activity level they are talking about here is your activity before any workouts, based primarily on your "normal" activity. So, the desk job is sedentary, someone who is on their feet all day would be either slightly or moderately active (standing vs moving or walking around) and those with active jobs, such as…
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The general activity it is asking for is what you would normally do doing the day without exercise. For example, if you work a desk job, you'd be sedentary or very light. If you worked a job that kept you moving, it could be moderate or heavy depending on the type of work you are doing. I'm also new to MFP, and I have…
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As much as I love MFP, I've had to adjust my goals here. I'm about 200 lbs and 5'6". Being slighly active, I am given a goal of 1720. I would suggest eating closer to 25-30% protein for your day, rather then the 15% they give here. I've lost weight with weight watchers, but I lost a lot of muscle on the program. I've been…
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You are obviously more fit than I, CarsonRuns. I don't disagree with you at all. I was on a beginner level with Team In Training, but I was also focusing on raising much needed dollars for cancer research. As a more seasoned runner, of course you would do more longer runs. Do you also run ultra marathons? How do you taper…
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Hello again! I understand that marathon training is not a "one size fits all" type of thing. Msstatz - is this your first full marathon? How fit are you? How did your last long run go? These all are questions to considered. Also, have you scaled back any week you've been training? For example, one week you made it up to 12…
