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28 grams (1 oz) of penne pasta, 40 grams of broccoli steamed ( or sautéed or whatever) in water, 30 grams extra small shrimp, 20 grams Alfredo sauce. Makes a delicious shrimp alfredo for just around 250 cal

Weigh everything. Even if you are just eating a bunch of fruits and veggies, those can add up. 10 pounds is a small amount, and if you're trying to lose that 10 from an already relatively low BMI, it's going to be more difficult that losing 10 pounds from an overweight or obese BMI. You'll have to be very accurate in…

Check out the recomp thread https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat Also try searching "recomp" or "body recomp" in the search bar. There's a lot of threads there as well that might have some stuff

OP definitely said, and I quote, "I want to just make my own meals most nights, but my mum takes that as a personal attack on her and her cooking". So she wouldn't mind going to fix herself "a bowl of cereal or something" that suits her and her lifestyle, but her mom gets upset about that as well. Anyway, OP, why not just…

Congrats on the engagement! I feel ya. I'm a college senior/junior with a max course load, a job, and organization commitments. I started January 19 at 169 pounds with a goal to get down to 145. I'm now 148! My packit lunch bag has been an amazing little tool for lunch away from home. I just pack a bunch of quick snacks…

I'm ADD inattentive and on Adderall (XR and regular) and I've never felt this rush that people talk about. Makes me wonder if I'm weird or something. I literally feel like it makes me feel almost ... Tired. Like ... Too calm, to the point I feel tired

It's not really a big deal to me. I go to the doctor and get on their scale, knowing full well I just finished a protein bar in my car and I'm wearing tennis shoes and a hoodie, and I fully expect an additional 5-7 lbs to show up on their scale. I just chuckle and shake it off because I know, and my doctor knows, that…

Of course :) Best of luck on your journey!

The only way you'd gain weight from a protein shake is if you made a 3500 calorie protein shake. Otherwise, it's just like any other food: measure it out, log the calories, stay in a deficit for the day/week. So, no there isn't a specific type to avoid in order to lose weight. But there's also not any specific kind to…

1. Try looking up your dining hall online. Most colleges have the menu and nutrition facts online for all the different halls on campus. This will make it easier to see the calories in everything. Then you'll just have the issue of eyeballing, but it's better than nothing 2. Weight loss isn't linear. You won't lose every…

Strictly weight loss speaking, you don't have to eat any vegetables at all if you don't like them. I'm like you. I absolutely loathe vegetables. Always have, always will. Like honestly, I will only eat spinach, potatoes, asparagus, or zucchini, and you'd be hard pressed to find even those in my diary (especially since the…

I'm almost to my goal (20 out of 25) and it may sound cheesy or cliche, but my biggest life change - besides caring more about foods and what's in them - has been confidence. My clothes fit better, and going jean shopping and sliding on a pair of jeans 2 sizes smaller is a boost. I no longer tug and fidget with my clothes…

You're actually not overweight. 5'4"-ish and 143-ish pounds is at the upper end of normal BMI. That being said, since you're not severely obese or anything like that, losing that roughly 33 pounds by summer is highly unlikely, unless you do something drastic and unhealthy. Even at a very aggressive 2 pound a week goal,…

So some things: 1. You're off to a good start. You may have gained in week 2, but you've lost overall. Weight loss is like that. You won't lose every week, and that's perfectly fine. Look into something like trendweight, Happy Scale (iOS), or Libra (Android), especially if you weight often, like everyday. It shows how your…

I usually drink a protein shake, eat a hard boiled egg, grab a Greek yogurt, or make a fruit bowl with cottage cheese and take it with me in mornings. I like to snack between classes as well, so I also pack apple slices and peanut butter. As for night snacking, I'm usually up late studying and doing homework, and the great…

Mmm ... See .... Being social is so taxing to me. Like, not that I'm "unfriendly". I'm just super introverted. I am completely at peace when I am alone, whereas social situations wear me out. Not only do I eat more in social situations because everything social tends to involve food, but I also eat more in social…

I always plan my days in advance, and I think that really helps at TOTM because I'm used to sticking to my plans like that. I also add more sweets into my plan because I know me lol. As for exercise, I find it actually helps with my lower back being sore. It's hard to start, but once I get going, I realize that I feel…

Contrary to random promises you'll find on google or the tv, there's no magic food that'll do that, sorry. Man, if that were the case, I'd bit fit as all out!

What is the cardio? If it's jogging or something, your muscles might be retaining water to heal because they aren't used to you doing exercise. Could also happen with walking, particularly at a brisk pace/with a high incline, but would be more of an issue if you're doing some new strenuous exercise. I would suggest you add…

Raw meat is weighed raw, mainly because there's a million ways to cook it. The pinker you like your meat, the heavier it will be. The more crispy you like you meat, the lighter it'll weigh. That goes for chicken, ground beef, steak, etc.

Nothing wrong with a cheat meal at all! Enjoy your cheat meal and get back on your normal stuff, and continue working towards your goal. A cheat meal isn't a failure, and even if you thought it was, a failure isn't a failure unless you LET it make you fail. I have "cheat" meals every once in a while. Just last Saturday I…

My 1 pound a week goal gives me 1550 calories. I eat 1200-1500. I usually stay lower, around 1200, just cuz I'm not hungry, but will eat all my calories if I'm hungry enough too. I don't eat back exercise calories Stats: Female, 5'5.5", 21 years old, 150.0 as of this morning, lightly active as activity level. SW: 169, GW:…

Oh cool! I wasn't too sure on that one. For some reason, my mom always had/has to plug hers into some dongle thing on her laptop, and she has an iPhone 6+. Then again, she may just be charging it and I thought she was updating ... :D

I have a Fitbit Charge HR. I really like it. Tracks my steps accurately enough, HR is accurate enough for me (it's typically 0-5 beats from the gym machine reading, which also may or may not be accurate, but it's just fine for my purposes since I refuse to be bothered with chest straps and the works), and I like that it…

It depends on you and your lifestyle and what you want the tracker for. I have the Charge HR. It's nice to see my daily activity and it keeps me motivated to get up and get those last few hundred steps, or to take the stairs instead of the elevator so that I can reach 10 floors for the day, etc. I also like that I can look…

There's a first time for everything! Several classes ago they were in your same shoes, nervous and unsure. You'll get the hang of it!! I remember my first time doing Zumba. It was honestly the most pitiful thing lol. I have no rhythm (despite popular stereotype lol) AND didn't know the moves like everyone else that had…

As a fellow college kid, I get where you're coming from. You don't have to eat any particular way. I literally despise vegetables and most days don't even manage 1 serving, let alone 3, and I've lost almost 20 pounds since starting in mid-January. Buy you a food scale, put your stats into MFP, eat what you want, and log…

A pound a day?? Unless you were planning on having some limbs amputated, I don't think that it's even possible at all, and certainly it's not safe. If you were just starting, you could maybe lose 10 pounds in one week from water weight, and then an additional 2 pounds over the next almost 2 weeks. But that's if you were…

Well first, congrats on your 55 pounds! That's seriously great :) Like another poster said, you may have just happened to weigh on an up fluctuation day. You may be retaining water if you had a salty meal. Could be TOTM soon. And there's the fact that you mentioned you don't exercise regularly but you did a lot this week.…

My parents noticed when I was around 15 pounds down. But that's because I'm away at uni and they came to visit, so they hadn't seen me in a while and the change was very obvious to them. My roommates still haven't noticed (or they haven't said anything), and I myself wouldn't have noticed except that my clothes fit looser.…