ChrisM8971 Member

This Week's Weigh-Ins ================== kdiddy27: SW 0 / GW -15 lbs / CW +0.5 / +0.5 this week Joylaine: SW 196 / GW 182 / CW 196 / -0.0 lbs this week. Fitterbody: SW 170 / GW 158 / CW 170 / -0.0 lbs this week. KA___: SW 153.2lbs / GW 137lbs / CW 151.6lbs / -1.6lbs this week JBastone:SW 0/GW -20/CW -2/-2 this week…

ChrisM8971: SW 166.6lbs / GW 164.0lbs / CW 166.6lbs / 0 this week KA___: SW 153.2lbs / GW 137lbs / CW 153.2lbs / 0 this week kdiddy27: SW 0 / GW -15 lbs / CW 0 / -0 this week feliperss: SW 0 / GW -20 lbs / CW 0 / -0 this week Gonabfit: SW 000/ GW -15 lbs / CW 000/ -0 this week Fitterbody: SW lbs / GW 0 / CW / lbs this…

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100% this, its a rare occasion, don't let it get you down and even if you go over by a few 100 today you can get back on track. This process is about the long term, not the occasional day

Oh well if cheese and bacon are going to kill me at least I will die happy :p

Its why I always go for the Pizza instead

I can't seem to get my head past "3rd floor apartment" Thats a lot of stairs you can walk up and down and would be great exercise. If that doesnt appeal then a rubberized gym mat is a great idea

Another low calorie protein, not what you are looking for if the issue is being too full and leaving yourself too low. You asked if your were leaving yourself deficient in anything, maybe opening your diary would help with suggestions But to me it does sound like you might not be getting enough fats

Icecream for the fats and protein, oily fish for omega 3 essential oils, olive oil, full fat greek yogurt, fruit & veg for vitamins etc nut butters and maybe a burger to top you up at the end?

I drive up to 12 hours a day please don't tell me it doesn't count ;)

Maybe they were having chicken but had to catch it first?

Just wondering why if she is talking about the healthy benefits of 'clean eating' she then tells you not to forget the vitamin supplements!

Accept that you will eat Christmas foods and that you will probably gain weight, its what many do. Why would adding weight over the festive period be your undoing, is there some reason why you wouldn't be able to return to what you are doing now after Christmas is over? For me I would feel miserable not eating and drinking…

I bought a cheap (£12.99) chest strap HRM from Aldi and it seems to work fine for me. The set up is a little basic but was ok for what I wanted at the time. I have been thinking of upgrading and am considering the Suunto M5, very close in reviews to the polar but to me it just looks a little better if being worn all of the…

On the computer version you can copy a food from a friends diary so if you both eat the food on the same day you only need to enter the recipe into one account then once logged into the dairy copy it. Not sure if that works on an app though

There is however a lot of good information on this site to help you get started and to help make this work for you. Two posts that I cannot recommend highly enough are: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1…

This ^^^^^^ You just need perspective, you can probably lose 52 lbs in a year, I figure if I try really really hard I can gain 10 lbs over the Christmas period so still a net loss on the year ;)

You will lose some muscle while dieting anyway but the ratio of fat to muscle loss depends on a lot of things, including genetics. The amount of muscle loss can at least be reduced by resistance training, increased protein intake and by not having to large a calorie deficit. You can address the muscle loss once you reach…

week 2 no water weight, some fat, lots of muscle Seriously eat more and with what you have to lose aim for 0.5 to 1.0 lb per week

Fantastic post and agree is should be a sticky. I have to keep reminding myself that I now have to bookmark rather than bump. My pet hate is inaccurate entries on the database, to me it is always worth double checking the entry vs what is on the packet etc and only takes a few seconds. Sodium seems to be a problem for some…

I got a smart phone in the end and went for a windows phone. I actually quite like it but its not good for MFP and encourages using the computer :-)

Thats a great way to approach this, there is a huge amount of information on this forum when you have a look around Just tested the recipe builder, entered a recipe using the old tool ( prefer it to the new one) and once the recipe is saved it is saved in the new format and I can edit each individual item. I will say that…

Thats new, I have always been able to delete single items in the old recipe builder and then just readd that item at the new weight. Maybe they have changed that as well

Unless they fixed the new one, I would rather delete each item and add them again. Not tried the new one recently though

Definitely use the old one though because the new one is awful

Go to "Food" then "Recipies" and click on the "Old Recipe Builder" and add all of the ingredients

Its not what you are eating its how much you are eating. Also you will almost certainly not be gaining muscle. Looking at your diary, are you eating those exact makes of the foods you are logging or are you pulling generic entries off of the MFP site? Are you weighing everything you eat with a digital scale? Are you eating…

Also please read this and the other articles it links, extremely useful information http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1

This is one of the most asked questions on MFP Based on the information you supplied, MFP calculates a calorie goal for you to achieve your weekly weight loss aims without doing any additional exercise (Based on NEAT) Because it assumes you are not doing any exercise it then expects you to eat more if you do which is why…

Definitely healthy