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If you have been on an under fueling and then binge eating cycle for years, it might just take a few weeks for your body to figure out what is going on. Stick with it. Give it time. If your coach accurately calculated your burn and gave you a decent deficit it will work. Eating more to lose more works! Just don't eat more…
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No clue. Do you eat enough to support your activity level? Are your hormones out of wack? Is there a mineral or nutrient that if low could affect your neck glands? Muscles without enough magnesium can make you sore longer, tired and prone to foot cramps but I don't know about the headaches. Maybe its something related that…
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It completely depends on you, how you define "cheat meal", how you set up your diary, your deficits and your goals. It also matters what your TDEE is and how your MFP goal lines up. You can go over your MFP daily goal without damaging your overall goal but it is dependent on how much cushion room you have, someone else…
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It took 30lbs before my loss started to be really noticeable, 40lbs before it was enough to get comments from people who didn't know I was trying to lose weight. It takes time, and there is a little more definition in your pic. Its also possible that you don't carry much extra weight in your face, or the angle of the pic…
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Try a gluten-free cornbread stuffing recipe? Honestly, I have yet to have any luck with Gluten-free traditional stuffing. It absorbs moisture like crazy so it always ends up being mush. Even when I toasted the cubes into dry croutons, it turned to mush. I have seen gf stuffing mixes in stores but haven't been willing to…
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I don't subscribe to the whole "listen to your body" way of thinking anymore. I followed it for years, have gallstones and other minor health issues as a result. Your body lies to you. My body frequently has me eating less than 1000 cals per day, and its an ongoing struggle to find ways to add enough calories to my day.…
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I dislike your pic defining "clean eating" (even though its pretty much how I eat), but I do have to applaud you for actually having a plan for making a change to your diet. That's rare for the clean eating bandwagon. Eating less meals out of a box, and more perishable foods is always a good idea. :)
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If you weigh or measure your servings, I would suggest stopping that first. I am not yet at goal, but I am already starting to eye-ball and estimate servings of foods. Its a first step anyways, relaxing the strictness with which you log. I don't want to calorie count for the rest of my life but its a useful tool. Second…
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Last year, I weighed and logged everything. My family didn't give me a hard time about it, they knew I was trying to lose weight. At the same time I wasn't restricting my portions severely so they weren't concerned and they didn't feel judged by my choice to "diet". I enjoyed every bite and ate my tdee those days. I've…
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Some of my 200-300 cal lunches include: Hamburger Lentil stew, baked potato soup, chowders, shepherds pie with green beans and tomato base, chili (bulked with grated zucchini), kale lemon chicken soup, and taco soup. I had the shepherd's pie today, yum. It actually comes in at 312 cals but close enough. Increasing the…
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I don't think the taste of stevia gets better in time. It hasn't for me anyways. I just stick with Coconut Palm sugar now. Its a natural sugar source too but I don't think you could make a case for it not being a "refined" source. It has to get from being flower sap into granulated crystals somehow. Coconut sugar has a bit…
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My advice is to look into body fat % and determine if you actually have another 15lbs to lose. The range based on height is rather wide and arbitrary. I know at 5'8" that my lean body mass is quite high and that I naturally sit above what is recommended by bmi. If you do have some body fat to lose, then hunker down and…
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Re-adjust your macro settings? Honestly, my diet is 40% fats. Fat doesn't make you fat, it's actually essential for the proper absorption of some nutrients. I would be more worried about sugars and salt. You don't have to follow a certain ratio or what MFP sets for you. A typical week has me at 40% fat, 40% carb and 20%…
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If you are eating too few calories, not getting enough of the nutrients you need, then unfortunately your hormones will be affected, which leads to changes in mood. So yes, dieting can equal depression. Evaluate your calorie goals using another site like iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ to determine your body's daily calorie…
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Hmmm. What are you comparing it to? The number the tread mill gave you or the inflated numbers MFP gave you? A heart rate monitor accounts for both the extra exertion calories and the number you would have burned just breathing. Exercise counters often just account for the extra efforts. It takes calories just to exist,…
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Every morning. I only log it if its a new low; and if the scale is up- its fine as long as it doesn't stay up for longer than a week. Longer than 10 days means its a gain and I need to update my ticker. Its only happened a few times in the last 18 months. I track lows which does mean that sometimes it can takes days to see…
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I haven't had anyone say that to me, but I have used the words "calorie counting is empowering" many times before in conversations about how I am losing weight. Mostly because I never thought I would ever calorie count. Actually I vowed in my early 20's never to do it. I always worried that it would trigger my inner OCD…
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Remember your d-drops! Buy a light if you have to, and if you can manage it- go for a walk everyday at lunch throughout the winter. You would be amazed at how just getting fresh air for a few minutes while the sun is still out can help, even on cloudy days. Mostly I know its coming and I plan for it. This winter I am…
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If you've already asked her to stop making those comments, then the next step is to pull her aside into a private room where the door can close and tell her point blank that her comments are inappropriate and that your next step if they don't stop is to talk to HR. I had to do it once with a co-worker who kept teasing me…
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Mint tea will help with the bloating and nausea a bit. Log it, move on and have a lighter supper. Count it as lesson learned, no guilt. Your body is rejecting huge quantities of pizza, its just not worth it for the future. I'm guessing the nausea you are feeling will make something like a piece of toast, an egg white…
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Start by getting into the habit of logging. If logging is your only goal, then the choices you make don't dictate success or failure. Once you think you are in the swing of things, then start trying to stick to a reasonable calorie goal, or make a few better choices each day until it feels good. I tend to think "dieters"…
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Easy answer. I just don't eat gluten-free bread. Its generally not great in taste or texture and the pieces are so tiny anyways. But then I'm also allergic to eggs and milk so I'm looking at vegan, gluten-free bread. Carbs aren't bad for you unless you have a medical reason to avoid them and there is no rule that…
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A girl who likes you with a beard will still like you without one. She just might not have noticed you at all without one. A guy who can rock a beard is sexy...but he doesnt need it after I've taken my second, third or fourth look. Wait, who am I kidding. A beard is pre-req.
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When making your plan, count on gaining zero ground between American Thanksgiving and Christmas. (It will save you fustration if you take this perspective on success but keep trying to lose during these weeks!) When you discount that, you have about 10 weeks. Therefore, I would suggest that aiming to lose 10lbs is…
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Save calories for a snack. If I know there are chips in the house and I am going to want some, then I allocate calories for after dinner snacking. It doesnt even have to be much. You would be surprised at how good a miniscule 15g or 25g portion of plain ripple chips, eaten slowly and savoured can be. Pre-measure and make…
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Honestly, I look up my TDEE every few weeks using online calculators and use that as my baseline. Its only an estimate of how much I burn on the average day but it gives me a max calorie number and I aim for 200-500 less per day. It also means that I get to eat real food and at a real amount. Aiming for 1800 cals per day…
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5 months to lose 22lbs? Roughly 1lb per week requires a deficit of 3500 calories per week. So, therefore, your starting point is to figure out how many calories your body burns in the average week and reduce the intake by 3500 calories, or 500 calories per day. Then you stick with only that 500 cal deficit...no starving…
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I worked at a couple of places where it was traditional for the birthday person to bring in the treats on their own birthday. That way everyone gets treats and takes a turn "paying" for it. Usually it was donuts. Cost you $10-15 on your birthday but no cards or fake parties to suffer though. You put them in the lunch room,…
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I'm 5'8" and I have the same goal of 160lbs. No clue if I will get there. I am currently at 175 and I look pretty great with clothes on. I think 160 may actually be too little for my frame since my goal is to lower body fat but not look anorexic. Going by Body Fat % is going to be way more helpful for determining a healthy…
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No one belittled you that I can tell, your question was poorly constructed and led to confusion. You read their tone as critical when most were being pretty straight forward and blunt based on the context. You should have used the word "glass" or "mug" not cup. Cup is a form of measurement in your context. A cup is 8fl oz.…
