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Echoing the recomp suggestions. Also maybe see if you could spring for a PT session to help you come up with the best workout programme for you if you can afford it? At my gym I do a small group workout every Wednesday evening with up to 3 other people. Costs £4.50 on top of my normal gym membership. Then 2 other days a…

Peanut butter Eggs Potatoes Cheaper cuts of meat Beans and rice I don't know where you are but here in the UK there's an app called Too Good to Go, where you can buy a mystery bag of food that the restaurant/cafe would have to throw out anyway. The other day I spent £4 and picked up food from a vegetarian/vegan cafe that's…

I have plenty of days where I do an hour of walking and then at another time do an hour of strength training. That's just because I live in a city and don't have a car and like to walk, though. I'll also sometimes spend some time on the bicycle desk I have to combat all the sitting in front of a computer working. I've been…

I log as guesswork a lot of the time, because I tend to eat sandwiches in cafes, or go out to eat with friends, or whatever. If I can make an informed guess that the tuna melt sandwich I had was probably around 500ish calories, then I know vaguely how much to budget for the rest of the day. I logged for like 50 days and…

It sounds like weight loss path you're on is too aggressive for you to stick to. I also understand wanting to lose quickly, but if sticking to it makes you give up and binge and put you back where you started, what's the point? Maybe even slow down to 1 pound a week for 2-3 months to give yourself a semi-break. That'd…

@atevy, I also started lifting to help with my ED. It really does help to have somewhere else to focus the energy and urge for control, but in a much more productive way. You look amazing!

I usually eat about half, unless I'm particularly hungry that day--then I eat 'em all.

I just took a week off from logging for a mental break. Most of the week I ate whatever. Even on Friday--I ate out for two meals and had drinks, but realistically it was still probably no more than 2500 calories all told, just bunched up into two portions and some alcohol calories, so I shouldn't gain from it. My body is…

Supah bulky! Went from still smallish but no definition to having some nice back muscles and feeling strong.

The sweet things I like but that also have more nutrients: - Toast with peanut butter and smashed raspberries or banana - Protein shake with frozen cherries, whey chocolate protein, almond or oat milk, maybe a bit of peanut butter if I fancy - Halo top (usually half the pint, husband eats the other half) - Pulsin raw…

I did deadlifts yesterday and also have a bit of a twinge, but my lower back is sensitive to lots of exercises. For me, it's that my hamstrings keep tightening, which in turn inflames my QL muscle. The Athlean guy who's video is above also has some good ones with stretches and exercises to help this. Here's one:…

Def spread it out more! I'm in maintenance but I aim for 350ish for breakfast, 400-500 for lunch, about 400 for snacks (sometimes split to morning/afternoon of about 200 each), 400-600 for dinner, and if I'm still hungry/have the calories, about 300 as a dessert. I rarely want to binge if I've fed myself decently during…

Not to hijack, but is anyone willing to share symptoms? I'm not sure if I have it. I went off birth control in Dec and still no period. I thought maybe it was because I had a brief eating disorder relapse last year, but I've been consistently eating around maintenance for months (I'm a healthy weight) and still nada. I've…

Get a food scale. Weigh everything. You are almost certainly eating more than you think you are. A little splash of oil in the pan, having that little extra few bites of something as you're cooking, a little extra milk or teaspoon of sugar in the coffee--very easy for those sorts of things to add up to hundreds of calories…

I find I mostly binge at night if I haven't eaten enough calories in the day and my deficit is too aggressive. Now that I eat about 1200 calories before dinner (used to be more like 700-800), I rarely night binge. Might have a night snack, but that's about it.

Yes, if you're having anxiety while still eating under maintenance, that's an indication you might want to go back to the RD or get some therapy. 300 cals of veggies are really not the problem here, but your mindset/fear could become one. Also agreed that a 600 deficit is pretty big. Why not try a 300-400 deficit for a…

Name: Laura Age: 30 Height: 5'11.5" (I often round up to 6 ft but that's probably cheating) Total weight lost: About 13 pounds, but gained muscle/lost fat Time it took to lose: 5 months How long in maintenance: 6 months Maintenance weight range: 151-155 Average weight recorded from 2018: Constantly gaining and losing the…

I've been maintaining even though I'm often over on fats. I think I just like to eat slightly higher fat than the standard MFP split allows (like 40% instead of 30%), but it doesn't seem to matter as my calories stay in range.

I still had a bit of cellulite when I was 30 pounds underweight--sometimes it's just genetic, but you probably know that! I haven't had kids and only lost about 14 pounds, but it was a quasi recomp as well so most my trousers are way too big now. My cellulite became a lot less noticeable. I did kettlebells/strength…

If you tell them the workouts make you super unwell they'll hopefully let you out of the contract. It wouldn't be super good press for them if they didn't.

This was me too! I am just under 6 ft and I was naturally about 135 lbs in high school, but because I was taller I wore bigger sizes than my also slender friends who were much shorter. I felt ginormous in comparison and it led to an eating disorder (my lowest was 107, which at 6 ft was scary). I'm 152-154 now which I feel…

Yep, I discovered my maintenance is about 2100-2200 to maintain. So some days I go up to 2500 (ended up doing that today), but yesterday I was at 1700, so it evens out. I usually end up at around 2000 then eat slightly more on Sat/Sunday. I've maintained my weight the last few months. My diary is viewable to friends, so…

I also need about 2100-2200 to maintain. OP, you're probably binging because the daily total is too restrictive.

I noticed as soon as I told myself nothing was off limits and ate more on a day to day basis very near my maintenance, my binges basically disappeared. Just now I had a big afternoon snack, and weeks ago that would have freaked me out and I'd have said 'screw it' and binged on everythinggggg. But now with all the data I…

I do a bit of lifting but my gym will have an open weights area starting at the end of the month (it was previously only classes). I'm thinking of trying out strong curves or 5x5! Always keen for friends.

No, because I graduated high school very anorexic with a BMI of 14.9. I'm still at my college weight though, which is healthy for me. Graduated 10 years ago (whaaat).

Yeah, if it were easy you'd be doing it. Eating disorders are sneaky, sneaky things. They lie. I had a bulimia slip up last year and reached for help early because I didn't want to go back down that road. I've been doing outpatient therapy since about October and will for a few more months. Going from serious undereating…

Like I said last time, I tend to eat back around 50% of exercise calories in case it's over estimating. But if I'm really hungry I eat the rest. Some days I'm less hungry, some days I'm over. The average evens out and I've maintained since October. Experiment and use the scale to determine what ratio is right for you. And…

I got way too many compliments when I was 16 and medically emaciated from an eating disorder. It was bizarre and sad.