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If you follow MFP's NEAT method, your calories should naturally be lower on non training days. I usually eat a bit less on those days anyway because of my appetite.

I like to do a mix of various things to keep myself interested. I get bored easy. LISS I do a lot of LISS just because I live in a European city (well...until Brexit...) and walk everywhere frequently. I think nothing of walking an hour and fifteen minutes home if the weather is nice because I'm just listening to music and…

I've had deep fried Oreos in the states--they are pretty amazing tbh. Deep fried butter is terrifying. I'd probably try a bite though.

While I was flippant in my above reply, this is also true to a point. In general I notice less added sugars to things. When I go back to California everything tastes so overly sweet to me. Our portions in restaurants also tend to be smaller. I'm going to Paris next week and plan to eat a lot of cheese, baguette, and…

As someone who lives in Scotland where most food seems to be based on a dare of 'I bet you can't deep fry that', I have to laugh. signed, an American who has tried a deep fried Mars bar, deep fried haggis, deep fried sausage, but for some reason can't bring herself to try a deep fried pizza.

Hard boiled egg. String cheese. Apple and peanut butter. Rice or corn cakes with goat cheese and apricot. Walnuts.

I'm female's, 6 ft, active, weigh 154. On an average day I aim to eat 1900 to 2200 but like two days a week at least I go above that to 2600 to 3000. So it's maybe like 2300 or 2400 to maintain? I'm also a lazy logger. Lots of guessing and I don't track on the weekends.

Here are things that result in my higher NEAT. 1. One of my weird quirks is that I pace while I think and flap my hands around. It looks strange and I've trained myself to only do it at home (in public I rub my hands together instead, which makes people think that I'm cold, but it's just my 'thinking thing'). I used to be…

I used to yo yo a lot but it was also an eating disorder. My weight didn't radically change but I kept gaining/losing the same 7 or 8 pounds quite quickly, and near the end it was starting to creep higher each time. What I would perhaps suggest: 1. Log but aim to eat maintenance calories for at least few weeks, so you get…

DOMS and also your tendons and ligaments getting used to new movements. The first time I did a kettlebells class I walked like Woody from Toy Story for a few days. Now a few months later I have mild muscle soreness from a way more intense workout yesterday. It's cool to see how your body adapts.

Exactly. The 'bird' woman could easily be secretly eating. Even a roommate might not notice. Last year people would have said I was like the second woman because I could put away massive amounts of food. But I was bulimic. I either didn't digest the food or I wouldn't eat for like 24 hours afterwards. But because I was…

Walking 3 miles home from work, an hour's weights session--warm up circuit, barbell squats, dumbbell snatch, high pulls, squat to back row, one leg stand ups, weighted ball smacks.

1 hour of ballet fitness.

Scotland (moved from California 10 years ago)

Gut research is promising but still very recent. There is too much we don't know with certainty while they do more long-term studies. Forums are about debate. And just because they are citing medical knowledge backed up by much longer studies around calories doesn't make them uninformed.

If you're lactose intolerant, does boost/ensure not have milk? Definitely advocate to see another doctor sooner. My gp also has same day emergency appointments if you call first thing in the am.

I don't see the need to hire someone when there's so much information out there for free. I also have enough data to know that my macro split tends to be a bit higher on fat than MFP recommends. I wondered if that meant I should cut down on it but I don't see the need as I'm hitting my goal of maintenance or the slowest of…

Dude, you look awesome! A very well done. I need to be better about taking progress photos. I've been the same weight since October and I am pretty sure I've recomped since I've been regularly weight training, running, and doing yoga during that time, but it's hard to see the difference. I feel good, though :-)

1600-1800 probably isn't maintenance if you're active. Though I'm not sure how tall you are. My suggestion is less cardio and lift heavier weights, following a lifting program (e.g. Strong Curves). If you've never done compound lifts before it's probably worth seeing a trainer at the start to make sure you have proper…

I usually eat most of mine (bank calories through the week and catch up on the weekend), but my fitbit is reasonably accurate as well.

Yeah, she should have explained the context of it to you, OP, rather than leaving you feeling like you'd been admonished.

I have active rest days, which usually means I just walk. Yesterday I walked around a loch and clocked 18k steps, but it was all very low effort. Or sometimes a rest day is not a lot of walking but maybe some gentle yoga. I usually end up getting one or two active rest days a week. The rest of the time I'm doing running,…

It's a yoga specific thing. You're meant to not eat for a couple hours beforehand and not drink just before or during the class because it cools you down and some of the twists etc can be uncomfortable if you're sloshy and full of water. However, my yoga teacher mentioned to us that it's the traditional method--the…

Mine's similar. .5 banana 1 scoop chocolate protein 1 tbs almond butter (or Pb2) 1 c frozen unsweetened cherries (or blueberries or blackberries) 1/2 c almond milk (or other nondairy), 1/2 c water

Yesterday I walked around a Scottish loch and logged close to 18k steps for the day. This morning I did 90 minutes of yoga (did my first assisted handstand against a wall!) and later I'm going to run 6.5k.

The more important question is do you feel 1500 is sustainable for weeks/months on end? For many, it's too low. For others, it's fine. Novus above has good advice, as usual. Personally I'm just under 6' and weigh 154, quite active, and I lose weight on 1800 a day average, since my TDEE is around 2200. You're at a higher…

I've stopped logging on the weekends and I don't log on holidays, since most of it is guessing. I've been in maintenance since October, so I feel like it's fine for me to start loosening up a bit. I still don't go wild on my weekends, but I probably eat 500-800 calories over maintenance on at least one of the weekends,…

I'm in Cognitive Analytical Therapy for bulimia at the moment (the purging has stopped and the binging has also largely stopped). I am in the UK so I was referred to the local eating disorder clinic. I had a very severe eating disorder as a teen, so this time I reached out quite soon into the relapse and before it started…

1000 calories is not sustainable. Go slower and keep it off. Learn habits that will stay with you into maintenance.

I often stop eating at around 8 or 8.30, which means it's not an issue. The last few days I've been peckish before bed, so I have these tiny apricot tarts that are 41 calories each. They're sweet and sharp so one or two of those set me up for bed. Sometimes I crumble them over some Skyr for some more protein. Or if I don't…