Txman70

I would add that logging EVERYTHING that goes into your mouth has really helped me. If you have worked out your calorie goal for the day in MyFitnessPal and also your macro-nutrients, you will be able to quickly see what you can and cannot eat. As has been stated protein is more filling than fat or carbs and you can have 1…

Thanks for all the good advice. I will eat more protein and get to resistance training as soon as I am able. In the meantime I will just continue to log my intake and see where this goes.

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I really need to stretch and I know very little about stretching. So, I am very interested in learning what others do and how. If you can add any instructions or point to places on the web that explain how to perform particular stretching I would appreciate it. Right now I am going to Google "dynamic stretching."

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Thanks for all the replies as they are very helpful. For the home cooked meals, how do you determine the calories and nutritional values? Also I see a lot of references to weighing the food. How do you use the weight information? Any other ideas?

By pre-logging I take it you mean adding the item to MFP before you eat it and looking at the calorie and nutritional info instead of after eating. Correct?