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Eat nutritious foods that are calorie dense, like nuts, avocado, dried fruits, olive oil, etc. Include starchy veggies like potatoes, beans, corn and some whole grains. Sounds like you need to switch your mindset because maybe you are equating "healthy" with "low in calories" and stuffing yourself full of stuff like…
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This is good advice. Another trick I use is making enough food for several days and carefully logging the recipe as I'm cooking. Once I know how much is in the batch and decide how many portions it would make, I don't weigh the individual portions. For example, I might know I made 1200 calories worth of red beans and rice…
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I should add that I've lost over 100 pounds and regularly check to verify that my actual weight loss rate is the same as my projected weight loss rate (calculated by my logging and Fitbit calorie burn estimates averaged over the last few months). For the last few months I've been underestimating the size of my caloric…
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I suppose you could just guesstimate and see how that works. Maybe you are fairly accurate. If your loss stalls then you will have to tighten up! As for me, I just weigh carefully the things that are higher calorie and that I'm prone to overestimate. Like nuts, peanut butter, cereal...those I measure to the last gram! For…
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Sounded like she wanted to follow the NS 1200 plan but log it here, plus add a bunch of extra food to meet her MFP goal. So a hybrid of the two. If you are going to be adding all that extra food then I think why bother? The reason to do NS is that they take all the logging and decision making and cooking out of the…
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If MFP is telling you to eat that much and still lose weight, then you weigh an amount that would make the Nutrisystem 1200 plan inappropriate for you. Nutrisystem also has a 1500 and 1800 plan for women, you should do one of those instead. The specific plan NS puts you on depends on your weight, gender, age, and activity…
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I successfully started my weight loss on Nutrisystem. It was helpful for me to learn portion control on a program that was measuring and preparing the portions for me and helping me learn to eat a balanced diet. Eventually I learned to do that on my own but it was a good way to start.
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USDA recommends 71 grams per day as a minimum for the average woman who is breastfeeding, so I think you are fine there (though eating more would be fine too--you're nowhere near being too high). Your calories seem way too low to me though if you are breastfeeding and not eating back exercise. That's why you are tired and…
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I don't log the vitamin because I want to meet all my micronutrient goals through my diet alone and logging the vitamin obscures that. I'm leaving out a few calories but I figure it isn't enough to make a big difference. As for the other nutrients, I wish they did but the problem is that most of these items aren't on…
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Fitbit doesn't do a whole day projection on the dashboard. It is an estimate of calories burned as of now and will update until midnight. Does Apple do a whole day projection? That might explain the difference.
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Beans, beans, good for your heart...
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Great question! I'll give you the answer when the shift happens. :) Usually my thinking I'm fat when I'm actually a size 8 is just hurting me, but I've been made aware of actually seeming offensive to others by making a joke about people of a certain size/shape not being quite the right for skinny jeans. In my mind, I'm…
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I sometimes take bites of things as I"m cooking. Those I don't log because the calories are already counted in the total recipe. So as long as I eat all that I cooked it should be fine. At the store, I sometimes avoid the samples, sometimes eat them and pretend that they don't count (ha), sometimes just log them as a…
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Tell her about this great calorie counting/tracking tool you found called My Fitness Pal. If she joins it will give her at least 1200 calories and give her warning messages when she tries to go lower.
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I'd stick with walking and unless you have some medical issue that it would be dangerous to be outside... suck it up and go outside! :smiley: Being out in the fresh air is good for you and part of adopting a healthy lifestyle. The best times are in the early morning before the heat gets bad. Hiking trails are nice too,…
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Dried beans, rice, pasta, other grains are cheap and keep forever and can be cooked in bulk. Frozen veggies in the freezer. I keep bags of nuts and dried fruit and nut butters for snacks. Apples, pears, and oranges can be kept for a while in the refrigerator so you can buy bags of them at a time. I keep canned goods that…
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That makes sense, identity has been a huge part of this for me too. However, I never feared losing the "fat" identity because there was a time in my earlier life when I was thinner, fit, when I ran a half marathon and lifted weights and was an active outdoorsy person. When I went through a difficult period in my life and…
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When I was around size 16 U.S. (And still obese) I had a coworker tell me to stop losing weight because she feared I was going to stop looking "Large and in charge". I'm in a leadership role at work and she thought the smaller version of me would have a less intimidating presence. "You can lose more weight....but I don't…
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Can't say I ever feared losing weight. My psychological struggles had more to do with staying motivated to exercise, controlling binge eating, and figuring out how to make my new lifestyle work in a social environment that didn't completely support it. I had some fears of failure and a sense of helplessness for a long…
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Happy to have new friends! I've lost 112 pounds so far.
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And for the record I went through that phase of thinking I look worse after loss, for me more because my hips were getting smaller while the waist and belly wasn't changing. Not just in my mind, I had measurements. I looked more square with more pudge in the middle even though I was smaller overall. Now my waist is…
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I think you look great, but would look even better if you chose clothes that suited your body type better. Your legs are thin and you carry more weight in your midsection, so wearing skin tight leggings and looser top makes your midsection look even bigger, it accentuates your apple shape. Wear something more…
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You can buy a one week Nutrisystem starter kit at Walmart if you want a no commitment way to try it. NS is cheaper than JC. But I have heard the food isn't as good. I thought it was okay. I started my weight loss on Nutrisystem and it was helpful to get me started, but in the long run you need to think about how to…
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Okay, put me down as disagreeing with folks who say no "couch potato" days. Are they necessary for one's fitness or post workout recovery? Nope. Just like a brownie or slice of pizza isn't essential for ones nutrition. Just like taking a vacation isn't necessary for ones career progression But these things can be good for…
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When you work out intensely, it does microscopic damage to your muscles. Letting the muscles heal is how you get stronger. You are not getting stronger on your heavy lifting days or intense running days, but in the healing period after. So let yourself heal. You don't have to take a complete rest day to do that, but at…
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If you want vegetarian protein and fats, perhaps nuts and seeds? If you eat dairy, try some cheese or greek yogurt, too. Eggs cooked in butter = fat and protein, very little carbs. I'm mostly vegan so my biggest sources of protein are soy products and beans; fat from avocado, cooking oil (olive, walnut, canola, sesame,…
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Beans, peas, edamame, lentils! Legumes are high in protein and carbs--fat and sodium content will depend on how you prepare them.
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I've taken breaks of a week or two along the way, for various reasons--holidays, vacations, recovering from a cold, weeks when I was just tired of restricting and wanted to have some treats. I trained for a 10K and intentionally slowed my weight loss down so I had plenty of fuel for my runs. I've never taken a longer break…
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Yeah, sounds like you have a fitness tracker with negative calorie adjustments enabled. It's doing this to adjust for the fact that you haven't been as active as you have MFP set to be. For example, your 1400 calories is based off an assumption that you are active to a certain level (sedentary, lightly active, etc.).…
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I have a fitbit and it syncs throughout the day. I don't know about other brands, but with Fitbit you can buy an extra dongle that you use for syncing and use it on the same account. I have one on my home computer, one on the office computer so it is in sync all the time.
