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Please don't totally trust MFP's verified items. :) That verification depends on what brands and so many other things. Unfortunately, one brand/country's verified item may be different from another brand/country's verified item. The best thing to do is check your label against MFP's verified items. I have been using cooked…
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You could start by weighing raw chicken. After cooking, weigh again to determine how much it weights. Then use that as a rough estimate of which to use for cooked chicken. Or you could just use the raw weight and choose the best item for that based on ounces. Personally, I think as long as you are consistent whether you…
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Awesome! Congratulations.
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Wonderful job. Congratulations. 'Sustainable method' is so key.
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A caveat: Everyone is different and even if two people take the exact same route, their results might differ. With that said, I lost 37, with 5 lbs or so to go. It took me about 8 months of fairly steady loss and 3 months of ups and downs. The ups were never more than 2-5 lbs. The ups happened when I got slack in my eating…
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1. Definitely buy a food scale so you can have a better idea of how much you are eating. 2. Start walking even if you can only go up the block initially. 3. Please don't start at 1200 calories - which is what MFP might start you with. You will backslide if you make such a drastic change in calories at your first attempt.…
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Name: Severine Age: 53 Height: 5' 7" Start Weight (1st May): 160.2 Goal Weight (1st June): 155.0 (also my final goal) 1st May: 160.2 8th May: 15th May: 22nd May: 29th May: 1st June: Weight lost/gained this week: Weight lost/gained this month: Successes/struggles this week: Good luck everyone. I am 5 lbs from my goal weight…
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Very doable. I've lost nearly 40 lbs since July 2014 just walking/jogging, mostly walking and tracking my caloric intake. I am 6 lbs from my goal weight of 155 lbs. (The only reason I haven't made my goal yet is because I slacked off terribly at Thanksgiving/Christmas) :)
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The easiest way is to enter .5 serving instead of 1 serving. Keep in mind, the Food and Drug Administration allows some +/- leeway in calorie calculation so food packages are NOT exact. Imagine in a factory, every item comes off the conveyor belt weighing exactly the same...doesn't happen. If you want to be super accurate,…
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Great job! Congratulations. I echo what the above posters mentioned...you look so much younger.
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Eating back your calories depends on which method you are using. If you told MFP that you plan to do X minutes of exercise for Y days (The TDEE system), you should not be eating back your calories unless you racked up more than what is in your calculated MFP numbers. Those exercise calories are already factored in your…
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Did you do a check...like taking a specific number of steps to see if it is registering the steps correctly? Did you enter your stride length correctly?
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Nope. I have been doing that since I started MFP and have lost 34+ pounds. Approximately 3500 calorie deficit per week to lose one pound. That works any way you slice it.
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What: A powdered-sugar donut. Why: Because my 14 year old just made them from scratch and I never say no to my 14 year old's food offerings/experiments. <3 LOL!
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ROFLMHO!! Too funny! Lord, the things folks do in the name of weight loss!! :'(
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You should make a blog post out of this. Too hilarious!
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I weigh daily because I have an app that graphs my daily weight and I'm a nerd who likes to look at those peaks and valleys on the graph. LOL! I don't get upset at the fluctuations though unless I know I sabotaged myself in some way. Then I give myself a 'talking to' and move on.
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It is really delicious. I make it all the time, especially when our church does the 21 day Daniel Fast. I sometimes add any combination of zucchini, yellow squash, cabbage, bokchoy, red skin potatoes, corn on the cobb, and leeks. Occasionally, I add smoked turkey wings. I still have a container in my freezer from when I…
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Please feel free to add me. My diary is open also. I'm 5'7". Joined June 2014. Lost 39 lbs so far. Have 5 lbs to go to goal weight.
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Name: Sev Age: 53 Height: 5' 7" Start weight (1st Feb): 157.8 Goal weight (1st March): 155 Weigh ins: 1st Feb: 157.8 8th Feb: 159.6 15th Feb: 158.4 22nd Feb: 160.8 1st March: Weight loss/gain this week: +2.4 Weight loss/gain so far this month: +3.0 Struggles/successes this week: My overall goal weight is 155lbs. Three…
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Name: Sev Age: 53 Height: 5' 7" Start weight (1st Feb): 157.8 Goal weight (1st March): 155.8 (1/2 pound per week) Weigh ins: 1st Feb: 157.8 8th Feb: 159.6 15th Feb: 158.4 22nd Feb: 1st March: Weight loss/gain this week: -1.2 Weight loss/gain so far this month: +0.6 Struggles/successes this week: I really haven't tried hard…
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Name: Sev Age: 53 Height: 5' 7" Start weight (1st Feb): 157.8 Goal weight (1st March): 155.8 (1/2 pound per week) Weigh ins: 1st Feb: 157.8 8th Feb: 159.6 15th Feb: 22nd Feb: 1st March: Weight loss/gain this week: +1.8 Weight loss/gain so far this month: +1.8 Struggles/successes this week: I don't think this is a "true"…
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Name: Sev Age: 53 Height: 5' 7" Start weight (1st Feb): 157.8 Goal weight (1st March): 155.8 (1/2 pound per week) Weigh ins: 1st Feb: 157.8 8th Feb: 15th Feb: 22nd Feb: 1st March: Weight loss/gain this week: Weight loss/gain so far this month: Struggles/successes this week:
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Ladies, click on the SCALE (under your picture) on the home page, Click on EDIT PREVIOUS ENTRIES (middle of page), and viola, you can change your starting weight.
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Feel free to add me. I have an open diary and update it everyday. I joined in June 2014 and have lost 39 pounds. Looking to lose another 8 or so.
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For those new to this, you can bookmark the post using the star at the right of the topic...above the page numbers. Just click the star at the top right of the page...between the gear and the bell each week to come back to the post. You can also recover your posts using the following link; inserting your user name in the…
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Name: Sev Height: 5' 7" Starting Weight (1/1): 164.0 Goal Weight (1/31): 159.0 1/1: 164.0 1/8: 164.8 1/15: 163.8 1/22: 160.2 1/29: 158.4 1/31: 157.0 Loss/gain for the month so far: (7.0) (*) Struggles or successes of your week: Great success! The Daniel fast is helping me keep on track. B) Fruits, veggies, grains---no…
