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You're a female with a body fat % of only 17 (which is low) and you're saying it's telling you to eat too few calories? Can you tell me/us why you're here....you're not trying to lose weight obviously?

I'm guessing you're talking about eating before an early morning workout? The best thing to eat would be complex carbs like steel cut oatmeal, but that is pretty heavy if you're trying to do this first thing in the morning. If you are able to eat breakfast and wait long enough for it to digest before working out, something…

I had a reduction at age 25, best thing I ever could have done. I'd do a lift later, but never implants personally. Even if I somehow ended up super tiny, I'd never do implants. I'm sure my opinion is biased from always having been big, but to me size doesn't matter, it's all about the perkiness. :wink:

I subbed fizzy flavored water at first (no sweeteners, just flavored plain water), but it does take a certain amount of sheer willpower. The important part is to get rid of the sweet taste so you won't be as tempted. I like the bubbles so if I want it, I'll just allow myself an unsweetened (really, not even fake sugars)…

I did sleep more as a teen too, but if you're needing up to 12 hrs, and feel like you really NEED it, you might want to get your thyroid tested to be safe. Sleeping 12+ hours a night was the first sign I had of a problem in my late teens. Do you tend to be cold a lot? Are you gaining weight in spite of the same level of…

If you donate on a regular basis, you NEED to take an iron supplement and have your iron levels tested through bloodwork your doc orders, and NOT rely on the hemoglobin test they do before they let you donate. I got myself into some major trouble because I was donating regularly and my hemoglobin somehow stayed over their…

See now, my train of thought was the opposite....I figured all the ingredients that went into the bag were counted in the calories and nutritional content and anything that got stuck to the bag and wasn't (or so I thought!) consumable was just "too bad so sad" for us. I didn't figure they cooked the popcorn as we would,…

Car trips are hard. I usually take tuna salad kits (like those ones StarKist and Bumble Bee have, and don't require a cooler) and the fixings for making sandwiches (in a cooler).

Most people don't eat the kinds of foods that are high in iron - dark leafy greens. Spinach and kale are big ones. But it won't normally cause a deficiency unless you bleed a lot. If you're a woman, for obvious reasons you are more at risk. Or if you regularly donate blood. I did the latter and ended up with literally no…

They say you should eat within an hour of waking up. I'd give you more wiggle room than that, but waiting 4 hours (830 to 1230) is way too long. And yes, you're right, you do feel hungrier when you eat breakfast because you are kick starting your metabolism, but it is really best for you. Try to pick things that are more…

What time do you normally run? It's hard to figure out what you might improve on if we don't know what you're eating in the period before you run. Happy to look at it though, once I know where to look! :smile:

That sounds *amazing*, but not really within my dietary limits. French bread, cheese, bacon bits?

I love to mash up avos for fresh guac, but what do you eat it with now? Chips would be a no-no...so?

I'm allowed 1200 cals (before exercise, which I eat back, so really more like 1600 cals) and breakfast is usually 350-400. I count my coffee (creamer), oatmeal, sweetener for the oatmeal, and usually either eggs or turkey sausage all as breakfast, even though I'm eating it all morning long.

The only drawback is that if you have "bad teeth" (prone to cavities) or have otherwise destroyed your enamel by throwing up a lot (from anxiety or an ED) you should avoid any and all citrus, and sour candies. These eat away your enamel and can really damage your teeth if they have any damage to them already.

The idea behind it is that MFP has already build the appropriate calorie deficit into the allowance it gives you before you workout. in other words, it's telling you how to lose weight based on diet alone, and not relying on you to also exercise. So if you exercise as well, that's more calories to your total deficit for…

Here in Portland (Oregon, USA) we can't let rain stop us. We get about as much as you do in Ireland I'd guess. Just put on a rain slicker and go! :happy:

The reason you don't use your job as a calorie burn is just because when you start MFP it asks you about your typical daily activity level....and job would be taken into consideration there. I sit at a desk all day so I'm sedentary. If you were a nurse on your feet moving around all day, you'd be higher than me. But if you…

Guys could burn 900 cals in an hour on the elliptical, but I highly doubt a woman could. I'm 5'0" (142 lbs) and 45 mins of a fairly high intensity (based on HR) gets me like 450 cals. Maybe someone who weighed a lot more could get closer?

My husband is tremendously supportive but I have always chosen to not tell him. We've been together forever, since I weighed like 100 lbs, so admitting that I got up to 165ish is too much of an ego blow for me.

Just make sure you get some sodium in there too, otherwise you can throw off your electrolyte balance. Otherwise you'd be hard pressed to drink "too much", especially if you're sweating a lot. Now if you drank non stop all day and were not sweating, you might have an issue. My husband has kidney stones and so has to drink…

I am also 5'0" but I'm at 142 currently. A couple of things for you to consider...you may not be eating enough. I know at our height we can safely do 1200, but since you are at a very healthy weight, you are going to have to accept much slower losses to get down to 105. Chances are good that you would do better if you…

MFP is a "dumb program" in that it can't differentiate between good and bad sugar or simple and complex carbs. Some fruit (like apples) are perfect in that they have lots of fiber as well as the fructose. I would say there is no reason to worry about eating fruit *unless* you stop losing weight. Then it would be an area of…

If you had a belly like I do, it's just the last thing to flatten out. I don't think it had to do with your particular exercise choice, I think it's just one of the last areas to shrink away. :grumble:

Sure you can log them...all it means is you aren't in the "optimal" zone for either burning fat or cardiovascular training. You're still burning cals tho! :smile:

Generally your body will need more calories when sick or recovering, or "fighting something off". Since you haven't been eating, you may see a slight rebound effect with your weight when you eat again (since you prob lost a couple pounds while sick), but it's unavoidable. I say eat a little more than normal to help your…

Normally swelling (aka edema) would happen when your heart isn't working properly. Before I scare you though, you should have seen symptoms long before this, assuming you've been working up to this 5K. Even normal healthy people can have some swelling in their hands/feet when they exercise, esp. if it's hot. This sounds…

Just to warn you, you will probably need longer than 8 weeks on the 50k IU to get it up. Hopefully she will recheck it before moving you down to 800IU? A full year on 10K IU DAILY is what it took my father to raise his (and he a super healthy man). I'm still working on mine, 10k a day. Be sure to recheck before changing…

If you're set to only 1200 calories in a day, it's by far better to earn extra cals through exercise and use those for the booze than to only eat 800 cals (which isn't enough for anyone in a day, even tinies like me at 5'0"). As long as you eat 1200 cals of actual food, you can booze it up a little. ;)

You will figure out with time and experimentation what you can get away with. I have found that I can stay under on calories but if I ear simple carbs (french bread, sweets, etc) in a higher amount than just a taste, I will not lose (nor will I gain). For me it take staying on target with the cals AND making sure my carbs…