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What kind of time period are you talking about? (Days, weeks, months?) Also, how positive are you that you're measuring in the exact same spots? A half inch in either direction makes a huge difference when you're talking about waist or hips. The right way to measure is to pick a point that never moves (say, your belly…

What do you mean by "I even lost weight when trying to bulk"? How much weight, and over what period of time? Assuming you're looking at a long enough period of time, if you were losing weight, you weren't in a surplus.

Hi posters, I'm going to move this to the General Health and Fitness forum. OP, I think you'll get better responses there.

Welcome! I can't help with the in-person aspect, but have you found our keto groups yet? You might have some success reaching out to people here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1143-keto…

Welcome back, and good luck to you too! :smiley:

Welcome! You should check out this Paleo group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/37-primal-paleo-support-group

Welcome! Have you found our Groups yet? This plant-based group tends to be pretty active: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/45-happy-herbivores

Welcome! 60 pounds is a huge accomplishment :smile:

Hi! Have you found our Support Center yet? They may be able to help. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10183745/looking-for-tech-support-need-help-using-myfitnesspal#latest

It's really common to see a small jump on the scale when you go back to maintenance. It's coming from water retention, glycogen replenishment and the weight of the additional food in your system, but if you aren't prepared to see it, it can look like you've started gaining. Have you ever stayed at 1600 for a month or so to…

What are you eating to get your protein? Lots of people find protein (and fat) very satiating, so if you're not getting enough protein to feel full and that leads you to over-eat other foods, that could be a problem. FWIW, I average 120+ grams of vegetarian protein per day, so it's certainly possible to get adequate…

Welcome! If this advice is out of line please feel free to disregard (I'm so totally not a doctor), but have you ever heard of Seasonal Affective Disorder? It's essentially depression that is linked to seasonal change (usually winter, but some people experience it in summer). We had a couple of good threads where people…

Welcome! How long have you been on your new plan? It's not uncommon to start off in a very extreme way and gas yourself out, but please try to remember that weight loss always takes longer than you think it will. It's more effective to go at 50% effort if it means you can stay on plan for the next year than to go at…

Welcome! Have you seen these two threads yet? They're both great resources if you're looking for friends: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10176797/comment-here-if-you-want-more-friends#latest http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10324944/hi-looking-for-friends-motivation#latest

Welcome! First, I'm going to recommend a couple of really helpful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 The first covers accurate logging and some…

Welcome! First, I'm going to recommend a couple of really helpful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 The first covers accurate logging and some…

Welcome! First, I'm going to recommend a couple of really helpful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 The first covers accurate logging and some…

Welcome! First, I'm going to recommend a couple of really helpful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 The first covers accurate logging and some…

Welcome! First, I'm going to recommend a couple of really helpful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1 The first covers accurate logging and some…

Dear posters, I split out some of the more off-topic responses and I'm opening this thread back up. Please stay on topic and respond to the original OP; if you'd like to have more in-depth discussion of what is theoretically possible in a recomp, please start your own thread. Thanks for your cooperation! AliceDark MFP…

Dear Posters, I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread. The forum guidelines include this item: 2. No Hi-Jacking, Trolling, or Flame-baiting Please stay on-topic within a forum topic. Off-topic or derogatory remarks are disrespectful. Please either contribute politely and constructively to a…

I just finished a long weight cut earlier this year, and now I'm slowly trying to gain. Literally the only difference between my way of eating in these two phases has been the amount of food -- I have an easier time fitting in guacamole now than I did six months ago. I WISH it were as simple as "eat healthy and lose; eat…

This is a fantastic suggestion from an ethical/moral standpoint as well. Someone concerned about the ethical/moral impact of eating meat could do more net good by reducing meat consumption in the long term than they could by eliminating it in the short term but finding that unsustainable.

My biggest tip is to remember that things that take the place of meat in the meal don't always replace the nutrition you would've gotten from the meat. Two good examples that are fairly popular are portobello caps instead of burgers, and potato tacos. Both are yummy, but neither gives you the protein you'd get from the…

I also tell myself "you can quit after 10 minutes," although I've never actually quit. I love my workouts, so it's less about not enjoying them and more about just getting through that first 10 minutes when I'm being cranky and lazy. I've had days where I had to tell myself that it's okay to downgrade to a different…

Me too! Best advice I've gotten is to pee when I get there, and then if the lines are long, get back in line to go again. Not following this advice is how I found out exactly how gross beach bathrooms are. (The starting line was closer to the beach bathroom than it was to the porta-potties set up specifically for the…

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If you like walking...start walking. Could you start with a 20-minute walk once per day? I'm a huge podcast fan so I go for walks and listen to podcasts, but music and audiobooks are good too. ETA: I love purposeful exercise but I'm really bad at incorporating activity into my day. The bulk of my non-exercise activity…

Your average rate of loss also gives us a lot of important information here. If you are eating under 1200 on some days AND you are losing too quickly, that's a huge red flag. However, if you are eating under 1200 on some days and continue to lose at a reasonable, safe rate, that's a very different scenario.

USDA nutrition information is for edible portions of food only, so if the USDA entry says that 100g of banana has X calories, it's for the fruit (not the peel).