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The truth is you just need to make healthy food choices and train with purpose and intensity. If you do this you can't mess it up. All the other stuff is just a distraction.

Focusing on physical goals only with ridiculous deadlines. For example: I want to be a certain weight in 4 weeks and then have abs by 6 weeks. :D LOL I had Zero regard for how I was feeling. I'd be absolutely shattered going out and training at stupid o clock in the morning to chase a goal generated entirely out of vanity.…

Progress Pics. Forget the scale. Keep doing everything (most things) right. Check back in with another pic in a Month. It really is so satisfying.

^^^what she said^^^ You dont need help. Just a bit of patience. I am 9 month into this process and still fighting the last of the lower tummy pooch. Of course I want the abs now, but I recognize doing something drastic will likely lead to burnout and binge. Instead I have come to accept that it could be another 3 months -…

Theres a coach I follow on Insta called Syattfitness. He is currently eating a big mac every day but training and in a calorie defecit just simply to prove that we dont need to demonize foods. If you like it, and its what you want to eat then go for it. But you need to balance out the rest of your diet with good nutrition.…

Here's my monthly accountable pic. It's been a bad month on weekends with stag doos / weddings / social events etc. I have entirely let go on these days and tried to get straight back on point the day after...not always successfully. Anyway - progress isn't great but at same time I've not been hunting out the binges like I…

[/quote] Aww fingers crossed you can some get your results again soon! your body is probably just adjusting to the changes. I think I paid $13 on Amazon for our digital scale. It doesn't connect to WiFi or do anything special, but I like it. [/quote] Monthly progress pics, working out and not eating like an unsupervised…

I rarely step on the scale. I don't stress about the scale I just think its irrelevant for my goals. Weight Gain is not Fat Gain. Your weight will naturally fluctuate depending on: salt intake, water intake, stress, poop, menstrual cycle. I think most folk (perhaps just me?) are more concerned about how much fat they see…

Weight gain is not fat gain! Understand that the scale is simply data which is influenced by lots of things ...salt intake, stress, poop, menstrual cycle...water. But fear not the weight fluctuations. Maybe change your daily routine. Try taking progress pictures instead of the scale? Whatever happens something needs to…

Monthly accountability photo. Although it doesn't look like I have made any progress, I am actually happy. Completely unafraid of social situations and have eaten cake and drank alcohol at least once every weekend over the past month. I have not had urge to binge so all good. Hopefully there's not a lag and I'll be chubby…

I ditched the kitchen and bathroom scales and it was honestly liberating. I focus on surviving on meat, fish, fruit and veg for the most part. Chuck in some nuts or seeds if I know I haven't consumed much fat that day. I don't deny myself the donut when it presents itself. I just be sure to just have one and go straight…

I am doing three things...might be a little extreme but its keeping me accountable: 1) Eating mostly meat, fruit and veg (not tracking) 2) Progress Pictures on the 15th of every month 3) Doing every single workout posted on Crossfit.com i.e 3 workouts in 4 days mostly scaled to my abilities (very varied keeps it…

500lb squat and a sub 5 min mile - its not even a debate Crossfit athletes are amongst the fittest on earth. Greg Glassman defines fitness. He is, however, not the definition of fitness,haha.

Damn the English, LOL

Im enjoying the face palms. Believe me I grasp the methodology of MFP and TDEE calculations - I know the 1200 is because the rate of loss goal was too aggressive and not the actual calculation itself. I think you have hit the nail on the head with the setup. If you chose weight loss / gains perhaps MFP could go a little…

@sijomial Face palm. It's the narrow brush that set the inappropriate goal of 1200kcal a day in the first place. The is an inherent trust in the figures MFP sets, so the internet remark is obnoxious. Merit of broad brush is simplicity. It's a starting point. If you turn out to be a 20+ multiplier (as rare as that might be)…

I completely understand this. And excuse my tongue in cheek comment. My intent was simply implying that those odd 50-100 calories are not the culprits for exceeding daily budgets however strict it is. Its the snacks, the dressings, the marinades, etc.

Weighing lettuce and celery? The world has gone mad

Its simply a general rule of thumb, hence the range in calories per lbs in bodyweight. @AnnPT77 offers a complex solution but landed at a similar outcome. The point is you can live and die by the numbers (totally cool to do this) or use "super poor" arithmetic to generate a similar benchmark. After you have established…

yip simple. and change will come. there is 6.5 months between the 2 photos in my profile pic which isnt a great deal of time in the grand scheme of things. also my wider family friends don't see me weighing stuff or refusing cakes at party or any other habits which they find weird. its all so much easier when you just eat…

Yup. Who wants to be hungry. try eat 1800 on fruit, veg, nuts seeds and meat/fish alone.....you will not be hungry. 23 weeks to xmas - set a goal of 140lbs by then. Go get this!!!!

A lot of the CrossFit community do this in active recovery days. Couldn't confirm the %ages but it makes sense that you get more reward for working a little harder.

MFP defaults to 1200 as the lowest it will let you go. It sounds like you have put a very aggressive target date to get to 125lbs and its just defaulted to 1200. If this is going to be a sustainable journey for you, then you cant be hungry all the time and 1200 calories is too low. Up your daily intake and be patient.…

bland carbs like oats / grains are a good choice pre-running. higher protein / fatty foods can make your stomach churn and you may well need an emergency pit stop if you know what im saying LOL

oh and don't drink your calories unless that is your indulgence (like a flavoured latter or something). :)

@becklorik: hallelujah for you have cracked it. The key is sustainability. Who hand on heart believes they want to spend the rest of their days weighing foods, counting carbs, logging on MFP. I know I sure as *kitten* dont. I found it liberating to just cut out all all this complications and focus only on eating "healthy"…

So to keep myself accountable I'm going to post my monthly progress pics mid month in this thread... Feel free to join me on this wee journey to xmas. Tonight is my 3rd pic since ditching the scales (so 8 weeks roughly). Admittedly I have drank alcohol and had a few more indulgences since ditching the logging but I do feel…

I actually took a starting video so I couldnt hide behind lighting - then I sent it to a new email address I created and filed it in a sub folder of a sub folder in the junk box,haha. Then I deleted the file, and the sent mail in my first email and deleted the deleted items,haha....talk about paranoid. Now I'm glad I have…

Spandex - all about the spandex - LOL

really depends what your goal is? If its to drop weight I wouldn't eat back any exercise calories....unless you are fatigued from your workouts.