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Wanting to lose muscle?
I’m 5’5”, 130 lbs (including 2 lbs on the chest I wasn’t born with, lol). I am muscular and can see my abs. I do still have a little fat on my hips and booty. I hate my legs. They are super muscular and my calves are huge. I actively built them in high school when I was a runner and started out of blocks, but that was 20…
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So mad at myself
So, this morning was my weekly weigh in. I’m down 0.4 lbs and have lost 4 lbs, half of what I want to lose. Yeah! I proceeded to celebrate by eating like total crap. We had a ton of bad stuff at the office and I ate it all. It would be impossible to log all that stuff, and I don’t even want to know. Why did I do that???…
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How are you all planning to handle the super bowl food wise?
So, just curious how everyone is planning to eat/drink at their respective super bowl parties! I know what I *should* do — still up in the air about what I am actually going to do!
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What to eat after a 3 day fast
I have a medical condition that causes me to periodically go through a 3-5 day period when I don’t eat or sleep. I know this is nonideal, but I don’t have control over it. It only happens 3-4 times a year. My physician knows about it. I just got over a 3 day episode and am back to my logging. I lost 2 pounds over the last…
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How do I see other people’s’ diaries?
Hey all! I am on a 1200 cal a day diet. 1200 calories is not a lot! I’ve figured out ways to hit this number, but I was hoping to see the diary of some other people to get other ideas. I’m not good at eating the same thing all the time and I want to vary it up. I’m also struggling to meet my macros and micros. And I want…
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Losing relatively small amounts and keeping it off
I am 41 years old, am 5’5 and weigh 135 lbs. I have a muscular build through the legs, which I hate but it is what it is. I am happiest when I am in the 125-130 lb range. Two years ago, before a cruise, I was 135 lbs and got down to 120 in three months by working out 30 min a day and eating 1200 calories a day, not eating…
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Tips to make eating healthy cheaper
We don't have the best eating habits as a family. We eat out a lot, which I am trying to change, and the kids eat a lot of cheap stuff like spaghetti, Mac and cheese, pizza. I always include fruit -- whatever is cheapest during the current season. I have started to try to eat better myself, to make me healthier and to lose…
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How much weight can you gain in a week?
I am 5'5", 125 lbs -- pretty happy with that. In 1 month we are going on a cruise, and I want to relax a bit. I just lost 8 lbs and have to eat 1240/day to keep losing 1 lb/week, so I guess 1740 would be maintenance. If I just eat whatever I want on the cruise, what will likely happen? Any suggestions? I don't want to gain…
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How do you know when you hit your goal?
So, I'm pretty close to my goal/maintenance. I set my goal at 125 lbs, and today after my workout and before dinner I weighed exactly 125 lbs. I took a picture of the scale!
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Can you change BMR?
My husband has decided to join me on this weight loss journey, which unfortunately is making it harder. He doesn't believe that weight loss is as "simple" as CICO. He believes that certain foods, i.e. Complex carbs, are harder for the body to digest and therefore the body uses more energy digesting them than it does with…
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Is it ok to go under 1200 calories if you are banking calories?
I am going to a dinner Saturday night where it is going to be really hard to judge calories, and they will likely be high (hostess-cooked Indian food, likely lots of oil). I am not going to eat crazily, but I'm sure I will be above maintenance. I am trying to bank calories, but since mfp only gives me 1270 it is hard to…
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Some basic questions
Hi! I'm new here -- about 3 weeks. 130 lbs, 5'5", calories 1290 to lose 1 lb a week. Lost 3 lb so far. Goal weight 125, maybe? I arbitrarily made that up. I am going on a cruise in April and want to look slim and fit. I am at my high school weight, but I was a major athlete then and I'm sure I had more muscle then. I work…
