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Skip lunch
Hello everyone, celebrating almost a month logging on MFP and lost almost 7 lbs! I am trying a 1200 cal a day diet which is a bit hard. Yesterday I was out and about and missed eating lunch. That made it much easier to keep my limit. Can you do Intermittent fasting during the day (between breakfast and dinner?) I need my…
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Question about weighing food + reaction to sugar
Hi everyone, I have tried to be meticulous in weighing food on my scale, but I have failed to figure out how to create my own food product with values I plug in from USDA? It seems to me that everything in the MFP database is wrong. Is that true even for the food that is measured in grams there? Confused. I don't want to…
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1200 calories and not really hungry - am I calculating wrong?
I am noticing that while it is tricky to figure out what to eat and find healthy recipes, I must admit I am not really hungry on 1200 calories. I am wondering if I am eating more calories than I think. I just feel that the craving for baked goods, sandwiches etc is not hunger. It is a psychological need for those kinds of…
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Depressing articles about how dieting do not work
I am very committed to a complete lifestyle change two weeks ago. My loss is going slowly (1 lbs per week) but I feel better and lost 2.5 inches in my waist. I am creating a system for eating that I find pleasurable on 1200 cal per day. It helps that I love vegetables and fruit. I found bread (here in the US) and grains…
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The final 15 lbs
5.5, 146.4 lbs, 34 days in, and ca 7 lbs lighter! I am encouraged. However, I am wondering how to approach the final 15 lbs (from 140 to 125). Right now I am mainly just restricting to 1200 per day, rethinking how I have been eating and reducing carbs and sugar. I have a hard time getting in exercise. Since I am in the…
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Counting calories per week plus those Chia seeds....
Hi everyone. Little over a month now on MFP! I lost 7.5 lbs from 155ish to 147. I am trying to eat 1200 calories per day, and it takes some creativity. Many days I end up maybe 50 - 150 calories over my limit. Other days, like today, I end up below my goal. Do you think it is OK to eat say 1000 calories one day, to…
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Is it possible to lose weight without exercise?
HI everyone, on a 30-day streak and lost 5 lbs, 7 from my HW! Hoping that some of it is fat and not just water. I planned on doing exercise but alone with two kids it is very hard. So far I succeed, mostly, to 1200 -1300 calories per day, but fail at my exercise goal. I am 5.5, CW 148 lbs. Will I still see progress? I…
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Newbie with a question
HI everyone, very new at this, 2 weeks in! I am looking for people with similar goals, as people have been saying "you are barely even overweight" on the other areas of MFP. I understand this with the people who are courageously losing 100's of lbs. I am however very uncomfortable with my current body and very committed to…
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What do you do to avoid binging at that time of the month?
I have logged for over three weeks now, and I lost 4 lbs, and a couple of inches on my hips and waist. I think it is good but slow progress? Usually, I keep my goal of 1200, or 1300 or so. Now it is the week before my period, and I am so hungry. Fantasizing about baked goods. How do you keep from eating badly during that…
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Thoughts on how I ate before
I know it's a numbers game, so I am sure there is a formula, but: I really had no idea about how many calories are in certain foods. I was just eating along before, not exercising, frying in butter, baking and eating so many cakes, drinking... How am I not more overweight than I already am? I think I probably ate at least…
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Egg every morning - ok?
I found that I manage my 1200 calories if I eat one or two eggs every day. But is that really healthy? Anyone eat similarly?
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Weight fluctuation: did I lose 4 lbs already? (another question for the pro's)
So here I am again, with a question. I am trying to feel my way through this new change, and get advice for what is right for me. I am 5'5", starting weight ca 154-155 exactly 16 days ago. I try to go for 1200 cal per day, as my maintenance is something like 1650 cal per day. I think with my failures to meet the goal I…
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Desperate: scale not moving for 14 days
I am on a 1200 calorie limit and exercising 6 days per week. I usually creep on an average up to 1300 or 1350 though, but I compensate with exercise. No processed sugar, close to no dairy, no white rice etc. Cook in olive oil and coconut oil. I am dieting with my partner who lost almost 5 lbs during the same time time…
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Logging using recipe function
Hello everyone, I cook everything from scratch and realize it really helps to use the import recipe function. Still learning this site. I think I really miscalculated because I quick-added someone else's food item. It came in much higher than before. I am still really struggling to not get in red in the sugars. I have a…
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Daily-weekly support needed
HI everyone! I am new and not quite sure how the adding friends thing works. I am looking for daily or weekly support. I am 43, 5,5 and 152.4 lbs. I am trying to get fit and down to 125 lbs. I am trying to restrict my calories to 1200 per day and I exercise with Fitness Blender 6 days a week. I started 2 weeks ago and it…
