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Big lunch
I just ate a huge lunch, and now am feeling bad that i didn’t save more calories for dinner and my after dinner snack. Can you help me set my thinking straight and just move on?
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Anyone else just struggling during this lockdown?
Hi MFP friends, I just need some support: I am REALLY struggling right now. We have had been on lockdown for five weeks where we live, and they have closed all the parks, trails, and beaches. Meantime, I have four kids I'm now schooling at home who don't really want to be locked inside either (yes, I walk them around the…
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I was doing so well
I managed to lose some weight in August, got to maintenance, and now I’m creeping back up. It’s really frustrating because I don’t know what was happening mentally in August that enables it to feel so effortless, but now that feeling is evading me. I wish I could get back whatever was helping me lose. I still always track,…
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Caloric cakes?!
It’s picnic and party season, so today I had a sliver of Costco vanilla buttercream sheet cake. Logging it shocked me. I mean, a teeny couple bites is 350 calories. I wish they made a light version. What foods have you decided are just not worth it since joining MFP and hearing the truth about its calories?
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Artificial Sweeteners — worse than sugar?
Studies on artificial sweeteners show mixed results. It appears they can raise insulin even while containing 0 calories. Do you think it’s better for weight loss to have a 200-calorie regular treat (sweetened with cane sugar), or 200-calorie artificially sweetened treat?
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Need encouragement
So about a year ago I started lifting and in that time I’ve gained 2lbs of muscle and 5lbs of fat. I’m 5’6” and now about 126lbs, 20.5% body fat. I’m looking to lean out a little, but haven’t been able to follow a calorie target. I’ve tried intuitive eating, low carb, fasting, just plain calorie counting, exercising more,…
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Apple Watch and MFP integration of active calories
How do you feed the active calories on your Apple Watch into the exercise calories on MFP? I ran 5 miles this morning, but it only gave me 100 exercise calories. My default profile setting is “not very active.” Help?
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Mini habits
I’m reading Dan Guise’s book about mini habits, and the idea if you’re not familiar is to set exceedingly small goals (like doing one push-up) to start a new habit. I have success with it for implementing positive behaviors like weight lifting, but having difficulty coming up with a mini habit for stopping a behavior. For…
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Took a scale break
Hi there! I took a three week break from weighing to focus on solidifying habits and I ended up 1 lb more than before. How depressing! Does anyone have any insights or encouragement?
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Sleep eating issues
I have a really interesting habit where I wake up an hour or two after falling asleep and go to the kitchen and eat. I’m not hungry—I always have a good snack before bed. I really want to stop this habit but I’m not even fully awake so I don’t know what the solution is. If I were awake I could stop myself. I plan each…
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High volume, low cal evening snacks
Hi everyone! I’m looking for some suggestions for sweet or savory evening snacks that had a lot of volume but not a lot of calories. I’m thinking of things like stevia sweetened almond milk or a big bowl of fiber one cereal with unsweetened almond milk I can just make pretty easily and satisfy my grumbling belly but not be…
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Calculating TDEE with Apple Watch
Hi there! I had my basal metabolic rate measured with a breathing machine at a sports performance facility and it was 1,100. Can I take that number plus my Apple Watch activity calories to get my TDEE? Is there a more accurate way to do this?
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Weightlifting program for runner
Hi everyone! I am training for a half marathon currently and wondered if someone could point me towards a weight training app with pre-planned workouts that I can customize for myself as a female? I’d like to train three days a week on my easy running days. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Favorite podcasts for MFP friends?
What podcasts do you know and enjoy related to weight loss or calorie counting? Surprisingly, when I search for food tracking or calorie counting on the podcast app, what comes up is usually related to reasons NOT to count calories. For me, as a day-to-day thing I find logging helpful, if a bit of a chore sometimes, and…
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Back from vacation - back on track
One week later and stepped on the scale: Up three pounds. Okay, no big deal, right? Now, I'm out of my maintenance range and have set MFP to lose 1lb a week for a time till I'm back in range. Tonight we have a festive dinner at a favorite restaurant, but I've preplanned what I'll be eating: 3 oz of steak, green beans, and…
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Advice, please, for a mom who used to be strong
I’m not a beginner weight lifter, but I haven’t done much for years since competitive rowing in college. It was easy enough then to follow the coach’s program, but not knowing the philosophy and science behind it all, I'm not sure how to restart. Me: 35 Years old female 118lbs, 5’6” Goal: be strong enough to haul around my…
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Vacation planning
This is a totally first world problem, but we travel so frequently, I need a better plan for when we are out of town. I’m usually a breakfast skipper, and then eat my meals from 12pm - 10pm, but when we are traveling I often eat breakfast with everyone else and go over on calories. Of course, kids need to eat frequently,…
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Strategies when on vacation with kids
Please share your tips and tricks for enjoying your holiday vacation while with your family and small children. Do you eat the same foods you eat at home, have some indulgences, or just try to keep the focus on fun and not the food? What is most challenging for you, and how do you overcome that?
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CBT diet coach
Can anyone recommend an online CBT diet coach?
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Midnight snack
How would you go about breaking this habit? You save calories for a bedtime snack that includes protein, brush your teeth and go to bed. About an hour later you awaken every night feeling "hungry." You truly believe you are hungry even though you've eaten adequately and included protein. It's really overeating at this…
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Holiday party
Looking for advice for going to a cookie exchange tonight. I know that winging it will not be a good plan. So, what is a good plan? Eat dinner beforehand, or bank all my calories for then?
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How do you define success? Daily goals?
Question for the maintainers: what are your daily goals as someone working to maintain your weight? Once I hit goal, I inadvertently started trying to eat the tastiest food I could eat within my calorie budget, which resulted in a pretty unhealthy diet. I put myself on a pretty low carb meal plan for the last week to kick…
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Nightime eaters
Anyone successfully beat this? It seems no matter how strong my resolve, I've developed a terrible habit of waking and eating, and not for hunger! I've done it for seemingly forever so it's a pretty deeply ingrained habit. Thanks!
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Book recommendations
Does anyone have any book recommendations to keep you going and motivated?
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Low carbers
Do any of you low carbers find it's much easier to miscalculate calories? When your food isn't coming from a package, there is so much more room for error. What's your strategy?
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Tightening the Mommy Tummy!
Please forgive since this is a common topic, but what kind of improvement can I reasonably expect in my waist measurement once I've gotten to goal weight? I've had a few kids and, though I weigh less now than before I had them, my muscles are loose so it's 3 inches bigger. I just started an overall lifting program that…
