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Food before/after
Do you ever look back on how you were eating before and just think... wow? It occurred to me to put in an average weekday's worth of food before I started thinking more carefully about my food choices into MFP just to see how much it added up to, and a totally standard Monday-Friday could see me eating at least 3,000…
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Rookie salad question
If a prepackaged salad with a little pot of dressing in, say, Pret or a supermarket gives nutritional information 'per pack as prepared', would you assume it includes the dressing? There is no nutritional information on the dressing separately. I feel like it should be obvious but I can't decide if 'yes' or 'no' is more…
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Downsides of going too fast?
Hi! Today marks 7 weeks that I've been trying to lose weight, and in those first 7 weeks I've lost 28lbs. My starting weight was high (306lbs) and now I'm at 278. I'm eating 1600-1700 calories a day and still eating high-calorie foods when I want to, within my daily allocation. I don't feel like I'm depriving myself, more…
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Basic question
Will my MFP calories drop automatically if I keep updating my weight in the app? If not, how do I know when my weight has dropped sufficiently to require fewer calories? I've started at quite a high weight and am on 1,700 calories a day but I know eventually I'll have to drop that.
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Vacation
Hey! I was wondering how people approach vacations, as I'm about to take my first while using MFP/losing weight. I'm 15lbs down in 3 weeks which I'm really happy with, and going on vacation soon to a city with famously great food. Do you a) Stick strictly to lower-calorie foods and try to continue your weight loss pattern…
