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Stairs as exercise
I'm 30 weeks pregnant and doing stairs for exercise in my work building. It's great exercise and keeping me in good shape. I do about 28 flights per day. This takes about 25 minutes total. I'd like to log each break in MFP, but it says 25 minutes of stair climbing only burns 25 calories. How do I remedy this to make it…
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How to set up MFP when pregnant?
I'm pregnant (yay!) and I'm curious how to set up MFP to reach my weight goals. I'm 5'0 and started out at 113 pounds, about 10 pounds heavier than I wanted. Regardless, my doctor recommends that I gain between 25-35 pounds total for the entire pregnancy. I need to eat an additional 350 calories per day in the second…
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Fat from avocados vs. fat from steak
Apologies if this has been asked a hundred times. To piggyback on this question, if I'm watching fat intake, is the fat from an avocado the same as fat from a steak? Both are high-fat, high-calorie, but it seems to me that an avocado is healthier. Right? Or all fat treated equally? I prefer Mediterranean-type foods:…
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Scooby's TDEE vs. MFP
Okay, I'm confused. I went on Scooby's to determine my TDEE and it gave me the following stats: BMR: 1214 TDEE: 1881 Daily calories to lose fat (20% calorie reduction): 1505 MFP, however, says my daily goal should be 1200. I'm shooting for 1200, but I usually go over to 1300 and sometimes 1500. I'm using MFP's goal and I'm…
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Mediterranean Diet and CICO
I just bought a food scale, and realized that I've been grossly underestimating the calories in an avocado. It weighs 6 oz, which is over 270 calories! WHAAAAAT!!! I'm close to my goal weight, so I'm not devastated.... but still.... it's a little shocking. In light of this discovery, my question is regarding a "healthy"…
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Female Filter: Newbie at strength training. What blogs/sites should I look at?
I'm currently healing from surgery on both legs for compartment syndrome. Yesterday marked the date of 8-weeks post-op. I'm a runner and I really want to start thinking about how to get into strength training when I'm strong enough to handle impact safely. I'm working with a PT to determine when it's a good time go…
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Lost 9 lbs in about 24 days - safe?
My daily target is 1200 calories; realistically I average about 1300. I'm surprised to have lost 10 lbs in 24 days. Is this safe/typical? I imagine some was water weight, but still. . .
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Looking for recipe blogs for the macrobiotic diet
I'm not super strict about it, but I read "The Good Gut" and have had amazing results after eating the recipes they recommend for lunch and dinner for the past couple of weeks. I'll still indulge in the occasional home-cooked burger, but I really love the macrobiotic recipes. After only a few weeks, I've lost a few pounds,…
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Homemade bars - calories?
I bought a food bar from a local organic place that makes everything from scratch locally. It's a 3oz bar and the ingredients are butternut squash, oats, honey, sunflower seeds, dates, pumpkin seeds, cashews, hemp seeds, goji, apple cider vinegar, salt, vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, camu camu, chia seeds, almond meal,…
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400 calories left by 5:30PM. What's for dinner?
Right now I'm looking for what will get me the most "bang for my buck" food-wise - lower calories, and staying fuller longer. I'm on a 1200 calorie diet, trying to lose about 10-13 lbs. I'm 5'0 and weigh about 113. I generally have a cup of kefir with blueberries for breakfast (150 calories), homemade healthy leftovers…
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Estimating calories when eating out at local (non-chain) restaurants
My husband and I prefer to patronize local businesses rather than chains. We usually eat out twice a month. While we don't eat out a lot, when we do I'd like to keep track of calories. Tonight was a good example - we ate out at a French bistro and I ordered potatoes au gratin, a Croque Monsieur with Gruyere cheese on a…
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Short ladies under 5'1 - what's your daily caloric intake?
I'm 35 y/o, 5'0 and trying to lose about 13 lbs. after a surgery and longer-than-expected recovery. I weight 113, trying to get back to 100. I can't exercise at all yet except to go for brisk walks, no longer than 30-40 minutes. I'm struggling trying to figure out what my caloric intake should be. On this site:…
