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Explain Recipe Measuring like I'm 5
Idk why I'm getting so confused by this. I know I need to use the recipe builder for things like soups but I'm confused. If I'm making soup, do I weigh all the ingredients raw, cook, then weigh it all cooked in grams? Like this? With made up numbers: Before cooking soup weight 1500g After cooking soup weight 1400g So 1400g…
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Swimming
Hey everyone. I absolutely hate running, ellipticals, bikes etc. So I decided to try out swimming. Except I'm rubbish at it. I cant swim underwater without my nose plugged so no fancy strokes here, but I swim back and forth, sometimes with a board and without (plenty of kicking and arm movement). I feel fairly pooped when…
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Alright I'm confused
Hey everyone! Can someone please help me understand? It's been awhile since I've tried losing weight so I redid my BMR and TDEE. My BMR is 1284 and my TDEE is now 1541. Doesnt that mean I need to eat 1041 calories a day to lose weight now? I'm 5'2" 128lbs 24 years old and my goal weight is 118. This seems like a really low…
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Food Scale Inaccuracies
I just noticed something with my scale. Based on where you place your bowl the weight is different. Higher up is lower weight and lower down is heavier weight. How the heck am I supposed to know where to put the bowl?! I usually put it as close to the middle as possible but discovering this makes me worry my calories have…
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Intermittent Fasting
Any links for more info? I'm 5'2" 128lbs and looking to lose 10 lbs, I've been struggling doing the weighing food and everything. I've lost 40 pounds before but now I'm burned out from that and I fall off the wagon constantly. Yet it's easy for me not to eat as opposed to having food throughout the day. So I want to try…
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Weight loss
Hi guys. 2 weeks ago I started my diet again. 5'2" 128 lbs and goal is 120. About halfway through week 1 my weight skyrocketed to 131 in like 4 days. I ate out to eat but no way that much considering I was 126 when it went up. This is water weight right? I haven't started working out really yet. Also, I overrate yesterday…
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Overnight Oat Bran
Hey all, I've been wanting to try overnight oats so bad for breakfast but I cant stomach gloopy thick oatmeal. Has anyone tried using oat bran OR what recipes do you guys have for creamy overnight oats?
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Green Smoothies
I am absolute rubbish at getting in greens, veggies, or fruits in my diet so I wanted to incorporate a green smoothie in my meals during the day to help. Taste is important to me hence why I kind of avoid those ingredients normally... any recipes you guys have tried and liked??
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Legit Curiosity
Hi everyone! I've met my goal weight of 130lbs and have been off the diet for a couple months now. However, it switched to me not eating during the day and just eating dinner, sometimes big servings. I haven't gained weight but I want to lose a bit of vanity weight at this point so I'm curious. Will going back to 1250…
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New weight, new goal?
Hey everyone, I started my journey at 162 pounds and am now currently 140 pounds. It's been slow going but I'm almost to my final goal weight of 130 pounds, I'm 22 years old and 5'2" and I just lowered my 1275 calorie a day diet to 1200 since I put my new weight into MFP. My question is is this too low or too high for my…
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Ladies Only: Period weight
So I have a question, I started my TOM a few days ago and I just weighed myself today and I've lost about a pound this week, but my question is, is that from the blood loss and not actual weight? Or is it legit weight lost since I am still drinking plenty of water and my food intake has been on track?
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Fitbit alta
So i just got a fitbit alta and I calculated my TDEE as 1734 but have my calories set at 1275 on MFP for my 500 calorie deficit (not exactly 500 but close enough). My question is how many calories should I aim for burned in a day on my fitbit in order to match up my food and burns? About 2200? VERY new to this fitbit…
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Food weight
I saw somewhere on here that weighing meats in grams raw is better than in ounces since it's more accurate. My question is, how many ounces of steak is 100 grams? The usda raw sirloin entry says it's 177 calories per 100 grams of raw sirloin but I have no idea how much that is in ounces. I'm going to weigh it in grams but…
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Gotta get it out
Sorry but I need to vent. Sometimes it helps me get back on track in this journey. Since thanksgiving I have not been able to stick to my diet food wise, I keep eating over my calories and I haven't worked out in like 2 months. I'm getting a new exercise bike Wednesday and I'm hoping that'll help kick my butt back into…
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Dehydration Weight
So last week on the 21st I weighed 144.4 pounds, however, I drank last night and was hungover today so bad I puked 6 times. Since I felt better I weighed myself and came in at 142.6 pounds. Most likely I'm dehydrated, so should I log that weight or not?
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How you know you're in it to win it
I know because just last night I fell off the wagon by eating chips and fast food. However, this morning I'm right back on track and I'm not even stressing about something like what I did last night, when in the past I would really beat myself up for it. What I've noticed is getting right back on track still causes weight…
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So confused
I do my 1230 calorie a day limit for my 5'2" SW: 153lb frame, I started my journey september 5th and weighed myself 9/22 and weighed 147.6lbs then the next day I was 149.9 I did eat over on that Saturday but no way enough to gain over 2 pounds! I do weigh all my food with a digital scale (besides Saturday, didn't even log…
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Take a Peek, Leave advice
Hi all, I stopped meal replacement shakes because I was sick of the taste and price and losing the same 5 pounds over and over so I started eating regular food. I did stay at my 1250 calorie a day limit for my 5'2" 153lb frame, I started a little over 2 weeks ago and weighed myself Saturday and weighed 148lbs. But this…
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Exercise calories
Ok so I am 5'2 152 lbs 22 yr old female and I eat 1250 cals a day, gw: 140. However, I see everyone saying to eat back exercise calories which I never log exercise! I logged tomorrow's expected exercise and got an extra 250 calories added on what I can eat but I struggle eating everything as it is. Do I HAVE to eat my…
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Craving Monster
Ugh, I'm so terrible at caving into cravings! I can easily ignore hunger by drinking water, but when I crave something, I can't stop thinking about it until I have it. I don't drink soda or juice, but chips and pizza and fries are constantly craved. And substitutes just don't help the cravings. It really throws bumps in my…
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Calories for 150 lb girl
I'm currently doing 1250 calories a day on herbalife shakes and then healthy snacks and dinner. I'm 5'2" and 150 lbs, is that too little or too many calories? I exercise 3 times a week. Please help! Not sure how much I should eat.
