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Postpartum success stories!
Hello, I need some inspiration to get in shape after giving birth! My daughter is now almost one and a half years old, and I feel it's the right moment to work on myself... Before pregnancy I did lost weight using MFP, but now I seem to be unable to get back into the habit of logging everything... After the pregnancy I…
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Tips for getting back in shape after pregnancy?
Hello to everyone! I'm currently pregnant and I'm supposed to deliver in April, I would like to be mentally prepared on what to do to get back into shape after pregnancy, and especially to avoid putting on excessive weight during and after breastfeeding. I used MFP from February to July 2020 (after some failed attemp in…
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Failure Stories
Hello to everybody. I know the title of this post may sound contradictory, since we are in the Success Stories section, but what I mean is that I would like to hear from you about the times you failed before you succeeded. I am now starting again in my path to lose some weight, and I feel so demotivated. The first time I…
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High protein low sugar breakfast ideas
Hi! I'm trying to change my breakfast habits: here in Italy breakfast is usually sweet things, like cookies or cakes, with some milk and coffee. When I eat my usual breakfast I'm usually hungry after a few hours, but I noticed that if I eat less sugar in the morning and more protein I can go through the mornign till lunch…
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Weighting edamame
Hi, this may sound silly, but I've recently bought frozen edamame, and I'm wondering, do I weight them frozen, unfrozen with their pod, or do I subtract the weight of the pod? Usually I weight only the edible part of fresh food, but I also weight frozen food while still frozen, so in this case I don't know what to do. On…
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How do you count calories when eating out?
Hello, I'm new here. These past days I've registered meticulously everything I ate, measuring it with a scale. This evening I'm going to eat out, and I know I'll go over my calorie limit and it's not a problem. But I would like to enter today's dinner in the diary too, so as to keep track of my "cheat days". I just have no…
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Hi from Italy!
Hello everyone, I'm a 28 years old girl from Italy. I'm using MFP just to lose a few pounds, but it's the first time I ever tried to lose weight or to limit my food intake, so I'll be using the forum for advice! I'm 157 cm tall (it should be around 5'2"), and at the moment I weight 55kg (121-122 lb); this means I'm not…
