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Fasting one day per week?
Could this help me lose weight? I know many people look at weekly calories rather than daily, calorie cycling, 5:2 etc .. So I'm thinking...I do 1500 a day. Let's say that's giving me a 3500 deficit. If I fast for a day I add another 1500 to that. Could this be a good way to increase my deficit and lose weight quicker…
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Do you care about your BMI?
I'm just curious as to everyone else's take on this. My bmi tells me I am overweight. I have lost 3 stone 4lbs, I were a UK size 14 - fits loose. I could certainly be smaller I could be a 12 or a "perfect 10", but I'm smaller than the average UK woman. So I continue to pursue a healthy bmi and hold a it up as the holy…
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Calories in potato
This is another one of those frustrating questions which doesn't really have an answer, and it's really kittening me right off. Different packages for potatoes give me different results per 100g. Google tells me anything from 100 to 250 cals per 100g. I want to make chips/fries/wedges. I can weigh the potatoes I use but…
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Struggling to get back on wagon after Xmas break
Argh! I did not see this coming. I've always been good at taking a little break and getting straight back to it. So when Xmas came around I told myself I could have a week off and smuggly assumed I'd be right back to it. Over Xmas I ate what I wanted...I didnt go crazy but I just relaxed and had treats when they came up.…
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5:2 success stories please?
Hello all. Another 5:2 post, sorry! I've decided to give it a shot. 5:2. If I hate it i can always go back to standard old Cico. Please can I hear from anyone who has had success with 5:2? How much did you lose? Did it average 1lb a week? Any tips? Thanks!
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5:2
5ft 4, 26, female Start weight: 192 Current weight: 156 Goal 1: 146 Goal 2: 132 So I've already lost 3 stone and I'm 10lbs away from my first goal...that will get me to a healthy bmi, within the normal range and then I want to work on losing another stone and a half so I'm well into the normal range. Until now I've just…
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Advice for my husband please?
Well...and me, as I cook for him! He's naturally very thin, always has been. Its genetic, his fakily are all thin. However with the birth of our twins and added stress at work he is now losing weight and his weight is now classed as "underweight" on the bmi scale. I'm really worried. I also feel guilty because I'm actually…
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Calories in a cupcake
Someone gives you a cupcake at an event. The event is a treat so you want to eat it. Your not in a cafe or restaurant and the cake is unbranded so you can't look up the calories online and it's not appropriate to question the host. How many calories would you log? For small and large cupcake please?
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Bad skin since losing weight
Anyone else find this? Ever since I began counting calories again I've had a face covered in spots! I can't really figure out why this is. Any tips on how to improve this? I'm 26 so too old for teenage skin.
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Anyone else upping cals till Xmas?
I'm considering eating at maintenence or just below until Xmas is over. Is anyone else doing this? Actually mfp says my maintenence is 1820 but I'd probably only go to 1500/1600 as I wouldn't need more I don't think. Basically I feel like over the festive season everywhere I look it's all about spiced lattes and mince pies…
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What's wrong with water weight??
So I kind of get water weight. Trust me I've lost it many times. You lose a big whoosh of Wright when you first start dieting..I know I did. And I knew it was mostly water. Now...I assume that is down to the fact I was eating a lot of junk containing salt which naturally dropped when I reduced my calories. Hence, I lost…
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I cannot be left alone with chocolate
How pathetic. I'm a grown *kitten* woman. I am an adult. I can manage to stick to my calories allowance perfectly fine and make sensible choices but leave me alone with chocolate in the house and I just seem to become completely unable to just not eat it!!!! At least this time I weighed it first. I'm going to have to…
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What is my maintence/tdee?
Please could someone point me to a good calculator or just work it out for me please? I want to know my maintenence calories so that I am able to work out my deficit myself and adjust according to what's going on in life. Also I want to be able to look ahead and plan how I will do this long term once I reach my goal weight…
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How can I boost my weight loss over next 10 days?
OK OK I know. I KNOW that it's all about cico and that I should lose 1lb a week and crash diets don't work. Please don't just repeat that at me. I know it all. I usually eat at a reasonable deficit and lose 1lb per week and this is how I will continue. However. I have my sisters wedding coming up. I'm a bridesmaid. I'm…
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Can you eat too little?
I have seen a few posts on here about stalled weight loss and some members suggesting the problem is that the op isn't eating enough. And then other members saying that this is impossible. I'm confused. Can eating too little make you stop losing weight?
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Did what mfp said and lost 4lb in one week...
Basics: female, 26, 5ft 4. I weigh 12 st 3. I started at 14 st 1 so have lost 26lb so far. I've been going for 9 weeks. I usually eat between 1500-1600 Cals per day - this is more than mfp recommends (1200 to lose 2lb per week or 1400 to lose 1lb per week) but I've till averaged 1-2 lb per week so I stick to my own plan. I…
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5ft 4 women...how many calories do you eat?
Just wondering if you are 5 ft 4 and losing weight, what is your daily calorie intake? I do 1500 which is higher than mfp recommends buts it's the lowest I can sustain at the moment. If I'm honest probably 5 out of 6 days I 'accidentally' go over to around 1550-1600 calories. Just curious?!
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Alli tablets?
Anyone using these or has used them? Considering buying from my pharmacy or asking gp to prescribe. I am overweight enough to use them, but I don't want to bother if they're not any good. And yes, I am considering this because I want to lose weight quicker, and no that isn't a crime. I have pcos which makes wright loss…
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How you stay motivated LONG TERM?
So I have lost 1 stone 6lb so far but still have another 3 stone to lose. I'm at that point where I can see a small difference in my appearance but others haven't noticed yet. I know the only way to do this is slowly. But I find myself thinking "God this is taking forever..." and feeling like giving up. I think ahead to…
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Big portions, low calories?
What are you favourite foods that are so low in calories you can eat lots for few calories? Or are very filling for low calories? My favourites: Asda brown rice - 100g for approx 140 cals Mushrooms - love them and very low call for big pile Hartley 10cal jelly - feels like a dessert for only 10 cals! Quorn products.…
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Accurate banana calories???
Can somebody PLEASE tell me how many cals no should log for one medium banana? When I search it, I'm seeing anything from 50-150.
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Cannot believe how addicted i am to food
I'm trying to stick to 1500 cals a day and I honestly feel like a drug addict going cold turkey. I think about my next snack/meal constantly. I am ALWAYS starving hungry, biting my nails, fidgeting and talking about how hungry I am. It's ridiculous. I feel like it shouldn't be this hard. Should it? Is everyone on here this…
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Tips on getting max quanitity of food for mininum calories?
I'm female, 26, 5ft 4 and currently 13st 1lb...I've lost a stone so far. I'm a busy mum, I walk a lot and lift kids a lot and clean a lot but I don't purposely excersise, so I never "eat back" anything. I'm eating 1500 cals at the moment, as that's how I lost weight pre pregnancy, but this time it feels like I'm cheating…
