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1st week back at it and weight gain
Hi all, I had a 50 lb success loss a few years ago with mfp, have used it pretty consistently since but did gain some weight during the times I wasn’t consistent. Now back at the strict calorie counting in addition to my exercise regimen I had an initial slight drop and weight, now up a pound. Anyone else have issues like…
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Double counting calories with Apple Watch activity?
I have mfp on my watch, set at daily active lifestyle. At the gym I put in calories based upon length of time on the elliptical and what the machine said I burned. Am I double counting my active lifestyle calories if I set an Apple Watch workout to walk the dog, for example? As soon as mfp registers my 300-400 calorie…
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Deficit and exercise calories
How much is too much? My goal is to lose 2 lbs per week, so that is already built in to my goal as you all know. I burn about 300 calories 6x per week doing cardio. Do I need to eat all of those calories so my body doesn't go into a starvation mode? I usually have a 200-300 calorie deficit on days I work out and eat approx…
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MFP weight adjustments
Hi all, In the past two months I have lost 18 lbs. Now I am in a stall. In addition to changing up diet, should I put in my current weight as my starting weight to recalculate daily calories based upon current weight and goal? Thanks!
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Syncing fit bit
Hello!! I am going through some technical issues to be able to sync my Fitbit. I was just curious... what does syncing do? Does it allow for more activity calories? I do not want to use those 'baseline' calories if they are awarded because that is what was used to determine daily calorie goal and deficit for weight loss.…
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Fact or fiction: doomed to be fat forever?
Hello, I have 40 lbs to lose to be back at a healthy weight and just began my endeavor this week. Therefore I have only seen a 0.2 weight reduction and will go to weekly weights thereafter to save my sanity. I have seen web based research that has said that once you are overweight or obese the likelihood of returning to a…
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Bye bye red wine...
I am a 33 y/o female, 5'4 and about 45 lbs overweight. I am not a greasy food and sweets girl, I do lean towards carbs at times. My big pitfall however is red wine. Sadly to say, stress and boredom caught up to me and over the past few years I have gone to a couple glasses of wine most nights to a bottle or more per night…
