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post Christmas problems
I'm having issues trying to get back in the groove after Christmas. I gained about 5 pounds during the holidays and have lost about 2 of them but now I'm stuck. Evenings are my biggest challenge. I snack in front of the tv. I eat things that are ok but I binge on them. For example chocolate flavored rice cakes or tortilla…
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Glad Christmas is over
My goal for the holidays, Thanksgiving through Christmas, was to not gain. I wasn't going to try to continue to lose, that would just be stupid and defeating. Well I gained 4 pounds. Not great but not awful either. So now I'm glad Christmas is over so I can get back to my new normal. I'm going to have to re lose those same…
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Figuring maintenance calories
I have decided to put myself on maintenance for the months of November and December. I still have 23 pounds to lose so I will hit it hard again in January. MFP put my WL calories at 1230. How do I figure my maintenance calories? I think if I don't gain any weight during the holiday season that will count as success.
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motivation and support
I have been using mfp for about 10 months and I have lost 47 pounds. I started at 210 pounds and I am 5ft2in. I want to lose another 23 pounds. My problem is I have been struggling to keep my motivation up. I have started snacking and not following my calorie limit. I have always had problems if I started going off my plan…
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Learning this isn't all about food.
As I continue this journey I have figured out that I don't have it all figured out. This is taking a long time because this isn't all about food. That is the easy part. I struggle with the scale because I give it too much power over my mood for the day. I obsess over my daily weighing. My biggest struggle is I'm apparently…
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I finally followed some of the advice on here. Yeah! Progress!
I had hit a plateau and was stuck for about three weeks. I was being very careful to stay on plan and log everything. I was actually staying under my target calories of 1230, often only eating about 1050or 1100. I was measuring everything by cups or guessing. So some very helpful members told me to get a scale and weigh a…
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Help! Not cheating and not losing!
I'm frustrated. Two weeks ago Friday I weighed in at 184 pounds. Then Monday I weighed 187 pounds and I have been stuck there for two weeks. Actually this morning I was 186 pounds. I looked through my journal and three days I was over my calorie goal by about 30 calories each time, once about 60 calories over. All of the…
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info on macros
Someone please explain what are macros and how the heck do you track them?
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Help! Weight is not going down, it's going up!
I have stuck to my 1230 calorie allowance religiously. I am usually below that. This weekend I had a crazy schedule so I wasn't able to eat three meals, just snacked on fruit and nuts until I had a good meal at about 4pm. My total calories were only 1,000-1100 Saturday and Sunday. When I weighed Monday the scale showed I…
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A loss of how many pounds per week is considered good?
I started my lifechange journey at the end of December and I have lost 24 pounds. That seems really slow to me. Right now I'm losing about one pound a week, but at the beginning it was about two pounds per week. My goal is another 46 pounds, maybe more. What is a reasonable expectation for when that might happen? I already…
