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What happened when you stopped lifting weights?
Just curious... seems like the opposite question to ask Did you get smaller? Softer? What about just a break from weight training? Any differences in body or mind or strength?
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Was just told that Keto burns 230% more fat than plain CICO....
My sister likes to research on the vast wide internet. She knows that I like the normal balanced CICO to lose weight where I eat all three macros without limiting one in particular. She told me that she read that the Keto Diet burns more fat than the CICO diet. I would like to assume, (but don’t actually know) that the…
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Unhappy while on diet - Unhappy when I feel like I'm getting fat
Ever since I started counting calories on MFP, I have created bad habits and eating problems. Any advice on getting over it?
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Lexapro - battling an increased appetite and weight gain?
Has anyone else suffered from gaining a quick 10-15lbs in the first couple of months on lexapro? For the past month, I had suffered from wanting to eat everything in sight. I was 150lbs at the end of April and now I'm 166lbs. I am aware I didn't just magically gain the weight. I am painfully aware of every bite I have…
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Week long Junk food binge
I don't know what triggered it, but it has happened. I probably gained 5-8 pounds. Back to where I started, ugh. I need help with the 80/20 diet thing
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Does practicing mindful eating create food obsession?
So I pose this question because of my own personal experience and would like to know your thoughts. Here is what I am talking about: I love food and I love eating. When I started tracking my calories this past summer to lose some weight I had gained, I did a lot of research in the beginning to make the reduction of my…
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What's the best low calorie pancake or waffle recipe?
I've been experimenting with protein powder pancakes/waffles/muffins. The ingredients I've been tinkering with are canned pumpkin purée, unsweetened applesauce, egg substitute, egg, baking powder and stevia. I haven't found the magic ratio yet where I save the most calorie but produce the best pancake. Anybody have a good…
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Mashed Califlower Recipe?
Looking into making mashed califlower and looked at a handful of recipes. Does anyone have any experience with this? Any tips or suggestions?
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Trying to decide my plan for Christmas: help me?
Hi everyone! I have been using MFP since late July. Logged religiously since I began with only a handful of crazy food days over the past few months. Went from 158 to an average of 144. I've reached my goal weight and my maintenance range is 142-146. I don't want to start the New Year over 148. I love food, I love to cook…
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The Monday Morning Bounce Back
What tips, motivation and support can you guys share on bouncing back on Monday morning after a bad weekend? I am trying to maintain weight right now, but try to stay in the diet mindset. I had a fun weekend out with my friends to celebrate Christmas and a birthday and wayyyyy overshot my calorie goals. I know it's life…
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Improving my Protein Ice cream/smoothie recipe!
Hi guys, I have been tinkering with protein ice cream or smoothies lately and wanted to see if you guys have any ideas to make it better! I like to eat large volumes so I try to keep it super low fat. So here is what I've been doing lately: I use 11 fl. oz. of the low calorie Muscle Milk protein shake (20g of protein - 100…
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Gained fat while at calorie deficit?
By the looks of my belly button and the scale, I believe I've gained some fat. I've been at a calorie deficit since Friday according to MFP and Fitbit. Does this mean that my Fitbit is overestimating my calories burned? I haven't had any issues with it doing that in the past five months since I've started this journey.…
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Advice for overcoming food obsession/binge eating..?
Hi guys! What advice do you all have on when you become obsessed with food and can't stop eating once you start Thanks!
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Do you make sure you eat back your leftover calories at night?
I was very active today and I still have 500 left, and I'm not hungry but I do enjoy eating lol what do you do in this situation?
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Planning a frozen yogurt trip help!
Hi everyone! Tomorrow I am going to a frozen yogurt place (Menchies) and will a lot 500 calories for my dessert there. I can easily find the nutrition info on the actual yogurt but how can I accurately measure the toppings? I don't want it to be a free for all, but also want to enjoy it! Any tips or suggestions?
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Opinions on homemade soup and frozen veggies
Hi guys, With the temperature outside dropping, it makes me want to make soup. I am a volume eater, I can put away a lot of food easily so I try to eat low energy dense foods. My question for you guys is making a pot of soup something that would be worthwhile and do you have any good recipes? Before tracking my calories,…
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What is YOUR Holiday eating strategy?
With Halloween, Thanksgiving, and winter celebrations coming up, what is your strategy when it comes to holiday eating? Have you used a strategy before and been happy with it after? Trying something new this year? Do you log everything still or neglect logging at all? I'm very interested in these answers because I haven't…
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Pumpkin!!!
Hi guys! Happy Fall!! My question for you guys is incorporating canned pumpkin (and it's calories) into my meals worth it nutritionally? Or will it be empty calories? I looked at the label of generic canned pumpkin, and for 1/2 cup it's 50 calories and 11g of carbs (3G of dietary fiber) , 0g fat, and 2g of protein. Would…
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Can someone check my TDEE numbers please?
Age:21 Female Current weight 148 (123 pounds is bone and muscle according to my last bod pod) Student-athlete/golfer Height 5'4" So everyday for the past 12 weeks, I have logged my calories in and calories out with old fashion pen and paper. I used MFP to calculate my calories in (some is estimated in and some is exactly…
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Planning a dessert binge...
So one weekend in November I'm planning on gorging on a huge dessert to scratch the itch so to speak. I'm gonna eat light in the morning and then go on a long hike and when I get done I will devour a huge dessert. My choices are: -make a boxed brownie mix like normal -make a boxed brownie mix without oil or egg but with…
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Taking a week break from logging food - What results have YOU had from a logging break?
I just was curious of what a week break from logging has done for different people and what mentality they have had going into it. What eating habits did they notice or scale change etc. happened? Just looking for an interesting discussion!
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Building muscle/losing fat/maintaining weight - what % protein do you consume?
Hi, title really says all. For perspective, I am a student-athlete. I will be starting to strength train more heavy in November. This summer and fall my focus was to lose some fat I had gained in the spring (which I have successfully done) and now its time to focus on my strength. I don't want to call it a bulk, but I want…
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Same exact weight for over a week
So I was away from my scale from Sunday through Thursday but my past five times I've been on the scale I've been exactly 149lbs. My diet has fluctuated, I've had heavy lifts and I've eaten a lot of sodium late in the evening. I weigh myself naked each morning after I use the rest room. I would think my weight would…
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What's your best low volume, high resistance ab circuit you got?
What is your fav go to heavy hitting ab circuit? Thanks!
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Accuracy of Bod Pods? And hitting a plateau
Hi everyone! So recently I got a bod pod done and was intrigued by some of the numbers. I am a 5'4" student-athlete, at around 154lbs My body fat was 19% or 29.5lbs My fat-free mass was 80.9% or 124.8lbs I fall under the lean category. Resting metabolic rate is 1515 kcals/day Total energy expenditure for a sedentary life…
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Being in desert/ how to lose water weight/sodium question
Hi, so the short version of this question is what is the best way to lose water weight? The long version of this question is that I'm in the desert for a golf tournament, so I'm drinking things like pedialyte to stay hydrated and increased my sodium intake. My priority out here is to be hydrated so I can perform well since…
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First three weeks of low calorie- already hit a plateau? (Water weight?)
This is my third week of low calorie. For some back ground I'm a college athlete trying to lose some belly fat that I gained over the spring and rebuild some muscle/strength that I lost as well. I'm 5'4" and I reached 158-160 pounds after the spring and that is my unhappy weight. I wanted to get down to the 150-153 range.…
