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Military Spouse Trying to do It the Right Way
Hello, everyone! I’m a 31 year old military spouse and mother of two living on Camp Pendleton in San Diego county! I’m trying to lose weight again, but am determined to do it the right way. I used to be anorexic, and haven’t made a real attempt at getting to a healthier weight since recovery out of fear that I would fall…
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Total Cals v Net Cals
Hello everyone! So I just noticed last night while taking a closer look at the food diary that it lists my total cals and something called net cals. Maybe I’m dumb but for the life of me I can’t figure out what they’re for. One day I had -59 net cals? Are these important or can I just focus on the total cals? Thanks!!
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Calories Burned - Cleaning: Light/Moderate vs Vigorous
I had a question about the MFP calories burned. I just started doing part-time work as a house cleaner. I spend the majority of my time scrubbing things, ie toilets, showers/tubs, floors, etc. I’ve been logging it as “cleaning - vigorous” as I am usually drenched in sweat and often dizzy when I’m done, but the calories…
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Just a Little Note About Some of the Newbies
Hey everyone. Just wanted to post this to give a little perspective. I’m part of an ED forum and we get A LOT of people there who want to lose weight and are begging us to “teach” them how to get an ED/lose weight. We do our best to gently redirect them to healthier ways of losing weight. I’ve noticed recently that…
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High-Dairy Diets?
Hello All! So I’ve noticed the general sentiment seems to be CICO = weight loss and the type of food doesn’t matter. No one food is going to increase weight loss or help you lose fat from a specific area. When I first told my Dr. that I was wanting to lose weight, he insisted that I should make sure to keep a high-dairy…
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Getting Past Weight Flucuations (Mentally)
So I weigh myself every day. Today, I was over 2lbs heavier. It’s the first day I’ve weighed more since I started trying to lose weight. The logical part of me knows there’s no way I gained 2 pounds from yesterday and that it’s probably just water retention. That being said, there’s another part of my brain that is…
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Maybe Losing Weight too Fast?
So I wanted to get advice from everyone. I started my “diet” on Sunday and then discovered MFP on Tuesday after speaking to my doc. I put in all the relevant information and set a 2lbs a week weight loss goal. On Sunday, when I started, I weighed 187.3. I dropped a lot the first couple of days, but figured I was losing the…
