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What are your triggers and how do you overcome them?
I have triggers both food wise and mental triggers. Some of my food triggers are bread, potato chips, pizza and crackers. I try to keep the food triggers out of my home. Bread is my biggest difficulty as I can’t keep it out of the house as my husband eats it. Stress is my number one trigger of binge eating. While it is…
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SOS
Place to ask for help when you get the urge to binge!
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Resources
Books, articles, websites
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Binge Eating Warriors and Survivors
We have started a group for people who binge eat. We are here to support and learn from each other. We can share strategies, tips and resources to help prevent binge eating. We don’t have to do this alone! https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/138588-binge-eating-warriors-and-survivors
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Ideas or suggestions
If you have any ideas or suggestions, let us know here.
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Looking for YouTube exercise videos recommendations !
Hi all! I am looking for some videos I can do now that the weather is changing. Right now I primarily walk for exercise, so I am a beginner. I am still have over 70 pounds to lose. Thanks in advance!
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Olanzapine, Seroquel and weight gain.
I have bipolar and for the past 3.5 weeks have been very manic. My psychiatrist wanted to admit me to hospital but he agreed to trying to change my meds as on out patient. So the first change he made was to add olanzapine. I swore I would never take it again because I gained 30 pounds in a very short time when I took it 19…
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Calories burned
Today my Fitbit gave me a fact regarding my nutrition. It said that over the last month the most calories I burned was 2,790 and the least was 2,014. Is this just a useless fact or can I use this to my advantage somehow?
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Need advice regarding travel
Next week I am travelling to my home province of Newfoundland for 4 weeks. Right now I try and keep my calories at an average of 1200 a week. I need to lose another 90 pounds. We will be staying at three different houses during that time. I don’t have the control over the menu planning like I do here. We will also be…
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Sodium, my enemy
If I have a high sodium day of eating, my weight pops up but it is taking 5 to 6 days for the water weight to disappear. I do take diuretics, as prescribed by my doctor but there is no way the dose can be increased. Short of giving up my chips, sushi, Tim Hortons chili and other things I might have that is salty, what can…
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Using a food scale
I have been doing MFP since early December. I am using a food scale but not a 100% of the time. I know I will have to tighten that up as I continue on this journey. When I joined in December, I was actively binging so I was still gaining but I have managed to lose 29.8 pounds since the beginning of February. So to get to…
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Belly Apron
My most hated part of my body. It rubs, you get rashes, bathing suits don’t fit right, etc. I am 54 and I know my skin is not going to bounce back like when I was in my 20s. Has anyone had any success with this shrinking or know anyone who has? Do I need to start saving for plastic surgery? I have lost 25 pounds but I…
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Confusion regarding excerise calories and remaining calories
I am a 54 year old, 5ft4in, sedentary woman. As of this morning I weigh 252.2 pounds. I have been doing mfp since December 2018. I have set my calorie deficit for 1 pound a week, which leaves me 1700 calories. I haven’t as a rule been eating my exercise calories back. My excerise calories are a result of a Fitbit calorie…
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Fitbit and calories burned
I have a Fitbit ionic and I am confused when it comes to calories burned. Today I went for a walk. My Fitbit calorie adjustment is 112 calories. Under the exercise tab of the Fitbit, the calorie burn for the walk was 191 calories. Should I entering this into mfp? Also when doing a cardio video should I select workout on my…
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Weighing weekly or weighing daily
Up to this point I have been weighing weekly. I dug my scales out and I am considering weighing daily. What are the pros and cons of each? If you weigh daily do you enter your weight in every day. Thanks!
