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When to add foods to MFP?
How/when do you most of you add your foods - as you eat them or first thing in the morning? I've been doing it first thing for months ... it helps me plan what I will eat, since I can see how it fits in my calories / macros, and I can also see how exercise effects it. However, I recently synced with FitBit, and I am…
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Is alcohol ok if it fits into my calorie count?
I'm working really hard to lose about 20lbs, and have lost about 3 in the last 3 weeks. I've been cutting out alcohol some nights - most nights - but allow myself a drink or two on the weekends if it fits into my calorie count. What's the consensus on trying to lose weight and drinking? If I have room in my calorie count…
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BMR/TDEE question
I've been exercising 6-7 days a week for 4 weeks and have seen about a 3% body fat loss, but the scale goes up and down between 152 and 156. I read another thread here in which someone said that they calculated their BMR and TDEE and found out that they weren't eating enough, and when they increased their calories, weight…
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Containers and recipe question
Hi - Brand new here. I hope to buy the 21 day fix this week. I am a little confused about the containers though. I eat a lot of skinnytaste / lowfat recipes. How do you account for all the ingredients? I rarely eat anything like a plain piece of grilled chicken. If I marinate chicken and then grill it, or bake chicken with…
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Macro help
I have some questions regarding macros. Background: I am 37, 160lbs and 5'7". I used a calculator to determine my TDEE and came up with 2020. I used a Firefox greasemonkey add on to change the goals on MFP, and came up with this: Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,520 cal/day Carbs / Day 161.0 g Fat / Day 51.0 g Protein / Day…
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Can you lose weight without cutting alcohol/coffee with sugar?
Hi all. Fairly new mom here, been using MFP for a while but for the first time I am REALLY trying hard to lose. I am hoping to lose 20lbs by my son's first birthday, July 1. I'm 5'7" and 160 now and on a 1200 cal diet. Trying to do Jillian Michaels' beginner shred videos 5x a week mixed in with some Leslie Sansone walking…
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Eating all the calories gained by exercise?
Should I be eating them all? I feel like that defeats the purpose of working out - but I have also heard that you don't want to eat less than 1200 calories, and with my exercise today, my "net" calorie intake is 1070. Is that bad? Should I eat another 130 calories somehow? (Won't be hard ... ) Thanks for any input!
