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Delusional about muscle vs fat?
Hi, I'm near my goal weight already, but started counting calories and upping my game to drop the 5 lbs I gained 2 years ago when I quit smoking and the 3 lbs I gained 3 years ago when I quit exercising (long story about that). Three weeks ago, I started running again after a year of trying off and on after a knee injury,…
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No scale
Hi, A year or so after I had my daughter, I came here and lost all my baby weight - which was quite a lot because I'm one of those people who uses pregnancy as an excuse to pig out. I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight and found out 2 weeks later that I was pregnant again! So, here I am, 1 month postpartum and wanting to…
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Need a new focus
Hi, I feel like such a quitter, but that's just what I'm doing. I'm finding that my eating habits are getting more binge-like - an issue I never had before tracking my calories. I hoard calories for the evening... eating 700 or so from the time I wake up at 5am until before dinner and then 1000-1400 from dinner to when I…
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Accuracy of Exercise Calories
Hi, Curious what others think of this... mainly because once I added jogging and walking to my routine a few weeks back, I stopped losing weight. I DO eat all my exercise calories, most days, and now I'm wondering if that's the connection - that I'm NOT actually burning the following amounts.. I walk 60 minutes at 4.5 mph…
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Calorie cycling with exercise, not diet
I keep reading about the benefits of calorie cycling in breaking plateaus (which I am on), and am wondering... is it the NET calorie intake that should be cycled? Meaning, can I cycle by doing more and less exercise each day rather than changing my calorie intake each day?
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Diet Soda
I never drink soda, but have had a real craving for it today and am wondering what the prevailing wisdom is about diet sodas. I used to drink them all the time, but it just feels wrong to me for some reason. Would love anyone's input. These are my current concerns about having diet soda: 1. I breastfeed, and don't know how…
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Can't stope eating this weekend
Didn't lose any weight over the past 1.5 weeks, and basically said *$#@ it. :( I'm totally on an eating bender and don't feel like my stomach will ever be full. Gross, huh? I've worked out really hard this weekend too, and can't believe that I'm currently throwing it all away so fast. I feel like crap about my eating being…
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Added Jogging = Plateau?
I guess it's really common to plateau after 6 weeks or so, and I'm there. I'm also just 2 lbs away from my goal weight, which probably gives me even more of a slow down. I've not budged the scales in a week. I haven't changed up my diet, but have added morning jogs, because before, all my exercise was coming from gardening…
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"Magic" Food
I just read the post on someone losing more weight when she eats strawberries, as I was contemplating how frustrated I've been the past week or so because I haven't budged a pound, after losing a solid lb a week for 6 weeks, and it got me thinking about my diet, and I realized one thing I haven't eaten this past week that…
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Eating before a workout
Hi, I get up around5:30ish to take a jog before my husband has to go to work so he can watch the baby (well, they are both asleep). I just started this exercise, and I'm no speed demon, but get a good workout - I jog 3.5 miles in just under 40 minutes on trails. Because my time is limited and also because I can't stand to…
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Feeling low
Hey, I made a bet with my sister 6 weeks ago today - lose 8 lbs in 8 weeks, or I have to pay my sister $100.00. She made the same deal with me. I have 2 weeks to go, and 2 lbs to go, so I'm directly on track, but I feel like quitting right now. I don't know what's wrong with me. Perhaps I'm afraid of trying and failing. My…
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Planning a Birthday Party
I'm planning my daughter's first birthday party, and realized what a change I've made mentally in the past 5 weeks, since I started on MFP. Yes, there will be cake and cookies, but I was writing down all the things I wanted to have for our guests to eat and I really wanted a big ol' fruit salad with the desserts, and a…
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Walking/Hiking with 16 lb baby in backpack?
My property borders a state park. I do all my walking in the park and never know whether to classify it as hiking or walking. The trails are nice, but it's all dirt and hills (not mountains!). It's bordering the Appalachian Mountains, but not in the mountains - that kind of hiking, though. Anyway, today, I had my 16 lb…
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Banana vs. 3 mini Mr. Goodbars
What to do?? They are the same # of calories... 120 either way. I have the banana in front of me. There is an ENTIRE BAG of those wretched candies on the staff kitchen table at work. I love them so much. If I could be Mrs. Goodbar, I would be. Is there really anything wrong with making the trade? Same calories...
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Eating slower
Anyone else finding that they seem to eat a lot slower now that you're weighing and/or measuring and not just piling stuff on your plate? My husband eats twice what I do (which makes sense, since he's a foot taller than me, weighs 65 lbs more and is a man), feeds the baby, and I'm STILL eating my dinner. I love it. I feel…
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Weighing Chicken (and other meat)
I weigh my chicken raw, and cut it into portions, depending on what I'm making - 1 ounce pieces to grill in kebobs, 4 ounces to oven bake, etc. Then, I'll select, say, "Chicken Breast - 4 ounces" from the database for my dinner. The next day, I'll be making something else with the leftover cooked chicken - already cut in…
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Went hog wild yesterday...
I don't know what's wrong with me. I was doing really great for nearly 4 weeks, seeing results, feeling good... and then on Sunday, I took my sister-in-law out to her choice restaurant - Chipotle Grill - to thank her for something, and since then I've completely disregarded everything... tracking calories and no exercise.…
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Best Exercise today!
Today, my daughter, my sister-in-law and I are walking 3 miles for the March of Babies. It's no great distance, but it's going to be the best exercise I've ever done - even in the pouring rain. I've raised $731 for the walk (my goal was 1000). I walk in honor of my daughter, a happy and healthy 9 month old, born at 28…
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Help with sushi
Hi, I'm going to a local sushi place for dinner tonight. It's the first time I'm eating at a restaurant since beginning to track my calories. It's a mom & pop place. I plan to stay away from california rolls and other creamy things, but am wondering if any sushi connoisseurs (I am not one) can give me a few more tips on…
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"You don't need to lose weight"
I'm so sick and tired of hearing this! My parents come for dinner, and my mom watches as I make up my plate - loads of veggies, bit of meat, bit of potato, and comments on it. After lots of evasion ("no - this is enough for me" - "that's all I want") I finally tell her that I'm watching what I eat, so she'll get her off my…
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Finally Understand the Cheat Day Idea
Yesterday, I worked all day - I only work full days once every other Saturday. I have a desk job, so it's not taxing. However, I felt terrible all day - lightheaded, extremely hungry, and nauseaus from the hunger, even though I was eating really good stuff. I had oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, pork loin, veggies, yogurt, more…
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Not new, but trying again
Hi, I joined MFP in January 2009 with the goal of losing 10 lbs - all vanity weight - to go from 115 to 105 for the summer. I was SO successful - losing 3 lbs in the first month, and then !YAY! got pregnant with my daughter. Left MFP, gained 30 lbs in 28 weeks of pregnancy, at which time, my daughter made a very early…
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Doubting calories for gardening
Hi, I garden between 1 and 3 hours every day, and have been entering that for my exercise. I have my settings at "sedentary," otherwise - I'm a stay-at-home-mom. Sometimes I work my *kitten* off - shoveling, transporting dirt, building raised beds. Other times, I'm weeding or planting - planting is particularly low-energy.…
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1 week in, and now I'm hungry
I was fine for the first week, but yesterday and today, I feel hungry. I don't think much has changed in my diet. Why, oh why, am I now hungry? Is this catching up to me? Am I not eating enough? Has this happened to anyone else - you feel great, feel satiated, and then bam! HUNGRY! I try to eat at least 1800 calories a day…
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Does WHEN you eat matter?
I get up between 6:30 and 7:30, depending on how many times my daughter was up in the middle of the night. I don't generally eat breakfast until 9, and even then it is only 200-250 calories (oatmeal and fruit). I eat a light lunch around 12:00 - usually 250 calories, rarely up to 400. Then I snack at 2:00, 3:00,4:00 -…
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8 lbs in 8 weeks - possible?
I know 8 lbs in 8 weeks is a relatively healthy amount of weight to drop, but is it really possible when you're short (I'm 5'1) and already in your healthy BMI range (I'm at 22.9 - 120 lbs)? You may think it's silly to want to lose this weight, since I'm already a healthy weight, but I'd like to get back to my…
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Anyone else breastfeeding and trying to figure this out?
Hi, I'm breastfeeding my 7 month old daughter, and am having a hard time losing the final 9 lbs that I gained while pregnant. I overate while pregnant, so I know this is not quite baby weight, but is, as I call it "dorito weight." I'm having trouble determining what calories I should be eating. I'm not quite sedentary -…
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Am Pregnant - need help!
Hey all, I was moving along great for about a week - losing a little weight, but just found out on Thursday that I'm pregnant! I reset all my goals and stuff to gain weight slowly. I set my goals to gain .2 lbs a week through the first trimester, and then will up it again later to about 1 lb a week. Has anyone else used…
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Too fast in 1 week?
Hey all, I'm not complaining, but according to my scale, I've lost 4 lbs in the 1 week since I started tracking all my calories and exercise. I'm worried that I'm doing something wrong and may be hurting my metabolism in the long run. I only want to lose 9, so it seems crazy and unhealthy to lose 4 in one week. I'm eating…
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Me too
Hi all, I just started here yesterday, and really like the format of this site - it's so easy to use. Anyway, I have just a small amount of weight to lose, but have never been successful keeping off even a pound, and watch my weight crawl up year after year. I'm tired of it. I quit smoking 3 months ago (yay!), and my…
