AChristopher09

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Discussions

Carbs ?
Ok, So, I have been following along with the MFP's guidelines on how much of everything to eat. Well, I'm at a stand still now and I posted on FB about it and a friend that is in the military said I'm eating way to many carbs to try to stick to 40g of carbs a day. Well, trying to do this is almost impossible to get my…
Don't lose then drop.....
So, I'm curious as to why my body does what it does....I weigh every day and my weight usually stays around the same for a week or two and then all of a sudden I weigh and start dropping 3-4 lbs within 2 days. is that normal? I have lost 4 lbs in the last few days. This has been consistent with my weight loss since the…
carbs vs net carbs
Can someone please tell me the difference? I got the atkins diet samples in the mail yesterday and it has 3 net carbs, but on the back it has 18g total carbs...I have ALWAYS went by the total carbs when watching my carb intake.
Help!! I gained a pound!
Ok, so I was going under my calorie intake. Supposed to take in 1700(not even but around that number) I was taking in as close to 1200 as I could and stopping there and was losing weight perfectly. Someone told me I should be eating what they recommend me to eat, so I eat to my 1700 calories and stayed in my numbers on…
Calories allotted vs calories eaten
I'm allowed to have I think it's like 1700 calories, but I've been 'trying' to stay around 1200 which most days I do. However, if I did eat lets say the 1700 will I still lose weight? That just seems like a lot of calories to me.