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Should I stay at a deficit until upcoming vacation?
I recently reached my goal weight. I feel more than ready (mentally) to start adding back calories until I reach maintenance. However, I’m going on vacation in a few weeks, and I’m wondering if it would be best to stay at a deficit. One thing to keep in mind, I am petite and older, so I stay at 1,200 calories even with…
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Stress Eating
So, last spring, I once again lost the same 15 pounds I seem to gain and lose, gain and lose. Over the past few months, I’ve gained back most of that 15 pounds. This is all simply due to stress eating. My job the past two years has become extremely stressful, and since I am due to retire in five years, I’m not able to…
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To add calories or not to add....
So I few weeks ago, I reached my goal weight. I weigh every day and was below goal for four or five days, but since then I’ve been 0.2 above, 0.5 above, or maybe just a few ounces below. After being at goal a few days, I had begun to add calories back (100), but I’m wondering if I shouldn’t add back until I’ve been at or…
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I’m Struggling...
I reached my goal weight in March 2019. I went on to maintain with ease, even losing more weight. I really thought I had the weight loss/maintainance thing down this time (I have a history of losing and gaining the same 10 pounds over and over). In December with the holidays, it all fell apart. I tried to stay “on track”…
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How often to weigh in maintenance
I have always weighed once a week. I did try to weigh every day and look at the trend, but the fluctuations really messed with my mind. I on,y did it for about a week. However, I was considering “forcing myself” to weigh every day for the month of September just to see if that would take away the effect that number has on…
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Struggling to figure out maintainence.
I reached my goal weight about 6 weeks ago. I’ve been here before, but in the past, I reach my goal, stop tracking, and gain it all back. For the first few weeks, I stayed at a deficit because I was so afraid of gaining weight. (I didn’t, and in fact, lost a few more pounds.) The past few weeks, I’ve had days I didn’t…
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Birthdays/Special Occasions
I reached my weight loss goal several weeks ago and have since lost a few more pounds. Now, I’ve lost weight many times, but usually when I reach goal, I stop tracking, have an eating free-for-all and gradually gain it back. I’m very determined not to let that happen this time! Saturday is my birthday. Today at work, they…
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When to switch to maintenance
I am three pounds away from my “ultimate” goal weight and at the high end of what I’m going to consider as my goal range. I’m assuming that if I add back calories slowly, I’ll probably lose a few more pounds. Is it best to be at that “ultimate” goal before beginning to add back calories, or should I start now? Any advice…
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Switching to Maintainance
For years, I have weighed 115 pounds (I’m 5’3”, small frame). Over the past few years, I had gained up to 129. So now I weigh about 120, and I truly feel fine. Most of my clothes fit, with the exception of a few things I wore when my weight had dropped lower than 115. Still, I feel so unsure if I should go ahead and switch…
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When to switch to maintainance calories?
Yesterday, I tried on all of my “small” clothes that had been far too tight to wear, and everything fits fine. I weighed this morning and am two pounds away from my goal weight. I was thinking about going ahead and switching over to maintenance calories because I feel good at this weight. But part of me wants to push…
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Hunger and Eating Additional Calories
For reference, I am 51 years old, weigh 120 pounds, and have 5 pounds to goal. Although I exercise 5-6 days per week, I try to stay right at 1,200 calories. Doing this has enabled me to lose about one pound per week. Some days I am very hungry eating this amount, even with eating lots of lean protein and vegetables. I…
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Losing very slowly; should I eat more???
I have used MFP many times, not to lose a huge amount of weight, just 8-10 pounds. Every so often my weight creeps up (sweets lover), and I track to get it off, I've never had an issue before, but for the past several months, I've been tracking and only losing a part of a pound per week, if that. I'm pretty active, and…
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Weighing Food
Is frozen food supposed to be weighed before or after cooking? Example: chicken tenders.
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Weight loss after surgery
I will be having surgery in two weeks. It will be about a week before I'll be able to walk, and 4-6 weeks before I can do high impact exercise. I'm in a great weight loss groove and am an avid exerciser (running and HITT/circuit workouts). I'm afraid this will get me off track, and I'll gain. Has anyone had surgery while…
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Counting Macros vs Counting Calories
Although I truly do believe that weight loss is calories in / calories out, I have read a few things people have written saying they pretty much quit losing just counting calories and counting macros worked wonders. I'm just wondering if counting macros truly makes a difference. Does anyone have experience or words of…
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How many calories to lose weight?
I think I probably need to go by the recommendation of 1200 calories to lose weight because I an older (51), small (5'3"; 125 pounds), and only want to lose 10 pounds. Also, eating 1200 and no exercise calories back, I only lose 1/2 to 1 pound a week. However, I just don't think I can eat such a small amount. When I try, I…
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Counting calories, weighing and measuring everything
It seems as though counting calories helps me to not binge, but I'm still in the binge/restrict cycle, so I wonder if it helps in the long run. I feel like weighing and measuring everything keeps me focused on food all of the time and creates a lot of stress when I'm not able to weigh my food. Even though I'm trying to…
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Chewing gum, eating candy every evening
I have gotten into the habit of chewing a lot of gum and eating peppermint candy every single night while I'm relaxing before bed. It has gotten so ingrained that even though I tell myself I'm not going to do it, I always give in. Does anyone have any experience with breaking a habit like this? I don't know if I should…
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Counting calories and BED recovery
I am really trying to recover from this disorder and have been struggling lately. My counselor discourages counting calories because she says I need to listen to my body, and not counting is a step in eating normally. This went very well all summer, but since the beginning of August, I've been binging on and off but not…
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How to balance calories
I reached my goal weight Sunday (yay!). I have been very careful about everything I eat - bringing my lunch to work every day, not eating out, etc. Today, the company provided a special lunch which never happens, and I ate and enjoyed it! When I figured up my calories, it totaled over 900!! It wasn't that much food, it was…
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I feel like giving up.
I lost 40 pounds through Weight Watchers about 20 years ago. I've not had much trouble maintaining other than an occasional 5-8 pound fluctuation which I get off using MFP (in recent years). Recently, I started tracking to lose a few pounds before my daughter's wedding which is May 14. Unlike previous attempts, the weight…
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I'm struggling!
I'm doing what I've been doing for about 6 months now. I do great on MFP, reach goal or get very close, then start binging and gain all the weight back. I reached goal 3 weeks ago, and for the past two weeks, I've binged a total of 6 days. I really, really want to stop it now before I gain everything back. It's especially…
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Just started maintainence-worried about Thanksgiving
I just started maintaining this week. I had planned to start adding 100 calories per day, but I'm wondering if I should not start adding now, knowing I will go over on Thanksgiving. What I'd like to do is add the calories, eat what I want to for that meal, but not gain this week. Is that possible? I've been eating 1,200…
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When to start adding back calories
I am 1 1/2 pounds away from my goal weight. I'm fine at that weight but I'd like to lose a pound or two more to give me a little breathing room. After I'm at goal, should I go ahead and start adding back calories a little at a time, or keep doing what I'm doing until I lose below my goal weight?
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Drawbacks of eating too few calories??
The last few days, I haven't been very hungry and haven't come close to my calorie goal. Nothing drastic, just eating maybe 200 fewer calories than my minimum target. My question is, are there really any drawbacks to going under? I don't lose very quickly and I'd love to see a good loss this week. I'm fine with eating this…
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Higher calorie day?
I was reading the blog of someone who uses MFP and she is losing really well. She has one day per week where she eats at maintainence to keep from slowing her metabolism down. It's not a cheat day or cheat meal - she doesn't go all out eating. She just eats a few hundred more calories one day per week. I'd love to do this…
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Regrets
I got within one pound of my goal and totally fell off the wagon. I had a very stressful few days, got off track, and could just not get back on. As a result, I've gained back 10 pounds. Yes I enjoyed eating with abandon, but was it even close to being worth it? No way. I wish more than anything I had stayed on track. I…
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IIFYM
Does anyone have any experience with IIFYM? I've looked into it, and I'd be upping my calories and that makes me nervous! However, from what I've read online, people have fantastic results. I'd love to hear of others' experiences with this program.
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Total weight loss not showing
I'm not sure where this question should go, but maybe someone here can help me. I have lost 8 pounds since I started (the end of July) but MFP home page says I've lost 1.8 pounds so far. Does anyone know why it's not calculating my total loss?
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Three Pounds to Go!
As of today, I only have three pounds to go to reach my goal weight. As I've neared my goal, my weight loss has slowed to 1/2 to 1 pound per week. I know some say to start adding calories when you're this close, but a huge part of me wants to watch my calories even more closely so that I can "be there" at goal, then start…