-
Looking for friends who don't eat "clean" and healthy
Because it's nice when I can eat junk sometimes and no one will judge me. :P lol
-
Anyone American born in another country... and willing to answer random questions to help a student?
I am a college student and a mom to three kids, two who have autism. I am struggling to find an interview for my Anthropology class and this is as creative as I've gotten to find someone lol... I need 2 or more people who live in America but were born in another country or who's parents were and had a very traditional…
-
166lbs. Good RMR. High body fat % for weight. Down 70lbs and STUCK.
I had my RMR and body fat % tested and it was high. It kept going down (underwater weighing test) but the guy didnt want me to pass out (I wasnt feeling well) so he stopped the trials and told me he thinks it's around 35% even though my best test was 37.5%. I expected this anyway because I couldn't walk for 6 months…
-
Before and During (70lbs down) :)
I never had photos because I hated myself. It seems my fiance was blinded by love so he didn't see how big I was or ever act like it and he also kept photos on his phone knowing Id hate it. Bless him My goal is to lift my booty, lose my belly and show my abs! ^_^ Still working on it. <3 but... I think I see a difference
-
My brain is in pain today. How much should I exercise to keep a deficit?
Just need help for today. I can't calculate right now. I have 1800ish calories prelogged with dinner included. I'm 5'4" and 165lbs. How much should I exercise/burn off to maintain a deficit of preferably 500 calories? I think without walking at all I'd burn like 1700 calories (TDEE if sedentary?). I know it's simple math,…
-
Do you watch your sodium intake? Am I the only one with VERY horrid sodium levels in my diet?
Because I seriously probably double the recommended intake and I only eat 1200-1500 calories. I rarely am below 3,000 and I have hit 4,500-5,000 a lot. Lol. My blood tests etc are all good. Should I worry about it or chill since I don't have any bad signs from it when I see my dr? Also, am I the only person with this…
-
NSV(non-scale victory) + NSF(non-scale failure lol)
I posted this in the FB group but I am happy so sharing here too. So I am a mom of 3 and I rarely get myself new anything...I finally had to get pants. I got a 16, 14 and 12 to try on kind of laughing at the 12 but assuming I would be a 16 or even bigger. I tried the 12 first to get it out of the way and it was loose!…
-
The protein debate: How much is enough? Anyone with personal experience?
I am so confused. I am finally succeeding at upping my intake and I felt good until I was getting conflicting responses. Is it 0.8-1lb per lb of goal weight since you can't end up with more lean mass than your goal weight anyway? Or per lb you WANT lean of your goal weight? OR per pound of lean mass I have now? It's so…
-
I finally get it - how do people eat this much (healthy food)?
I mean I can eat greasy fried food or pizza galore. I mean I can devour an 18" pizza no problem but veggies are very filling to me...I'm a vegetarian and trying to up my protein. I always rolled my eyes when people said "I can't hit my calories" like then how did we get fat??? But no no it's not the same for me either...…
-
Has anyone tried AdvantEDGE Carb Control Protein Drinks?
I bought dark chocolate and here's the thing - I have a severe anxiety disorder that sometimes extends to food. I have always hated protein drinks but I was looking for something that wasn't meat with good protein and 100calories with 17g looked great. Has anyone tried them? Is it decent? awful? I am trying to get an idea…
-
Can I tone/build my behind with 200lb dumbbells?
Or do I need barbells? I have been looking for a small solution for my tiny apartment with my three kids and something I can store. I found dumbbells that as a set are 200lbs. I mainly want to work on my glutes and abdomen for now and I am going to work my way up to eventually trying to build muscle in those areas but it…
-
I learned the difference between good idea and bad idea exercise
Like walking home a few miles is a good idea. However, walking home a mile while carrying 75lbs of groceries (which you can not lift more than letting your arms hang because you're not in that kind of shape), in a snowstorm in the city... to the point your hands are shaking horribly when you get home is a BAD idea. I…
-
Easy store or collapsible weight?
Especially dumbells. Do they exist or exist at a price that doesn't break the bank? I still have weight to lose, but I am aiming for some aggressive ish weight loss over the next few months and I want to maintain what little muscle I have. However, I am a full-time college student and a super busy mom of three, two of whom…
-
Why, Coca-Cola? Why? :'(
The new Ginger-Lime Diet Coca-Cola is sad. I imagine it is what the taste of the original Diet Coke with Lime's watered down tears taste like. The tears of being abandoned for such a pathetic imitation. So sad. I will try Fiesty Cherry tonight, but I feel I will likely be mourning the loss of Diet Coke with Cherry very…
-
Fitbit Calories... Am I wrong to be suspicious of the added calories?
It has been fairly accurate in the past but I haven't used it for a while. 5'4" 167lbs or so and it is telling me I burned 1500 calories from exercise today? I walked around 24000 steps. Does that seem off? It's been so long since I used it that I don't remember lol and I never synced it to MFP before, I just used a…
-
What's a good weekly step goal to be considered "active"?
Since Monday (so Mon-Fri) this week I have walked a bit over 75,000 steps (not including the time I forgot to wear my watch, or it was dead, so maybe a little higher - 80,000? idk let's just say 75k lol) ANYWAY so what's a good # to aim for? I want to be "active", not necessarily, "very active", but just active enough that…
-
Can you gain weight without ingesting anything or is my scale busted? lol
So Ive been wondering about my scale for a while but I tested out of curiosity today. Took my weight twice before I left twice when I came back from somewhere. All I ingested was a sip from a water fountain and one chip between leaving and coming home. Same clothes, same spot on the floor where I weighed - I gained 1 lb.…
-
Does this sound like fat or loose skin?
I definitely still have excess fat... but Im thinking I have a ton of loose skin. I have 3 kids and with my first I gained 70, yes, 70lbs. Not proud of it but I was a teenager and people kept saying it all falls off with the baby (liars) lol. Took me a long time to lose it before. But anyway Im around the 170s right now…
-
5lb (water) weight gain from a cold??
Ok so I keep gaining water (I would assume?) weight at random its driving me nuts!!! I can barely eat with this sore throat. Ive been walking an average of 7 miles per day. Eating 1000-1400 (depending on what I can make myself eat because its painful). And Im up 5 lbs? wth? Can being sick cause water weight? On top of it…
-
Anyone have before and after of a "hanging" tummy?
My stomach is so low. I'm not even that big now but it still hangs low :| Its very irritating because I see people near my size who have larger stomachs even and they dont hang at all.... did anyone have good progress with this to where it lifted as you lost weight?
-
Am I obsessive to be calculating all the nutrient details for substitutions?
I just spent like 20 minutes calculating the nutrition facts for The Good Egg sandwich at Au Bon Pain... I had to figure out the difference in each area between 2 eggs and egg white patty they use by separating each ingredient from other sandwiches (like 2 eggs on a bagel minus the bagel nutrients to find the egg…
-
Opinion on calories (they seem way too high?)
I ate at my schools open eating area today (college) where it's basically buffet style. I had a very, very small slice of broccoli hummus pizza. First of all, there was barely any (plainish) hummus on it lol probably 20g of it which I think can't be more than 50 calories. The slice was literally less than 1/2 a slice of…
-
Junk Food for the Soul
I don't always log my veggies and I don't eat fresh food usually (microwaved sorry guys but I have kids with special needs and Im in college so no time to cook all day lol). Am I still welcome here? Moderator note: Everyone's welcome and has different circumstances that help shape their diet. This thread is for those who…
-
What % of your calorie adjustment do you eat back?
I just started syncing my FitBit and upping my calories.... It estimates I burn 2900+ calories per day. I'm 178.8lbs and 5'4". Does this seem right? Steps per day average this week is 12,000. I don't manually log anything, even if I use the bike at the gym (which it does not track automatically).
-
Before and during... almost 50lbs lost
The biggest I have ever been. 225lbs ish and I had been in a wheel chair for 5 months until June/July 2016. This was Christmas 2016. I honestly had no idea how big I was. I was bedridden for 5 months and I had no mirrors I could see myself in (I mean I was in a wheelchair so I was pretty low to the ground lol). My…
-
Depo-provera and hunger?
So I am due for my depo shot and I was trying to figure out why I was so hungry! All I could think was hormones because I don't get a time of the month... Can depo cause cravings that way when it's due/ending? Because I am so hungry Im considering eating at maintenance for a week lol
-
Help me figure out my new activity level - please?
Would I be considered "active" now vs lightly active or sedentary before? Or lightly active? An example of my days would be as follows: Average 11000 steps right now Also, if I am 10000 steps or less I always have at least 1 extra hr of activity per day at the gym or at home somehow. I either exercise via a dvd, game,…
-
Garlic cheese bread calories similar to pizza?
if I go by grams? Do you think they're about the same? It weighed 71g so I put in 90g pizza which came out to like 200calories. Im super tired so Im just trying to get an estimate because I might have more of it later lol just dont want to be off by a few hundred calories. Thanks.
-
There are multiple types of squats?
So now I keep seeing videos with different names and I'm confused. Which type of squats are the ones I know of as "typical": feet shoulder width apart and you just sit as if on a chair? I saw something called a goblin squat and I don't even remember the rest. Are some better at targeting glutes than others? Which one is…
-
Wait... do I need more protein because I strength train?
I am still in the weight loss phase... I just used this website and I'm worried now. http://www.webefit.com/Calculators/Calc_protein.html I do not naturally eat much protein at all! If I were to just eat what I normally like I probably would rarely hit 50g on a 1200-1500 calories diet or even higher calories. I have been…
