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Not enjoying my "cheat" meals very much anymore
So this past Saturday, I had an out and out Cheat/Splurge Day. Unlike regular cheat meals, I just decided for various reasons I was going to eat whatever the heck I wanted all day, just like I did before I started dieting. We're talking sugary cereal, chips, ice cream, french fries.....it came to about 2400 calories, so…
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Recommend a HRM for newbie to excercise
I currently only monitor calories, etc, as my work and school schedule does not permit for regular exercise. However, I'm interested in starting to get exercise in on a limited basis, but I want to be able to ACCURATELY report my calories - I think the estimates on MFP cannot be accurate for every single person. While I do…
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Does anyone take fiber supplements to help out?
I still consider myself a newbie....started in January, joined MFP in March. Started out just reducing carbs. Then actually counting calories. For the last 5 weeks or so, I've really been learning how to pay attention to macros, and fiber and sodium. It's still a process - when I go grocery shopping tomorrow, I'll be…
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So how do we know 1200 cal is the magic number?
I'm relatively new, and reading lots of the different threads about actually eating higher calories to lose weight more effecitvely. 1200 cal is MFP's recommendation to me, and I'll admit to having to argue with the instinct to eat less in order to lose more. I'm a 5'2 39 yr old female weighing 157 at the moment. Weight…
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Cheat days - how often, how much?
Do you cheat on the regular? Once every 14 days? Every weekend? And if you do 'planned' cheats, to what extreme do you cheat? Do you go hog wild or do you just eat up to what will be your eventual maintenance calories? I'm thinking of incorporating a cheat day once a week or so, to help stave off 'starvation mode'…
