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Motivation to lose again
After almost 2 years in maintenance, it’s been a rough winter for me and I’m up about 6-7 lbs out of my maintenance range. It’s hard to be motivated to enter into weight loss mode again after so long in maintenance! Plus all my clothes still fit (but barely) so that also makes it harder to have motivation. But it’s a…
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Want to lose 5 lbs but not motivated
Hello all! I've been in maintenance since last April with a range of 122-127. Most of the time I was around 124-125 until my vacation in December and now I'm up around 127-128 and I just can't get below that eating 1700 calories a day. Previously I could very slowly lose with 1700 a day but I think I've been less active…
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Disney success!
I last went to Disney World 3 years ago, and when I came home from the trip and saw the pictures of myself, I immediately joined MFP and got serious about weight loss. I lost 90 lbs and I've been in maintenance since April of 2016 (I also got pregnant and had a baby during the 3 year span so it took me a while to lose it…
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Garmin on ankle or shoe??
I have the Garmin vivofit and I've discovered that it is very inaccurate when I'm pushing a stroller or shopping cart. We went to the zoo and it only counted just under 6000 steps for me while my husband got well over 8000 and I was definitely running around more than him. I also was the one pushing the stroller. I realize…
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Garmin calories burned question?
Sorry if this has been posted before, I did a search and couldn't find anything! I have a Garmin vivofit that my hubby just bought me for Mother's Day. I'm confused about how it gets the number for how many calories I'm burning. It seems lower than I'd expect. For some background, I'm in maintenance now and using the TDEE…
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Miss seeing the numbers drop!
I lost 85 lbs over the course of a year and I'm in maintenance now. Every day I get on the scale (old habits die hard) and every day it says 126-127. There's still a part of me that wants to see that number drop even though I'm happy with where I'm at. I assume that after eating in a deficit for so long it's just going to…
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Coldest spring ever
Usually this time of year I am in sandals and short sleeve shirts just loving the spring weather! Well, this year I am freakin freezing all the time! I really want to wear my cute sandals and new clothes but I can't concentrate at work because I'm numb lol. Do you ever adjust after you've been maintaining weight loss for a…
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Self control issues since reaching maintenance
So I lost 85 lbs in the past year and I always had great self control. I could carefully weigh out my 20 grams of m&ms and be totally satisfied with that. I almost never went over my calories and if I did, it was not much over and pretty much never over maintenance. But since reaching maintenance I have really struggled. I…
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Hard to know when to stop losing!
I've lost 85 lbs and hit my goal weight. I'm 5'2.5" and 127 lbs. Because I've lost so much weight, I think my perception is still pretty off and I often still see a fat person. I also know that there's a wide variation of "normal" or "healthy" weights for my height. My goal weight was mostly just a random number I picked.…
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Is there really a weight that is ideal for your body?
I'm 5'2.5" and have been fluctuating between 130-135 (after losing 80 pounds). I had really wanted end up between 125-130 but it's been a slow process so I go in and out of maintenance depending on my mood! Currently I'm in weight loss mode because I had 2-3 really bad food weeks where I just felt hungry all the time and…
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365 days on MFP, 80 lbs gone!
What a year it's been!! I started using MFP again on February 1st 2015 when my newest baby was 1 month old. He's the youngest of my 4 kids, ages 6 and under. I had been putting off weight loss for so many years because of pregnancy and breastfeeding and I decided that I had had enough of being overweight. MFP has been a…
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People aiming for a half pound a week loss
I reached my goal weight of 137 back in October. It was 75 lbs lost and officially the top end of a healthy bmi. I wasn't sure if I wanted to lose more or not so I maintained at about 135 for a couple months. After Christmas I decided to try to lose another 8 lbs to get more in the middle of a healthy bmi range. I am…
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Diet break or early maintenance
So background is I've lost 75 pounds since February and technically met my goal weight as I am now at the top end of a healthy bmi. I would like to lose another 10 pounds. However I'm only 5'2.5" and losing weight now has brought my calories down so low! Which isn't that big of a deal for the most part, but I'm going…
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Good bye 75 lbs, hello healthy BMI!
I did it! I reached my goal of 75 pounds lost. I started back with MFP on February 1st when my 4th baby was 1 month old. I had lost 35 pounds before getting pregnant, but gained all that back and more so I pretty much was starting over at that point. My starting weight was 212 lbs and I am 5'2.5" so I was way in an obese…
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How do you know when to stop losing?
Hello everyone! I can't believe I am so close to being here. I am down 74.2 pounds, my goal being 75 pounds. My question though is about knowing when to stop losing weight. I picked my goal weight because it was the very top of a healthy BMI, and because 75 pounds sounded like a nice number! Also, this is what I weighed in…
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How do you manage sleep deprivation?
I'm really close to my goal weight, 66 pounds down and 8 lbs (or so) to go. I have 4 young children, including an 8 month old infant, and even though I feel tired a lot of days I always manage to have energy to work out and working out gives me more energy so I like to do it. 3 weeks ago my infant had surgery and ever…
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People not recognizing me
I've lost 60 pounds since January, which is a lot on my 5'2" frame. This week I ran into two different people who I haven't seen for several months who didn't recognize me. At first I didn't understand why the conversation felt so strange until they said something about my weight. Have others had this experience? How did…
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15 pounds from goal, still feel huge!
I've lost 60 pounds now, with 15 pounds left before I hit my goal weight. 15 pounds seems so close... so why do I still feel huge?? Someone at work told me if I lost 15 more pounds I would be all skin and bones (which is really not true, I'm still solidly in the overweight range), and I was thinking they can't be seeing…
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6 months on MFP, 55 lbs lost!
Yesterday was my 6 month "anniversary" logging on MFP. I have lost 55 pounds and I'm feeling amazing! I've lost 8 inches around my hips, 8 inches around my tummy, 5.5 inches around my waist, and 6 inches around my chest. Started at 212, and now I'm 157. I'm 5' 2" so I still have about 20 pounds left to go to reach my goal.…
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When should weight loss slow down?
I started back with MFP 5 months ago almost exactly. I've lost 50 pounds. I am in NO hurry to lose weight. I have 25 pounds left until my goal weight, maybe 35 if I can do it. But the weight has just been falling off of me lately! I think it's because I've been really active with summer. I do log most things and eat back…
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Over halfway there! 39 pounds down
Hello all! I first joined MFP last year and lost 35 pounds. Then unexpectedly got pregnant with baby #4! I always gain a lot when I'm pregnant and this time was no exception. I gained over 45 pounds by the end of pregnancy. By 4 weeks post partum I had only managed to lose 10. So I logged back into MFP and prepared for a…
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No weight loss for 2 weeks... do something different?
Some background on me... I've lost 37 pounds since February 1st and have been losing at a steady rate and I'm thrilled with what I've lost. I have 37 more pounds to go before I'm in a healthy BMI range. I definitely don't expect the next 37 pounds to come off as quickly, but this is the first time in 4 months that my…
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Bruises
This is probably a strange question. I had a baby in January and started back with MFP on February 1st. I've lost 33 pounds. The first month or so I worked out regularly, but not very intensely because I was just getting my body back to normal. The past couple months I've been doing pretty intense HIIT work outs and some…
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Anyone else just have a baby?
My baby is 5 weeks old and I started back with MFP on February 1st. I've lost 5 pounds so far. I'm breastfeeding full-time and have 3 other kids (ages 2, 4, and 6). I definitely find it challenging to eat well and exercise when I'm sleep-deprived and stressed! I had lost 35 pounds on MFP prior to getting pregnant and…
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Extreme hunger
I'm either 6 or 7 weeks pregnant (not totally sure yet), but I've been doing pretty well so far with eating well and exercising 5 times a week. I'm tired, but I'm sticking with it! All of a sudden today, the extreme hunger has hit!! We ordered pizza at work and I was so hungry I just couldn't stop eating. When I got home,…
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New here! 5 weeks pregnant!
Found out a few days ago that I am pregnant with baby #4! This was a surprise, but a happy one. We wanted a 4th baby eventually, but I was trying to reach my weight loss goals first. Well, baby has picked his/her own time so here I am! I am pretty knowledgeable with pregnancy/baby stuff, but I truly have no idea how to be…
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Pregnant... do I have to gain?
Soooo just found out yesterday that I'm pregnant! I've been working my butt off for the past few months and I'm in such GREAT shape so there's that part of me that was bummed to have my progress derailed (BUT I'm also excited, don't get me wrong... this is my 4th baby!). I'm still considered to be in an "obese" BMI range.…
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Significant weight loss week before period?
I always hear people talking about gaining weight before/during periods, but I've been on MFP for just over 100 days now and I've noticed that I lose a pretty significant amount the week before my period.... like 4-5 pounds! Then the week of my period I lose either a small amount or nothing (usually a pound or less), and…
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Confused by TDEE
I keep hearing talk about the TDEE calculator so I decided to try it out (the fitness frog one). I put moderate exercise, since I work out maybe 6 days a week currently but my job is somewhat sedentary. It gave me 2609 calories to maintain. So then if I subtracted 500 calories from that it would be 2100. Am I doing that…
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Non-exercise day food question
I work out 5 days a week. I always take off Tuesdays and Thursdays because I work long days and have 3 kids and I figure a couple off days are probably important. Currently I eat back my exercise calories on all the days I work out and I feel full and happy all day long. But on my non-exercise days, I am starving all day…
