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Ddi anyone change their activity level to match exercise int
MFP people, did any of you change your activity level in mfp to match your exercise? I changed mine to be more active, because I am working out 5 to 6 days a week, with spin, running, walking strength etc, and using my polar burning the calories. I think the 1530 it had me set on was too low and I was starving a lot! And…
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Did anyone gain when starting to eat execise calories
I was just wondering if anyone gained when eating exercise calories, I started eating more two weeks ago and stopped my flipp flopping the same 4 pounds and when from 205 back to 197. When I started eating a little more last week went up to 201, and this am I am now 206? I did more strength training last week, and I know…
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May be a dumb question but if you are losing
May be a dumb ? But I have been gaining and losing the same 4 pounds since May (well mid may) And I have only lost .2 really since May 21st. But my clothes keep getting looser and my waist went from 39 to 36 since May 21st and lost an inch off my hips and thighs. So is this a plateau or not? Or is my body readjusting. I…
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Urgh so frustrated
I am so tired of losing and gaining the same pounds over and over, It has been since April of going from 204 to 199. Then the last month staying at 204 finally to 200 back to 204 and last week got to 199.7, Now back to 202 urgh. I wish I could make this end. Yes I have given in to some pms cravings in the last week but…
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How do you cut back on sugar
I am trying to cut back on sugar, but I find it is in everything. Urgh. Even organic greek yogurt flavored has a lot, and so many things have high fructose corn syrup. What do you eat to cut back on sugar? I am going to try one more time but it seems as if I carve it way more when I try to cut back. But I notice a gain in…
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did you gain when first starting to eat exercise calories
I just started eating my exercise calories last week. I lost 5.3, last week but this week noticed I am up 1.8. i heard sometimes you gain a little when first starting to eat exercise calories. I know for sure I was undereating before but my dr insisted I stay at 1500 calories even though I worked out 6 days a week, with a…
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How long did it take the scale to catch up?
Just curious since May 14th I went from a 40 inch waist to a 36 inch waist, went from a size 18 to a loose 14. But I have bounced back and forth from 204 to 199 ever since! How long until the scale finally caught up for you> I am glad to lose inches but I would like to get below 199 and stay there and stop bouncing back…
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wondering who has been in gain/lose cycle and for how long?
I have been gaining and losign the same 4 pounds since the end of April. I am losing inches. But I bounce between 204 to 199. and that is weekly. One week I will be 200, the next 204, the next 199, then back up to 204. Did anyone break the cycle? and how long did it last?
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need ideas on how to switch up my wkts to end gain/lose cycl
So I think my problem is my body is really used to my workouts. I normally do spin 3 days a week, weights about 2 to 3 days for about 20 to 30 minutes. On my non spin days, I do the arc trainer at different intervals of fast and slow with varied resistance, or the elliptical, or the arc trainer and then I usually run on…
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Started eating back exercise calories and gained
So I started eating back my exercise calories Friday and I gained 4 pounds urgh! I have been flip flopping this same stupid 4 pounds since April. Granted tom is due Monday, but I never gained before it came ever, I usually use. This is frustrating I want this back and forth 4 pounds to go away. granted I feel better now…
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For those who first started eating back thier exercise calor
So I have been on this gain lose cycle for weeks, and I just started eating more of my exercise calories. I workout 5 days a week, including spin three days,and was always hungry. I was set a goal of 1500 and usually ate about 1600 or 1700, but most of the time just at 1500. I thought it was my diabetes for a while, but…
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Any suggestions on a good low sugar yogurt
I want to redcue sugar and I like vanilla greek yogurt, but I hat plain yogurt unless I use it like sour cream. But they all have a lot of sugar. Did anyone find a lower sugar yogurt or know the acceptable amount of sugar in a yogurt?
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Is gaining and losing the same pounds over and over again a
Just wondering if I have been gaining and losing the same pounds over and over again for Since the end of May is that a plateau? I have been losing inches though
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How do you keep yourself from not being frustrated?
Ever since the end of April I keep gaining and losing the same 4 pounds. I can not get below 199 to save my life. I was over 300 pounds and that weight came off pretty quick in fact in the last year I lost 97 pounds and I lost pretty much every single week. i have upped calories, stay at the target rate, chnage up cardio,…
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the whole exercise calorie thing
I know it is often said to eat them by many. But for some reason that is super scary to me. I am not even sure what to eat to get that much. And I am sure mfp overestimates calorie burn. I have a hrm. I do spin three days a week and other cardio and weights the other two days. I have been gaining and losing the same 4…
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Did calorie cycling work for those of you on a plateau or ga
Trying calorie cycling starting today to see if it ends this lose gain cycle. I noticed I pretty much eat about the same calorie daily. MFP gives me 1530 and I usually eat 1600 to 1630 and occaisionally 1700 or 1800. I went to free dieting.com and it agrees wtih my bmr that mfp gave of 1614. I exercise 5 days a week. do…
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How often do you do weights and for how long
I need to do more weight training. How often do you do lift weights, and for how long. I need to work on my core and tone my triceps more.
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Can someone look at my diary and see if they can help me wit
I did have three birthday parties this past week and a half, but I have been gaining and losing the same 4 pounds since May and would like some help please. thanks! I am still learning, and trying to improve my diet thanks!
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Gain lose cycle
I am still trying to find out if someone broke the gain lose cyle. Since May I have gained and lost the same 4 pounds. I will 199 and then withina day or so be right back at 204. Then it takes me weeks to get back to 199. But since May 14th I have lost 3 1/2 inches from my waist. I exercise 5 days a week, three of those…
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Why am I hungrier on non exercise days
I seem to be starving on my non exercise days, and not that hungry except at breakfast and right before dinner if at all on my exercise days. I just wwondering why that it?
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Has anyone been able to stop the gaining and losing the same
I have been gaining and losing the same 4 pounds for about two months now, and it is driving me nuts. I have increased cardio, decreased cardio, used weights, ate more calories for a few days and cut back, cut back sodium, drank more water, decreased carbs uppsed protein, but nothing has worked. I can never get below 199.…
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Anyone gain and lose the same punds but lose inches?
For the last two months I have gained and lost the same 4 pounds, yet I am losing inches in the last four weeks I have lost 2 inches off my waist. and the pants I bought are now very loose. Yet I gain and lose these four pounds. I have tried eating less, eating more, changing exercise, increasing cardio decreasint cardio,…
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Weight Gain Loss Cycle Need Help
I need help. I have been doing WW for a while and lost 89 pounds in almost a year. I was doing well for a while, then in January my exercise routine changed due to life issues. Instead of exercising my usual 5 days a week with spin most of those days and couch to five k three days. I walked most days of the week about 4…
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Anyone have hormonal weigh fluctuations
Just wondering if anyone else is like me. Every month I will lose big before TOM, then when it arrives I gain like 4 to 5 pounds and it takes me a week to get that off. Then i finally lose a little and then gain and then lose. It is do frustrating, It just started the last four months a clocklike pattern. My labs check out…
