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Recommitting - the app still works!
I’ve been on here a very long time. I joined in my mid-50’s, having never been on a diet before. I was just heading into the ‘overweight’ BMI category, with healthy eating habits and an active lifestyle. But I’d drifted into high calorie ‘healthy’ snacking before dinner (nuts) and too large portion sizes. My original plan…
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What happened to macros?
I used to be able to get a bar chart that gave me my daily calorie intake broken down by macros. I could get it by day, week, or month. That is very helpful to me because I know that if my carbs are over 40% I gain weight no matter how few calories I eat. Where did it go? Is it gone after the website redesign when we went…
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Yes MFP helps
I had pretty much maintained for 9 years until COVID. Always good healthy weight. Then I dropped ten pounds and gained 15 - suddenly my pants were tight despite a lot of daily exercise. I also quit logging - it wasn’t influencing my eating (I thought) and I knew the drill. Well. Restarted logging a month ago. Lost 7 pounds…
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Logging again
Hi all - I had logged for 9 years (May 2012). My weight was fine and I wasn’t using MFP to change my eating. Hit a wall in October and decided to take a break after logging everything for almost 10 years. I am back! I need to drop some pandemic weight. I am at my original weight loss goal but up from my low point. My hips…
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Back after break
Greetings all! After logging everything for something like 7 years I took a break back in October. It was refreshing, though I habitually reached for my phone to log for weeks after quitting. I had quit logging because I knew it no longer influenced my eating - those good habits were well ingrained. And it hasn’t. No gain.…
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Taking a break from logging after 8 years
Greetings All - I am taking a break from logging. I logged every single thing I ate for over 3000 days. I lost my goal of 35 pounds, dropped a few pounds and gained a bit but came back to that range for almost all of the last 8 years. I am still in that zone now (BMI, 22.7). It's probably been more than a year since…
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Missed a day! Maintenance forever.
Looking at my log today I realized that 87 days ago I must have missed one day logging. Almost 1900 before then. Bummer! Have no idea what happened. (Well besides the world. ) I have lost maybe 14 pounds since the pandemic started. I have logged every day (I thought) but am less motivated to do so. Logging has little…
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Inexplicable weight gain
After six plus years of successful maintenance, I'm having trouble. I log and all the numbers looks good. But for the past year, every time I travel, I gain 5 pounds. These are short trips and I log the whole time - I know I'm not over-eating. I figure it's water from salt and flying (my ankles blow up like balloons). It…
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National Weight Control Registry
I just finished the survey for my fifth year in National Weight Control Registry. You've likely all read how hard it is to maintain. This registry only enrolls people who have lost 30 pounds and kept it off a year. They are trying to figure out successful maintenance strategies. Before I started my first (and only) diet, I…
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Just passed 2400 days: Pondering
I clicked on my home page and found I've logged continuously for more than 2400 days. Every. Single. Meal. I've actually logged a few months longer - I traveled to South Africa for three weeks, logged everything, but didn't have internet access so it didn't 'count'. Good thing is that - well, I lost the weight I wanted to…
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Long timers: I need help after six years (yes, TMI will be involved)
I had successfully maintained for six years until January. At that point I put on 10 pounds and ran into two problems. I'm looking for help. The weight came on very suddenly but I haven't been able to lose it. That has happened to me several times after traveling over the years, but it's always gone away. It felt like…
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Long term frustration
I have been logging and maintaining for 5 years. I had lost 38 pounds. Around a year ago I did some traveling and gained 5 pounds (I'm 160 now, which is a fine weight for me: BMI 23, I'm 5'10"). But I like it better at 150-155 range. I often would gain 5 pounds after traveling, even though I logged, but it would always…
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You know you've been doing this a long time when . . .
You find you've already entered your family recipe for Christmas pudding. Last year. And you?
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Recent problem with Apple Watch steps
I've been using a fitbit then an apple watch to count steps and adjust my calories for four years. Apple watch always worked fine and my 5 miles/10K steps would earn me a few hundred extra calories. In the last few months (fuzzy here), I'm getting around 30 calories for them. I do not understand why. Says I've earned 380…
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banjo fat
I had gained 5 pounds this last winter for reasons I could not fathom. I was logging meticulously. I was exercising. I was alway under my net calorie goals. Confirmed tonight what I had suspected. Last October I changed from a fitbit zip (worn on my belt) to an apple watch (worn on my right wrist). Figured out tonight that…
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Losing again after 4 years of maintenance
After 4 years of maintenance, I gained 5 pounds over the winter. I've been back on a deficit for two months. Noticed a couple of things . . . * It's a lot harder to lose weight when you're really close to your idea weight than when you start off 40 pounds away from it. I knew that was true when I was losing to start with,…
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Puzzled by lower calories after deficit
When I was losing weight 4 years ago, I was set for a pound a week and at my lowest was at 1230 calories (net). I've maintained, but drifted up four pounds over winter and want to drop back into my range. I reset to losing a pound a week and it has me at 1200. But that's more than the 500 calorie a day deficit it used to…
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Things I still don't understand . . .
I've been maintaining a few years. One thing I still do NOT understand. I'll be at a stable weight, probably slightly at the high end of my range. I'll have a high calorie day - yesterday I was hungry and went 500 over the day (I'm fine for the week). And the next day my weight will DROP. Like drop 4 pounds. It happens…
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Just curious about how you log
I have logged everything since I've been on MFP (3+ years). I skip lettuce on hamburgers sometimes and never log tea or water, but basically, if I eat it, I log it. I find it helpful. I don't like sharing my diary because it makes me self-conscious (and tempts me to lie on it), so I rarely see anyone else's diary.…
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Interesting piece for people who sometimes binge
I thought someone else might find this piece as interesting as I did. It's a study of the development of insulin resistance. The study is small, but well designed. The key finding that I think is relevant here is that the volunteers - who were sedentary, completely monitored, and fed 6000 calories a day for a week - were…
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Finally had to drop back to deficit - My Aha! moment
I've been on MFP four years. Lost my weight in 6 months and have maintained since. I've had a 5 pound range - 150 to 155 pounds. I dropped under that last summer and had to up my calories. Last January I traveled for 3 weeks and, although I swear I logged everything and stayed under my calories, I moved up to the top of my…
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Clothes during transition
I have been in maintenance for 3 years and don't hang out on the General Diet and Weight Loss Forum any more, but . . . One of the issues that came up when I was losing was when to buy new clothes. This is a particularly big deal if you're cheap (me) or have a lot to lose (my sisters, brother-in-law, and husband - all…
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It's more than weight and looks
I was just going through my medical records and checked my resting heart rate over the last 8 years. As soon as I lost weight 3 years ago, my resting heart rate dropped about 20 beats per minutes - 25%. I was always in the healthy range, but that's pretty impressive. BTW, I'm not a gym rat. I used to walk every day and I…
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I can't get my protein up
I'm trying to keep my carbs under 40%, because that is important for my maintenance. Easiest way to do that is to up my protein and to some extent fat. But I'm having an awful time. I've been trying for 3 weeks. I have eggs and fruit or plain yogurt and granola with fruit for breakfast. I usually have some kind of meat…
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Screwing up my macros?
I've been logging 3 years and have maintained fine. My food is healthy - not refined, home cooked, lots of veggies and fruits, etc. BUT I am trying to change my macros to increase calories from protein and lower calories from carbs to under 40%. You'd think I'd know how to do that, but I keep getting stuck. My carbs are…
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For oldtimers - an MFP question
Lots of maintainers have been here a long time. Has the site slowed substantially since it was sold to UnderArmour and they did the last update? I feel like it hangs when I want to select a food and takes a long time load with all the animated ads. I've taken to doing all my logging on my phone. Although you can now see…
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1000 days of logging tomorrow
And it was actually longer than that, because I went on a 3 week overseas trip a few months in, logged every day on my phone, but didn't have internet. I haven't missed any meals and I don't think even snacks. I certainly have tried not to - and have woken up in the morning, realized something I'd missed the day before,…
