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Sausages?
Just wondering if anyone has any recommendation for a brand of sausages with a good amount of protein and calories in. The ones I currently have are richmond thick sausages 97 calories but only 4.4 grams of protein. Also, what is the best way to cook them, grilling because it helps get rid of the fat?
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1 year on MFP. Am I on track?
So I've been logging for about 1 year now, and I've been lifting for about 10/11 months. In this time I've lost about 28lbs. I have a 500 calorie deficit everyday and out of the full year I'd say I've probably had about 6-8 weeks 'off' from eating healthy. I know this isn't a yes or no answer but I'm just looking for some…
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Do some people just find it harder to lose weight?
I've been using MFP for 10 months now, starting at 231.7lbs and I'm now roughly at 207/208 ish. I measure all my food on a digital scale, strength train 3x a week and I'll do HIIT on a stationary bike twice a week. So in theory I should be losing at least 1lb a week, but the results don't reflect that. So is it possible…
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Do you ever feel like you'll never lose the weight?
Idk, I know this is probably pretty common but it's so frustrating. I look in the mirror and just think I'll never have a toned athletic body no matter how much I work and eat right. I feel like it's from when I was a child and it's all the comments like 'it's just how you're built' and 'you're not fat just big boned' - it…
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'Exercise doesn't matter for weight loss'
I see a lot of people saying that diet is more important than exercise for weight loss, but why? If I'm on a stationary bike for 30 minutes I burn between 250-300 calories, so over 7 days that's between 1750-2100 calories burned by exercise, which combined with a calorie controlled diet, wouldn't that mean I would be…
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Holiday Jitters
I'm currently on holiday in Spain, and I really wanna go in the pool but I just feel so self conscious about my weight and my body, it's preventing me from going in. Just wondering if anybody has any tips/been able to overcome this?
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Weight training while on a deficit.
Hi, I've been weight lifting for about 5 months now and I'm seeing progress in terms of strength but not very fast. I think I started dead lifting about 30kg for 3x5, and the other day I managed to do 85kg for 2x5 but then today I couldn't even do 1x5 of 85kg, and I'm just wondering what actually effects your strength? Are…
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Am I doing something wrong?
I know this is probably me just worrying about nothing but, I'm 18 years old, 5'10'' and weight 210 pounds. I currently eat around 2000 calories a day, and if I exercise I'll eat back around 50% of the calories burned. But I feel like my body has a pattern off, I'll lose a pound for a week for 4/5 weeks, then I'll have…
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Am I eating enough?
So I'm currently 18, I weigh 210 pounds and I'm 5'11'' (maybe 5'10'') I started MFP around 5 months ago and I've been very consistent with it. I started eating at around 2000 calories but I moved it down to 1900, I work out normally 2/3 days a week doing strength training and then 2 days doing cardio. I normally eat about…
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Lowering BF%
When people say they want to lower their body fat percentage, is this just another way of saying losing fat? From what I've read the only tips I can find are e.g eat healthy at a deficit, exercise, so I presume they mean the same thing?
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weekly meal plans?
I've been struggling with staying under my calorie limit recently, and thought I'd try weekly meal plans ( writing down a set plan for each day of what I'm going to eat and when) and was just wondering if anybody had any success doing this? I'm still planning on hitting my calorie goal, I just think it might work better…
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Struggling to stay under calorie goal
Recently I've been struggling to stay under my calorie goal of 2030 a day, and I don't know why - I've been fine for about 100 days but the past week or two, I've just really struggled and I'll waste like 150-200 calories on some Nutella, it's just frustrating because I feel like it's stalling my progress, so does anybody…
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80% diet 20% exercise?
I see this saying a lot and I'm just wondering is there truth behind it? Just curious as to how it came about/what evidence is to prove it.
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Am I doing something wrong?
I have been on MFP for 90 days now and I've lost around 14lbs. I've been eating at a 2000 calorie limit a day, and been exercising twice a week ( cardio at first but now I'm lifting instead). I don't pay attention to carbs etc but I do pay attention to protein ( I have protein shakes before a workout) Normally I would do…
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85 days later, 14lbs gone.
Hey guys, I have officially lost my 1st stone and wanted to post some pictures. Mainly because I don't see much of a difference but I'm not sure if that's just because I see them a lot. Also, this section has helped keep me motivated a lot so I hope I can do the same for someone I'm no where near done yet, hoping to lose…
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Can anybody lose weight?
In terms of your body, like I feel like I've always been big and it's just my body and it'll never change. Is this the case? I don't have trouble exercising or eating at a deficit.. But there's this constant fear in my mind that maybe I'll just never be able to lose the weight.. Does anybody else feel like this and is it…
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How does my workout routine sound?
I'm an 18 year old guy (weighing 220lbs and I'm 5'9'' tall) and I've been exercising for two months (normally just 25 minutes cycling and then some squats etc two times a week) but now I've decided to do more. This is my new routine: The 9kg means a 9kg kettle bell btw. 7x3 arm curls with 9kg ( each arm) 15x2 swings with…
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Looking for friends.
Hi, I'm a 18 year old guy from Manchester, UK. Looking for friends around my age but it doesn't matter if you aren't, I just want supportive people to be able to communicate with on here and support each other:) I'm trying to lose 40 pounds, I'm 11 pounds down and started at 231 pounds. So if you feel like adding me, feel…
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I just don't feel comfortable..
Since I've started calorie counting and I'm loosing weight - I just don't feel comfortable. It sounds silly but I almost feel like I'm not 'finished' yet and I don't want to go out, and I feel like I look huge on pictures etc. it's weird because I feel like I'll be happy once Ive lost weight and am happy within myself, but…
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Does a calorie deficit guarantee weight loss?
a few weeks ago, I had this one week where I didn't loose anything, not even 0.1 pound - even though I'd had a calorie deficit of 500 calories everyday in the week. So I was just wondering does anybody know why? I presumed eating at a deficit would almost guarantee weight loss. thanks for any responces in advance!
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First deadline/weigh in
When I started exercising and calorie counting, I said I wanted to lose 15 pounds by Christmas (this was 6 weeks ago) and now I can see that I was aiming a little too high in my opinion, but I weighed myself today and I've lost 11 pounds since I started 6 weeks ago. Just thought I'd share as I'm feeling very happy/proud! :)
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No motivation at all..
Recently I've just had no motivation to work out, I'm eating fine and not going over my calorie limit but when it comes to working out I just can't be bothered and I literally have to drag myself to the gym. I've only been on the bike thirteen minutes and I want to leave! Urgh.
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Does it matter what you eat?
Currently, I#m having around 2000 calories a day and I'm not cutting any foods out. I will have some cookies, or some quavers etc If I want them and just make sure I don't go over 200 calories. I'm just wondering, would there be a change in weight loss if i ate say a banana instead of a bag of quavers? or is there just a…
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Small success!
Just a little post really. About a month ago I decided to start calorie counting and eating healthy and it's been a month today since I started weighing myself and I've officially lost 8.3lbs, I know it isn't the biggest victory but to me it's still good because I never thought I'd keep this up so I'm just very happy!!
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My exercise regime - opinions?
Hi I'm new here so I'm not sure if this is in the right section or not but here goes.. I'm an 18 year old guy and I've been large for as long as I remember. I think I've definitely slimmed down over the past few years but I still weigh 230 pounds, I'm 5ft 9 inches tall and were size 38 inch pants. I'm finally going to do…
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Opinion on my fitness plan.
Hi I'm new here so I'm not sure if this is in the right section or not but here goes.. I'm an 18 year old guy and I've been large for as long as I remember. I think I've definitely slimmed down over the past few years but I still weigh 230 pounds, I'm 5ft 9 inches tall and were size 38 inch pants. I'm finally going to do…
