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Big evening meal planned: What do I do during the day?
I have a bit of a dilemma food-wise today. I'm going to an all-you-can-eat Pan-Asian buffet tonight for my friend's birthday and I'll be eating a 'lot' of food which I can't possibly log. The MFP database entry for this place estimates over 800 cals per average plate, meaning that my evening meal alone (about 9pm) will…
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Do you get upset if someone removes you as a friend?
I know I should try not to take it personally, but if I notice someone has removed me as a friend, be it on MFP, Facebook, or whatever, I really take it to heart. As much as I try not to be annoying when I post things, sometimes I lose friends and I feel really guilty that I've made someone so annoyed that they feel they…
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How do you tend to log exercise calories?
As MFP exercise calories tend to be a bit high, how do you tend to log the calories you burn e.g. on machines in the gym etc.? For example the elliptical trainer or the rowing machine. The consensus here (from what I've read) seems to be that both the machines themselves and MFP overestimate the amount of calories burned…
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The consequence of logging- I'm too meticulous!
I've been logging everything and measuring it as accurately as I can for a while now, and it's getting to the stage where I weigh things within an inch of its life, and log it as accurately as I possibly can. It's great because I know exactly what I'm consuming and I'm in control, so when I splurge a bit on crackers/cheese…
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Lost 3.5lbs in one day?! (NOT water weight)
I weighed myself on the scales this morning and they said I was 9st 12 1/2 (138.5 lbs). After I got over the initial surprise (having not been under 10st since I was about 13 years old) I was rather happy that I've finally broken the 10st mark. But then I realised that doesn't really make sense. I weighed myself yesterday…
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Food combinations that you regret trying?
Last weekend I decided to go home for a few days, but I needed to use up a few things at uni that wouldn't survive the weekend. I needed to use up cottage cheese, and I was on a massive Nutella binge at the time, and I'd heard that cottage cheese goes well with sweet foods as well as savoury like fruit. So, as my go-to…
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Scales are broken... how can I measure stuff?
My scales are broken and I'm not going to have chance to buy any more for a few days. Is there any way I can measure stuff reasonably accurately temporarily? There are some things like a 30g portion of cheese or a sweet potato that I've measured enough to estimate it by sight now, but stuff like porridge oats or yoghurt or…
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Logging exercise vs. being 'lightly active'
I currently have my activity level set as 'lightly active' because I spend at least 40 minutes walking to places most days and spend over an hour doing strength training in the gym 3-5 times a week. But some days (like today) I go to the gym alone and those times I do a few minutes on the elliptical/ cross trainer as well.…
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At what point do you consider yourself as having 'binged'?
I've had a stressful day (which I know is no excuse) and when I was waiting for my dinner to cook I decided to let myself have a teaspoon of Nutella. Normally I find Nutella quite sickly so I can't stomach much anyway, but today I just thought sod it and probably ended up having about 4x a recommended portion, if not more.…
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Logging exercise vs. being 'lightly active'
I currently have my activity level set as 'likely active' because I spend at least 40 minutes walking to places most days and spend over an hour doing strength training in the gym 3-5 times a week. But some days (like today) I go to the gym alone and those times I do a few minutes on the elliptical/ cross trainer as well.…
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Craving healthy food after pizza?
If you look at my previous post you'll see that I had pizza tonight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1294745-how-many-calories-should-i-log-my-pizza-as However, now I'm back, I feel like the pizza didn't fill me up and I'm really craving some fruit and yoghurt or some vegetables or something healthy! The thing is…
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How many calories should I log my pizza as?
My dancing society at uni are having a 'last session of the year' party and they're ordering in pizza from a restaurant nearby. I've been fine with calories recently so I thought I'd treat myself and have the pizza with them. I know it's not good to estimate calories because it can prove very inaccurate, but I really don't…
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Should I eat 'lightly active' calories on 'sedentary' days?
I've set my diary at 'lightly active' because I've been told that my 50 minute (on average) walk to lectures every day and (beginners') weightlifting in the gym 4-5 times a week counts as lightly active and not sedentary. So MFP has set my goal at 1500. I was going to go to the gym today but I decided not to because I…
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Should I eat before bed just to reach 1200?
I have been eating on average 1100 calories for the past week or so. I'm by no means starving myself, I have just been choosing healthy foods during the day, but I always make sure that I won't be going hungry. I'm more active than I used to be (walking average 40 minutes to lectures every day and learning weightlifting in…
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Should I eat before bed just to reach 1200?
I have been eating on average 1100 calories for the past week or so. I'm by no means starving myself, I have just been choosing healthy foods during the day, but I always make sure that I won't be going hungry. I'm more active than I used to be (walking average 40 minutes to lectures every day and learning weightlifting in…
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Why are flaked almonds so unhealthy?
I heard that almonds are good for you. I'm really not a fan of nuts at all (I only like coconut and hazelnuts) but I can tolerate almonds so I bought some flaked ones today because I need to find ways to boost my protein. But according to the packet on 25g portion (a 1/4 of the bag) contains 161 calories, 14g of fat, 1.1g…
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Have I completely ruined everything?
I've been doing so well at not buying junk food for weeks so I don't eat it, but this week I have so many essays due and so much work that I let myself buy some chocolate and cookies. The cookies are those big ones and they come in bags of 5. I just ate all 5 this afternoon and I looked into how many calories the bag is…
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How many friends do you have?
I was just wondering how many friends you guys have on MFP before you feel like you have a strong support 'community'. I have 25 and although most of them are great it often feels a bit quiet, especially recently. Has anybody else noticed that? Maybe it's just me I did appear to lose a couple over the new year, maybe I'm…
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Eating too much sugar?
I've just swapped logging sodium intake, because I've noticed that my sodium intake is always well within the boundaries, and sugar is always way too high. I understand why it's so high on days where I've eaten something sweet (like sweets or chocolate) but even without these I'm way over. If you look at my diary you'll…
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Is anyone else struggling a little bit with self-motivation?
I've been trying really hard in the 6 weeks I've been here and I lost in total about 4 lbs. I weighed myself on Thursday night and I was 148 lbs again! Since then I've been tempted to eat stuff and because I've literally gained back all the weight I've lost in a whole month in a couple of days, which means that every time…
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Sounds weird...but does anybody want to be my friend?
I've only been on MFP a couple of weeks and I'm really shy about all this stuff (and to be honest I'm actually dieting without my parents knowing because they think I don't need to) so I wondered if anybody wanted to be my friend? I'm still in absolute awe of people who have lost weight because if you look at my profile…
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Why am I gaining weight?
I joined MyFitnessPal about 2 weeks ago and since then I've been counting calories on it. I've been putting in absolutely everything I eat each day, and I've been avoiding unhealthy stuff, and eating loads of fruit and veg. I've cut down on bread as well. They set my maximum as 1320 cals per day and minumum 1200. I've…
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Why am I gaining weight?
I joined MyFitnessPal about 2 weeks ago and since then I've been counting calories on it. I've been putting in absolutely everything I eat each day, and I've been avoiding unhealthy stuff, and eating loads of fruit and veg. I've cut down on bread as well. They set my maximum as 1320 cals per day and minumum 1200. I've…
