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Eat more to weigh . . . more! Help!
I lost weight succesfully on 1200cals, but it was really hard, and not sustainable in the long run. When I started reading about Eat More to Weigh Less it sounded great. I upped my cals to 1700, took to lifting weights. This was right after Christmas, and I hid my scale, because I knew I would gain some weight initially,…
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Protein powder?
I'm trying to up my protein, but I don't want it to steal all my calories, as I like eating lots of veg and little meat. Are protein shakes OK? They are on the shelf next to those scary metabolism boosting miracle diet pills that I wouldn't touch if you paid me - but am I right in thinking they're not the same, and are…
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Timing meals?
I really like eating at night. I've got into the habit of having only about 300 cals (good, nutritious, real food) each for breakfast and lunch, and a couple of very small snacks. Then in the evening I can push the boat out a bit, have a glass of wine, a nice meal (again, real food) and snack a bit in the evening. I feel…
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Skirt NSV
I am wearing a short skirt for the first time in years and years. Not short short (that's not me at all) but just a little above the knee. The issue was that even at my heaviest I had little twiggy arms and legs, which I had to hide because the marshmallow-with-toothpicks look is really really not a good one. I'd like to…
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Really? Truly?
So I seem to have stalled out on the last 10lb - this is partly because I've been lifting and have something resembling, (admittedly it's a distant resemblance) muscles for the first time in my life. But it's been a while, and I'm a little tired of 1300 calories and eating back exercise calories, so I've been reading up on…
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Do you keep fat clothes?
I have just moved down a jeans size (found a sale - yay!) My plan is to store the too-big-but-still-good-pants on the thoroughly rational principle that as long as they are there I won't need them but the second i take them to the Salvation Army I'll gain all the weight back. This worked previously as a method of…
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NSV - I guess?
Scale isn't budging - but that's OK, because I'm lifting, lean weighs more than fat, I get it. So, I get out the tape measure. My waist in AN INCH BIGGER. !!!!! But my pants are falling off. Totally too big. This makes no sense. And I can't find a belt . . .
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"Last Ten Pounds" question
I've been reading some of the threads on losing the last ten pounds. I get it it's hard, and takes time and patience. That's fine. Lots of the posts recommend lowering goals to 0.5lb a week. Cool, I can do that. But I'm curious as to WHY it's best to slow down. Does anybody know?
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Resistance training calories burnt?
Does anybody know how many calories get burned doing weights? I do about 40 minutes, 4 times a week, 30 reps of a bunch of dumbell things, and I assume quite a lot of calories are getting burned - certainly feel like I've used more energy than for an equivalent time of cardio, and would like to eat back the calories, but…
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dumbell increase?
I need some advice from people who use weights. My 8lb dumbells are getting a little too easy, which is very nice (I know 8lb is super-wussy, but I'm 45 and a woman and have never been in any kind of shape ever in my life, so doing it at all is a big deal for me) so I went and bought myself some 12lb ones, hoping I could…
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Setting activity level?
I walk 10 minutes each way to work, and don't log it. But once I get there my job is pretty much sedentary. At home, well, I do housework, shopping etc - what we all do. I don't know whether I should log as lightly active or as sedentary - I want to be able to log and eat my exercise calories. I'd like to hear from some of…
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Desserts - good grief!
I'm really lucky, in that I don't have much of a sweet tooth (prefer my fat with salt rather than with sugar - cheese is my downfall) so avoiding deserts, cookies, muffins, etc isn't too hard for me. But every now and then I think oh what the heck - have a couple little pieces of pie . . . and oh my goodness is there a lot…
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1200 calorie limit?
I've been tinkering with my goals out of curiosity, and whatever I do it sets my calories at 1200, and tells me I will lose 0.9lb a week, even if I say I want to lose 2lb a week. That's fine, really - heavens knows, I don't want them telling me I can only eat 800 calories a day! But I am curious - does MFP have 1200 as…
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Can you "save up" a calorie deficit?
I don't mean, can I starve myself all week and then gorge on the weekend - that would be stupid. But just occasionally, over two days - like if there's a big Food Event on Friday, can I eat below my calories on Thursday, and then cut loose a bit on Friday? Or is that still a bad idea? I'd be happier doing it before than…
