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Need friends with open diary
Hi! I use to use MFP religiously for 5 years straight. Lost 85lbs. Was in the best shape of my life and lifting weights. Diagnosed with a horrible chronic illness. I can’t exercise. I’ve gained the entire weight back and more. I need to learn all over again how to do this again ... without exercise. So anyone with a open…
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Advice Needed :(
Back in 2012 I started my MFP journey. It began as tracking calories and eating what I wanted, working out daily, and losing weight. From there it became a shift in diet to healthy food and weight lifting. I lost 80 lbs but somewhere along the line I became obsessive and developed anorexia. I got down to 97 lbs. I went to…
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What do I do? I want to cry!
Back a couple years ago I started MFP. It was so easy in the beginning I wondered why everyone couldn't lose weight and why I hadn't done it sooner. I started at 200lbs and it just fell off. I soon developed an obsession with the scale going down and in the end was left with anorexia at 97lbs. After a year I began binging.…
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Rollar skating calories?
In going to a Rollar skating rink tonight 7-9:30pm. Obviously won't be on the floor the entire time and will be going different paces. I don't have any kind of fitbit or anything. So I was wondering how many calories roughly skating would burn for a 5'2 118lb female such as myself. When I type skating into MFP exercise it…
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Paleo, weight gain, bloodwork. Help!
I mostly want to do a Paleo diet, so if anyone who's currently doing that can help thats awesome. Non Paleo eater advice is more than wanted too! It's amusing. I've done so much research on primal/Paleo and that type of eating and such. I was SO successful at it. I am struggling so freakin bad with a unsatisfiable appetite…
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A year of lifting!
It's been a long year. And even though I've gained back a lot of my weight lost. I'm still killing it in the gym! Before and after:
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How to go back to low calories
A little background. I lost 70lbs a couple years ago eating 1200 calories. I was maintaining for awhile. I eventually started lifting and putting on weight. Which the up in calories made me start binging and binging bad. We're talking 7,000 calorie a day binges at my worst. The plus side? I gained muscle. The bad? I've put…
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Never full. Help.
3 years ago I began my weight loss journey at 165lbs. Over a years time I was able to get down to 100lbs which I admit at 5'2 was a little underweight. So I started lifting weights and put back on a little more weight and muscle. But now I'm out of control. I'm never full. I'm always hungry. No matter what I eat. I've put…
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Is it okay if I "binge" my calories at night before bed?
I eat pretty healthy during the day I guess. I use to be a binge eater. And I still get bad cravings at night. So I've been leaving calories so I can still binge on certain junk or snack foods. I never go over my calorie goal, but I hear its bad to eat before bed? Is this a myth? As long as I am in my goal I can eat when…
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Losing and maintaining muscle
I've worked at a surplus lifting for two years now. Now 40lbs up I want to lose fat. What's my best strategy for maintaining muscle when I'm limited to two days at the gym. Protein?
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Trying not to throw in the towel
I lost 65lbs three years ago. It was so easy. Suddenly Started struggling with binging. Two years and still packing on the pounds and white knuckling eating day to day. Been on medications, to therapy, and everything in between and I just am never full and never satisfied. I want to give up. I don't know what to do Ugh.…
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Eating your goal maintenance to lose weight
Anyone tried this? Setting your MFP to your Maintenance calories for your goal weight and eating that to lose more slowly? Does it work?
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Can anyone help me.
I started losing weight a few years ago. I went from 168lbs to 105lbs. I am 5'2. Everything was great until I hit the paleo fad a year later. It was amazing for about 8 months. I was lean and had a six pack and felt wonderful but I suddenly started binging. Two years later and 50lbs heavier I still continue to binge or…
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Success Story destroyed, and remade
Two and a half years ago I started my journey at 170lbs. Over the course of those years I lost a whopping 80lbs. I had begun to get underweight, down to 100lbs and to the point where my body crashed and I began binging. I gained back 30 of those pounds. Under control and hopeless. I still fight a daily battle, every single…
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Please need advice. Gaining weight 8mnths
So over the course of two years I went from 170lbs to 100lbs. I was in maintenance. Liftinf heavy. Doing some cardio. It was so easy to lose the weight slowly just eating what I wanted in moderation to my calorie goal. I started having blood sugar issues from eating like crap, though. So I jumped on the primal like…
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Anyone got FitBit Flex that can help me?
Did a bit of searching online/the forum for answers to a few questions I have but none are specific enough for me. Setting up my fitbit flex today, plan to sync to to MFP. Questions -- 1 - If I sync it to MFP, I'm doing the TDEE method of maintenance right now. Will it add back calories and what should I do about this?…
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Why are my muscles smaller?
What the hell, can you guys help me out? A few months ago I took the picture on the left, then a few weeks ago I started binging .. which means eating a surplus In which I said okay .. and started lifting heavier to compensate. The picture on the right is from yesterday!! Why does it look like Ive lost loads of mass? (big…
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Ok. Where the hell do I go from here?
Going to try to keep this short and sweet as possible and still get in all the information needed so no one has to read a long story & will have some advice. :) Never had an issue with eating, always was thin and active. Graduated highschool and for 5 years I gained all my weight eating care-free and like a normal human…
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Educate me about Carbs
I'm so confused and there's so much information online / topics on forums / articles / etc. all saying different things. I started my weight loss over a year and a half ago, my diet was like 50 - 70% carbs mostly from processed foods. I lost 65LBS, consistently losing 1 - 2lbs every week and my only exercise was…
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Do you think Ive gained..?
Ive been on a huge two week binge of 6,000+ calories every other day due to physical and emotional issues... I've resolved it for the most part and have kept it at bay for a week, but I cannot tell the damage I've caused. Mathematically, I should have put on 5 pounds, the scale says over 14 right now due to the huge…
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Can anyone help me? ( A rant, looking for opinions )
This is long, so bear with me.. I know most people on MFP are not nutritionists and have their own opinions .. but thats all Im looking for, your honest opinions and personal experiences. In a respectful manner. Anyway, over a year ago I started losing the weight. After doing the exercising to eat more, eating whatever I…
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What the heck is going on with my body/appetite?
The past few weeks I have been ravenous, I cannot stop thinking/obsessing over eating / feeling hungry. I havent changed the way I am eating at all, I have been eating the same way for months now ( Natural foods only, for health reasons .. not weight loss. Lost all my weight on icecream and processed foods....) I keep…
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Looking for 16:8 friends!
Posted this in a fasting group but didnt get any responses, figured I'd try here too! I recently started 16:8 yesterday and I'm looking to add friends with open diaries who do the same!! :)
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Anyone afraid to bulk?
I've lost over 65lbs now. Woo. Go me. I look great in clothes but I am super skinny fat underneath. I have a huge Buddha belly and I hate it. I'm already almost underweight bmi so I'm not sure what else to do. Started strength training but haven't been eating over maintenance. Noob gains have stopped. Now I'm stuck. After…
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Talk Nutrition/Macros to me?
Over the past almost year and a half, I've lost over 60LBS eating under goal. I ate whatever foods I wanted regardless of how bad and unhealthy - and did not track macros. I would chronically do the elliptical at the gym for hours on end to eat more. This worked for me to lose weight, but now I am much more curious about…
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How to deal with ravenous hungry after upping calories?
edit: woops typo. ravenous hunger* Anyway, I was eating at 1235 - 1250 calories for a few months at the last few pounds. I am starting to raise my calories to maintenance ( very slowly, too ) but it appears that upping my calories, no matter how gradual, is kick starting my metabolism, or my leptine levels, or something.…
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Goal Reached! 65LBS down! - With pics!
5'2, 21yrs 400 days - ate what I wanted under goal & did the elliptical twice a week. Easy peasy! Now onto body recomp!
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How many calories to gain muscle?
I'm 5'2 & 21 years old. I got down to 110LBS eating a typical whatever I want diet & am now down to 103LBS on Primal. I'd like to gain muscle and be lean .. as I am HORRIBLY skinny-fat right now. ( Mostly my stomach .. its a fricken pot belly yet im skinny? ) Goal set to 1700 calories but most days was under, so that's why…
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Give me some info & what are your macros?
I was attempting primal/paleo for a few weeks. I enjoyed the low carb & sugar, as well as cutting out processed foods / grains / etc. After two weeks I did good on a general basis, and felt better, but realized its not a long term thing for me. Id like to be more relaxed and "eat clean" instead of restrictive. Still going…
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Im feeling hopeless and want to give up
ive struggled with binge eating almost my entire life. Its how I got almost 70lbs over weight, as I would eat literally 5,000 calories a meal until I almost puked. I have been doing good over the course of the year with eating what I want in moderation, and Ive had a few slip ups .. okay, a lot of slip ups, but Ive still…
