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Don't sure what to do anymore
I have fiddled and messed with my MFP goals etc for weeks and weeks now, and I'm getting no where. After moving my goal to 1/2 a pound a week I didn't see much difference. When I started eating LESS, like 1700 a day I briefly went back down to 150 or so, but then with all my exercise that is having me not net much. So if…
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Thank you MFP for my spicy chicken sandwich! :-D
I never eat fast food. I'm actually surprised as to how much I see it on MFP. I don't really care for it.....but I do LOVE me some Chickfila! I just finished blazing through my second spin class today and had 1200 calories left for the day! I had the kids...we were all tired, hungry, and covered in sweat. So we rolled…
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Up an inch in waist? Can sodium bloat do this?
It was my birthday this past weekend, and hubby did a triathlon...so lots of celebrating. I had a few high sodium/calorie meals. My measurements on my thighs and hips seem to be the same but I've added an inch/inch and a half almost around my waist. AHHHHH! I haven't gone on the scale as to not freak myself out as there…
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calories in a pork chop
We grilled some boneless pork chops at lunch today and I put some in my salad. It was 5.5oz. I looked it up with MFP and the calories were all OVER the place..from 323 calories to 170 calories and some in between. How do I figure this out???
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Hungry and frustrated
After eating more of my exercise calories for a couple of weeks I have put on weight and feel yuck. Every other website but this one says that for someone that's highly active should eat between 1600-1900 calories a day. No one else mentions eating over 2000 calories a day to "net" anything. I have been careful about…
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Thought I'd finally upload some oldie pics. :-)
I don't have time to photobucket, so you'll have to go under my profile pictures, but I uploaded some old pictures before I discovered spinning and not eating whatever i wanted. LOL! I am a little over 200 pounds in two of the pictures. The one with my hubby I'd say I was in the 190's? 180's? Now I'm down to the 150's…
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I need some new ideas. This isn't working.
I know that we are supposed to net a minimum of 1200 or our BMR which for me is I think 1400 something. This is very hard some days as I have such a high burn from working out/working. I've been told many times to eat more, and sometimes I need to eat well over 2000 just to net properly...and that's not even eating back…
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Ladies in the 130's! How many calories do you net?
Hey guys! I'm 5ft 6in and my goal weight is around 135. For those around the same height, what is your weekly calorie goal? Thanks!!
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Walden Farms calorie free food?
Has anyone else tried this line? I saw it in the store and thought what the heck. The ranch and thousand island are really good. The honey dijon and chocolate sauce were AWFUL I thought. They have tons of stuff...PB, marshmallow sauce, lots of salad dressings...oh, I got the spicy and thick bbq sauce and that's pretty good…
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Peanut butter with your brown rice? Who knew?!
Seriously I love MFP. I was on a thread about PB and someone said they eat it in their brown rice. My initial reaction was shock and repulsion. But I love PB on everything else...so I mixed some into my rice today...and it's AWESOME! It's official...PB can go on ANYTHING and make it better. Soooooo yummy!
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Eating at your "goal" weight?
I went on fitnessfrog.com and put in my stats, giving it how many minutes I spend doing all my activities a day. I fiddled around and then decided to put in my goal weight of 135 pounds. It came up as 2053. Would it be possible for me to get to that weight if I just ate that every day? Would you just skip adding calories…
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Is the goal to net 1200 or net your daily calorie goal?
In order for me to net 1200 calories I have to eat a lot, as I workout a bunch for work...but the losses are still horribly, horribly slow. Like almost non-existent. Is the goal to net my daily goal of 1510 calories? Or just to be over the magic 1200? Thanks for checking!
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Any women losing while eating over 2000 calories?
Hey friends. I went on the Fat 2 Fit website and with my level of activity and info I should be eating between 2400-2600 calories a DAY. I have lost inches/pant sizes but not much actual weight while eating more...I don't know if eating this much would make me gain or actually lose more...seems like a lot though. Anyone…
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"Snack-sized" McFlurrys can kiss my.....
Soooo mad that I did NOT check this out before hand. The past couple of days I've gone over calories. Not a huge deal. I was visiting my parents and did very well the rest of the week...today...was the 8 hour car ride home with me, two sons, and puppy. In the minivan. LOL! I never. Ever. Ever eat fast food. But it was road…
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Gaining water weight after a road trip?
Is it possible/normal to gain a lot of water weight the day of a long distance car ride? I hoped on the scale before my shower and was up 6lbs. I know that isn't fat. Could it have anything to do with the travel? Thanks!
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Pizza equals a heavy gut!
Geez Louise! I had one splurge on my vacation. Had a lot of pizza with the family last night and was up 4 pounds this morning. I'm assuming it's sodium and food weight....but holy cow! I didn't think it was going to make that big of a difference!
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How should I treat this next week?
Tomorrow my little boys and I are driving to Ohio for a week, to visit my parents. My mom has already made some of our meals in a crockpot...no idea how to measure that....and I won't have the gym. Just walking/maybe a couple of runs. Should I move my calories to maintenance for this next week? Move it to lightly active…
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UGH! Trying not to eat the whole pantry!
This is the combo from H-E-double hockey sticks. It's TOM, I'm bored, and my 3 year old is sick, so we can't leave the house. I am trying all I can not to eat the whole pantry! I did 30DS downstairs while the boys watched cartoons this morning to give me SOME calories to eat back...but all the water and gum in the world is…
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Eating more...losing inches!
Does starvation mode exist? Yes it sure does. After almost two years of huge deficits and no loses...and even gains....I started eating back a majority of my exercise calories and I'll be darned..... Week 1 waist 30 hips 39 1/2 thigh 21 Week 3 waist 28 hips 38 1/3 thigh 19 1/2 Week 5 waist 28 hips 38 1/3 thigh 20 Week 7…
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Help figuring out the calorie balance
Hi friends. On days like today, I have a hard time figuring out what is just way to much food, and how much of my calories I need to eat back. Thursdays are my nutty days. I have two spin classes plus long walks with the puppy. I've already logged 2,000 calories, but I'm still WAAAY under my daily goal. Is going over 2,000…
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If every day were like today....
I swear I want to throw my computer every time MFP says that to me. It's lies! All lies!!! Bwahahahaha!! Every day IS like today, gosh darnit, and I am NOT 143 pounds! :devil:
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Stay at home Moms!
Hey ladies! :-) I was wondering what activity level you are set? I'm on the computer quite a bit...obviously....LOL, but the rest of the day I'm chasing the boys, picking up, chores, errands etc. I was set at sedentary though since I was sitting quite a bit. What activity level are YOU? I'm considering upping mine. Thanks!
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Activity level???
I am a stay at home mom when not teaching classes. I have a HRM and I log my exercise classes/walking the dog with it and I have myself at sedentary. I'm on the computer a lot, but also cleaning the house/errands etc. Am I sedentary or lightly active? It makes a big difference with my daily calories!
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Can I still consider it a loss?
I was wondering when a loss is considered to be a solid LOSS. I was finally FINALLY down to 150. (someone please look at my exercise/food and tell me why I'm not smaller than this! UGH!) But now I'm bouncing around 151-152. I know that we can change with water etc, so am I really NOT 150. Did I gain a couple of pounds?…
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A big NSV for me last night!
For the first time in a number of weeks, I let it all go and got what I wanted at the restaurant we went to yesterday. I didn't want to order the veggies with no butter. Not again. I wanted fries and coleslaw, and gosh darn-it I deserved it! :-D Problem would always come after that. I would think, " My day is shot. Might…
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Do I eat the chicken wings?
Sooooo....last night my husband brought home my favorite buffalo wings. I looked around on line, and I'd imagine they'd be around 150 calories each. They are pretty big. I am only netting 771 calories at this point. I taught two spin classes, and did some long walks with the dog. I know I need to eat some more, but I don't…
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I don't know how to calibrate this meal!
I'm finding this annoying! We went to California Pizza Kitchen and I got a full Chinese Chicken salad. It says on the site it's around 700 calories, BUT I got it without wontons, and I got the dressing on the side. I barely used any of the dressing. Most of it was still in the heaping bowl they put it in. So basically it…
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Forced into eating a cupcake
I TRIED! My girlfriend's daughter had her birthday at a Japanese hibachi grill tonight. I was good and did NOT have the hibachi, but ordered sushi instead. Still the calorie count was high..ish. BUT then she brought an onslaught of cupcakes. One for everybody. EVERYONE had one...so unless I was going to be Debbie Downer I…
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Ugh. So close!
I hopped on the scale last night at like 9pm. It said 153.2 or something. So I'm thinking AWESOME! I may be below 152 finally first thing. TOM is now gone, and this is late at night! Hop on scale this morning, very excited for a weight in....153.4. HUH? What? OI VEY! So close to having a loss finally. Has this happened to…
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Still losing inches...not weight
So this is interesting. In my eating more experiment, I seem to still be losing inches...but my weight shot up over 3 pounds again...I'm at the very end of TOM so I'm not sure why that's still the case...praying it's still water weight...but it's saying I've lost 2 1/2 inches off my waist and an inch and a half I think off…
