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Weighing food and cooking for two?
So I live with my other half and I cook our meals together but I'm unsure how I accurately weigh my food? Tonight for instance I cooked a chow mein stir fry. I weighed out my noodles, meat and vegetables before cooking but then had to cook them all together with my boyfriends portion, so how do I know what I'm actually…
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What strength training should I be doing?
I'm 5'3", female, 134 lbs, eating 1200 cals a day and exercising on a stationary bike for 30 mins a day. I've lost 4 lbs so far but don't want to lose muscle. What at home strength training should I be doing and for how long etc? I don't have access to a gym at all and can't currently afford to buy any equipment.
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I think I've been over eating, do I just carry on as normal?
I've been dieting for 43 days and exercising on a stationary bike for nearly two weeks now and have lost 3 lbs (might have lost more since today is my weigh in day but haven't done it yet). For most of those days I've only been weighing my food with a mechanical scale which of course isn't accurate enough, so I've been…
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Should I eat back my exercise calories?
This is something I'm confused about. I eat around 1200 cals a day and I exercise for 30 minutes on an exercise bike and burn 200 cals (according to the bike). I log the exercise so MFP gives me and extra 200 cals for the day making my goal go up to 1400. So should I be eating those extra 200 to get to 1400 or no? So far I…
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How am I doing?
I'm female, 25, 5'3", 135lbs down from 138lbs. I've been eating around 1200 cals, sometimes going over a little, sometimes under (you can check my food diary). I've only lost 3lbs since dieting 39 days ago. I bought an exercise bike last week and have used it (skipping 2 days since last saturday) for 30 mins a day, first I…
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Carbohydrates, protein & fat.
Should I set my own? I'm currently following MFP recommendations but am not sure if they're correct. I'm female, 25, 135lbs and am trying to get to 112lbs. I'm doing 30 mins of cardio a day. MFP has set them to: carbs: 150g fat: 40g protein: 60g
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Is MFP more accurate than my bike?
I'm not sure how many calories I'm burning. I'm doing my bike for 30 minutes and the bike says I'm burning around 170 cals but when I put in 30 mins of stationary bike into MFP it says I've burned 216 cals. The bike also said my speed was averaging around 24-25k.
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People who use mechanical scales?
Do you manage to accurately weigh small amounts? I have a cheap one that goes 0 to 200 to 400 etc and find it a bit difficult to weigh out small amounts, around 10 - 40 grams. I've only just bought this because it was the cheapest option.
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Really hungry during the day.
I'm currently eating around 1200 calories a day and find myself getting very hungry a lot of the time. I eat toast or a sandwich for breakfast/lunch and then a meal in the evening for dinner. I get really hungry during the gaps between the meals though. I can't afford to buy fancy healthy things as I'm on a very tight…
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Will it make much of a difference?
On Sunday and yesterday I over ate. Sunday I'm not sure by how much, but I have some BBQ food at my boyfriends parents house so I couldn't log it. Then yesterday we had friends over and I had half a take out pizza which put me about 350 calories over my 1200 limit. Will it show on the scale tomorrow or affect my weight…
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Getting rid of fat upper arms?
I'm currently 137lbs, 5'3" and a UK size 10 and my 12" upper arms are really out of proportion for my size. They're flabby and horrible and I never have them uncovered. They're the only area I haven't lost much weight from. I lost 4 stone and had hardly any change in the size of my upper arms. I don't have any access to…
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When will the weight start coming off?
I'm currently 138lbs, 5'3" and have been eating 1000-1200 calories a day for the last 18 days and have not seen any loss on the scales (I'm not exercising right now). When should it start coming off?
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Feeling like a failure.
2 years ago I lost 4 stone. I've managed to keep mostly all of it off for all this time (6-7lbs snuck on during this time but I stayed at 9stone and a half). 5 weeks ago me and my boyfriend moved in together and biscuits and chocolate has come into my diet, only 1 or 2 biscuits not even everyday and 3-4 blocks of chocolate…
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Did I really gain that much in 2 weeks?
Less than a month ago I was 60kg and now the scale says I'm 62-63kg? I have been staying with my bf for the last 2 weeks and have indulged a bit, especially because of Easter. Did I really gain that much over those 2 weeks? Will it just come off as I return to my normal eating habits?
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Best exercises to tone upper arms?
I recently went from 13 stone to just over 9 stone but my upper arms have hardly shrunk at all. I have dumbbells but am not sure what kind of exercises to do to tone my arms. Any help would be great.
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How much do I actually weigh?
One day I can weigh 129lbs and the next I can weigh 134lbs? How much do I actually weigh? I always weigh myself in the morning, before I've eaten anything.
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Is it actually possible to lose weight without exercise?
Can you lose weight by just dieting? If so, would it stay off once your diet is over? How many calories would you need to lose weight? How long would it take to come off?
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Somehow gained weight.
So 2 years ago I started losing weight. I lost 3 and a half stone in 6 months and then another half a stone gradually come off during the next few months. I went from 13 stone to 9 stone and I stayed that way for over a year. In the last month though I've somehow managed to put on nearly half a stone and I don't know how,…
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Elbow fat and upper arms
I'm 5'3, 24 and now 9 stone/126lbs. I lost 4 stone about a year ago and the one thing that didn't get much smaller were my upper arms and I still have that weird elbow fat fold thing. It's not as bad as when I was bigger but its now the only thing that makes me self conscious. I'll only wear long sleeved t-shirts if I'm…
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How come I'm losing inches all of a sudden?
I stopped trying to lose weight last February, I went from 186lbs to 133lbs in 6 months. My waist went from 34 inches to 28 inches. From February to October, I somehow lost another 7lbs without trying, though I didn't complain! But no inches seemed to come off. Now from December to now I've randomly lost almost 2 inches…
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Will I gain weight and inches?
I've recently lost 4 stone and now am looking to tone up, I'm doing squats mostly since it's my butt and thighs that need the most toning. I'm new to toning up and gaining muscle so I'm not sure how it works! Will I gain weight and inches by doing squats or will the muscle replace the fat?
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Hate my upper arms!
Over the past year I've gone from 186lbs to 126lbs but I've only lost about 2 inches from my upper arms. They're 11 inches now. How can I lose a couple more inches from them?
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Why am I so... squishy?
From August 2012 to October 2013, I lost 4 stone (was 186lbs, now 126lbs). My measurements have gone from: arms - 13"2 waist - 34 chest - 36 hips (by hip bones) - 41 hips (by thighs) - 43 to arms - 11 waist - 26 1/2 chest - 34 hips (by hip bones) - 35 hips (by thighs) - 37 but I'm still all squishy, if you get what I mean.…
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I think I lost weight too fast...
In August 2012 I started my diet, I lost 53 pounds by February. I've maintained my weight well, plus I've lost another 2 pounds since then. My problem is that I'm now left with loose skin, mostly on my stomach. It's all squishy and I don't like it. I plan on losing another 14lbs starting in November and I also would like…
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Macros for maintaining
I've reached my goal weight and now want to maintain. I'm currently still set at 1400 cals a day and my macros are: carbs: 140g fat: 39g protein: 122g should I still to this or change it?
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am I "skinny fat"? How do I fix it?
since august I've lost 3 stone. I was 13 stone, now I'm 10 stone. I went from a size UK 16 to a 12 (I can fit into size 10 jeans but they're snug). I've lost roughly 4 inches from my hips and waist, 2 inches from my upper arms, about an inch around my wrists. I feel like I should have lost more inches than that after a 3…
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How many calories am I burning?
I exercise using a Davina McCall exercise bike. I go for 40 minutes and the bike says my speed is around 23-24k. The bike also says that I burn 200 calories in those 40 minutes. How accurate is it? Am I burning higher or lower than 200?
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Seem to have stopped losing
from august to december I lost 2.5 stone by (accidentally) eating around 800-900 calories (at the time didn't know it was bad for me, I didn't go without much though and never felt hungry) and exercising on a stationary bike for 30-40 mins a day. I was 13 stone, I'm now 10 stone. I lost about 4-5 inches from my waist, hips…
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Which is better?
I can never get the perfect balance when it comes to calories and carbs. My BMR (according to MFP) is 1359, so I try to reach 1400 but I can't get to that without going over my carbs and sometimes fat. Not by much though. so is it better to go over my carbs and fat and eat 1400 calories or stay under them and eat less…
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Weight question.
After dieting and exercising for 3 months I lost 2 and a half stone, I then took a one month break from the exercise to up my calories because I was eating WAY too few. Over Christmas I actually lost weight (only about 2lbs) without exercise and I was eating more. Since restarting the bike exercise and eating around…
