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When exercise calories are too much for your appetite
I find it funny after years of a sedentary lifestyle, I'm finally a "gym rat". Unfortunately I think my love of being in the gym is holding up my weight loss progress. I've never been a big eater but what I did eat was very calorie dense and unhealthy. Now I'm choosing healthier solutions but I definitely am not consuming…
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Does anyone do monthly weigh ins?
Well after starting my journey, I feel great about my improvements in diet and fitness. Unfortunately I have gained a very unhealthy obsession with the scale and it's discouraging me. I'm definitely not going to give up, but I find myself hopping on every scale I see. I work in a medical building so I weigh there. I go to…
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I'm a fast food baby.....
I LOVE MFP and have utilized it as a tool with weight loss one time before. At that point, I simply backed off my calories and moved more!!!! The weight was steadily coming off!!! I would order kids meals at fast food restaurants decreasing my calorie intake while still enjoying the foods I wanted and I would also buy many…
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Is it weird not to have a big drop the first week?
Hello all, I just started MFP last week. I have made dramatic changes to my diet and physical activity level. I only drink water and have avoided fast foods (which I used to eat Daily). I have tried to exercise an hour a day for the last week and have succeeded all but one day. I tried not to become obsessed with the scale…