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How do I add Breastfeeding to my food diary?
Sorry it's been a while. I am adding breastfeeding and instead of adding calories it's taking them off? What should I be adding to my planner and where? TIA
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Maxitone Sculptress (UK) - advice and thoughts
Hi guys, I have never done any meal replacement "diets" before but things are not working for me so I am thinking this might give me a kick start? I go away in 6 weeks and I'd love to lose half a stone but my mindset isn't great. I am thinking to buy a tub of this and give it a week - see how I get on? Any advice /…
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Sin food - what HAVE you given up?
I know there is a thread asking what we simply cannot and will not give up but what about all the unhealthy things that we HAVE given up? I have never eaten much fast food or many take aways but the I did used to eat a lot of shop bought pizza's (a small Pizza Express Margarita was my pizza of choice and I used to have one…
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Waste of calories
What things do you no longer eat as you think it is just a waste of calories? I haven't had garlic bread since I signed up here (I used to have half a baguette with dinner 3 times per week) I have also given up calorific crisps - I still enjoy a bag every now and then but go for Skips or Quavers as opposed to those laden…
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Going on holiday and I have decided NOT to log / count calor
I have debated this for a while now and have finally decided that I will take my chances whilst on holiday. The idea of logging everything and watching what I eat whilst on I am on holiday is just too depressing! Plus I know how this all works now? Don't I? I have been here since 2nd Feb, have lost 22lbs and am at my…
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Is losing weight difficult?
Something I read earlier made me think. How hard do you find it to lose weight? Do you have to work really hard at it (IE log everything and exercise 5 times per week) or has losing weight come quite naturally to you? I lost 18lbs (maybe even 20lbs) no problem at all - I was wathcing what I ate 90% of the time and doing a…
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Longest number of consecutive days you have logged in for
One of my friends has logged in 330 days in a row. I wont name her!!! Surely that must be a record?? Can anyone beat this?
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Is your goal weight exact
I am 3lbs from my goal weight and it is driving me nuts. Am I being too rigid by wanting to get to an exact figure? Is my body trying to tell me it is happy where it is? I know my goal weight looks low - I am very short though LOL! I haven't been in the best shape recently (food wise) but I did stop smoking 2 months ago. I…
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Invited out for an impromptu dinner - what to do?
I don't refuse all invitations to eat out but I do plan ahead so I have enough calories. OH and I have been offered tickets tonight to a show, 3 course dinner is included. Tickets are cheap as it is so last minute, show looks good and food looks amazing! Problem is it's a set menu so there is not much wriggle room. OH can…
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my BMR is almost the same as my daily allowance??
I assume this is because I am so near goal weight? BMR comes out as 1297, I am on 1200 cals per day (plus eat back exercise calories) Sorry in advance to create yet another BMR thread but I cannot see how I am going to shift these final few lbs? I don't want to maintain yet, is there any benefit in my upping my calories?
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Highest calorie burning exercise
This is just a genereal question.... What exercise burn the most calories? I see people burning 500-1000 (and beyond) PER DAY?? What are people doing to burn these kind of cals?
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Wii Fit question - from a complete idiot !
Hope someone can help? I hate working out, simple as that... the losing weight part is fine but the getting fit part is a nightmare! I am contemplating getting a Wii Fit... I just wondered if other people have found it useful? I am a complete novice but as I understand you buy the actual Wii and then you can buy various…
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I need a bit of HELP - I am beginning to fail and I am scare
Not sure if this should even be in motivation but I can do with all the motivation I can get at the moment. After 4 succuessful months , 20 lbs lost and not a single gain, I seem to have hit a brick wall? Why do I always do this to myself? When I am in the right frame of mind I find losing weight so darn easy... But it is…
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People being negative because I "only" needed to loose 22lbs
I really do not think it's fair that someone I work with is making negative comments as she lost 77lbs a few years back but I have "only" had to lose 20lbs. Her insenstive comments have left me dumbfounded to be honest!! I get the impression on MFP (to a degree) that there is divide among those with a bit too lose and…
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Has anyone changed their goal weight since starting?
I have actually added another 5lbs 'loss' to my final goal weight. My new goal weight was my weight when I was at my healthiest (and happiest) but I never dreamed I could get back there when I first signed up here. I got within 5lbs of my initial target so have decided to go that little bit further. I am very short and am…
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Where is everybody from?
Sorry - I am new - so I am pretty sure there already be one of these threads? This seems like a really transcontinental weightloss forum so I thought it would be nice to see where everybody comes from / lives. I am born and bred in London, England. (I am not sure if anyone here are football fans but I live about 10 minutes…
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Girls night in - what to eat
Tomorrow night we have a DVD and wine evening planned at a friends house. I am going to take my own vodka (just a small bottle and some Diet Coke) so at least I can avoid the wine but what shall I eat? Friend will be serving up pizza, garlic bread, dips, crisps and God knows whatever else - all the things I have avoided…
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Everyone on here seems to work out ALOT !!!
Firstly I wonder where you all find the time LOL!! Makes me feel so bad as I work out on average 3 times per week (sometimes more - week just gone less!) I do however walk 40 minutes everyday.... Are y'all exercise addicts on here?? :-)
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Now v Then
Just wondering how different your typical daily menu is now that you are here??? A typical day (I'll use today as an example) for me now is: Porridge for breafast Fruit snack mid morning Grilled chicken breast with salad and a mini wholemeal pitta bread for lunch Yoghurt for snack x2 childrens breaded chicken breast, 60g…
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Am I weird? Or am I doing something wrong?
I manage to stick within my cals 95% of the time.. However according to my chart I always eat OVER my protein and way UNDER my carbs, fat and sodium. That can't be right can it?? I am talking about being 1000+ under my daily sodium allowence.
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Test of will power
We're having take away Chinese in the office for lunch. Will I be able to resist?? I really do hope so!! How do other's get through having temptation litterally under their noses?
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Does tea (with SS milk and sweetner) have cals
When I put it into my daily panner (PG Tips - with Semi Skimmed milk and a sweetner) it says zero cals' but I have heard other's on here saying that tea eats into their calorie allowance? Am I correct that how I take my tea is 0 cals?
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Does anyone here just do the eating plan (and NOT do much ex
The reason I ask is that when I lost 42lbs a few years back I didn't do any exercise (other than daily walking - aprox 30 mins) until after I'd dropped 21lbs.. I don't mind working out BUT I am a little concerned that going down to 1200 cals per day + exercising a lot will mean that I put my body into shock (the shock of…
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Feeling really, really tired?
Hi All, I am 10 days in... and I am so bloody tired! Not sure if it is just the miserable weather or the fact I have drastically cut down the calories? (gone from eating pretty big portions of not so healthy food to 1200cals per day!!) I don't feel hungry but I do feel the same tiredness I do when I am hungry. Is this…
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Pasta question
Hey everyone, I am little confused about the pasta values? 150g of cooked wholemeal pasta is 170 cals - does anyone know how many grammes this would be uncooked? 1 cup of Spaghetti is 140 cals. I assume this would be cooked? 40g of wholemeal pasta (uncooked) is a whopping 245 calories. So I assume that when cooked it will…
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I am not sure if I am calculating my exercise correctly
Hi all, I have now started adding in my daily exercise and am surprised that my calories are going up? I can totally understand on days when I do a 30 minute cardio work-out I will need a few more calories but I walk 40 minutes daily (slow to medium pace) and I don't actually consider this exercise? Should I enter this or…
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Wow - there is a forum too??? Excellent!
Signed up yesterday and only just discovered the forum. Hey everyone! Have spent the past year trying to lost 'that pesky stone' without any real means of tracking what I was eating etc.. So I finally bit the bullet and signed up here. I lost 3 stone back in 2006 following a low GI plan and have now put half back on.. I…
