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How to ween yourself off sugar?
I've always had a sweet tooth, who hasn't? But for the past few months I feel i've become a complete sugar addict. I'd rather have a pack of biscuits rather than actual dinner and find myself snacking an awful lot on sugar products. I've tried to eat more fruit to stop eating so much junk but I find it doesn't actually…
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get out of the habit?
I realised I was going through sugar binges more and more regularly and was determined to stop them. This week I have been really healthy, feeling really good. Then yesterday I got a rubbish result in one of my uni papers and it upset me a bit so I thought on my walk back I'd stop and pick up a cinnamon bun to have with a…
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I'm ready! (again)
I reached my target of 112lbs and thought that was the hard part over, it seems I found maintaining harder than losing the initial weight. All of a sudden all these extra calories were available to me and I made the wrong choices which lead to once a week binges turning to several times a week this last month. But then I…
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what should I be doing?
I'm 5'7, about 115lbs and I really want to start toning my stomach up, it's small but just really needs tightening. I started running today and it's something I want to keep up, but would this contribute to tightening my stomach? Are there any other exercises I should be looking at? Apologies for all the questions I've…
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what foods lead you to binge?
I usually find I have developed good willpower when it comes to staying away from food or limiting myself (especially thanks to mfp and calorie counting). However I have to make sure if eating krispie kremes I buy just the one instead of a box as I would eat half a dozen then and there. What foods do you stay away from…
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how to get back into the swing of things?
I reached maintenance a couple of months ago and began to eat what I want, eating a hell of a lot on somedays, like today, ate well all day, made a batch of cookies, bam ate half the batch! I know if I carry on like this it won't be long before I'm trying to lose again, how do you stay motivated to eat healthy? It's not…
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putting it back on
I understand now why it says a lot of people after losing weight put it back on. Because i'm smaller and confident with my weight now I say yes to that extra slice of cake, chocolate bar, meal out, alcoholic drink and this weekend i've been saying it's fine, i wont put weight on overnight, ill start eating healthily…
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binge binge binge
the last 3 days ive not been able to stop binging, at uni i'm really good with buying/eating healthy foods, i still incorporate a treat into what I eat but when I get home I keep pigging out telling myself i'll go back to normal when I get back to uni, to those that are prone to binging, what do YOU do to prevent it from…
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open maintaining diaries?
I would like to see what some of your maintaining diaries look like!
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sweet treats?
How often do you incorporate sweet treats into your eating plan? I've begun to everyday, to hopefully not lead to another binge but was wondering, is that possibly too often? I've read that sweet foods store as fat or something. Anyway I'd like to know your opinions on sweet treats!
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please look at my future diary?
I like to plan my week in advance, I feel like seeing a set 'menu' of what I have planned stops me from pigging out on things that aren't listed. Anyway could you please take a look, I've planned for the next few days and tell me if there is anything I should change or something I need to really increase, protein etc,…
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massive binge, why?!
I've lost 20lbs and have been maintaing my weight for a few weeks now, I allow treats into my diet to keep me on track and I'm fairly strict with myself, very rarely meeting my maintanence calories. Anway, last night I ate. And I mean I ate and I ate and I ate and I never thought i'd stop eating. I had a healthyish day,…
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Calories in vs out
Is that how it really works? Sounds silly, I fit under my calorie goal today but indulged a fair amount and feeling absolutely stuffed, wondering if because I've eaten such unhealthy food it'll hit me tomorrow!
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water retention?
what foods cause the biggest water retention?
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now maintaining how to look 'better'
I'm finally maintaining but am unhappy with my stomach and would like to tone my arms a little. I don't want to lose any more weight as I am already underweight and there is no point as I know you can't pin point fat loss. Anyway I was looking at my diet and it did go downhill (large calorie deficit but junk food). Do you…
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being told to maintain at 1100?...
I'm 5'7 and 113lbs. Today I went to the doctor's to talk to her about my dieting, she has already told me Im underweight for my height, I don't want to focus this post about that but more the fact I asked her how many calories I should be consuming just to maintain my current weight and she said about 1100? I'm really…
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Kitkat chunky...
So I'm an absolute sucker for a Kitkat chunky and was delighted when four new flavours came out! I decided as I'm giving up chocolate for lent i'd allow myself to indulge a little more than usual. Have you tried the new flavours? What's your favourite? I think I may have to go with coconut :)
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calorie dense foods?
My food diary is open. I realise I need to up my calories and I need some calorie dense food suggestions as I tend to stick to three meals a day as I feel full easily and therefore tend not to snack. (I tried to snack today but it has just left me feeling sick). I'm vegetarian, I already eat a lot of peanutbutter, I don't…
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weight gain
if I slowly up my calories but still have a deficit and gain of couple of pounds, is that water weight or?
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thai curry guesstimate?
I'm coming home from Uni next week and my family are taking me to have my favourite meal. Although I know it won't be the most calorie friendly due to the coconut milk I don't want to substititue it for another meal. This is what it is: Yellow curry made with coconut milk, sun-dried yellow chilli spices, onion, tomatoes…
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last pounds - 1/2 pound aim, why?
Im trying to lose the last few pounds and wondering how to go about it, I've read some posts saying to stop aiming for a 1lb a week and go for 1/2 instead, I was wondering why this is? Thanks!
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nearing goal, upping calories?
I'm a couple of pounds from my goal weight and was wondering where to really go from here? Mfp has me eating 1290 calories a day for a 1lb a week weight loss (I usually hit now under 1200 in my diary incase my measurements for food are a bit off). I'm 19 and 117lbs Apparently my TDEE is 1795 and BMR is 1384.85 Does anyone…
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dont eat below bmr?
I see posts to eat below tdee but not to eat below you bmr so why does MFP have so many of us set at eating 1200 calories daily?
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5'5/6 ladies how much do YOU eat?
whats your current weight and how many calories do you consume daily?
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fellow skinny fat mfp's
I'm almost near to my goal weight and I still have a tummy, what sort of exercise should I do? Even if I do exercises working on my stomach will there be results as I know you have to get rid of the fat before you can see definition? Just wondering how to get rid of it!
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those who used to eat under 1200 cals..?
I began this journey in October 2012, I was extremely unhappy with my body and decided to lose weight fast, eating 800 or less calories a day. And I did, I've lost 17lbs so far and slowly begun to up my calories. I told myself it was unhealthy and i'd do it for just a month but it almost 4 months on and I can only get to…
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eating after a night out
So last night the temptation of greasy foods after a night out was too much and I ate a lot. And I mean A LOT. I had it around 5am so would I count all those calories as part of yesterday or today?
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maintaining?
How did you go into maintenence? Did you build your calories up, if so how many at a time? Did you see a weight gain?
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force myself to eat?
If I finish a day with hundreds of calories left over even though im not hungry, should I force myself to eat the extra calories?
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'you'll put weight straight back on'
I read here and there don't follow these diets etc because you'll put the weight you lose straight back on. Why is this? Surely if you stay under your tdee you wont put any weight back on? Also I see people say if you eat low calories, you'll put weight on quicker when you start to eat more, does this apply to? Can someone…
