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TDEE method: Am I Doing this Right?
I'm about to switch from MFP's method to the TDEE method due to recommendations from MFPers! It's just not totally making sense in my head. Currently, at 5'5/5'6 and 137 pounds, MFP tells me to eat 1,550 calories a day to lose half a pound a month. Admittedly that tends to be too low for me, so I usually eat upwards 1,800…
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"Can't you just be normal?"
How DO 'normal' people do it? I've never been overweight but I've been counting calories since I was 12 (19 now), so I've always attributed my weight maintenance to that. I've been weighing my food for a couple years now, most of my friends and family are used to it, although still chime in every now and then with…
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Weight training..eat at a deficit still?
So I'm doing more weight training than cardio now with the goal of losing fat and toning. Should I still be eating at a deficit? If so how much? I'm 5'6 and fluctuate between 133-138 with a goal of 120! Thank you :)
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Do you cook with butters and oils?
I've been eating food cooked with zero-calorie sprays since I was 12, and although I know it's calorie in vs calorie out butter still freaks me out. I can justify olive oil, but I just started using vegan earth balance buttery spread (which is basically butter with almost identical calories). Of course I weigh out my 14…
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A 200 calorie SLICE of cheese?!
I went to trader joes and bought their pre-sliced Swiss cheese. Serving size is stated as 1 slice/ 1 oz or 28 grams for 110 calories and 9 grams of protein. I like full fat cheese so I thought that was reasonable and the slices looked hearty! So I come home and I weigh it to make a sandwich...one slice is 45 grams! No,…
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How to Use Recipe Feature! Help please :)
For those who are curious it was this one: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/chickpea-spinach-curry So to enter it in the data base, I went to the recipes tab, added each ingredient (weighed of course) I'll be eating it over the next few days, so I put serving size as one. I weighed the whole thing when it was done and it…
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Creative recipes with given ingredients? Please :-)
So I have to hardcore budget cut, college student living in Manhattan...life's rough lol. So I won't be grocery shopping till I run out of what I have which is: Red uncooked quinoa Canned black beans Crunchy almond butter Whole grain waffles Meat-free "chicken strips" Romaine Tomatoes Hummus Feta One avocado a couple…
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Do you weigh prepackaged food?
I do, mostly because I'm paranoid, but usually things are consistently off! Like, the whole wheat tortillas I use are always 44 grams, not 41. Sour patch kid individual packs are generally closer to 60 grams than 51. My protein bar today was 55 grams, not 50. All in all by the end of the day I usually record an extra 100…
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What's the lowest calorie items of all these?
So my boyfriend wants to go out to eat tonight at this restaurant with no nutritional information, and I have no idea what the portion sizes are. Can anyone help me make the most educated decision as to what to order? I like all flavors and veggies so anything will work :-) thanks so much! http://www.caravanofdreams.net/
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Extremely inactive day, should I eat the same amount?
My calories are set to 1,660. On a normal day, I'm walking to and from class, and every where else for that matter (live in the city). So I get some calories burned according to my Fitbit, sometimes eat half back depending on how hungry I am. Now, today, I'm literally laying in a hotel bed all day. I walked to the bathroom…
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Bad three days....cut or go back to normal?
I haven't been logging Thursday - Saturday, and I know I've been over maintenance. I'm back on track :-). But should I keep eating at goal (1,660) or cut back for a little?
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Boyfriend refuses to respect that I want to workout alone?
So a couple months into our relationship, he switched gyms and joined mine. Makes sense, he used to go to the YMCA, but mines 24/7 so it's more convenient. Initially our schedules didnt allow us to go to the gym at the same time, but for the past few months he's been always available and asks to join me. I'd say yes, but…
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I DIDN'T BINGE!!!
I've always had an unhealthy relationship with food. I was never overweight, but only because I was in a constant binge/purge cycle. I would binge on thousands and thousands of calories, even after my stomach would be hurting, but then I wouldn't eat for three or four days, doing heavy exercise in that time so it balanced.…
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Activity level? Scared to overestimate
I feel like the 1430 calories MFP gives me to lose a pound Is too low for my activity level, but I dont want to over estimate it either D: I work three jobs, one at Starbucks 5 or 6 days a week with 5-7 hour shifts, so I'm pretty much up and moving around, making drinks, etc for that time. Another at a grocery store 5…
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GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT GUESS WHAT?!
Soooo! Last night, I debated having a yummy healthy dinner or lots of ice cream, after I put my 700 calories worth of ice cream in a bowl.....I put it right back and had cod and beans and broccoli and rice :D so after that meal my calories for the day were almost done, but while watching TV I got up and unwrapped my…
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Poll: Ditching dinner for lots of ice cream...yay or nay?!
I don't just want a half cup lol I want 2 full cups of deliciousness<3 not sure if it'll be worth ditching my almost-equally-yummy dinner of cod, brown rice, beans and broccoli I'd have D: so I'm leaving it to the public & please don't suggest to work out and fit it in :P I already worked out, i just don't log or eat back…
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Soo...I ate about 900 calories worth of ice cream D:
I'm still beyond stuffed, but should I still have dinner later to get more nutrients in there? If I should have dinner, should I have a normal dinner, or just something that fits in my remaining 200 calories?. I don't track my exercise calories so Im not that concerned about weight gain, more about feeling lethargic…
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Is 1,720 calories okay or too much?
I'm 136 pounds, wanting to get to 120, 5'5.5. I set my activity level to slightly active since I'm a cashier so I'm standing for 7 hours 4 days a week, does that make sense? Or should I be sedentary since its not everyday? This would be to lose half a pound a week. I also exercise daily but dont eat back exercise calories.…
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back on the bandwagon i go :( motivation please?
I've been eating horribly and excessively and I'm all bloated and probably gained the 4 pounds back that finally brought me under 140 to 136 :-(. Sooo can I have motivation Pleasee? Why do you want to lose weight?
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The meanest thing just happened :-(
Currently, i weigh 136 at 5'6. Which is 8-11 pounds lighter than my outdated pics on here (most of them I was around 144, one I was at 147) so I know im not big and blah but I'm so desperate to get to 125. I was just at the gym when this guy who is usually there when I am comes up to me for the first time and says *it's so…
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Poll: Working out with significant other?
I personally don't like working out with my boyfriend. He's really fit, and whenever I get really proud for running a mile in 8 minutes, he ran it in 5:30, stuff like that. And he's into PDA, and I'm not, but I find it especially tacky at a gym. But I feel bad rejecting his kisses. So yeah, I avoid going to the gym with…
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Homemade pizza recipes with nutritional values?
Does anyone have any pizza recipes that lists calories macros? Because I have a date tonight, making pizza from scratch lol and I don't want to seem crazy weighing and measuring and calculating. I know different brands and such might cause inaccuracies but a ballpark would be nice. Any kind of pizza goes :) the more…
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Worst things said to you about your weight?
All through out elementary and middle school, my parents would always tell me that if I didn't get skinnier, I'd have no friends in high school, boys wouldn't like me, girls would make fun of me, and I'll be forever cast into the "fat table" at lunch D: I'm semi-over it, semi-not, even though it's been a while. & to…
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What is/was for dinner?!
I'm soo excited, because I have 800 calories let for dinner :) usually it's like, 400 max. I still have 5 more hours of work but I already want to start brainstorming :P
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MFP puts me at 1,200 calories for ONE pound a week?
I tried to net 1,200 but I can't! I maintain at 1,700, according to MFP, so if I net 1,500 will my weight loss be super slow? Is 1,200 even healthy?! Could MFP's calculations be wrong?
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Anyone else feel horrible picking "pass" in these threads?!
In stuff like "hug, pass, spank,date, etc" I'd rather just not comment till someone I wouldn't "pass" comes up lol.
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How do you actually STICK to it?!
I'm a horrible yoyo dieter. I'll have like 3 or 4 month periods where I work out everyday and go HARD, and count all calories and eat well and all that good stuff. Then, I'll not really care about counting calories, and half *kitten* my work outs for another couple months, then completely disregard exercise and eat…
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I'm too embarrassed to start lifting D:
I had a trainer for a few months, and all we did was strength training and lifting and my body was the best it's ever been. But, even though he only charged me a fourth of what I was supposed to pay, and didn't require me to pay in advance I couldn't keep up with it. I know at the gym I can do it without a trainer, but I…
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18-25 year olds?!
I used to be on here a few months back, then got out of the habit of tracking my calories & all that good stuff :) some motivation would be great! I'm *content* with my body, which I think is the issue, because it *could* be better you know? So I just want to feel the need to work on it. To be honest, you don't even have…
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STRONGLY Craving sugar in the morning! Why?!
Each morning, I always wake up NEEDING sugar (which is weird because it never happened before I started counting my calories). I always end up grabbing kit kats (lots of them) or Cadbury chocolate sticks with my breakfast bumping up my clories to 7 or 8 hundred for breakfast! For the rest of the day though, I have really…
