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Why does the MFP app take hours to sync with the web version?
This is a consistent problem where the MFP app takes hours to sync with the website, making it annoying to even use the app. The issue is with the app sync itself.
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How do you make your pants fit right while losing weight?
This is really bothering me. I wear tailored pants most days at work and they are getting too big but not big enough to go down a pant size. Because they are sitting low on my hips they are longer than before, so now they hit the ground, and I am constantly hiking up my pants so they don't sit too low. I tried a safety pin…
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Other weight loss apps/tools you like?
Does anyone use any other weight loss apps besides MFP that they like? The only other one I use is Simple Weight Recorder (free on Android). It is exactly that- simple and I weigh daily and log it in there. It tells me daily how far I am from goal, charts my history, gives me my BMI assessment, etc. What other good apps am…
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Anyone else love pho? Need calorie help
I am having pho for lunch and the database is no help, especially with vague amounts like "1 bowl." I will be getting pho with shrimp. The Vietnamese place near me gives you a one quart container loaded with broth, rice noodles, and shrimp, then comes with a condiment baggie with bean sprouts, herbs, and sriracha. I am…
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The definitive "How much water do I *really* need" thread
I have been on MFP for almost 2 years and see so many posts about how much water to drink and what counts as water. Really, it doesn't matter if you drink X cups a day, however you may define a "cup". What matters is that you are hydrated- that is the whole point of drinking water, to keep the body hydrated. Instead of…
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How are my fellow new non-smokers doing?
It seems the traffic on this board is pretty slow. Let's keep it going! I know I could still use support or, if nothing else, someone to whine to! So now we are all non-smokers, how is it going? Has it been easier or harder than you thought to quit? I am on Day 26 of being cigarette free. Using my little QuitNow! app on my…
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Average Calories from Thanksgiving - NY Times
I apologize if this was posted already but I didn't see it in my search... The NY Times Well Blog has been answering questions about Thanksgiving this week. I thought this one was interesting (copied and pasted below or follow the link) http://projects.nytimes.com/qa/events/thanksgiving-help-line/question/8134 ***** WHAT…
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Are you addicted to food? NY Times quiz
Interesting! http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/quiz-are-you-addicted-to-food/?src=mv&ref=general
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New to group and 10 days smoke free!
Hi! I just joined this Quit Smoking group today. I smoked my last cigarette 10 days ago. I have wanted to quit for a while but first wanted to get my weight under control...so I joined MFP last year and lost 30 pounds. I then put off quitting by saying "Let me make sure I can maintain my weight before quitting smoking."…
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51% off Cinco de Mayo 5K at Rentschler Field
Hi all- I just received today's Groupon deal for the Hartford area and it is 51% off the Cinco de Mayo 5K at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, benefiting the National MS Society CT chapter. I hope the charity doesn't get less money because of this but I figured I'd pass along the word in case anyone was interested:…
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Response to my letter to Carrabba's Re: no nutrition info
I have to eat at Carrabba's here and there for work, mainly because a client who comes into town likes it. Fine. However, it annoyed me to no end that a national chain was not posting their nutrition information. I fired off an email to the company complaining about the lack of information available and I know I have seen…
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New year and time to get serious...again
I am sure I am not the only one who loosened up the food diary a bit over the last few weeks. I made myself accountable for the damage I did and logged my 2 pound gain into MFP yesterday. This now puts me back at 4 pounds until goal. I definitely let a lot of days slide with no logging between holiday parties, my husband's…
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The Fat Trap - NY Times article
This is somewhat of a lengthy article from today's NY Times but an interesting read on why trying to maintain after losing weight is the hardest battle of all: "For years, the advice to the overweight and obese has been that we simply need to eat less and exercise more. While there is truth to this guidance, it fails to…
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The Post-Thanksgiving Thread: how did you do?
I had 2 Thanksgiving dinners, one Thursday, one Friday, and was traveling out of state from Thursday night until yesterday. I kept my portion control in check, though I certainly had pie 3 days in a row. I weighed in this morning and am exactly 147...the same weight I have been plateauing at for almost 3 months now. In one…
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**Peanut Butter Recall** Smucker's Natural
Check your cabinets, people! *** J.M. Smucker Co. is recalling some 16-ounce jars of its Smucker’s Natural Peanut Butter Chunky sold in several states because of possible salmonella contamination. The Ohio-based company says the jars covered in the recall would have been purchased in the last week or so. They have “Best if…
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Maintenance help needed
I am struggling to find my perfect maintenance number and unfortunately searching MFP hasn't helped me out a whole lot since most people here aren't maintaining yet. I have a whopping 2 pounds left until my goal weight and have been stuck at the same weight since early September. I focused more on strength training in the…
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Pear shaped ladies, let's talk clothes
I have reached that point yet again where I need to buy pants that fit. If you, like myself, carry your weight in your hips/butt/thighs, tell me which brand of pants you like that actually fit and don't cause the dreaded waist gap or hug your problem areas (i.e. call attention to the saddlebags). I am looking for cheaper…
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Why I no longer log exercise on MFP (so liberating!)
I have found myself posting this a lot lately on the boards, or explaining to friends on MFP why they never see me log any exercise. I am a desk worker, I drive to work and walk about 20 feet from my car to building...I am as sedentary as it gets. However, I set my MFP activity level to moderate. This is because I go for a…
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I just tried fat free dressing for the first time. Wow.
That stuff is vile. I really had zero salad dressing choices at lunch (it was a work thing, salad bar) and I went for the fat free peppercorn ranch against my better judgement. Generally I am against all fat free foods, knowing they load them up with salt and sugar to compensate for the lack of flavor. Holy moly was this…
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Six week plateau...BUSTED! Yay!
Let me start off by saying I am 5'7" and started MFP in February at 175. I was eating 1200 calories a day and lost weight fast. I had MFP set for a rapid weight loss because I thought, who wants to lose weight slowly? Not me! I ate some exercise calories back, but net calories brought me to between 1100-1200 calories/day.…
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? about eating low carb to jumpstart weight loss
I am a carb lover. I even bake my own bread. I do try and eat only whole grains and I just about always come in below the MFP carb goal every day. With that said, I have noticed some people on MFP saying that eating low carb for a week or two can get you through a plateau, can get the pounds moving again, etc. I plateaued…
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Anyone else set MFP at 0.5 lb/week loss?
I upped my calories from when I started MFP but have been only dipping my toes in the 0.5 lb/week pool. I plateaued for a while, upped my calories a little, and started to lose again. However, I am fearful of upping them yet again. I started yesterday with MFP set for losing 0.5 lb/week, but am afraid to hit the 1700…
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Anyone else need Plateau support?
I thought it wouldn't happen to me. WAAAAAHHHHH. But here I am, in full blown plateau mode. I have been bouncing around between 159 and 161 since April 8th (I weigh daily). I had a suspicion that I wasn't eating enough calories, so I went from 1200 to 1350 for a week. No change, so I upped my calories to 1450 yesterday and…
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Restaurant food, traveling, and sodium
I will be traveling for work next week. I have no choice but to eat out from Monday dinner through Thursday lunch. I have checked out the food places near my hotel and think I have a good plan, however I am going to be stuck in SODIUM CITY! Background: I do not have the option to make any food at my hotel and I will not…
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Somebody FINALLY noticed my weight loss!
Sorry but this is exciting! This morning at work a coworker asked me if I was "getting skinny." I said "I am trying!." She told me I looked much thinner around the middle, which of course has made my day. I was wondering at what point someone would notice and there it is...at 14 pounds down!
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Has your weekly weight loss been consistent or spotty?
Just curious...I am steadily losing but the amount is all over the place. I started MFP in February and have noticed a pattern. I will lose about 1 pound a week, then there will be a week where the scale doesn't move, then on the third week BAM! I am down two pounds. This cycle has pretty much been going on since I started…
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Photo to show why you shouldn't sweat a small gain!
This illustrates why a *brief *uptick on the scale shouldn't upset you if you know you are faithfully logging what you eat! I weigh myself daily and log it. Sometimes I am up, sometimes I am down. I know the daily ups and downs all have to do with sodium intake, water intake, hormones, and the list goes on, but I like to…
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Here's some motivation if you haven't lost much yet
I have been wavering between an 8 and 10 pound loss for 2 weeks now and was starting to feel a little down about the scale not permanently moving. So last night I happened to pick up a gallon jug and thought to myself, "Hey, I have lost this weight in fat over the past month or so!" as a gallon weighs roughly 8 pounds. It…
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Yummy Chicken Parm Sub! Less than 500 calories and 42 g prot
I made this last night. It is from Eating Well magazine and tastes like it should have waaaay more calories than it does. I served it with a side salad and it just may become a weekly staple. It really is that good. Instead of using baby spinach I just used frozen- it is a lot cheaper. Ingredients 1/2 cup all-purpose flour…
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Weight loss goal per week you set in MFP-help!
Hi, I am confused about what to set for my weight loss goal. I joined MFP a month ago and of course I said "I want to lose weight fast!" so I set it up to lose 1.5 pounds a week, which puts me at 1200 calories per day. I also have it set to "sedentary" as I am a desk worker, then I input exercise manually. So here is my…
