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The power of the scale: excited and nervous
It's been less than a week since I reduced my carb limit from 50g to less than 30 (my average was around 20 most days) and the scale is showing 5lbs loss so far. I am excited for this loss but I am also nervous that the loss will be short lived and I will plateau like I usually do. I realize weight fluctuates up and…
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What is wrong with my approach?
Hello everyone, I wrote a post a week ago I think about my plan and I don't if it is working and maybe I need to make some changes, I'm not sure what changes to make. To make a long story short, I've been eating around 50g net carbs, the plan I was following did have cookies made with almond flour and sweetened with…
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Need help making a plan
Hello everyone, I am new here so bare with me if this is a little redundant I have been doing a form of LCD (wild diet) for a little over 2 weeks now and in the first 4 or 5 days I lost almost 3 lbs and has been it since then. My weigh fluctuates and today it was showing no loss which sometimes happens to me if I weigh the…
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Weight Question
I have been weighing myself daily and logging the numbers in Libra ( android app) which gives me a trend or average weight. Usually my weight fluctuates every 2 days. However for the last 5 days my weight reading is the same. In fact this weight reading is only 200 grams off of the trend weight reading. Does this mean I…
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Another Raw vs. cooked question
I added a recipe in the recipe builder for roasted potatoes today. The raw weight was roughly 800 grams ( I dropped few pieces and did not weigh after) so I decided to weigh the whole thing after cooking and it was 420 g Since it was 4 servings in the recipe builder I just divided the 420 grams to 4 servings making it…
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Need help figuring things out
Before I list my stats and tell my story I have a question Does this method of weight loss work for someone who is sedentary and does not exercise? Stats Female, ~5 feet tall (60.2 inches, 153 cm) Wight fluctuates between 160-162 lbs Goal weight 125-130 I am currently on a 1200 calorie meal plan of daily delivered fresh…
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Advice on Plateau 25 lbs away from goal
I managed to lose ~55 lbs but now I need to lose 25 more and I am struggling. I am female 5 feet and 0.5 inch tall and my weight has been fluctuating between 160 and 163 for the past 4 months. I started having "health diet" meals delivered fresh daily for the past month and only managed to lose 2 lbs in that time, the food…
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A little confused on using HRM to log exercises
So I just got a HRM (Polar chest strap) and paired it with my phone, so far so good. I did 2 separate exercises, cardio and strength ( the app has an option for weight training) Question is, do I need to create an exercise under cardio to be able to log calories for a strength type workout?
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When inconsistent, what method is best for me?
I keep going back and forth between TDEE and MFP method of eating back exercise calories. My stats are Female 153.5 cm (5'.05) 72.8 kg ultimate goal weight 57 kg (125lbs), I'd like to reach that by beginning of May for an upcoming surgery I did several calculations on several sites including scooby and IIFYM and here's…
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Logging weight training
Obviously you burn calories when you do weight training, how do I log that in MFP? MFP only estimates calories burned for cardio it seems
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Calories in/calories out yes what if....?
I get the concept of to lose weight consume less than you burn, but I was wondering lately after I read comments on the forums if what macros your calories come from matter Does it matter how many carbs/fats/protein I eat in terms of weight loss? Also, does it matter in certain medical conditions? I am not diabetic but I…
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Ladies, does HE drive u CRAZY during ur weightloss journey?
Ok so here's the thing, I have around 30 more lbs to lose for my goal and I want that loss to be mostly fat (don't we all?) so Ive been doing a combination of cardio and strength training and lost 70 lbs in the process. Here's the issue, whenever my fiancee hears the word weight training he panics and gets upset thinking I…
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DEXA scan, how much will you ivest?
Hello, So the question is, how much are you willing to pay for a DEXA scan (duel-energy X-ray absorptiometry) to get the "most accurate" body composition measurements? I am considering it but I can only find 1 place to do it at NYC and it costs 300$ :/ and after this read…
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Weight loss fat loss, lifting cardio confusion
Hello, I will try and keep this short and concise I'm 34 years old, 153.5cm (that's around 5'1) and I weigh 73.5 kg (162 lbs). I had my BF% measured a month ago and it was 29.3%, my lean body mass was 53 kg (~117lbs) which is more than some people weigh total! My issue is I want to look better and drop down in dress size,…
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Intermittent Fastings VS Calorie Goal
So I just got back to logging my food again and keeping track of calorie intake, and I decided to try IF at the same time. I gave myself an 8 hour feeding window and I still could not manage to eat over 1000 My BMR is supposedly 1474 Am I at risk of anything eating below my BMR? do I lose more than fat this way? Should I…
