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advice on activity level setting? :)
Hello again! I've been enjoying using MFP casually over the last year, but it occurs to me often that I may not be using it right when I read some of the board topics. So...sorry if these questions are silly, would just appreciate some advice. 1. I currently have my settings to "maintain" with 3 planned 50-min workouts a…
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Curious to hear everyone's input - metabolism/weight maintenance + aging?
Hey all! So at work the other day, several coworkers were discussing how basically once you hit 30, no matter what you do, your metabolism essentially shuts down and you gain weight much more easily. A few of them were joking about how in their 20's they were insanely fit, but now they have only to look at some food and…
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MFP Estimate for Desk Job = 1510 cal--good, or no?
Hi, all! I've just started a new job (a desk job! agh!) and it involves, naturally, quite a lot of sitting. I'm still going to try to exercise as often as possible, but obviously the first week or two is always sort of unpredictable as I try to figure out how much time I have between work/making dinner/etc and try to plan…
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How do you decide what to set your goal settings to?
I've been using MFP for almost a month, and so far it's pretty cool--but I see a lot of people talking on the forums about over/underestimating their daily intake/needs so now I'm a little curious. How do you determine whether to put "sedentary", "lightly active", etc.? Like, what counts? I put myself as "sedentary"…
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Thinking about ditching the "sugar-free"...
So, I'm doing my own research along with this, but I just wanted to get some input. When I first started restricting, the label "sugar-free" was miraculous to me and I started putting it on everything. When I was in college, I guess it was really only once in awhile, but in the past year or so, I formed the habit of 2-3…
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Creative non-sweet snack ideas?
After logging for a bit, I can see that I tend to go over on sugar a lot (mostly due to fresh fruit!) I'm not sure if it's actually a huge issue since I don't appear to be going over by a ton, but I still wouldn't mind shaking things up for fun. My snacks are usually either a piece of fruit or a Dannon Light and Fit Greek…
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Extra calories? What do I do?
Hi--still relatively new to this! :) I'm 22, female, 105-110ish lbs--I set up my profile as "sedentary" since I'm at home a lot, but I exercise 3-5 days a week and do other activity that I log. MFP has me set for 1540 on a normal day but when I log exercise it can be as much as 2100 (WHAT??) So, if the estimates are…
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Trying to handle ED and nervous about maintenance cals
Hi! :) I'm new-ish to MFP--decided to start again to try to get a better idea of how I should be taking care of myself. I struggle with an ED and am trying to get a handle on it by understanding what my body needs, but I am extremely guilty of restricting and obsessing over food and exercise. I'm a 22-year-old female, 5'3…
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New-ish and looking for support with recovery :)
Hello, everyone! I'm relatively new here--I started an account several months ago and sort of fell off of it because life got a little bit hectic and I moved. I'll try to keep the novel-writing to a minimum, but I thought I'd throw this out there to see if I could find some support or friends going through the same thing.…
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Vietnamese food and nutritional info when eating out
Hi! I'm a little new here, I hope this is the right place to ask this :) I was wondering how you guys handle counting/logging nutrition for eating out after making modifications and when nutritional info isn't available. For example, today I went out for lunch with my boyfriend to this Vietnamese place (marketed as a fresh…
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How many calories to eat? Am I getting enough?
Hi, everyone! I've casually browsed these forums for awhile for health advice since I'm sort of still coming back from some disordered tendencies. I find myself confused and overwhelmed on how much one is supposed to eat! Growing up I always heard that 2,000 calories was about the norm, but now I find a lot of women my age…
