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Weight loss and binge eating
Long story short: I'm trying to lose weight but I binge eat almost everyday. I think I average to 2500 calories/day but my BMR is only 1300-1400. On average I exercise 4 hours per week (4 days of hour long intense exercise like spinning, circuit training, HIIT, etc...) Full story: In summer 2013 I tried to lose weight by…
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Is it cheating to move excess calories to the next day or two?
I keep doing this but I feel like it's the best way for me to stay on track. For example, yersterday I ate more calories than I realised (didn't read the package correctly), putting me at an excess. SO I move a few calories to the next day or two so that I kind of cut back on those days to make up for the excess. Does this…
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How to bounce back from binge eating?
For the last year I used to be borderline anorexic. Not that I ever really skipped meals, I just ate really little, really "clean," and always low-calorie things. I exercised a bit almost everyday. It was innocent and I didn't realize it was unhealthy as I still ate a lot in my mind. The result is I went underweight and…
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Gaining confusion + are big meals ok?
So last summer I made the mistake of drastically cutting down my calorie intake and suddenly exercising a lot. I remember dropping from 51/52kg to 48/49kg in 1.5 months, and I'm 164.5cm. For some reason I lost my period in June, July, and August but i was JUST beginning to cut body fat. It came back in September but it was…
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Does quality of food matter if you remain within calories?
Well, today there was a social outing kind of thing and I unfortunately ate cookies, sweetened cinnamon bread, few chips, and a big bite of chocolate bundt cake. I also had a lot of (whole grain) ricecakes and some peanut butter today. Hate to say it but that is probably 700+ calories (a cookie is a killer in itself!)…
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Whoops! Finished maintenance calories before 1pm
I'm maintaining on roughly 1700 calories a day. Today I woke up and ate like 700 calories for breakfast (I am a HUGE breakfast eater and the bulk of my calories are in breakfast. I ate my weight in wholegrain rice cakes topped with bananas, medjool date and nuts, fruits like apricots, grapes, and blueberries). I continued…
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Do I need to gain weight?
Hello. I'm about 164.5 cm (5'4) tall and roughly 102 lbs (+/- 5 lbs as I'm really unsure about my scale). Regardless of the inaccuracy, I'm pretty sure I'm underweight according to the BMI scale. Last year at this time I was around 114 lbs, but I started exercising and eating really clean (I've cut out junk food and cut…
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Serious Q: 450g wild blueberries, am I going to be ok?
Yesterday I bought a box of organic frozen wild blueberries (450-500g), I ate like a cup at night and put them in the fridge to defrost. Today I finished the entire box because I lack self-control. I hope this isn't a dumb question but I REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS. Am I going to be okay? That was a LOT of sugar…
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1400 cals before 12. Am I crazy or does it happen to others?
Not sure how it happened. I woke up and had a LARGE green apple (130). Then I decided to have chia seeds and oat milk (220). Finished breakfast with 10 almonds, 5 cashews, 2 prunes (160). An hour and a half later I decided to try a new recipe for lunch. I wanted to make quinoa "fried rice" so I used 1/4 cup quinoa (160),…
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Is there damage in eating really high carb?
I'm set at 1700 calories and I find it very, very hard to meet that goal. However, I'm 5'4 and 104 lbs (164cm, ~47kg) so it would obviously do me some good to up my calories. Anyway, because I'm trying to cut out meat (and become pescetarian for the meantime), my carbs tend to be very high and protein very low. I was at…
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What happens when you lack protein?
My protein is sorely lacking, and has been for a long long time because I don't want to eat meat (I guess I'm currently a pescetarian). Still, I don't eat fish often, and I feel really apathetic towards eggs. As in, I don't really mind if I eat it but I don't eat it a lot due to my lack of interest. My MFP protein goal is…
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Build muscles without weights?
Hello. I was wondering if anyone has any tip on how to build muscles without weights? I'm looking specifically to tone my ab muscles as they never seem to be very visible :( I would also like to tone my upper inner thighs, and lower back as well. I already do crunches, leg lifts, squats (quite a lot), and I'm incorporating…
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Does it matter how many carbs I'm eating?
Today I ate 4 slices of pumpernickel (rye bread) and 3 bananas. I can probably still stick to my calorie limit (or go over a little) but eating so many carbs feels like a sin. How bad is this? Isn't weight loss just as simple as calories in vs calories out?
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1000+ calorie binge, still not completely full?!
I came home from school an hour ago, and I was really hungry so I ate: - a small steamed vegetarian & mushroom bun - a few bites of baked white fish - 2-2.5 pumpernickel bread slices topped with 2 slices of smoked salmon and 1/3 of a gigantic avocado - 1 small/medium banana - 1 medium croissant (couldnt help it) - 1/3 of a…
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Too many calories for breakfast, what now?
I usually have fruits as they fill me up easily and, as a result, I can usually restrain my breakfast to under 400 cals (I have to try as I have a black hole for stomach lol). Today, we ran out of fruits so I picked toasts (kind of whole wheat but not. I mean, it was labelled whole wheat but I doubt it is completely). I…
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Over on macros, but on target/under for calories?
I'm a person who eats a heck lot of fruits, so I'm often over on sugar and carbs, but sometimes I still stay on target (or even under) for my calories. For example, today I had ~1380 cals out of a 1440 calories goal, BUT 276/198 for carbs, (19/48 for fat), 60/54 for protein, 131/29 for sugar (!!! always really high).…
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Hmm... ate 1000 calories by 10am
I woke up feeling very hungry, so I broke the fast by eating a guava. Then I wanted more, so I ate a banana and a tbsp peanut butter. Then I ate another guava. Didn't feel satisfied, so I ate another banana with another tbsp of peanut butter and a handful of blueberries. An hour later, I ate a promegranate. An hour later,…
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Losing motivation after reaching my goal?
For the first time in a very very long time, I'm starting to be comfortable with my weight and my body shape. I've been working out for a while now and the pleasant result is that I no longer have very noticeable flabs. But now that I'm more comfortable with how I am, I no longer have as much motivation to stick to…
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How many calories was in this pizza?
I went to my local vegetarian pizzeria and bought a 9" vegan pizza (meaning no cheese), and it looks like this: http://25.media.tumblr.com/a68f3c7726d69d46b2940f5f9a2395e1/tumblr_mwr44hhpiD1t10yi0o1_500.jpg It is simply vegetables with tomato sauce. Thin-crust. The thing is I ate the whole thing in one seating (along with…
