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Its low calorie and lower carbs for me.
So for 2 months, i did the LCHF diet. lost weight in month 1 but stalled in month 2. For a WHOLE MONTH. grrr. Long story short, went to my doctor this week, he said keep calories at 1400 (which is what MFP says, to lose weight, and to keep my sugars lower - keep carbs 50 - 100. Voila. Added more fruit this week and more…
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Getting to Twoterville soon!
Today for the first time, when i finished my food for the day, MFP gives you a blurb and says "if you eat like this you will be ___ in 5 weeks" Well finally it put me into Twoterville! I cannot believe it. Since Feb 21, i have lost 48 pounds. I love seeing the numbers go down, which is part of my motivation. I'm doing a…
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Making Bland Food More Flavorful
So I am eating low sodium, watching my sugars, and calories. Now, I cook vegetables, chicken veg soup, etc. and trying to infuse better flavor (like the way restaurants taste however, they prolly add in more salt and sugars). So, I made some crab soup made with low sodium canned tomatos, and it came out kinda bland. I used…
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MFP predicts your weight in 5 weeks - question
So when you log your food in all day, at 2 pound weight loss for example where today I am 313, it tells me at the end of the log-in day, "if you continue to eat like this, you will be at 303 in 5 weeks. Now, I have a theory, if I hit the 5 week mark, and do not hit the MFP weight prediction, could it be that I did not log…
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Weight Loss is all crazy
so i was doing well. Then on June 26 i went out and had a bit too much food that day. Next week after that, also the same. Then a week ago, i stopped my water weight pill that the doc prescribed for slight high blood pressure, i asked to get off of it because i started getting a particular side effect (mild dizziness…
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Healthier Food but Higher Calories/Carbs
So I am choosing to do the whole food mostly plant based diet. it focuses on vegetables, fruits, etc. so I am trying a few new vegan soy products (almond milk-based, coconut-milk based, etc). However, the nutrients in the food are higher in a bad way. I.e. O'Soy yogurt - has 171 calories and 29 carbs and 26 grams sugar.…
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Counting more than 5 macros
MFP only lets you set 5 macros to track. But I would like to see 8 macros that are important to me. The premium membership does not let you do more. Is there anything I can do that I had not yet realized can happen? Thank you for your help.
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Pickled Beets
So i enjoy a few sliced pickled beets. According to the jar, it does not have much carbs nor calories. My friend says NO PICKLED BEETS - too much sugar. I have been trying to read about this and cant come to any conclusions. One article says that food that is pickled does something to reduce the sugars in the food, so its…
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High Carb Foods
I'm trying to lose weight and do low carb (due to pre-diabetes). so I'm going with 100 total carbs a day. I would love to eat brown rice, jasmine rice, beans. But they are pretty high in carbs per serving. OK what if I ate a cup each of those foods, maybe every 3 days, that way, lets say I go over my carb limit for the…
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low carb rice, grains, cereal
I do not wish to go over 100 total carbs a day, due to a health issue, but would love to have brown rice, grains or cereal or lentils, etc.. but they are usually 1/3 - 1/2 of my carbs allowed .. OK is there something I am missing in not eating them? I would like to include them but wow are they high in carbs. do you have…
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Macros for Low Carb Diet
Hi - I have pre-diabetes and doctor agreed with me that I could go on a low carb diet, (50 carbs a day). I would like to get the carbs between 30 and 60 a day. if I were to calculate my macros, what would the fat and protein numbers be when I set my goals here on MFP? The carbs are set at 15% but I don't know the other…
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Cheat Meal/Meal that Shocks your Body and Helps you Lose weight
Hi - Have you heard of eating a cheat meal that has the effect of shocking your body into losing weight in this way (dont' know how else to explain it). Lets say I am eating within my calories and macros all week. Weight stays pretty much the same or losing 2 pounds a week. Now, on the weekend I go out and eat a great meal…
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Why am i sick after eating ranch dressing
Hi - I'm just starting back on my diet after not being on it for a year. so im just beginning, im not even doing what i used to, just trying first to make better food selections and shortly i will record everything. so bear with me please. i know this may sound stupid, but today i ate a salad made with chicken salad (with…
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I am back!
Hi - I thought I'd put this here. well after being on MFP for a while, and doing well, I went back to my old habits, plus went thru horrible stress last year, so food was my medication ... then regained all my weight lost again... and now back again here on MFP, I'm going to track like I used to.. what got me going this…
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MY FRIEND LOSING 5-9 POUNDS A WEEK
My best guy friend is losing 5-9 pounds a week on Ideal Protein, which is pretty much a very low carb diet (about 30 mg a day (grams?). anyway, when i see his weight loss per week, i think that is like impossible, too good to be true. he does not seem to be having any health issues from it, he just cant eat fruit and dairy…
