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Advice to my former fat self … what's yours?
I wish I could go back in time for a number of reasons. One of which is to give myself advice at various stages of weight loss/gain. Here's what I would tell myself. At 340 lbs: So this is you. You try to be invisible, which is ironic considering how large you have let yourself become. This is do-or-die time. You don't…
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How long did it take or things to just click?
By far my biggest hurdle is being consistent. I used to be consistent, and that's what go the weight off. Then I became inconsistent, and the weight came back on. I tried to summon my willpower and overpower the inconsistency. I wanted willpower to smother my urges to overeat. And it would work for a day or two. Sometimes…
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Thinking about just giving up
I know I shouldn't. Everything in me says not to. But I am so frustrated and disappointed with my lack of progress. I started with MFP a month ago. I was about 175-180 lbs. I have been averaging a calorie deficit every week. I thought if I saw even a 2 pound drop in the first few weeks, it would motivate me even more.…
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Is this considered interval training?
I've read about how interval training can really ramp up the calorie burn. I've seen different examples spelled out -- like going all out for 1 minute followed by a recovery period of 30 seconds. And then you repeat that. Is there a set way to do intervals? The other day, I tried it on my own but wasn't sure if I was…
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Does anyone PLAN their binge?
It is pretty clear I have a binge eating problem. I never used to. At my heaviest, I was 350 lbs. I didn't binge then. But I ate whatever I wanted. I lost all of my weight and hit my goal of 140 in 2008. I kept it off for 4 years. I swore I would never regain the weight. I was very strict with myself and a major gym rat.…
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Crowded gyms in a few days
Every new year, the gyms fill up with people who make resolutions. They eventually get back to normal around March. But it REALLY ticks me off -- which sounds awful. But I feel like I go so regularly all year, every year, and then suddenly I have to wait in line to get on a treadmill. And the treadmill time is limited to…
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Can you help me estimate cals burned doing this?
I meet with a personal trainer twice a week for an hour. I can't afford a HRM. I'm 41, 5'8, 175 lbs, female. With my trainer, we do squats (holding a weight), dead lifts, kettle bell swings, triceps, etc. She'll have me do something like this: • 12 squats while holding a 10-lb weight • 12-15 dead lifts holding a two 10-lb…
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two days of bad choices. what to do
I was doing well for a few weeks and the past two days... Chinese food, Mexican food, chocolate. I don't even want to know how many calories I inhaled. Now I feel sick, tired, bloated. Should I just get back on track? How many days until I feel better physically?
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does this math add up?
Okay, over the course of the last 8 days, I've eaten an avg of 1550 cals. Ive exercised an avg of 300 cals. These are averages over the past 8 days. A few days I was eating 2200, and a few days it was 1150 ... that's how it averaged out to 1500 calories. Also, same with the exercise ... i did nothing on 3 days and…
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spinning. how many cals burned
Mfp doesn't have a set entry for spinning. I don't have an hrm. I did an hour class. I'd say I worked moderately hard to fairly hard. What would a conservative estimate of caps burned be? I am 41, female, 5'8 & 175 lbs. Thx.
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15 days in mfp and...Only 1 pound lost. what?!
I averaged around 1500 cals eaten. I exercised a lot. Only one pound? What the what? This week, I'm going to try 1300 cals with higher protein. My diary is public. Oh and I'm 175 lbs, 41, female, 5'8. Want to get to 150. Sigh. So slow.
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Nighttime hunger, anyone?
For whatever reason, I can exert my willpower during the day very easily. I saunter by the donuts at work. If hunger pains strike, I can take the edge off with an apple, salad, water, etc. But nighttime is a whole different world, and I truly can't figure out why. I often fall asleep fairly quickly but am roused out of…
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EFF NET CALORIES--check out my math
Okay. I have been on MFP for 13 days as of today. The net cals confuses me. I averaged my calories eaten for the past 13 days. I averaged my calories burned through exercise for the past 13 days. Here are the numbers: Avg cals eaten: 1553 Avg cals burned through exercise: 358 (includes rest days averaged in there) I'm…
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Is there a way to see your weekly avg cals eaten?
Other than manually adding it all up, I mean. Is there that kind of functionality/reporting on the website? Someone mentioned it's on the app version, but I can't find it or figure it out.
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More than 1 cheat day and still possible to lose?
By the end of this week, I will have logged 15 days on MFP. Despite my best efforts to be strictly within my calorie goal (1200), I find a pattern emerging. Which is ... eating close to calorie budget for 5 days and having two days where I go closer to 2200. I also exercise a decent amount and don't try to eat those cals…
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My net cals and stats for one week. Why no weight loss?
Okay, today is day 7 on MFP. I am 41, female, 5'8", 180 lbs. Looking to get to 155. I've battled weight my whole life. Got to my goal of 140 several years ago. Maintained it by running a lot, and sticking to 1200-1500 cals a day. That's what I had to do to maintain. Old habits slipped back in. I started a pattern of…
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Do these cals burned seem correct or inflated?
This morning, I went to the gym. I got on the treadmill. I do alternate jogging/walking. I'll jog at 6.0 mph for 3 milnutes, then walk at 4..3 mph for 3 minutes. I do this for an hour. Sometimes I jog for only 2 min and walk for 4 min. At any rate, I logged 5 miles (distance) at the end of an hour through this combo of…
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law of averages in terms of cals eaten?
This is all about math, right? So if I am looking at the 8 days I have been logging, should I take my avg daily cals eaten as the main metric? I ask because I see a pattern. I stick to 1400 or so cals eaten, 300 or so burned through exercise, but then seem to eat extras every 3-4 days, so that I eat 2200 cals on those…
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How did I do?
For all you seasoned and successful weight loss folks, just looking for your guidance and advice. I just figured out how to make my diary public. Wondering how you think I did -- just finished my first 7 days on MFP. I logged everything accurately. Even on days where I had extra bites of this or that, I used the 'quick…
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How the heck do I approximate cals burned doing this?
Here's a typical workout for me on a Sunday: Treadmill: I do 6.5 miles in about 80 minutes. Roughly 20 minutes of that is running at 6.0 mph. So I'll run for 3 min, walk for 2 min. Run for 2, then walk for 3. i do this until I hit 6.5 miles in distance. Sometimes I'll run for 1 min, walk for 4. Just depends. When I walk,…
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day 4 and already blew it.
So I was trucking along. Hitting net goal. Eating 1200-1400 each day. Exercise each day. Day 3 I exercised a lot and ate back more than half of my cals burned. But was still ok day 4. That was yesterday. I did fine all day. Dragged myself to gym after work. Walked 4 miles. Around midnight, I blew it. Went to kitchen. Had 3…
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What should I be looking at? Total calories or net calories?
When I go to the reporting tool, it allows you to view net calories or total calories. Both, for me, appear to have a daily goal of 1200. The NET calories should equal 1200 b/c they account for eating back exercise calories burned, right? So which view should I be looking at to see how I am doing, do you think? I have been…
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Avice to stop nighttime eating
Turns out that my willpower diminishes with every hour of the day. By the time 9 pm rolls around, that box of cookies or cereal doesn't seem as off limits as it was in the morning. This is by far my most challenging part of the day, and where the weight gain creep has happened for me. If I could nip this one habit, it…
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my first 3 days. howd i do?
Can you let me know if I'm on track? I set a goal of losing 2 lbs a week. I am 41, female, 5'8 and 180 lbs. Mfp set calorie goal if 1200. First two days, I ate around 1400 caps but still had leftover cals due to exercise. So that would be the net, right? Yesterday I ate 1800 cals but also had net cals left because I…
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Can someone explain how this works in clear, easy terms?
I just started with MFP, and I love the logging aspect. I consider myself a fairly sharp person. But or some reason, i can't wrap my brain around the NET calories concept or the numbers it shows me on a daily basis. When I entered my profile info, it told me to eat 1200 cals a day. Then, you've got some sort of exercise…
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what should i use for walking at 4.3 mph?
When I try to log my cardio, MFP offers either 4.0 mph or 4.5 mph. What should I use for walking 4.3 mph? Or should I just use 4.0 mph and underestimate a bit? Also, I work out with a personal training an hour twice a week. She basically has me do squats, kettle bell swings, lunges, stuff like that for an hour. I do have a…
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On Jenny Craig, hoping MFP helps too
You're probably thinking -- wow you're on Jenny Craig and you're doing this too? Yep. I am seriously at rock bottom here. The short story: I am in my 40s, female. My highest weight was 350 pounds. I lost slowly over a decade, had kids, and then settled around 210 lbs. I lost more on my own, and then joined Jenny Craig…
