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Do I have to eat all my calories?
MFP has set my limit at 2,300 calories. I've been averaging about 1,300-1,600 lately (past 4-5 days). Do I need to eat more or is this fine? If I exercise, I eat back some of the calories. I always consume at least 1,200 calories. I'm female, 29, 5'8, 276lbs, sedentary, and looking to lose about 100lbs. Before today, my…
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How accurate is the serving size for packaged food?
On average, how off are serving sizes in terms of actual weight? For instance, if it says 5 crackers are 160g, how many grams is 5 crackers likely to actually be? I'm not looking for perfect accuracy but more along the lines of add X% more calories/grams. I don't - and won't - weigh all my food so I'm trying to find out…
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Looking for friends/motivation
Hello! I've had an account on here for awhile but haven't been on recently. I'm trying again, though, and would love to have some friends to help motivate me. I would like to lose 100lbs, but any weight loss at all is a good thing. I'm starting out small for now; I'd like to lose 30lbs by the end of 2017. There are a few…
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Just started and I'd love friends
Hello everyone! I'm very, very new to MFP (though not new to trying to lose weight) and I'd like to get the most out of it. I've been told the community here is amazing and I'd love to find people who can help me through my weight loss and whom I can help too. I find it hard to approach people about this IRL so I'm hoping…
