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Which Sweet Potato Entry?
Im plan on eating a baked sweet potato with dinner but there are so many different entries in the database...even multiple entries with a green check. How do you know if you're choosing the right one?
TDEE vs NEAT
Hey everyone! Since I've been on MFP, I've done their NEAT method. I eat my 1370 a day and log my exercise calories that I've gotten from my Polar FT4. Here recently I've been watching a lot of YT videos and reading articles about using the TDEE method instead. I went on the IIFYM website and input my info and it gave me…
More Cardio?
Hey everyone! Quick question, I feel like I've been so hungry lately and it's been making it hard to stay in a deficit. I'm currently doing more strength training than cardio which is giving me only about 300 exercise calories a day/5 days a week. I get nervous to eat those because I don't really know if those calculations…
Weighing food
Good morning! Two questions.. 1. When I'm building a recipe and weighing it for "servings" purposes, do I weigh it before I cook it or afterwards? I'm making a taco chili tonight. 2. I think I've been doing this wrong..in general, when logging meat do I weigh my meats before or after I've cooked them. Like a 4 oz serving…
2 lbs a week loss ok?
Hey everyone! Quick question, I still currently have about 45 lbs to lose. From the chart that I've seen people post, it says that someone with that amount could set their weekly loss to 2 lbs a week. Thing is, 2 lbs a week will put me at 1200 a day. I can't consistently only eat 1200 without turning into a monster. If I…
Losing faster without exercise?
Hey everyone! I don't know if this a fluke or what but it almost seems like I lose weight more easily without exercise. It's like every week I step on the scale I'm down. Where as when I'm exercising I don't always lose consistently or my weight seems to stall for weeks at a time. I do love exercising because of the mood…
Weighing salad dressing
Hello everyone! I've noticed recently learned the importance of weighing everything. Question, how would I weigh salad dressing. I use the Bolthouse Ranch and it says a serving size is 2 TBSP (which is what I've been doing) and it also gives a ML serving size but how do I weigh ML? Thanks for any suggestions!
How to deal with exercise hunger?
Hello everyone!! I have been on this site for years now but only in the last 3-4 months have I had success. I learned that my eating was number 1. In the past I would go over my calories consistently but try to exercise those extra calories away and it wasn't really cutting it. I was yo-yo-ing for the longest before I…
Weighing my chili
Hi everyone! Last week someone made a post about how to weigh and measure out their bulk chili recipe. I learned from that post that I was definitely doing it wrong and learned how to now do it right. I just made my chicken taco chili in the crockpot. I followed the instructions from that post...I put all of the…
IM30 vs Running
Hi everyone! I am cross listing this post, I'm not sure if that's frowned upon but I did post this in the Fitness forum also but didn't get any suggestions. I always get my questions answered in this thread so I'm posting it here too :) I asked a question kind of similar about a week or so ago but feel like I may need to…
IM30 vs running
Hi everyone! I asked a question kind of similar about a week or so ago but feel like I may need to be more specific. I am currently on my weight loss journey. I have lost 20 and still have about 35 more to go. I asked a question before about hiit training vs running and received a lot of helpful advice about weight loss…
Running vs HIIT Training
Hey everyone! I have been doing Insanity Max 30 for over a year now and I absolutely love it. However, my sister has just taken up running and she looks amazing! She's toned and just looks flat out awesome and what's shocking is that she only runs 3-4 days a week. I, on the other hand, work my butt off to near death (lol)…
Preworkout?
Hey everyone! This may be the stupidest question so I apologize in advance, haha! I like taking c4 preworkout for the energy it gives me for the workout I'm about to do. My question is, is it better to workout without a preworkout? Like, by drinking the PW am I just burning what I just drank instead of burning body fat or…
Taking a pre workout?
Hopefully this isn't a dumb question but I normally take c4 as a pre workout before I do my Insanity Max 30...not everytime but often. I just though about something though, is taking a pre workout while trying to lose weight not the best thing? Should my body be using it's own fat stores or does it not work that way? I saw…
Just started intermittent fasting, quick question
Hi everyone! I read a thread the other day that excited me and prompted me to begin intermittent fasting with a 16:8 schedule. I completed my first day yesterday and it was excellent! However, after reading online last night, I found some websites that said IF wasn't good for women and could actually mess up our hormones…
Is everyone set at 1.5 lbs a week?
Hi everyone! I'm Sarah and I have 60 lbs to lose :) I was wondering if everyone has their weekly goal set up to 1.5 weekly loss or at 1 lb. I saw that the standard is if you have 40-75 lbs to lose that the ideal is to set your goal at 1.5 lbs a week. When I set mine to 1.5 lbs a week, it gives me 1210 calories a day since…
Going from 1.5 lbs a week to 1 lb a week?
I am currently at 190 pounds with a goal weight of 138 lbs. I saw on another post that a good weekly goal is 1% of your current weight. Right now I have my calorie goals for a 1.5 lb weekly loss which gives me 1230 daily calories plus my exercise calories. My issue is that as I a get closer to goal, don't I have to reduce…
1 lb or 1.5 lb weekly loss?
Hello everyone! I've been doing mfp for a while but haven't really been following it the way should have been consistently. I'm recommitting but have one quick question..do I need to set my weekly loss at 1.5 or 1? Or even 2? I currently am 186 lbs, 5.4, and workout 5 days a week with Insanity Max 30. Goal is 138 lbs. I…
Are all calories equal?
Hello! I know that it's important to eat healthy but will I still lose weight if I don't eat clean and "healthy" 90-100% ? I like to try and eat my best most days but I may have a day where I eat pizza, Wendy's, or some cupcakes. I still make sure that I stay within my macros but my food choices just may not be the…
Start turbofire over??
Hello! I am currently on Week 5 of TurboFire. I have missed one workout each week of the past 4 weeks. Do I need to start over or just continue trying not to miss any workouts? Thanks!
Should my goal be 1.5 or 1 lb a week?
I'm currently 5'4 and 185 pounds. I have 45 pounds to lose. Does my goal in my settings need to be 1 or 1.5 pounds. Setting it at 1.5 lbs puts me at 1200 a day. I'm currently doing TurboFire also and eat back some of my calories. Is the 1200 too little? 1lb a week puts me at 1420 a day. Thanks!
Am I supposed to eat my Net calories?
I'm coming from Weight Watchers so I'm not used to actually seeing calories/net calories. I get 1370 calories a day. I workout 6 days a week and burn any where from 400 to 800 calories a workout. Today I ate all of my 1370 calories given to me and about 30 of my exercise calories. I still have a NET of 902. Is my NET…

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