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Hypothetical Question: Who would be healthier?
Let's say that there are two women, identical in height, age, medical history....in every way (this is a hypothetical question). They both weigh 200 lbs and go to the doctor, who advises them to lose 25 lbs. One woman shrugs this off and does nothing. A year later when she returns to the doctor, she has consistently…
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How can you tell if your scale is broken?
I usually fluctuate up and down daily with my weight. Usually about 2 lbs of variance and I always weigh in he morning after using the restroom but before eating or drinking. The last few days, my weight has only dropped. It had been fluctuating as usual and then dropped 2.2 lbs in one day, then another 0.6 the next day,…
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Shockers when you started paying attention to calories?
A few weeks before I joined MFP, I remember taking a few trips to Noodles and Co to eat lunch while I graded papers. Both times, I ordered the Alfredo Montamore. Recently my husband and I went there and I went into my MFP app to look up the calories of menu items and decide what to order before we got there (I didn't…
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What did doc say when you brought up calorie-counting?
I am going to be talking to a midwife today and asking her about calorie-counting while pregnant. I am nervous that she's going to just tell me to "eat a healthy diet" and not give me calorie goals that I can use. What did your practitioner say when you asked?
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Not pregnant yet, but I have some questions...
I am not yet pregnant, but I have a few questions and I thought someone on here might be able to help: 1. When they say you can do whatever you did before you got pregnant, but nothing new, how do you interpret that? I am not yet pregnant, but I have started C25K. If I get pregnant, would I be able to continue with that?…
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Yoga DVDs that aren't fast and have modifications
I have begun doing yoga twice a week. Every yoga routine I have tried has the words "for Beginners" in the title and every one of them is hard for me for two reasons -- (1) all of them are too fast with complicated transitions, and (2) I can't do the poses and don't know how to modify them appropriately. I have been…
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Another IIFYM question
Do you try to hit your macro goals as they are at the start of the day or the end? My protein macro goal is 87g when I wake up, but with exercise throughout the day when total calories are added, it goes up. I feel like I'm working with a moving target here . . . But lots of people don't even eat back their exercise…
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Breakfast ideas that will get me through to lunch?
I eat breakfast around 5am and don't get a chance to eat anything again until at least 10:45am. That may seem like not too long of a time, but I have a fairly active job and I feel like I am STARVING by the time I get a chance to have lunch. I have found this to be the case no matter what I eat. I have tried high-carb and…
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Losing pounds but not inches -- am I doing this wrong?
MFP and many users of MFP recommend taking weekly measurements as a more accurate way of measuring success than scale changes. So starting around 20 days in, I started tracking a few measurements on a weekly basis. After a couple weeks, I was surprised to see that the measurements weren't dropping, in fact, they were…
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For those who like guac
We were making chicken burgers this week and my husband asked me to pick up some guac. A littl backstory: I love guacomole, but I find that it just doesn't taste the same when it's put back into the fridge. A whole avocado's worth of guac is just way too much for me and my husband alone, but I always feel weird putting it…
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Painful callous?
Is it normal for a callous to be painful? I have a callous right on the ball of my foot. It feels like a little knot in the skin -- in the center kinda. It's like a little stripe that runs parallel (along the length of the foot, not across it) and is about an inch long. I've always had a callous there, but it hurts more…
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What's the most difficult stage of weight loss?
So I'm still at the relative beginning of my weight loss journey. I'm a little under 2 months in and down about 15 lbs. I am only set to lose 1 lb per week, but have been losing between 1.5-2 lbs per week. I'm not really afraid of the weight loss slowing down -- which I know it will -- but I am definitely generally anxious…
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Why prioritize protein > fat> carbs?
I learned from others here that I should prioritize hitting my protein goal, then my fat goal, and then fill in with carbs while staying under my calorie goal. Can anyone explain the reason for prioritizing fat over carbs? I was trying to explain it to my mom and realized I didn't know. I hypothesized that it was because…
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Measurements: Help me make sense of my numbers!
So I've been tracking measurements for about 4 weeks now and I'm ready to bang my head on a wall. I'm so confused. I'm a woman, first of all. I know that that makes a difference as far as where you measure and what's a healthy body fat percentage, etc. MFP says to track: Neck, Waist and Hips I was hoping to see losses in a…
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Can I share a dish that I have made with another member?
I often make and log food using the recipe builder. My husband eats it too and he's also using MFP as his food diary. I can't seem to find a way to "share" a meal with him, though. Does that make sense? Like, I'd like to be able to make a recipe, log it for myself, and then somehow send it to him so he can log it too…
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What should I expect as far as MFP lowering my calories?
So I started out with a goal to lose 1 lb per week and MFP gave me 1,860 calories. Then after a little bit, I was doing so well I thought maybe I should up my goal to losing 1.5 lbs per week. Boy was that mistake! I was going over a bunch and was unhappy. So after just a few days I went back to 1 lb per week. However,…
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Beginner workout routine?
I'm a total newbie at exercising regularly and I'm terrified of doing something stupid and injuring myself. Can someone with more experience tell me if this sounds like a good plan? Monday, Thursday, Saturday: C25K Tuesday and Friday: Strength training (I don't know much about this, so I just found this youtube video of a…
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How many sets of workout clothes do you recommend?
I break an actual sweat 3 days a week when I do my C25K workout. These are the only days when I wear fitness clothing -- the other days are lots of walking paired with "pajama workouts" like yoga and light strength training. I currently have one "workout outfit" consisting of a sports bra, shirt and pants -- all c9 stuff…
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What does "hitting" your macros look like?
I often read people say "as long as you're hitting your macros...." Or "make it fit your macros." I realize that it means paying attention to your carbs, fat and protein (and sugars and fiber and sodium maybe too?) but there's no way (at least not in my world) to hit every one of my recommendations perfectly. I don't think…
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Explain water weight?
I hear/read all the time that "the first ____lbs are all just water, if course, but then you start to lose actual fat." Why? I don't understand why a change in diet and exercise would cause me to lose a lot of water? Can someone explain the mechanics of this? It seems to be very common knowledge and I have never understood…
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Popping knees?
Ever since I started being more active 5 weeks ago, my knees have been giving me problems. Sometimes they hurt, other times they just . . . pop. Like in the morning as I walk down the stairs, they pop as I extend my legs and make kind of a cracking noise. I've got a fair amount of weight to lose and I'm guessing that this…
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Logging bacon?
When you make bacon, the nutritional information is for the uncooked bacon, right? So when you cook it, a lot of the fat drips off -- is there any way to account for this or does it not make a big enough difference?
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Do you have to "mix up" your cardio?
My favorite form of exercise is walking. I just enjoy taking long walks in my neighborhood with my kid in the stroller. And according to my Fitbit, I can burn a fair number of calories while doing so. I have also started to incorporate some light jogging. I have a treadmill and I know that once the weather gets too hot or…
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Do no-cal sweeteners really make you crave sugar?
I have heard this from my MIL, but I don't know if it's true. I don't buy soda at the store, but if I am at a restaurant or a party, my beverage of choice is a Coke Zero. I have never noticed any particular cravings for sugary foods afterwards, but I am curious as to why it would cause them, if this is true. And is it that…
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What should I do today?
My husband is going to be working a lot today, so I am going to be on my own with the baby. Ideas about what I should do today? I want to do something fun so imam not bored and a friend had to postpone having lunch with us. If I want to get in exercise (which I do!) it will have to be walking with the baby in the stroller…
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Is there a "moving average app" for measurements?
I use the app WeightTrend to calculate my trend weight as an average of the previous 7 daily weigh-ins. So when I do a weekly weigh-in, I'm not actually putting the number that was on the scale, but rather my "trend weight," which is an average of all the daily weigh-ins that week. This creates a nice smooth weight graph…
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Motivation to keep going when you feel great?
I've only lost 6 lbs of the 70 lb I will need to lose in order to reach a healthy BMI. But I already feel so much healthier and more energetic! And I like the way I look! So even though it would be awesome to actually lose a lot more, I'm having a harder time getting motivated. If I stopped now, I could avoid having to buy…
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Ovulation while dieting and exercising?
I am on day 22 of my cycle and have gotten positive OPKs for 7 days straight. Usually I ovulate by day 18 for sure, usually around day 15. This is the first cycle that I am on MFP and using a Fitbit to incorporate moderate exercise. Nothing crazy -- I usually only do the recommended 10,000 steps and I have set MFP to give…
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What are you doing about clothes?
So warmer weather has arrived and I haven't any/many clothes that fit. I think I was still in maternity clothes last summer... Anyway, what do you all do about clothes? I feel like buying clothes in a size that I hope to be leaving behind ASAP is going to be a demotivator for me, but I also don't want to be wearing winter…
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Question about taking measurements?
First of all: What areas do you choose to measure? Second of all, about measuring your waistline: Do you measure across the belly button, or do you measure whatever part is slimmest? Do you totally relax your core muscles? Leave some tension in then? Suck in your belly? I'm guessing the most important thing is to be…
