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How do you count and why? MFP plus eating 50-100% exercise cal or TDEE-15% or 20% or more?
Hi, I am curious and I assume some others as well: How do you count and why do you count like that and have you been successful? Are you using MFP and eating back exercise calories (if so how many exercise calories are you eating back and how are you tracking them)? Are you eating at your calculated TDEE - a certain…
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Help for calorie target needed, please
I need help please with the following question: after not being long on MFP when I was experimenting a bit with my calories trying to stay in a weekly calorie target, but bing always insecure about whether it is a good target, I had a week of binges (binge eating is my problem) with 17500 cal PLUS (means 2.5 real kilogramm…
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Eating what you like vs. clean eating vs. following weight watchers or low carb or other method
What has helped you most to stick to your calories? How are you losing? Especially: people with binge problems-what has helped you most? I am currently trying to eat whatever I like and especially to include my binge foods in my normal daily life. We will see how this will go, I just started to put focus on this...
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chewy food-cravings
I love chewy food like fudge, caramel, quest bars, chewy cookies and oat meal bars etc. I am in search for low calorie alternatives, either food or recipes. Can you help me please?
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Binge eating-what has helped you-flexible or set meals? Need help!!
What is better for a binge eater what has helped you? Set meals or eating whatever and whenever you want as long as it fits your calories? Shoule i wait a certain amount of hours between meals or just do it as it comes? Any other strategies for bingers?
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How to start eating more from a binge eaters side?
Hi guys, here is a lot of helpful information, but I still feel overwhelmed and insecure what to do. Maybe you could help me a bit with my situation, please: My problem is that I am a binge eater. I was not restricting my food intake heavily, though, but it might have been a bit low due to a lot of sports and a long diet…
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How to stop binges when they started/what-the-heck-response-some thoughts
Hi, I want to change m mentality towards how long a binge has to go. For me, it is usual that I set a calorie limit once I have started bingeing ( a bit like a "planned" binge, only that I start unplanned). Mostly, it is either 3500 cal PLUS , means above my daily caloric goal or my TDEE. I then binge the whole day until I…
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Does every move count or do you have to do intense sport like HIT or heavy lifting?
I have a general question: does every move count, like eg walking and moving around the stores or dancing or do you have to do higher intensity training at least after a while to burn calories? And does the body adapt and burn less calories after you have eg been walking a lot for a couple of weeks? Or is it a bit like…
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Binges-some more thoughts
In relation to my other thoughts posted here related to binge amount I wanted to add some thoughts on binge food...I just weighed some strawberries and was surprised how many I get for my calorie "bucks"...and I was thinking and even regretting why I spent my 3500 extra binge calories from yesterday only on things like ice…
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Chewy food/ chewy recipes
I love chewy food like fudge, caramel, quest bars....as I often overeat these higher calorie chewy foods I am in search for lower cal satisfying alternative food and recipes. Do you have any ideas, please?
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Anxiety around weight gain, food, binges,...how has tracking calories helped you?
As most of us I guess also have a lot of anxiety related to weight gain/food /binges etc or overeat or emotionally eat because of anxiety and body tensions I wanted to open a discussion to enhance motivation. I just started to realize that tracking in MFP could help me reduce my anxiety e.g. by showing me that a binge…
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Calorie calculator help, please
Hi, I need help to calculate my calories, please. There is one method where you eat around 20%-25% of your TDEE for weight loss. I tried to calculate my TDEE online. However, the calorie estimates of the calculators online differ a lot for me and I am unsure what to use. I had a look at:…
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Weight gain through overeating or bingeing
How much weight can you gain through bingeing? I had 4 pretty bad days with a PLUS of 10500 kcal over TDEE in total. This would equal 3 times 3500 kcal or 3.3 Pounds FAT (1.5 kg) gain if the calculation goes the same way as for losing. So am I right that I could not have gained more than 3 Pounds FAT these days (plus some…
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Meals and meal planning vs. just tracking over the day/week
Hi, I am curious how you follow your calorie goal: do you eat planned/scheduled meals and if so how exactly do you plan and how many meals do you eat/do you calculate a certain calorie rabnge per meal before? Or do you just track as you go along the day?
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Fruit: yes or no
Hi, even on weight watchers people are discussing whether eating fruit is good or not...I was wondering: is it good to eat fruit as long as i stay in my calories? I love it and I thought it is healthy and keeps me full....what is your experience (of course not the low carb/non carb guys)?
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o calorie per serving foods-do you track them? and if so how?
I eat a lot of 0 calorie per serving foods like pickles, traditional shirataki noodles, walden farms products etc. and now I heard they can have up to 5 calories per serving so I was wondering whether I should not track them and if so should I track 1 serving as 5 calories? What do you think-does anyone have a similar…
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For the weekly counters: which day are you starting your week?
Hi, I am trying to figure out which day is best for me to start my weekly counting, which includes days with more and days with less calories. Which day are you starting your counting? On Monday after the weekend (in order to save calories for the weekend)? Or on another day? Just curious :O)!
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Weight loss vs. Maintenance calories
Do you think I could lose weight if I eat at a weekly average my BMR (1200 cal) plus about half of my exercise calories? And maintain by eating my BMR at a weekly average plus all of my exercise calories? Note: I only use MFP to track exercise calories and also count things like brisk walking as exercise....What do you…
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Should I add calories for partial breastfeeding and if so how many?
In many weight loss programs people are advised to add energy for the breastfeeding. If fully breastfeeding you get more than if only breastfeeding in addition to meals (which I do I only breastfeed in addition-my daughter already eats meals and snacks-and i have the feeling she not always drinks but sometimes just sucks…
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Chewy food and recipe ideas
I love chewy texture for food and am a total addictive to things like fudge/caramel and quest bars, as well as oatmeal etc. Any idea for chewy foods or recipes? If possible low cal! Unfortunately it seems that mostly high cal food has got this texture....
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Please help me create my shopping list :O)!
Hi, I am about to get more serious with the calorie counting and tracking lifestyle and want to go grocery shopping. What are products or foods that you would recommend? I am open to everything, including dish suggestions! Ideally, the food and products or recipe ideas should be delicious and filling (and healthy)! What…
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Calories in Yam or konjacu shirataki noodles
Hi, I eat a lot of shirataki noodles, mainly the ones without tofu. I was wondering how many calories I would have to count for them? They are "0" a serving but there are 5 servings or so in a bag and I am a good eater.....As far as I understood, one can count 5 cal per 1 serving size of "0 calorie" food to be on the safe…
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Zero calorie foods
Hi, do you add calories for the portions of "zero" calorie foods you eat if it is more than one portion size? I eat a lot of 0 calorie foods and was wondering....Also there are some foods like the shirataki or the erythriol sweetener that are not metabolized (if I am right....)-for those I would not have to add any…
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Does it not matter what you eat for weight loss and maintenance or is low carb better?
Hey, I was wondering if it is better to eat low carb to lose weight and maintenance (a calorie is a calorie) or is it better to eat low carb? Many thanks for your experience and advice!
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Your favorite sugar free products
Hi guys, while I am not doing low carb in general, I am looking for sugar free products, mainly because of my teeth problems and also as I do not like sugar rushes very much...so I am always looing for good sugar free products, mainly ones that do not contain any teeth harming sweeteners (but that I can check by myself…
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Is movement movement or do you need to get your heartrate up to burn calories?
What is your experience and opinion on this: is movement movement (or does any activity count, trying to be more active during the day by eg walking in place at home or doing more mall shopping instead of watching TV) or do you neet to get your heartrate up (higher intensity workouts in general, HIT, not counting in brisk…
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Which fitness tracker/device in my case?
Hey guys, I need some advice on which fitness tracker/device would be the best for my needs. I am a stay at home mum who tries to incorporate as much activity as possible into her daily rountine (and therefore it can vary a lot how much I can do depending on my tots needs and moods...). So you will find me walking in place…
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Exercise-how do you keep track? what do you count as exercise?how much do you eat back?
I am confused about how to keep track on exercise (MFP, other net ressources,heart rate monitor, fitbit....), what I should count as exercise (the mall walks as well or only gym exercise...) and finally how much I should eat back (100%, 50%, none, ...., especially as I heard that it is easy to overestimate the calories…
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Calorie cycling/counting calories over the week
I heard that it is good to not eat the same amount of calories every day and that it speeds up metabolism or helps prevent starvation mode to cycle calories. Some people say it is only the weekly average that counts. Others say that you should eat a similar amount every day. What is your opinion on this? Does anyone do…
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How many sports calories do you eat back? And what counts as sports?
I find it quite difficult to determine my caloric goal to lose weight....I am usually more sedentary and sitting around a lot (new mum..., but try to incorporate as much exercise as possible. If I exercise it is usually at a low level and includes things like water exercise, walking the mall at a higher pace or…
