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Should I exclude certain foods
Question, do you feel you lose more weight excluding certain food? The reason i ask, is that I've just been counting the calories and watching my sodium, but my mate said.......................Oh you shouldn't eat white bread only brown or wholegrain. PS: only 1 one slice every few days, I've gone lowfat/lean protein and…
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J-Style
Morning peep, has anyone heard of the activity monitor called j-style? http://jointchinese.en.alibaba.com/product/737153125-0/J_Style_Hot_Belt_Clip_USB_Activity_Tracker.html We don't have them in UK yet, are they available in USA?
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Calorie Dilema
So if i'm eating leftovers from yesterday, that i counted in yesterdays calories.......................is that free food today? (e.g i made a pan of soup and counted 240 calories in yesterdays, but only ate half and eating the rest today) PS: i was under yesterday so adjusting to half & half won't make much difference UM…
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2nd week in - must try harder
Afternoon all, well 2nd week in and no loss this week, i'm not whinging because i know I've not found that "balance" quiet yet, still tempted to have something i haven't planned for and missing tracking the odd thing.............................report this week would read, "must try harder". :) Does anyone have any tips…
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Am i doing this wrong?
So I'm a nosy Parker as i often look at the EMTWL successful peoples food diaries to see how many calories they are eating and what type of food they eat. An I've notices that there are a lot of people having a target of say 1700, and doing exercise calories that net them well below 1700 net calories. this mornings example…
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Holiday 6 weeks away
So i've been on MFP for 50days so far and my reason for joining was to lose 20lbs for my holidays on the 23rd July. I REALLY still want to try to hit that target I have lost 9lbs so far, (5lb of them eating more.............which took 20 days to get off) What should i do, i'm really tempted to eat less (about 1500), to get…
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Eating over BMR
Now this is probably a stupid question, but why do we calculate our TDEE and then work out our cut. My hubby said last night, why don't you just work out your BMR and then add X amount of calories to keep you above it, then you've only got 2 numbers to worry about and not three. what he meant e.g. BMR 1500 Add 200 cals and…
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How to get back on track after blow out weekend
Morning all, (well its morning her in the UK) We had a 4 day weekend this weekend to celebrate the jubilee, so i've had a little more than i would have liked. Saturday, tracked really well (2 glasses wine) and came in on cal goal (drank 4 litres water) Sunday, went out for dinner and some drinks, went over cals by about…
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10 days - 5lbs
I don't want to jinx myself, but i've lost another 1lb this morning and i'm estatic :) I am eating loads to get to my 1688 cals and i feel great, still kind of amazed that this is working, but if its keeps working i could do this for the rest of my life and i've never been able to say that about a weight loss program…
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1 week in and results
Afternoon all, I've held of posting this all day, but here goes. I'm nearly one week into eating my 1688 cals and I've lost 4Lbs.............YES 4lbs!!!!!! i've only been on MFP nearly a month and knew straight away that i couldn't manage on the 1380 that MFP told me and after losing 4lbs the first week. I lost nothing…
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Afternoon all, UK newby here
i've been reading up on this all teh post and youtube clips for a few days now and as of yesterday i upped my calories inline with F2F recommendations TDEE - 2424 BMR - 1652 Need to eat - 1853 (includes light exercise) as hurt my knee so taking it easy for 2 weeks or so Hope i've got that right, my weight has been static…
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Low Carb, high protein
Morning all, Can someone advise what are the guidelines if i want to try to do low carb, high protein? I'm only considering at the moment, but want to explore things that migth make the weight loss start moving. thanks
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TOTM Bloat - women post
Hi ladies, Quick question, any suggestions on what i should do to minimise bloat at that TOTM and the subsequent short term weight game (I normally go up about +2lbs) , should i drink more water? Any other suggestions are welcome thanks
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Things to stop boredom on evening
does anyone have any set things they do on an evening to ease the boredom? i rush around all day working fulltime, looking after my son/husband and keeping the house in order and when hubby comes home i settle down for the evening, have a bath watch telly or read a book (Or surf on here of late :) I am SO bored just doing…
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weekend bloat..........recovery tips
so I've seen a lot of posts on here today about weight gains from the excess of mothers day weekend, and i'm in the same boat with 1.5lb gain. what strategies are useful to help lose it in the next few days? Up water................................but to how much? cut down on sodium.............................but to what?…
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c25k - shin splint & sore knee
Morning all, I'm on week 2 of the c25k and i've started to get a a sore knee (on the inside of my left leg below the kneecap) and a slight shin splint on my right leg I don't want to stop as i'm getting into the groove of this running lark, any prevention suggestions or any thing i can do, to help them recover before my…
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8 glasses of water
How much in litres are the 8 glasses of water that are recommended?
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Lunch ideas - on the go
So I'm 1 week into this plan and last week i worked from home every day, but next week I'm in the office and want to take my lunch with me, does anyone have any ideas or what i can take in, I have about 400cals for lunch (I'm on1500 a day) PS: I'm trying to cut down on white bread
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what we all having for tea?
no ideas what to have for tea, what are you all having, give me some inspiration :)
