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3rd time is the charm..
Hi all, this is the third time I have tracked using mfp. I left the first time due to undereating and losing weight too fast. I left the second time due to over-exercising and losing weight too fast. This time I am determined to keep a healthy pace, and would love some likeminded support! I am focusing mostly on eating…
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Tracking activity on iPhone
Hey there, I wondered if I could get some opinions on tracking activity. After some trial and error, I settled on inputing my calorie goal as "base" calories of 1300, assuming I was sitting around all day, and then using my iPhone to track steps and make an adjustment automatically on MFP. If I go running or engage in a…
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Pain after going from being sedentary to active
This is quoted from another thread, but since it is a separate topic I am making a new thread. I have gone from walking around 2,000 steps a day to a goal of 6,000, and have walked around 4 - 5 miles per day almost every day for the last week. My job also requires a lot of standing through the day. I noticed I am getting…
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What's for lunch? (meal prep)
I am trying to prep meals for the week but I don't know what to make. What are you having for lunches this week?
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Diagnostic report for review
Hi there, I am returning after leaving MFP two years ago. I lost 20 lbs last time and now I have gained back 30 lbs. I am looking for diaries to spy on and I will let you spy on me in exchange. I try to follow a lower carb diet, where keeping my sugar intake down is a battle. I want to eat regularly instead of eating…
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Has anyone read...
the book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" by Michael Pollan? If so, what do you think of it?
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The Full Factor and Fiber
I keep hearing that fiber is supposed to make you feel full. This makes no sense. Fiber makes me feel stuffed for 30 minutes, and then starving again in an hour (i.e. a bowl of oatmeal with milk and fruit), since fiber doesn't actually provide much nutrients. If you're "full" it's just in volume and not in substance, which…
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Needing Fat
I've been experimenting with the ratios of macros that is right for me. When I started, I would normally eat about 70 g of fat at day, about 40 g of protein, about 200 g of carbs (rough estimate). In the last week I've increased protein and lowered fat while keeping carbs more or less the same by switching out my normal…
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Thug Kitchen Vegetarian/Vegan Recipes
In case no one has heard of this, you should have. Hilariously presented vegetarian or vegan recipes. They don't overtly mention that they're vegetarian/vegan, either. Warning: Language. But in good humor. o:) Thug Kitchen They just put out their first cookbook, too.
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Calorie goals
I apologize if this is a dumb question, but, when figuring out how many calories you should consume for "daily activities", what do you do when that changes frequently? For instance, in my job sometimes I'm at a desk almost all day but other days I'm running around like crazy and very active. I'm also more active on…
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Portions in Recipes
I've been struggling figuring out how to accurately count the calories etc. in portions of food from recipes. Currently I've been trying to do it by weighing out all the ingredients that go into the recipe and then assuming a serving is a particular fraction of the total volume of the food prepared, and multiplying that…
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Obligatory "Who is your favorite pony?" Thread
Any generation will do. :) I have to say Twilight (although it's difficult to pick a favorite from MLP). I identify with her the most and find the idea of a slightly neurotic and obsessive leader as hilarious.
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Lifting up from being down
I couldn't see a thread like this, so I'll start one. I apologize if it's duplicating. I feel like crap. The past couple days haven't gone very well and I feel worthless, like I'm not good enough, that I'm stupid, etc. Of course this also leads to intense cravings for fatty/sweet comfort foods. I don't want to take that…
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Forming habits -- breaking old ones.
Does anyone have advice on this? It's been my habit to have an espresso drink in place of breakfast because it's fast, it's tasty, and it provides a high (caffeine). Yet, it's not healthy or a real food replacement; but I can get away with not eating for a long time because it so calorie dense and that's my excuse. I've…
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Exercising and getting healthy w/ disability
Hi there, I was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease when I was a kid called central core disease that causes skeletal muscle weakness. I was told that I shouldn't exercise or over exert myself very much because the effects of moderate-heavy exercise aren't understood very well in people with this condition. My weakness…
