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Tossing out my scale and gaining back my sanity
Hi Everyone, I have made the New Year's Resolution to cast aside goal-oriented "dieting" this year, which always leaves me mentally and physically exhausted and often, fails to encourage lasting change. Over the holidays I watched my father begin yet another fad diet, this time choosing a 60 day juice fast. Watching him…
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How to spend the next 10 weeks
I have 10 weeks before I return back to school and have ample time towards working out and getting in optimal shape this summer. I need to return to school in amazing shape because as an opera singer, what I do is highly physical in nature and requires immense athleticism and stamina. So, I want to get myself into a…
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Wanting to lose 3.4 pounds by July 4th. Possible?
Before I get a whole gang of people saying, "Slow and steady- 2 pounds a week at most": I totally know You're looking at a girl who has taken two years to lose 38 pounds, haha. I know about slow, and ultimately that's how I am losing the bulk of my weight. BUT, I started this personal challenge in May, which is to lose 15…
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Indian food tonight. Help.
We are getting Indian food tonight, but it is ALWAYS a struggle because who knows what the hell is in all that creamy curry goodness. Well, I do know: creamy goodness. I've already decided on some personal "nos": no mango lassi, no samosas, no puris. My boyfriend and our friends will certainly order the paneer masala (or…
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Am I eating too many calories?
Hello everyone! Just started using MFP and am trying to grasp the whole net calorie vs. actual calorie idea. I've read dozens of threads, and my main concern is, since we can't actually accurately calculate exercise calories, then isn't it very likely that one could overestimate and eat too much when eating them back? I'm…
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Japanese under 450?
I have around 450 calories left and the boyfriend wants to go get Japanese. Love fish and edamame, but what else? What would be a good option that would allow me to stay under but leave me satisfied? I really want to keep my net calories to 1350 this week, and then check my progress on Wednesday. I might go jogging for 30…
