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Add me as a friend if you'd like username: CzarNikolaiLooks like you live close by. I need a gym partner...
I actually do everything in house (except for dog walks). Wife got me doing DDP Yoga and I just bang out a little weight lifting. My buddy has been using the xbox kinect and says he has really enjoyed it.
It seems like a lot in the beginning but once you start entering them as recipes, you don't need to ever enter them again. Assuming your wife cooks a finite amount of meals, you will soon fill up your recipes and not have to enter very much at all.Remember to ignore all spices except salt (assuming you are watching sodium intake) when adding the ingredients. Also skip ingredients that have zero calories, like water, pickles etc, unless you are watching a lot of different nutrients.
Friggan awesome! Congrats!I weigh myself like 5 times to make sure the number stays the same on weigh in day.
- good luck. Best thing is that there is no "program" per se. The app just helps keep you within whatever calorie goals you have. Plus, its an eye opener on certain foods. If you got started, you can reach your goals (or more).
This. I make recipes for everything I make and then I only have to enter them once. Beyond that use the bar code scanner a lot and if its fruit or veggies just find the correct type and don't worry about getting the perfect brand and everything.
Nice job man
WHOA! Nice job Buddy!
And the weekends strike againWas planning on today being my cheat day, but had a fantasy draft last night and all the food was directly in front of me. Probably ended up about 500 calories over for the day...which isn't the end of the world...but today, i know i'm going to be eating and drinking a lot
Vodka with soda water.'noleswin said:
I had 2 12 oz budlights 1 12 oz margarita. About 12 chips with salsa. Fajitas with chicken shrimp and steak. Did not eat tortillas
Great work! That is probably as good as you could ave hoped for from the food side of things.
When I first started this 50 odd days ago, there were people on here who were recommending cheat days. I have avoided them like the plague for two reasons1) I am deathly afraid it will trigger me eating too much again. 2) I was also afraid of what you experienced. Not only would I waste the calories, I would not even enjoy it. Being so close to my goal, my first "cheat" day will be the first day i switch to maintaining weight and enjoying every last extra calorie I get when MFP bumps me up.
Yeah, I am finding when I make poorer choices, I feel like crap. Some of it is disappointment, but my body seems to notice too. I've also found that I don't exercise (walking mostly right now), my body misses that too.
Yea for sure... when dont work out now I feel terrible. My friend (who is pretty big in the fitness stuff) told me I need to rest more but I just dont like it, plus Im afraid I wont start up again.
I told the wife Im going to go a little cleaner on my diet over the next few weeks... even though I'm always WAY under calories, I feel like Ive been eating more processed stuff lately. Im going for a more clean diet, not quite paleo but along those lines. Want to see if I can knock out 10lbs in 3 weeks instead of 4. May be tough to do but whatever, I like a challenge.
Don't let a bad day/weekend derail you efforts. This particular battle may have been lost, but the war isn't over.Was doing great and just imploded Sunday. I was 193 this morning
Agree...it'll take your body a few days to get back to normalDon't let a bad day/weekend derail you efforts. This particular battle may have been lost, but the war isn't over.Was doing great and just imploded Sunday. I was 193 this morning
you can use the main web page if you prefer.www.myfitnesspal.com
7 weeks already? Doesn't seem that long. Nice job man, way to stick with it
Just the webpage should be fine, as long as you enter everything in when you eat it (or close to). I usually find the webpage easier, but if I'm grabbing a snack or out to lunch the smartphone version is very helpful.
You got it. Depending on your goals as a general rule when going from bad shape to good shape if you exercise and eat well you'll get there. If you want to go from good to great shape that's a lot more difficult. For 99% of the population the diet has to be near-perfect. Going beyond just calorie counting, but going to specific types of foods, ones that help promote burning more calories keeping your metabolic rate high. Some are able to do it with just increased exercise - quantity or intensity, but as we all get older it's more challenging. In my single days I was lifting 6x per week, playing rec sports 3-4x per week, and running on the non rec days and even some of the rec days - always taking one day (usually Friday) off. I ate more because due to the increased exercise I needed to and was in the best shape of my life. 6'1 185 under 10% body fat - think I peaked at 8. Marriage + children + added a side job and I don't have nearly as much time as I used to. Exercise between 4 and 6 times per week but not nearly as much as before. Diet's stayed the same and now I'm around 190-195 and body fat's closer to 15%, last I checked it was 13 but it fluctuates. If I ate perfectly I could maintain at 185, but I won't do that so I'm not expecting to get and stay there.Sorry, I rambled, if the exercise won't change, you still have a few lbs to go, and you've plateuad then you have to eat better calories. Generally speaking, the outer rim of the grocery store, stay out of the aisles and be careful about dairy and salt/fat-heavy meats. Fruit (berries are best), veggies (no corn and potatoes), seafood/fish, turkey, chicken, (homemade) protein shakes, almonds, pistachios, macadmaias, oatmeal, etc. That's your diet.
I have come to the following conclusions1) if I use the app, calories and fat are fairly easy control2) unless I turn into a full blown vegan, there is no way I am ever going to get control of carbs, sodium, or sugarSeeing as I am so close to my goal, which 7 weeks ago looked very difficult, I am fine living with these conclusions.
Im always high in sodium too... I think its a big reason why I stall out for weeks at a time even though Im usually below calorie limits. Been trying to watch it but its pretty difficult
I am not questioning your results, but 34,000 calories under MFP's plan over 6 weeks comes out to about 800 calories under planeach day. What was MFP's target calorie count for you each day? Just curious.
I can definitely attest to the stationary bike calories being high... as a general rule I would say if you are using a machine that gives you calories, use that instead of MFP's calculations.
MFP's net calorie goal was 1540 for most of the 6 weeks (it lowered to 1500 in the last week). Remember though that this is net calories, which factors in exercise.
Embrace your demons, that which does not kill you will make you stronger
For some reason I can cut out beer 100% and have no problems, but Pepsi is the tough one for me. For now Ive just been working in one can to my calories but I know at some point I will need to cut it out mostly.
Transfer, no. BUT, if you name your recipe, can't you add it to the MFP database and she can select it? I was going to do that for me wife the over the weekend but she told me not to worry about it (thus, I am not sure if it really works). I see enough custom recipes come up that I assume that is the easiest way. Plus, you will get the benefit of sharing them with the community (trade mark them though
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I will look into this. Thanks!Transfer, no. BUT, if you name your recipe, can't you add it to the MFP database and she can select it? I was going to do that for me wife the over the weekend but she told me not to worry about it (thus, I am not sure if it really works). I see enough custom recipes come up that I assume that is the easiest way. Plus, you will get the benefit of sharing them with the community (trade mark them though
If it works, will you post how it does so I can be lazy and not look it up? Thanks!!!! We may need a "FBG Recipe Book" on the app.I will look into this. Thanks!Transfer, no. BUT, if you name your recipe, can't you add it to the MFP database and she can select it? I was going to do that for me wife the over the weekend but she told me not to worry about it (thus, I am not sure if it really works). I see enough custom recipes come up that I assume that is the easiest way. Plus, you will get the benefit of sharing them with the community (trade mark them though
- something to suggest to the developer for sure
