myfitnesspal.com support thread 4

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old thread here

Support thread for those of us trying to log our food and exercise on myfitnesspal

Thought I'd be brave and start the new thread off!

anyone else linking mfp with fitbit? I'm finding fitbit easier to add exercise to, but mfp have a far better food database.

I want a fitbit!!! I think I've asked before but where do you get one from and how do they work??

Have been good today... Going to restart insanity tomorrow... Just going to continue it as if I haven't had any time off otherwise I shall never get to month 2!!!

Food hasn't been too bad today but it has taken all my strength not to reach for the biscuit tea as they are driving me crazy!! Have discovered I am an emotional eater... I over eat or don't eat at all when I am stressed, annoyed or tired! So trying to replace the eating with drinking water again... Although I have a headache from the sugar come down, I am hoping to crack it this time!!!

Keep going ladies... Have entered the race for life so have something to aim for!!! Xxx

RGPargy - apparently I should be 30-40g carbs and 50g fat with no dairy

I'm craving sweet stuff like nothing before. Just weighed myself and realised I put the wrong weight in. But I am 4lb down in a week

And I have a lot to lose lol - i am about 3 stone over the top weight for my height

Crikey that's low! Why no dairy? Just seems a bit extreme. On Atkins induction you are only allowed 20g carbs a day bit even that goes up to 60g after 2 weeks! Just IMO tho......

Twinkle - I too am an emotional eater but more on the side of eating when im happy, sad, depressed, excited, etc etc . I have discovered tho that all this baking has put me off eating !

Paleo diet it is basically hence the no dairy
I've given up pasta, potatoes,rice,cake,chocolate,crisps,cereal,bread - I just can't quit my cups of tea!!
Have swapped on to lacto free milk though

Have lost 5lb this week (my first week). which is a surprise as I have struggled to eat the 1200 cal per day as I seem to have a natural diet of about 1000 cal per day, so I have had to increase what I'm eating to make sure I eat the daily allowance + any exercise.

Hi, I've just joined MFP. Have also started the Couch to 5 program. Current weight 157lb and would like to lose 30lb or so (I'm 5' 4"). Day 1 and I was under my calories (exercise ones helped!) but over on my fat and sugar so basically I eat too much crap (have very sweet tooth) .

The rain woke me up tonight and I can't get back to sleep, hence why reading this thread and posting at such an ungodly hour!

Same name on MFP if anyone wants to befriend me :)

Hi saltcod

I did C25K last year in prep for the Leeds 10K (which I later worked out I was pregnant during!) it's really good, you see results straight away, which is nice if you need encouragement. Do you use an app to keep track? I found having one on my phone helped me to keep track of what I was doing, so I wasn't checking my watch all the time. It also had time and distance stats on. It's also handy for listening to background music/podcasts.

Good luck with it, let us know how you get on! :-)

Hi Ellellie.... Thanks for befriending me on MFP. I don't have a smartphone (yet) so just following printout for C25k but training with a friend so when running with her we use her phone for timings etc. I've previously done the 5k and was about to sign up for a 10k when found out I was (finally) preg with DC2. However, that was over 5 yrs ago! I'm longing to get that buzz from running back again! Am planning on getting a smartphone soon... What's the best running app to use? Congrats on your 10k btw... That's my goal, although I'd love to one day do a half marathon too. How much weight are you trying to lose?

Got the munchies so have just managed to resist a packet of crisps in favour of a slice of wholemeal toast, bunch or grapes and a cup of tea! Would have been crisps and an orange club if I hadn't had to declare it on MFP

Lol! The MFP shame! I'm going to have to make my diary public I think for this very reason!

I've got 7ish stone to lose, had only needed to lose 4 when I got pregnant (was losing weight to conceive) and have put it all back on plus 2! I'm breastfeeding so I'm hoping that will help trim me down.

I found the running really hard being so overweight doing it, but the sense of achievement finishing the 10k was overwhelming! I do want to start up again but DS takes up all on my time (he's 14 weeks) so I'm lucky to get half an hour on the wii fit at the moment. I used an app called "Ease into 5k" (sure it wasn't called that before!) it has tracking etc and you just wear your headphones whilst running and it'll tell you when to walk/run.

Welll, I'm up feeding DS at the momen but he's have a sneaky sleep at the boob! Better go and intervene so I can get another hour in bed (fingers crossed!) :-)

You're brave brighthair being so strict, I don't eat a lot of cheese since joining mfp as its too high in calories but I do drink milk and have it with my breskfast.

Well done on the 5 lb wheredidiputit!

Hi saltcod, come and join us here. I've did c25k in jan and am now running 3 times a week, I used the nhs podcast for timings and runkeeper to react distance and speed, you can use the simultaneously. A slice of toast and butter is probably not very different to a bag a crisps :( toast was alway my go to snack if I was hungry and thought I was bring good!!

Went to Legoland yesterday, was very good and took a picnic and shared an ice cream with ds2 which basically meant me licking the melting bits but not getting much more! Took nearly two hours to get out of the car park because of royal ascot so ended up with KFC for tea which I also shared with ds2 as he was still awake at 9.30!! Lovely day though :)

Ellellie congrats on your lovely DS. Ah, I miss the calories that BF used! And the closeness and the way their "free" hand strokes you :). I don't think I even contemplated doing any exercise for months after mine was born so I'm very impressed!

CGH I looked at that thread but everyone seems to be much further on than I am ( week 2 R2, but skipped wk 1 as found wk 2 manageable). I'll probably join it a bit later on though. Need to buy a new treadmill as mine gave up the ghost last week and I struggle to fit in more than 2 outdoor runs per week (single parent so have to get parents to babysit). I also figured the toast had more calories than crisps but hopefully less fat and salt... And more nutrition!

Right, time to get up and have 2nd breakfast and then a walk. Boiled egg and soldiers or granola.... Decisions!

There are quite a few on w3 and people join all the time saltcod plus some of us originals are still hanging around :)

can i join you all? i joined my fitness pal this morning and was shocked to see they gave me a figure of just 1,200 calories a day to consume in order to lose just 1 pound per week, but i've looked again and it seems that is the figure after my exercise has been taken into account? i find that confusing. Is there another way to work those goals?

Morning all, lost another pound since Wednesday! Breast feeding is amazing!!

This week I need to eat more veg!! I'm doing okay on the fruit front, but only managing to eat a couple of veg portions a day! (I aim for 5 veg and 2 fruit)

I plan on doing the couch to 5k as I used to be a runner -well up till I was about 5 months pregnant!! I am itching to get out again, but am waiting until my 6 week check up. I am trying to do as much walking as possible to get my fitness up! I hope to do another half marathon at some point (maybe not til next year? Don't want to rush things too much!!)

blackcat I only Mfp on my iPhone but there is a more page and edit profile where you can change the settings -weight to lose a week, activity levels, etc. HTH

Spectacular cheat day carby crash. Went to gym, did half an hour of cardiovascular (run & cross trainer) breaststroke for 20 minutes, weights machines for half an hour then sauna/cold pool. Ate sausages for breakfast, mackeral, cheese, cherry toms & horizon for lunch....then 4 pints of later(!) A couple of large g&ts and chicken/beg stirfry for tea. Am back on wagon today & hoping gym will cancel out the chorizo & lager.

Horizon - chorizo!

cinnamongreyhound - I try but it doesn't always go to plan
I am having lacto free milk. Asked trainer if I could have soy instead of normal milk and this was her face

Snapespeare I thought Horizon was some Restuarant I wasn't cool enough to have heard of!!!

blackcatsdancing it asks how often you plan to exercise but doesn't include your exercise in your calories, you add them in your diary under cardio or strength. The activity level you set affects how many calories you get too but if you're struggling set it to 0.5 lb and aim to be under each day. Welcome :)

Hi all, glad to see we're all still going well, even with some detours!

I have been looking at fitbits, but simply can't afford it at the moment. However, I have found a great free app on iphone called Endomondo - basically, it works on GPS, you set it going with whatever activity you are doing i.e. walking, cycling, running etc. and at the end it gives you your route on a map, a breakdown of your stats, i.e. slowest speed, fastest speed, averages speed, distance covered, calories used. It can also link up to a hrm if you have one.

I have found it pretty much mirrors the calories given for exercise on MFP, but is more useful to show you how far you have gone, speed etc. It also pauses when you stop, like today I cycled 3 miles to a friend's house, then stopped for half an hour, then cycled back, and it only measured when I was actually moving.

Hello I've been on MFP for about six weeks ago and its been pretty amazing for me. I've lost over a stone, coming down from 226 to 210 lbs, still at lot to go I'm aiming to become just "overweight" as opposed to "obese" where I've been all my adult life. Same name there as here.

hi all
been doing abso rubbish for about 4 weeks now :( i just cant get my head back into this at all, all my weight is just creeping back on. have mediation coming up with exp and all the drama that comes with him and just been feeling proper rubbish about myself again, somebody please slap me out of this

i was thinking about signing up for some sort of charity run to keep me a bit more focused but is it bad that im signing up to help me stick to losing weight and becoming more healthy and fit as apposed to wanting to do it for charity ( i would ofcourse collect sponser money so charity would still benefit )

fitbits look really good but to expensive for me to at the moment, has anybody came across anything similar but cheaper?

Savy57 I think the entrance fee and any sponsorship money you raise is a good enough reason to sign up for a 5k. I don't think they mind what your real motive is! That's exactly how I got into running the first time round (12 years ago now). I aimed to complete a 5k and once I got the running bug I would be in the gym 5 times a week coz I just loved to run. Preg no. 1 soon put me back on the lardy path though

Sorry to hear about the mediation. I'm going thru a divorce and I know how sh*t and stressful it all is. My name on MFP is the same as here if you want to be-friend me. I'm just trying to get back into running (week 2 of the couch to 5k) so we could help motivate each other. I want to feel good about myself again and the happiest I remember feeling about my body image was back in those running days :)