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!

Hello ladies!!!

I am finally feeling one hundred percent! have started back on insanity and am looking forward to month 2!!! Have signed myself up for the 5k race for life on 15th July so training commences tonight whoop!! So up for the challenge...

Insanity doesn't require any weighs just lots of determination!!

Am doing well on food so hoping to notice it on the scales on a couple of weeks...

Keep going ladies xx sorry for the quick post but am in a lecture on rheumatology!! Yawn! Xx

I'm loving Endomondo too, tried it on my walk to the station this morning but forgot to turn it off on the train. So apparently I walked about 8 miles in 20 minutes and burnt about 1,200 calories.

Hi everyone!

I'm on MFP, same name as here. I am in SO much pain today after the gym. Went on the ab crunch machine - it didn't feel like it was doing anything while I was doing it, but today, oh my... I can barely move my abs without pain :(

This had better be worth it!

I only had ONE blip yesterday, and the only reason I didn't log it was because I can't figure out how to log 50p worth of cola bottles and 50p of Jazzles. But I was well under my calories so I don't think it would've taken me over.

I'm doing better - had a big blip during uni deadlines and am now starting at my heaviest weight ever - but any improvement is improvement I suppose :)

I want a FitBit but they're sooo expensive! :(

i don't know about anyone else, but at night i cant stop weeing!
im not drinking excessively during the day, i cut down in the evening.

i prob have 4/5 cups of decaff tea in the day and 3 glasses of water. nothing else.

its so annoying having to get up. just after Ive fallen asleep.
i haven't lost lots of weight, just a couple of pounds so far.

Big mac meal for lunch as I had promised DD a trip to McDonalds. DD turned her nose up at most of her food (only ate the chips) whilst I ate all of mine. 820 cals

Hoping / planning to stay within cals despite the big mac meal.

Hello all, had a blip last night and stuffed my face with the dc dinner.
Walked lots today though and doing well on the eating so far.

twinkle well done on sighning up for the race have you been doing much running or you sticking to insanity? i have finaly started insanity :)

ihatethecold ive been the same for months now and dont drink that much through the day at all, must be something in the air but it is rather annoying

onetwoorthree good luck with still staying within your calories today hope you manage it :)

im really still struggling with all this i tend to be really good all day and log everything then before i know it im pigging out after ive finished logging for the day :/ really wish i was one of these people that cant eat when they are stressed

savy just been doing my insanity but have had about 10 days off cos of this bloody chest infection, just couldn't breathe... However going to try and start running tomorrow... I managed it in 37mins 37secs last year with minimum training but hoping to smash that this year!! Going to carry on with insanity as well, am on the cardio core and balance week!

Was rubbish with food today pls tell me why I do it to myself, why can't I just say no!! So got a hypno app to see if that helps??

Keep going girls.....

Why is that the "most used" food for my "afternoon snack" category always comes up as red wine?? Makes me look like a drunken bored housewife

I have had a couple of good days on the back of a bad week but I'm going off plan until Saturday from tomorrow evening. I am running my first half marathon on Friday. It won't be fast and it certainly won't be pretty but I should get round in about 2.5 hours. I'm resting from now exercise wise and eating a lot more carbs so I have good stores in my muscles. And afterwards I'm having a big monster takeaway curry.
I'm intrigued by talk of insanity but running and shred is probably enough for now
Well done to all. Alicia - 0.5kg a week is about perfect
Anyone who is looking at 5k runs - see if there's a local parkrun. These are free 5k runs every week which are really fun and sociable and a great way to see how you're doing and get faster. I started c25k last February and it took me until April this year to do 5k in less than 30 minutes. I'm not made for speed! Short legs.

Well done aliciaflorrick 0.5kg isn't bad and you're feeling it in your clothes too which is great!

Have fun at the rfl twinkle183! And training for it too of course :)

Hi LollipopViolet, sounds like you're doing well so far.

Sorry ihatethecold, I have no advice. I usually get up once but I have massively increases my water intake in last month or so.

Did you manage it OneTwoOrThree??

Hi all, I've lost another pound, although I think it's mainly thanks to breast feeding. I had a real sugar fix day yesterday so I need to cut out sugar as it's such a pain, I felt awful, really tired and ratty and feeding Toby til midnight was a killer!! So no more sugar in my tea, the only sweet things will be fruit.

Good luck with all the exercise - I've been buying exercise dvd's off eBay so i have no excuse to not do some activity everyday. I've mainly been buying dance type workouts but I might look at shred and insanity. I can't wait to start running again but am waiting till
my 6 week check up before I put my trainers on!

ihatethecold are you eating more fruit and or liquidy food (soups and smoothies?) they contain more water so it might be that?

mollycuddles good luck with the half marathon- my advice would be start slow, then slow down - it's a mrarthon not a sprint!! Can't wait to hear how you get on.

Morning everyone

Yesterday's Big Mac meal doesn't seem to have done too much damage . I managed to stay under cals by 6, and have lost 1lb since Sunday when I weighed in this morning (still weighing twice a week - helps keep me focussed). This loss brings me to 10st7 and a total loss of 20lb. Nearly half way, as have 21lb to go to get to my goal of 9st.

I have to say that the Big Mac meal sooooo wasn't worth 820 calories. I think if I'd be craving McDonalds it might have been more worth it, but I only had it as I had promised DD I'd take her for a happy meal (which, ironically, she didn't like!).

Glad to hear that so many others are doing well, and nice to see more bf'ers here. DC2 is now 3 months, so I only have another 3 months of the extra 500 cals per day, as I'll lose these when I start weaning. I think this is helping me keep focussed as I know it will be so much harder without the extra calories.

DH is away (again!) with work, so exercise opportunities are limited. The crappy weather doesn't help as I can't even get out with the pram. Roll on the weekend.....

I usually have a happy meal if we go OneTwoOrThree, it works out well as I don't let my two have their own they share so there are two toys if I have one :) Well done on your loss and staying under calories!

Hi everyone, having a rubbish day! Someone help me get back on track!!! It's DS's 5th birthday on Friday and he is (was?) having a party at home. So today is my last day to (deep breath) make cake, finish making pirate bunting, wrap pass the parcel etc etc as am at work Thursday and Friday. Half an hour into the cake, school phone to say he isn't well. The distraction from dipping finger into cake bowl was welcome, but now have a poorly boy who might have to have his party cancelled, and who won't have any presents as I was planning a trip to Toys R Us once had finished the cake....not good. And neither is licking the bowl/spoon/fingers of Betty Crockers chocolate cake spread. Repeatedly.

I am strating to cheat a bit. had 2 glasses of wine and a (large) handful of pretzels last night. really wanted peanuts. :( staying around about calorie goal, but feeling very peely-wally and lamking in energy a bit. think I need to bring some good carbs back in at breakfast. anyway,

one and a half boiled eggs this morning ( one and a half, because eggs got squished in my bag on the way to work and could only salvage half of one..) and tin of mackeral and tom sauce. planning some chicken drumsticks for late lunch...

My car massively failed its mot yesterday so I am car less, meaning I can't go swimming as buses to our area are only on till 6 and I'm having to catch 6 bus aday to get ds to nursery.
So I really think time to run has started, I need some new trousers so I don't boil then I am going to get on with it!

yes i am eating much more fruit and veg. maybe thats the cause of all the extra wee!

OK, did well on the exercise, and NEARLY had an OK food day.

Had some pork scratchings earlier :( I wouldn't mind but I logged them on MFP and it was 600 cals for 100g :( Good thing I had loads of exercise calories from the gym!

Won't be doing THAT again! I've also already logged my dinner, so I don't forget later :)

Aaaaarrggghhhh after deciding against new scales, my ones finally broke, probably after years of having my hefty weight on them. So new ones today, same model as old ones, Salter. Not fat measuring ones as I am not that brave. They weigh me as 5lbs heavier than the old ones. So don't expect to see weight updates from me anytime soon as I don't log weight on!!

Hi, may I join? I've been using MFP for ten days and lots 3kgs in the irst 6 days, weighing again on Friday. I have about 10st to lose, but will settle for 5-6 and being active!
Yoyo dieted about 2 stone at a time since teenage years and want this time to succeed. I've found logging food really helpful do hopefully it'll keep up, but I thought that this thread might be a virtual slimming club and help me a little.
I'm wonderboy74 on there (I'm a girl, it was just a lame Tenacious D reference when I chose my name!).

Welcome eight! Good progress so far

I'll send you a request on MFP. If there are any other newbies I've missed please add me - same name as here.

Sorry hear about your ds harrietlichman, hope he's better by his birthday! And that's rubbish about your car MonsterBookOfTysons, it's always tense at MOT time with our old heap, guess that explains all the walking :)

snapespeare it's not cheating if you're logging the calories and staying within your allowance. I eat everything I did before just less of it, just because you're trying to lose weight it doesn't mean you can't have wine or pretzels ever!

That's amazingly high LollipopViolet!!

How annoying ShiftingLard!

Welcome EightToSixer, well done so far!!

Cinnamon, I know! If I'd known, I'd have avoided them! However, I'd gained 400 and something calories from the gym, so it kind of balances out and I've come in under my goal.

But I won't be making that mistake twice!