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myfitnesspal.com support thread 4

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jchocchip · 12/06/2012 20:53

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!

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ViviPru · 29/06/2012 13:36

Hmm that's interesting...

twinkle183 · 29/06/2012 14:23

Me too I rarely eat my exercise calories unless I am really hungry which occasionally happens!

Am really feeling good... Haven't really restarted my exercise yet but am feeling really positive about my weight loss journey! Fingers crossed I shall go for a run later.... Am on count down to race for life so better get a move on! Shall hopefully be brave enough to restart insanity later Hmm!

Keep going ladies xxx

LollipopViolet · 29/06/2012 18:21

Hmm, tbh, I think it's because I've been "off" the wagon for a while it's taking my body time to get back into the losing groove.

Did NOT have a good day today - I met up with some friends this afternoon, we had cocktails and lunch Blush. Fortunately, I've got a mega spin session tomorrow morning, so shouldn't do too much damage in the grand scheme of things.

But, did buy some more nice workout clothes earlier :)

Oh, and I keep my diary private at the moment - my self confidence is at floor level weight wise and I've heard too many horror stories on the MFP boards about unsolicited and unhelpful commenting on food diaries. When I get my act together, I might make it public!

cinnamongreyhound · 29/06/2012 18:57

That's sad LollipopViolet both that you're feeling low in confidence and that people would put others down when we're all there for the same reason :(

LollipopViolet · 29/06/2012 19:14

Cinnamon, it's not you lot, honest :) I was bullied terribly through secondary school and unfortunately my self confidence has never fully recovered from it :(

You know what? I'm going to leave my diary as is for now, then starting tomorrow, it's going public - maybe it'll remind me to leave the cocktails alone in future! :)

Shock horror, I've gone and bought running trousers! I thought they were tracksuit/yoga type, so looser, but they're almost skin tight! They do make me look a bit thinner though, which is good :)

RGPargy · 29/06/2012 22:46

Hi guys :) Have fallen off the wagon a little bit these last couple of days. It's going to bloody work that does it!! Hmm At least i have chosen to have damage limitation - i was good during the day yesterday and then it went to pot a bit as we had dinner from the chippy. The only reason we did this was because a guy came round to look at my car last night and by the time he left it was quite late (and yes, he did buy it!!). Today was my company's free breakfast at work, where they lay on all these pastries, breads, crumpets, muffins, hams, fruits and yoghurts etc. I knew that i would be bad if i joined in so i just brought my plain porridge to work and had that instead, but unfortunately me and my mates had a pub lunch which involved a cumberland sausage sarnie with chips and a very delicious glass of chilled sauvignon blanc (or two!). Blush However, i did refuse wine tonight when DP went up the shop...... Hmm

Still, spin and pump in the morning so will burn off some good calories hopefully!

Wow, it's been such a busy few days! Sold the car yesterday, confirmed my cookie order with work today, ordered some business cards tonight, picking up my new bike tomorrow, get the car cleaned on Sunday before the guy picks it up, make 4 dozen cookies on Monday afternoon......Hmm It's all go go go in RGPargy Mansions!!

Thankfully when i bake alot during the day it curbs my appetite so i should be ok and not stuff too many freshly baked cookies (double choc decadence, white choc chip, cinnamon & raisin and cherry bakewell flavours, in case you're wondering). :o

RGPargy · 29/06/2012 22:46

PS - if i've missed any newbies, please feel free to add me :)

cinnamongreyhound · 30/06/2012 07:55

Only do it of you're comfortable but sometimes it's helpful if you're struggling for people to see it LollipopViolet.

At least you didn't have the breakfast AND lunch out RGPargy Wink. Glad your car sold and your cookies were a success, good luck with having time for everything! I'm baking dss's cake today and ds1 wants to bake carrot and courgette muffins he saw on I can cook (if I can find a recipe) plus a bit of swimming and hopefully a run to balance it all out!

twinkle183 · 30/06/2012 09:38

Any of you have problem with mfp app this morning??? X

BehindLockNumberNine · 30/06/2012 09:43

Yup, I am getting the message that the site is down for maintenance. Will try to remember all I am eating today. We are on a day out so may not be exact today anyway...

Eek.

aliciaflorrick · 30/06/2012 09:44

Yes I'm having problems too. Think their server must have gone down.

twinkle183 · 30/06/2012 09:46

Have a lovely day out and I'll have to remember everything too?? Hmm lucky my iPhone has a noted pad as I am at work this afternoon! X

aliciaflorrick · 30/06/2012 09:46

Cinammon carrott and courgette cake is on the BBC GOod Food website, it's delicious.

MonsterBookOfTysons · 30/06/2012 10:32

Argh mfp is not letting me log in on my phone, anyone else having problems?

harrietlichman · 30/06/2012 10:34

Site is down for maintenance - makes you realise how dependant you become on it! Dying to log my first 30 day shred work out!

twinkle183 · 30/06/2012 10:37

Yep me monster it's really annoying me now! X

jchocchip · 30/06/2012 10:39

need to log my breakfast and parkrun ! missing the site :(

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harrietlichman · 30/06/2012 10:41

Those of you who do the 30 day shred - what do you log it as on MFP?
Had a really bad today yesterday, was DS's 5th birthday party and was picking at the party food without taking too much notice of what I was eating and then had wine when the 15 kids had left!! Am going to be really strict for the rest of the weekend and hope to limit the damage!

tostaky · 30/06/2012 11:12

Rgpargy - I blew it last night too, got some macaroons for DP and ate 4.5 of them... I blew it twice actually as I'm on a dairy-free diet and I'm sure they had milk or butter in them Sad. I didn't eat my diner to make up for the calories... Bad bad bad weight is slightly up this morning...

Can update food intake on mfp but news feed are unavailable.

Going to a kids party this afternoon so I will have to resist cake!! Also eating out for lunch... Potential minefield. Tonight I've planned a nice healthy salad + squid And I WILL resist the macaroons (might need to feed them to the DCs!!)

jchocchip · 30/06/2012 11:14

managed to log on, think it is just the news feed not working now

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Niceupthedance · 30/06/2012 11:35

I have splashed out on a fitbit! Does anyone else have one? It's not even here yet and I'm dead excited. How sad!

I was getting twitchy while the site was down as well Grin

twinkle183 · 30/06/2012 12:12

Well thank you insanity and even after 11 days off, I have smashed my 5k record!!! Woop woop by 5 mins! Shall restart insanity month two tomorrow..... Really looking forward to it now! X Grin

Cherrypi · 30/06/2012 15:20

It's working again. Grin I felt lost without it. No loss again today. Never has my weight been so consistent. Hoping it will all fall off at once as my rings are looser.

MonsterBookOfTysons · 30/06/2012 17:20

Glad its working now, I need to remember everything I've done, been out walking all day :o

LollipopViolet · 30/06/2012 17:36

Well I've had a much better day - although 2 hours 15 minutes of spinning has basically burnt everything I've eaten! I've logged everything, and I've got more calories than I started with! Hmm

Well, a 1300 calorie burn will do that I suppose. I'm not going to even attempt to eat all those back, it'd just be stupid and make me feel sick! I even left some of my lunch because I simply wasn't hungry enough to eat it all.

I haven't eaten dinner yet, but it's all logged, ready for MFP to shout at me for being waaaay under Grin

I'm still amazed that even after a "bad" day yesterday, I still came in under... :)

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