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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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thornbury · 18/06/2012 22:27

buggyrunner, concentrate on 'real' foods, not processed, manufactured low fat, high sugar rubbish, and it is much easier to eat well, and you'll eat low calorie almost by accident.

snape, I hope train man remembers you as fondly!

Snapespeare · 18/06/2012 22:28

And :) at you being all loved-up thornbury

CarpeJugulum · 19/06/2012 07:03

Morning!

Really must get into the habit of closing my diary at night, and not in the next morning!

Out of curiosity - if you're logging water, how much is a "cup"?

jchocchip · 19/06/2012 07:48

I think a cup is 8oz. half a pint is 10 oz so it is a bit less than that...
wow this thread is busy! well done on the losses and keep plugging away if it's not going so good - the cornerwill soon turn.
Had fairy good days apart from chocolate, but shred isn't quite happening yet! Oh well, run day today :)

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bexsybooboo · 19/06/2012 07:54

Wow, have read the new thread this morning and have to say welcome newbies Smile MFP is really taking off Grin. I have to say its the best weight loss programme I have ever followed and trust me I've tried them all Wink

As there is so many posts I am going to do a universal well done to everyone not only on weight loss but on giving MFP a go. Once you get in to it you will see results.

You will get some great advice and brill nagging and kick up the arses I you need it encouragement Grin

I have taken 2 weeks off as I knew I had hit a point where my head and heart wasn't completely in it but have come back ready Smile it was the right decision for me as I know I would have self sabotaged wrecked all my hard work I had done in 6 months.

Am hoping to be at my goal weight o have set myself by november/December time (10 stone) Smile

Good luck to everyone Smile

Feel free to add me on MFP username is bexsy Smile

aliciaflorrick · 19/06/2012 08:01

Morning all, weigh in day for me and it's good news I've lost 0.7 kg this week, which takes me under 10 stone for the first time since before I was pregnant with DS2 so am chuffed. I've also lost an inch off my waist but only half an inch off my hips which is unfortunate because I really don't want a backside like Kim Kardashian. DH is going to check my bike over this weekend so hopefully I'll be able to do a bike ride once a day after I've walked the dog and get fat burning that way.

karatekimmi · 19/06/2012 10:16

Been really focussing on eating healthy as breast feeding, but I'm finding it a chore getting fruit and veg in ( I try and follow Aussie rule of 5 veg and 2 fruit instead of 5 a day). It was easy when I had a packed lunch as I took carrot sticks and celery but when I'm at home I choose other options! I guess I just need to be more disciplined!

Any good ideas for eating veg?

ihatethecold · 19/06/2012 10:26

Buggyrunner. Whats the nutritional app?
Thanks Smile

buggyRunner · 19/06/2012 11:42

Well done alicha

The nutritional ap is the iPhone standard ap in the home section.

Veg wise I try to eat a lot of salad things but prepare in bulk

MonsterBookOfTysons · 19/06/2012 12:24

I am stuck on 10st 4lb
It is annoying me now, I need to get my swimming routine back or start running.
When my cold has gone I think I will start c25k
Well done anyone who has lost weight :)

CarpeJugulum · 19/06/2012 12:29

Wii fit seems to be telling me I've lost 3lb since yesterday?! Think it maybe lying! Grin

Nutritious soup for lunch - feeling virtuous today!

Snapespeare · 19/06/2012 12:55

i am so rubbish can anyone quickly and simply talk me through adding 'frtiends' on mfp? I honestly have searched through help, but can't work out how to accesss someones profile to add them Blush

I ffel remarkably chipper today. ordered a swimsuit (ahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahah!) and seem to be getting a lot more done now that I don't go home an eat all night. built DS1s new bed last night and tidied his room (binliners full of crisp packets. terrible urge to lick crisp packets...) going to go and dig alottment tonight. :) ordered a davina DVD (I cannot abide her, my exercise routine is peppered with threats and swear words) and contemplating restarting c25k if I can just manage to download the app.

Snapespeare · 19/06/2012 12:56

...and well done, on your weight loss losers. :)

aliciaflorrick · 19/06/2012 13:25

Snapespeare I tidied DS2's bedroom last night and found 10 mini kitkat wrappers stuffed under the bed. I was going to give him the riot act until I realised he'd probably done me a favour by eating them.

cinnamongreyhound · 19/06/2012 13:26

BuggyRunner it depends what you want to eat, tuna is pretty good as long as you don't put mayonnaise in it. I like breadsticks as a snack, cherry tomatoes, gherkins, pears, blueberries, low calorie hot chocolate is quite good if you want to fill up and get a bit of sweetness, 0% fat greek yoghurt with fruit or honey. Shredded wheat is a good low calorie breakfast and if you just had one I guess that could be a good snack. I haven't tended to cut anything out just eat a smaller portion, was hungry to start with but it soon passed and now I physically can't eat a whole meal if we go out anywhere.

Well done aliciaflorrick, all sounds good :)

That's very good karatekimmi, I'm not great with veg tends to be more fruit so I'm no help really. Soon it will be the time for fresh peas from the pods, yummy!

That's rubbish MonsterBookOfTysons, I'm hoping to be back to 65.2Kg tomorrow. I've put on a Kg this month but have lost 400g, yesterday, 300g today so only 300g to go! Come on, get out to the pool!!! I highly recommend the c25k and you can come join the thread I'm on too :)

snapespeare if you are on the website it's in My home, under friends then there is a big green button that says invite friends. I have the iPhone app and on that you go to friends at the bottom and the put it on the friends not news tab and you have a blue button from add friends.

Snapespeare · 19/06/2012 13:47

sussed it! hurrah! now stalking as many of you as it will let me, given 10 minute intervals.

Stokey · 19/06/2012 15:07

Having bad day, got terrible cold which makes me want to eat so have had 2 lunches including white bread and stilton, and baby has not slept at all over lunch despite being in buggy, bus and darkened room. Karate, i tend to just pile on different types of veg at lunch and supper. So will have salad, tomatoes and maybe avocado at lunch, then beans, broccoli and peas at supper. Makes it easier to eat less carbs if i have big pile of veg.
Seem to remember reading somewhere that vic beckham lived on sugar snap peas... dont think i could manage that! But def find it easier to stick to good eating when supermarket shop has arrived and lots of nice fresh stuff.

wheredidiputit · 19/06/2012 15:48

Hello

I just started MFP as both dh and I need to loose weight.

I know this is a silly question but how do I need to eat all the daily allowance as I seem to have between 100 and 150 cal left at then end of the day. So am eating around 1000 to 1150 a day.

BehindLockNumberNine · 19/06/2012 19:39

Well, I was doing well, calories all planned out for the evening. Then the dc did not eat all of their hash browns with dinner. So I scoffed two of them. Gah!! Have had to take the dog on yet another walk to avoid feeling fat and bloaty and above all guilty...

Hello to all newcomers (feels funny saying that, I have only been doing this for 71 days myself) and to those that befriended me on mfp.

I have a swimsuit. Not brave enough to put one one and acutally go for a swim mind you...Confused

thornbury · 19/06/2012 19:55

Well done alicia

wheredidiputit please eat more...the rule seems to be eat your allowance plus at least half your exercise calories.

RGPargy · 19/06/2012 23:12

Oooo my poor tummy!!! I have baked two test batches of cookies today (I am hoping to start a mini-business with the company i work by supplying them with home made cookies now and then). The first batch were white chocolate with white chocolate chip. Bit of a disaster as they just spread right out and ended up as flat as a pancake and just fell apart. Blush The next batch were cinnamon and raisin and turned out much better with a bit of tweaking. I have to say i did taste more of the white choc ones than i did of the cinnamon ones and I think i am suffering as a consequence of eating any at all!! Blush

I've had 3 litres of water today but feel like i should have had more to eat my suffering! I dont deserve any sympathy tho! Tomorrow i am going to try blueberry and white choc chip. Why am i making so many?? It's because i need to make some to test at the next managers' meeting (held on a tuesday) and i need to have 3-4 different varieties so my mind is awash with cookie recipes i could try!

thornbury · 19/06/2012 23:22

Could you round up some willing victims testers so that you are spared eating quite so many yourself? They sound yummy though!

jchocchip · 19/06/2012 23:23

mmmmmm biscuits! sounds great. I like ginger ones myself with candied ginger...
Pretty good day I think, but failed to log since breakfast, so must get a move on. Also forgot my hrm when I went out for a run so will have to guess!

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RGPargy · 19/06/2012 23:32

Thankfully i only ate one of each kind, but they were quite big..... Blush I have no end of willing testers to help me out but obviously everyone's taste buds are different. MIL said the white choc ones were perfect but for me they were hideously sweet!! I do like to taste things for myself so that i know they are nice Wink

aliciaflorrick · 20/06/2012 07:18

Maybe I could help you RG, I consider myself a connoisseur of biscuits I'd be happy to give you my expert opinion.

I made a carrot and coriander cake which is nicer than it sounds, I didn't ice it which has probably saved some calories and this time I only had a small slice as opposed to the whole cake which I would have eaten in the past.

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