EllasMum
01-21-2012, 10:01 PM
After seeing the success of some folks from BBB, I decided to join MFP. I have a few questions for the experienced folks!
Anyone out there do South Beach style diet with MFP? I find, generally speaking, that carbs are my enemy, and I just feel generally better when I eat lower carb. I did SBD pre-DD and lost 20 pounds in about 4 months. I'm finding it harder to stick with SBD now that DD is around and I am having to cater to her picky palate (girl eats LOTS of carbs!). So, I thought I would try MFP instead, while generally keeping low carb. I guess what keeps staring me in the face is the goal of 206 carbs on MFP! SBD is substantially lower than that and I'm not sure if SBD is going to work with MFP. Interested to hear if others have had luck.
Other question is the calorie goals set by MFP. I did an experiment in which I just ate my (non SBD) regular foods and snacks, and more often than not, I came in well under the calorie targets, such that MFP would tell me that I would be losing weight too quickly if I kept up that level of calories... Yet my scale would go up, not down! I guess I'm questioning the calorie targets and not really seeing how I'll lose weight by eating that much food! Again, curious about others' experiences wrt this.
Thanks everyone!
Anyone out there do South Beach style diet with MFP? I find, generally speaking, that carbs are my enemy, and I just feel generally better when I eat lower carb. I did SBD pre-DD and lost 20 pounds in about 4 months. I'm finding it harder to stick with SBD now that DD is around and I am having to cater to her picky palate (girl eats LOTS of carbs!). So, I thought I would try MFP instead, while generally keeping low carb. I guess what keeps staring me in the face is the goal of 206 carbs on MFP! SBD is substantially lower than that and I'm not sure if SBD is going to work with MFP. Interested to hear if others have had luck.
Other question is the calorie goals set by MFP. I did an experiment in which I just ate my (non SBD) regular foods and snacks, and more often than not, I came in well under the calorie targets, such that MFP would tell me that I would be losing weight too quickly if I kept up that level of calories... Yet my scale would go up, not down! I guess I'm questioning the calorie targets and not really seeing how I'll lose weight by eating that much food! Again, curious about others' experiences wrt this.
Thanks everyone!