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Need support / company / suggestions to lose 20lbs
I'm 36 and have been stuck around 160 lbs for months. I did well for a while when I had company at home and lost 4 lbs in a month. But then we both fell off the wagon. I have gained only a pound back so far. Thing is, I'd like to be better at logging in my information and being more mindful about my weight-loss goals.…
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controlling hunger...
Help, I am having so much trouble controlling what I eat. I will do well for a day, but then the next day i am starving and I just eat everything i can. and if i don't have it at the house I will make or bake something just as good (brownies, anything chocolate and peanutbutter) then i get depressed and mad at myself for…
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Don't quit
I found this one day and blogged it. I'm posting it here as a small spirit booster. Don't Quit When you've eaten too much and you can't write it down, And you feel like the biggest failure in town. When you want to give up just because you gave in, and forget all about being healthy and thin. So What! You went over your…
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14 Weeks to Christmas Challenge!!
Hello MFPers!! Myself and Mimi have been talking about how there are now 14 weeks left until Christmas and how coincidently for us UK based people... 14lbs in a stone :) This doesn't mean we're excluing you US MFPers though, everyone is more than welcome no matter what units you weigh in!! So who'd like to join us for a…
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Does anyone ever feel...
I Feel...weird. I think this website is amazing, I really do. I think all of you on my friends list, and newcomers here are all wonderful! I have a problem, I know that I am to use this awesome online tool to track my calories (using it has made me so much more aware of what Im putting in my body). I have a problem,…
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Goal for the week
Thought it might be cool to see everyone's goal for the week and declare mine... ~My goal for the week is to eat only when I am hungry! Not when I am bored or when I want a new flavor or for any other reason than HUNGER.~ Whats your goal.
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Does anyone struggle with chronic pain?
And do you eat things that are not good for you to help ease the pain (at least for a while). It does actually make me feel better to eat things like pasta, bread or pizza during these times. Maybe it is because I am so nausiated with the pain and the carbs help with that? If you have conquered this, can you please give me…
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BIG MITAKE !!
Ok so over the weekend I had a family get together and eat ok...then a church dinner sunday and done alright and Monday I forgot to track anything...So today I started back tracking..Well made Spagetti for lunch and measured my whole wheat spagetti noodles wrong..and ate almost HALF of my calories in one meal. Oh boy was…
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Lacking Motivation
I normally have very little trouble losing weight when I set my mind to it but for whatever reason, as badly as I want to be back down to the size I used to be, I can't seem to stay away from the food I'm not supposed to have a lot of (and I seem to go way overboard whenever I break down and have some). I'm pretty new to…
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What I've learned since 2007: Part 5
5. No outside influence is going to make it happen. I'd tried EVERYTHING and NOTHING worked… If my brain isn’t in the right place, no team of experts, personal trainer, hypnotist, nutritionist, personal chef, food delivery service, homeopath, herbalist, infomercial, celebrity, author or plastic surgeon is going to make me…
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Sugar addiction - help!
My biggest weakness - sugar in any form! I love cakes, cookies, candies, chocolate, sugary drinks...anything. I've been eating pretty well lately, but I can't stay away from sugar. What do you guys do to help sugar cravings? Bored eating?
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What I've learned since 2007: Part 4
4. I decided to stop using torture and hatred as a means to transform myself. I’ve lost weight, significant amounts of weight, countless times in my thirty two years on this earth. Each weight loss followed the same formula of equal parts restriction, torture, self abuse, and misery. I have talked to so many people and our…
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What I've learned since 2007: Part 2
2. I learned to love myself, flaws and all, by disengaging from what author Geneen Roth has named ‘The Voice’. We all have it. That ‘little voice inside our heads’. Our ‘conscience’. What this voice tells us is how we really feel about ourselves, right? It’s our TRUE self, right? WRONG! The Voice is lying to you. Stop…
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What I've learned since 2007: Part 1
1. I know why I abused my body for all those years. I can’t speak for everyone because the reasons overweight people abuse food are as unique as people are unique, but I know why I abused food. I could have chosen drugs or gambling or sex addition or whatever, but I chose (primarily) food. Once I discovered the core issue…
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What I've learned since 2007: Part 3
3. I realized that being thin would change NOTHING. You read that correctly. Being thin does not change a thing. Like most people, I had built up 'thin' in my mind into this future magical place where I had no problems, everyone approved of everything I did, I was smart, successful, funny, fabulous, never insecure, and on…
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Dieting is Time Consuming!!!
and that's why I find I fail so much at it! It's so much easier to just grab whatever is easiest/quickest in the morning as I'm running out the door to work, or to grab some fast food for lunch, or to cook up whatever sounds good that I've got the ingredients for for dinner. And then throw in the exercise each day... wow ~…
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Recommit, Refocus, Rejuvenate by Fion Lim
Thought this was a good poem. Because I really need to Recommit and refocus and rejuvenate. Recommit, Refocus, Rejuvenate by Fion Lim Focus As I sat on my bed Pen in hand Journal on lap Mind splitting in tearing directions My mind has declared vacation Leaving my heart frantic Mister Time mercilessly ticking by A fresh…
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Looking for Moms ages 40-45 to pal w/on the site :0)
Hi 40+ Moms, I'm a mother of 3 and soon to be 42 around the New Year. I've struggled w/my weight & self esteem as many young women do. Addicted to bulimia for 7 years and found freedom from all that at 33 years of age after self education. For 6 1/2 years, I maintained a healthy weight range gaining and losing 5-15 pounds.…
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12 Weight Loss Myths
www.weightwatchers.co.uk Are misconceptions about weight loss sabotaging your own efforts? We talk to the experts to tackle some of the most common questions... Have you ever heard, 'The less you eat, the more you'll lose' or 'Don't eat anything after 7pm'? We uncover the truth behind these common weight loss myths. Read…
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Working in China for 4 weeks
I'm off to work in China for 4 weeks. I'm hoping to exercise daily....but the key thing will be figuring out how to record all the food on MFP! Looking for some inspiration so that I can maybe lose a few pounds while I'm away. Apparently the Chinese wine is very strong and not like NorthAmerican wine so that saves some…
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I need help what do i do
I am going away with my sister this coming weekend and it is catered With so called healthy food. Only the pictures taken of the food is wine cheese jatz cheese cakes chocolate cake roast dinners Dips i know what i wanna do but i fear that it will seem obsessive i want to take some healthy food salads rice crackers. I…
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Wedding weekend UGH!
Hey everyone, So this last weekend was the wedding weekend for my brother in law. I didn't eat right....i didn't put too much bad stuff into my body, but i certainly didn't eat normal. I just over indulged whenever there were carbs available, and i didn't eat on "schedule" so thne when those carbs were offered...well i ate…
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Modern Day Pin-up Girls - WEEK 5
Week 5...here we go!!!
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No More Excuses -- Week 45
Another good week for everyone, Tammy and AMCMillan get biggest loser honors. I gained a little this week but I did have an accomplishment. Today I bench pressed 195 pounds which is more than my weight, so for that I am excited. I have been real bad lately about getting my running in. Work has been crazy, and I have not…
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No More Excuses -- Week 46
WOW!!!!!! You guys are killing it. We had one person (me) who didn't lose weight this week, the rest of you did awesome!!!! 4 people lost more than 2 pound this week!!! As for me, work has been super busy and super stressful, and I have been eating like crazy. Today I weigh even more than I did Sunday. I think it's time to…
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Motivational friends?
I'm just wondering if there are peeps out there that want to be friends for motivation both for myself and for others? It's always a lot easier to lose when you have people out there in the same boat trying to lose like you. Any takers, send me a request! :blushing:
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Goals...Rewards...Etc.
Didn't know what to call this post. LOL. Anyways I was wanting to see what everyone would put. Maybe it will give other people ideas too. What are your utlimate goals? (ex: jeans size, shirt size, weight, etc) What are some of your weight loss goals? (can be ones you had but reached or ones you wanna reach) Do you have…
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HOT-ober Sixers: Week 1
Okay...let's do this gals!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cathy(chipper).......................SW lbs/ GW lbs/ CW lbs/ PROGRESS lbs Julia (jmiller0906).................SW lbs/ GW lbs/ CW lbs/ PROGRESS lbs Tracy ( frogy_98) .................. SW lbs/ GW lbs/ CW lbs/ PROGRESS lbs Kristin…
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Nothin to sneeze at...
So...my goal when I started my fitness pal almost 30 days ago was to lose five pounds in the first month! I figured it was a realistic goal and enough to keep me excited enough to set up a new goal for next month. I am excited to say that when I weighed in on day 25 I was already down 5.2 Lbs!!! Ahead of my goal and rarin…
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Slacking
So for the past week or so I've been slacking and completely ignoring the fact that I've been eating extremely poorly and not logging anything properly. I think it was because I was a little disappointed when I weighed myself and I'd not lost as much as I'd hoped to :( Don't want to ignore this because then all my hard…