HGC Drops, Anyone tried and results GOOD OR BAD ?
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How do I open my Diary?0
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How do I open my Diary?
Go to settings and go to "Diary settings".
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OKAY opened my Diary, But u'll have to go back to June 30th to see what I was doing before, then I only have recently today and yest. But I have changed a lot on here from before. I am only eating now eff 8-5-11 - 97/3 ground beef, ground turkey, turkey bacon and sausage, talapia and lean beef cuts. Nothing out of a box or bag anymore. Trying to teach my children healty ways also I don't want them to have to go through this and they are already on that path. I am only buying the meat in 1lb packages so my portions are more controlled so all 3 of us are splitting the 1lb package as our meat when we eat a meal made from it. I hope this clarifies that all, but I did just recently make that change like effective Friday 8-5-2011. perhaps you can check in a few days and give me any more advise.0
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As far as Exercising, I am doing Curves in the morning at 7am its a 30 mins workout daily, and then at night 2-3x's a week me and my mom go to the YMCA and do the Nautilus room and swim laps. I only do about 6 laps and just little exercises like scissor kicks and stuff in the water, we walk the track do about 4 laps on it, and do some ball exercises for stomachs. It takes us about 1 1/2 -2 hours to do all this.0
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Well I opened it, ANY HELP ?????0
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Well took a quick look. I went back to june 30th like you said. Looks like you are (or were) pretty inconsistent. Some days with very low calories, other days going over with taco bell.
Start with some basics:
eat a combination of lean meats, complex carbs, veggies, good fats
eat a minimal amount of none of: fast food, simple carbs, bad fats
hit your calorie target consistently. you want "0 calories remaining" at the end of the day. but if it's within 50 or 100 over or under, then you're fine.
There. Weight loss explained in 4 lines.0 -
Taste awful and cutting down to 500-800 calories is unhealthy and impossible to keep up with.0
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OK imma little retarded when it comes to all this, can you give me a few examples of complex carbs? I don't really like bread I did buy whole grain white bread for the house for my daughter, and if I did want a sandwhich or something. i've heard wheat products can raise insulin levels and store sugar which will turn into fat. And what foods are simple carbs that I should avoid. Or if you have or know a website that can explain all that to me that would be great. like I said maybe you can check in a few days for me and see if i'm doing better with the healthier choices I'm going to make now. OH AND SHOULD I BE EATING THE WHOLE 1500 CALORIES THEN. I JUST ALWAYS HEARD TO LOWER CALORIES TO LOSE WEIGHT. LIKE I SAID I'M NEW TO ALL THIS HEALTHY STUFF BUT I WANT CHANGE FOR LIFE, NOT TEMPORARILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP0
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I'm seeing a lot of fast/convenience food items and not a lot of water logged. Maybe try tracking sodium and increasing the water you drink. Also weight loss is suppose to be slow. It took years for the weight to go on for most of us, it will take months at a minimum for it to come off.0
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There. Weight loss explained in 4 lines.
Sanctimonious explained in one...
Ive never tried the hCG thing myself - only time Ive ever had hCG in my system is through being pregnant with my children. Keeping weight off requires a long term sustainable lifestyle, and that certainly isnt one. If you are a member of a gym, do they have a nutritionist service attached, or someone they could recommend?0 -
Below are 3 good links that have a ton of information. Essentially, you have to eat to lose weight. More than likely, 1200 calories isn't enough for you to lose properly. So if you can open up your food diary and then second, let us know what you do for exercise, then we can expand. If you really want to lose weight fast and build muscle so you can eat more and burn more, look into a program like p90x or insanity. Keep in mind though, you really need to eat a lot of food to get the results.
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
http://www.shapefit.com/basal-metabolic-rate.html
http://www.cordianet.com/calculator.htm
Fat 2 Fit Radio is amazing. Been listening to their pod casts for a couple of months, and it's totally changed my philosophy on weight loss.0 -
If it comes in a box, bag, or counter chances are it shouldn't compose the majority of your diet. Read your labels, if you can't pronounce it, it doesn't really belong in your body. The old philosophy with diet and exercise was eat less, workout more, lose weight. This is exactly why people don't lose weight. When you put in exercise you'll see your calorie count go up, you want to be net calories. If your calories are 1500 you want to be within 50 calories of that 1500 mark, if you exercise and burn another 300 you net 1800. That being said, I always eat my gross calories and normally get through half my exercise calories. Your body must be properly fueled to work efficiently.0
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OK imma little retarded when it comes to all this, can you give me a few examples of complex carbs? I don't really like bread I did buy whole grain white bread for the house for my daughter, and if I did want a sandwhich or something. i've heard wheat products can raise insulin levels and store sugar which will turn into fat. And what foods are simple carbs that I should avoid. Or if you have or know a website that can explain all that to me that would be great. like I said maybe you can check in a few days for me and see if i'm doing better with the healthier choices I'm going to make now. OH AND SHOULD I BE EATING THE WHOLE 1500 CALORIES THEN. I JUST ALWAYS HEARD TO LOWER CALORIES TO LOSE WEIGHT. LIKE I SAID I'M NEW TO ALL THIS HEALTHY STUFF BUT I WANT CHANGE FOR LIFE, NOT TEMPORARILY. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP
"Foods with large amounts of complex carbohydrates include legumes, starchy vegetables like potatoes and corn, rice and grain products. Other vegetables such as green beans, broccoli and spinach contain less starch, but they have more fiber.
Complex carbohydrates should supply about half the calories in your diet; however, the best complex carbohydrates come from legumes, vegetables, breads, pasta and cereals. Choose 100% whole wheat or 100% whole grain brad cereal and pasta products over refined flour products because they contain more fiber. The extra fiber slows down the absorption of the carbohydrates so you feel full longer and be less likely to over-eat throughout the day. "
As for the bread, any bread that says "white" in the name has higher sugars than a whole wheat. (please correct me if I am wrong). So the whole wheat bread (that is brown) would be in the complex carb family and is MUCH healthier for you. I would def. read on some of the links a previous poster put on this thread. It really sounds like you need a crash course in nutrition before you start counting calories. Losing weight isn't just about calories, there is SO much more to it! Pick a night when you can grab a small glass of wine and plop your butt in front of the pc and read! I think once you have a better understanding of WHAT you are eating those pounds are going to drop! Yes, that Taco Bell may be under your calorie limit but the ONLY thing youre getting from it is straight up sodium and fat.
GL hun! Don't get discouraged and look for quick fixes. You said you want your children to be healthy and the first step is to educate yourself so that you can teach them. They need to know WHY a 60 calorie apple is better for them than a 60 calorie candy.0 -
Here is a link to complex carbs.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/27398-list-complex-carbohydrates-foods/
Additionally read this thread too. Specifically the last two post.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/311640-confused-about-the-magic-1200
And finally (mostly the first post)
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/282320-caloric-intake-body-fat
If you read through those three threads and still need advice send me a message. We can do some math to figure out what your caloric needs are or use the link below. You will be considered lightly active base on what you have said about your lifestyle and exercise routine. Take the calories from Fat2Fit and eat that every day regardless if you workout or not. Also, increase your protein intake (seen notes from the second link. I would suggest starting out with 40% carbs, 40% protein and 20% fat (you can go under home, goals, custom.. this is where you input your calories and ratios). Additionally, I would highly recommend getting body fat calipers. I know you might not like the answer, but it will allow you to figure out your lean body mass (LBM) which directly affects the amount of calories you will need to intake (explained on the last link).
http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/
http://www.shapefit.com/basal-metabolic-rate.html
This shoudl keep you busy for a long while, lol. If you have other questions post again or let me know over private message.0 -
Thank You all so much, I have some studying to do : )0
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Wondering how it's going for you. Did you get all of the info you needed? I'm new myself (see, no picture). I've realized that I've got to reprogram my brain and eat more calories. Kind of a switch up, huh? This old dog is learning some new tricks.
I'm afraid of fast food now. And, I'm afraid to reintroduce desserts/sweets back into my diet. It has been so liberating not to feel the pull the sweets. I only lost .6 lbs since last week. BUT, I was smart enough to take measurements. Thank God, though the scale didn't change like I was hoping, there was a dramatic change in my waistline and hips. Little by little . . .
Enough about me. I want you to be successful. It is about educating yourself, and some of the nutritional language is confusing. Don't be afraid to ask questions. This is a good place to find answers. Some folks are tough in their responses, but the majority of us understand what you are going thru. So, toughen up your resolve and we'll work thru this together.0 -
Well I have actually gained .4 ounces this week compared to last week. I'm just so confused with all this information and different techniques to use and try. Aaahhhhhh it's so overwhelming. I Think i'm still fighting a thyroid battle to on top of everything else. I'm getting some blood test done tomorrow actually for Vitamin D since I'm inside all day pretty much, My Thyroid, and an Iron test. So i'll have those results in about a week or so. I've been battling a thyroid disorder for about a year now well since we found out about it. But when I was on medication is when I gained all this dang weight. I just dont even know where to start really. I mean I eat the salad for lunch a healthy protien breakfast because it's after I work out and i'm drinking green tea which i heard is good. So i don't know It weird to say but if it is my thyroid again, atleast I'll have a reason for the scale not moving
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Oh and I've heard sleep deprivation is a big no no, I do have sleep problems I don't think I've slept a full 6 hours even for about 3 years now. I toss and turn all night and it takes me about 1 1/2 hours to fall asleep even after taking a sleeping pill which i have to take just to fall asleep such as tylenol PM, Melatonin 5mg, and or a pain pill with it everynight. They said after i started exercising that it would or could get better, but it hasn't.0
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The FDA and BBB say it's a fraud. You lose weight because you are starving yourself on 500 calories a day, not because you're taking a pill made from pregnant women's pee.
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpp/news/hcg-weight-loss-bbb-alert-aug-3-2011
I think its either pig pee or horse pee actually LOL0 -
Bottom line - there are going to be critics with many weight loss choices so you have to make the decision for yourself but it really does work without any side effects at all.
No side effects at all? Wow, why don't you come down to the hospital I work at and tell the girl dying in one of my hospital beds because of the stuff that there's no side effects. As if destroying your metabolism permanently isn't bad enough, DEATH is a possible side effect as well.
I agree with you 100% my mom just bought these stupid things and I argued with her til I was blue in the face. 500 calories a day is starvation, whether you feel full or not, your body is starving! People are so desperate to lose weight fast that they'll risk death, it's infuriating!0 -
I think we need to start letting people take them. Obviously this topic has never come up before and they are a completely logical choice for safe weight loss.0
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To the OP, who seems to have decided NOT to take HCG drops (good choice, BTW). Since you mentioned that you are eating carefully and exercising and still not losing weight, take a look below. I know it's long, but it's a great read:
blessings.
Living With Obesity At 700 Calories Per Day!
By: David Greenwalt
I want you to consider a common female client. She's a woman about 5'5" and 185 pounds. A combination of a mostly sedentary lifestyle, quick-fix, processed foods and consistent excessively low calories has resulted in an incredibly stubborn fat loss scenario. Not only has it created a stubborn fat loss scenario but her ability to add body fat is remarkably strong.
Most would believe there is simply no possible way she could be 185 pounds eating mostly low calories. While it's true the average obese American created their own obesity by being a huge over consumer, a sedentary glutton if you will, many are able to maintain their level of obesity with the following formula in very precise ratios: starvation + binges + sedentary lifestyle.
An initial review of this woman's calories indicates she is just above starvation level in the 400-700 per day range. The food choices are mostly protein in this case (low-carb is all the rage you know) and there are virtually no vegetables or fruits to speak of.
Five or six days per week the calories remain low in this range, however, there are nighttime binges from time to time and weekend binges where carbs loaded with fat (doughnuts, rolls, cookies, pizza etc.) are consumed.
So while the calories are very low the majority of the time, there are one to two days per week where this isn't always the case. Even so, the nighttime binges and weekend slack offs don't amount to what you might presume would be thousands of extra calories, thus explaining the 185-pound body weight.
Very few foods are prepared from home. There are lots of fast foods being consumed. Convenience and taste rule.
I must say. Early on in my coaching and teaching career this woman was a real head scratcher for me. Isn't it calories in and calories out? Even if she's not active she's starving!
How in the heck does she stay at 185 eating an average, including all binges, of maybe 750 calories per day? She's frustrated beyond belief. She sees her friends and coworkers eating more and weighing less. Is she simply unlucky? Is everyone else blessed? And what in the world is she supposed to do to fix this, if it can be fixed?
Why Is She Not Losing Weight?
First, let me tell you why she's not losing weight. Then I'll tell you what she has to do to fix the situation. With a chronic (months and months) intake of less than 1000 calories per day and a 185-pound body weight her metabolism is suffering greatly. It's running cool, not hot. It's basically running at a snail's pace.
Think of it this way. Her metabolism has matched itself to her intake. She could, indeed, lose body fat but she's in that gray area where she is eating too few calories but not quite at the concentration-camp level yet.
If she were to consume 100-300 calories per day her body would have virtually no choice but to begin liberating stored body fat. This is NOT the solution. It's unhealthy and, in fact, quite stupid.
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Not only has her metabolism matched her intake, her body has maximized production of enzymes that are designed to help store any additional calories as fat. Anytime additional, immediately-unnecessary calories are consumed the enzymes are there and waiting to store the additional calories as fat. Her body is starved nutritionally and it has one thing on its mind - survival.
Being mostly sedentary, her metabolism (hormones play a large role here) can do a pretty good job of keeping things slow enough so that the pathetically low calories she's consuming are just enough to maintain.
But since certain enzymes are elevated, waiting for more calories so more bodyfat can be stored, every nighttime binge or weekend mini-feast will contribute to fat stores.
So on the days she's not bingeing her body does not lose fat, or if it does, it's very little. And on the few days or times she does binge a bit her body is quite efficient at storing fat. So, while she may lose a smidge of fat from starving it is quickly replaced with every binge.
Remember, these binges aren't a gluttonous 4000-calorie feast. Oh no, a binge might be 4-5 cookies worth about 500-700 calories. Nevertheless, since the binge foods are mostly carbs and fat it's very easy for the enzymes to shuttle the dietary fat into stored body fat. It's what they were designed to do.
So, What's The Solution?
Well then, now that we presumably know some valid reasons why she's not seeing a scale change and definitely no body fat change how do we fix her? We have to do something she's going to freak out over.
We have to get her eating more. Not only do we have to get her eating more but more of the right, whole foods need to be eaten. Foods lower in fat that aren't as easily STORED as body fat have to be consumed. And we have to warn her.
A Discouraging Start
We have to warn her that since she's been sedentarily living on protein with binges of carbs and fats she is likely to see a weight gain right away. It's true.
Once we begin really feeding her body with nutritious carbohydrates so she can become more active, her glycogen-depleted body will hang on to some of those carbohydrates (in skeletal muscle and liver) so she has stored energy for activity.
When her body hangs on to those carbohydrates it has no choice but to hang on to more water too. For every gram of glycogen (stored carbs) she stores she'll hang on to three grams of water.
This is not a negative response by the body but it will be interpreted by her as quite negative when she steps on the scale.
It's quite likely she'll see a five to seven pound weight gain when she really starts eating properly again. This weight gain will remain for one to three weeks before it starts moving in the other direction.
For argument's sake let's assume my Calorie Calculator and Goal Setter at Club Lifestyle suggests a 1500-calorie per day average in week one for a one-pound loss per week. First, she is going to freak out about this many calories.
For months she's been eating less than 1000 and usually around 400-700 in one to three feedings total per day. To her 1500 calories is a ton of food. And if she even begins to eat less fast and packaged-foods it will be a ton of food.
There is no doubt whatsoever that she will resist the increase. This resistance may take one to three weeks to overcome. During this period no weight loss will occur. She is too fat already in her mind and believes it will only hurt her to increase her food intake.
I mean, after all, isn't that how she got fat to begin with? In her early stages of fat gain this was probably true. She overconsumed. But as I've said already, that's not why she's staying heavy.
In addition to a freaked-out mindset about adding more food to her already overfat body she will simply find that it's all but impossible to eat four or more times per day.
She's just not hungry at first. Makes sense when you think about it. Why would she be hungry three hours after eating a 300-calorie, balanced breakfast? Her body is used to 400-700 calories per day!
So, even though she gets a plan and begins using my nutrition analyzer to log foods and meals she finds after having a balanced breakfast of 250 calories she couldn't force herself to eat meal number two on time.
It'll take several more days of realizing what is going on and being one-hundred percent honest and diligent with her logging and planning before she begins to eat her meals as planned no matter what - even if she's not hungry.
By now two to four weeks have passed and the only thing she's seen on the scale is it going up--not very encouraging if I say so myself.
Raising The Grade
After the first two to four weeks have passed she's probably beginning to consume her meals as planned although not quite like an "A" student yet. That is coming. She feels better because she's working out and is more active.
And she feels like she has more energy throughout the day because she's feeding her body more calories and the right kinds of calories.
She has finally begun eating the right kinds of fast foods (low in fat, moderate in protein) and less packaged food overall. She is making more meals from home and taking them to work for lunch rather than always grabbing something quick from a vending machine or the break room that always has some treat another employee brought in.
After another two weeks or so she's moved from a "B" grade to more consistent "A"s. She's planning her days one day ahead in the Nutrition Analyzer; she's consuming fresh veggies and fruits on a daily basis.
Her calories are almost ALWAYS in line with what is recommended by my Lean Account and she has seen her first signs of the scale moving in the right direction.
She is now dropping from 190 pounds (her high after reintroducing food and carbohydrates again) to 189.3! "Progress at last!" she says. In actuality, the entire process was progress. But that's not how she saw it in the beginning.
With a total of two to four weeks of increased caloric intake behind her and eating more consistently the right kinds of foods her metabolism has truly begun to rebound.
She didn't kill it as she thought. She only wounded it. And since our metabolisms are like kids (they are quite resilient) and she doesn't have thyroid issues or diabetes or any known wrench that could be thrown into the spokes of fat loss, she will begin, for the first time in months or years, to see results that make sense and that one would expect of someone who is active (30-60 minutes five or more days per week) and consuming a caloric intake of 1300-1500 calories per day.
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Avoiding Sabotage
This process is in no way easy. I think you can see a plethora of ways it could be screwed up, sabotaged, given up on too early and so forth.
A key to success for this very common woman (men too) is not giving up too soon, having faith in the fix, and moving sooner rather than later to the increased, quality food intake.
It's going to take effort to overcome the mental hurdles of eating more food as well as the increase in scale weight that is going to occur in weeks one to three or so. It's disheartening, however, to charge hard down the weight-loss field only to get to the one-yard line and decide it's time to quit.
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Many don't realize they only had one more yard to go and they'd have had a touchdown. You gotta hang in there with this plan. It's going to take some time for the glycogen levels to be replenished and level out. It's going to take some time for mental adjustments to occur.
It's going to take some time before hunger signals are restored to anything close to normal. It's going to take time for the metabolism to rebound and not be in its protective mode.
Giving A Stubborn Body The Message
In certain, very stubborn cases, it may be necessary to eat at a eucaloric (maintenance) or hypercaloric (over maintenance) level for a few weeks to ensure the metabolism does get the signal that everything is alright and you aren't going to kill the body.
Remember, your body could care less about your desire for fat loss. It just wants to survive.
Some Take-Home Points
The most common cause of obesity is Americans are sedentary overeaters/drinkers. Nothing in this article should be construed as to say that under eating is the root cause of obesity. It's not.
It IS common for many men and women to be under eating with sporadic binges as I described here. This creates a perfect environment for continued obesity even if total caloric intake is quite low on average.
Low-carb followers or "starvers" WILL see the scale go up when calories are consumed at reasonable levels again and carbohydrates are reintroduced. Live with it. Deal with it. It's going to happen. 98% of the gain will be water.
The time it takes for mental acceptance and other adjustments to occur will vary but one should expect a two to four week window for these things to take place. Being forewarned with an article like this may speed this process up some.
Once the right types of foods are consumed and the right caloric intake is consumed and the right ratios of carbohydrates, proteins and fats are consumed on a consistent basis, then, and only then, will metabolism begin to be restored and the key to fat loss be inserted into the lock with a noticeable drop in the scale resulting.
This may take an additional two to four weeks to occur. Your metabolism is never dead or broken for good. But it may take several weeks of proper eating and activity for it to be restored.
From day one, until the first, noticeable drop in the scale occurs may be four to six weeks--maybe one to two weeks longer. Those who give up on the one-yard line will never see the scale drop as will occur when intelligent persistence and consistency over time are adhered to.
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Sleepytexan..thank you for such a wonderful article!
nnewsome81, you are very fortunate for your post, as many people have given you great advice and the most wonderful of all the advice was the idea for you to avoid the easy road and make that life long commitment to change your life (as well as your child)!!
The only addition that I would make to the fabulous information that has already been posted is to take a re-evaluation of your workout routine as well. Your workout sounds like you spend a good deal of time in your "comfort" zone. To help to maximze the benefit of your workouts you have to be in a zone of a bit of discomfort (a bit...not a lot)!
I feel that this is a great reason to invest in a heart rate monitor to evaluate if you are working out in your maximum workout zone. This change as well as the dietary changes should spark that metabolism. One workout plan that many on MFP have tried is the C25K...if done 3 times per week...you will see results (with the addition of strength traning and diet of course).
I am so excited for you...I think you will be on the road to success in no time with all the great advice that has been given.
AND REMEBER...
Go Hard or Go Home!!! If you didn't work hard...you didn't show up!
Nothing worth having comes easy!
Life Changes are things that are sustainable for the rest of your life!
And as Nike always says...Just Do It!!!!!! (You will be so glad you did)!:happy:0 -
This topic will be locked soon...Obviously people can't figure out that there's no reason to post any HGC topics...People will just attack you about it & act like angry 4th graders about the topic...& then the topic will be locked because it's an unsafe diet or some crap like that.0
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oh man!0
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facepalm thread :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: :grumble:0
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My nutritionist suggest them too, and everyone has stories good and bad about it. But here is what it boils down to for me. Straight from the FDA.
HCG Diet Products Are Illegal
http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm281333.htm
When the FDA says it is illegal and ANYONE tries to get me to take it...well I would look for new a Dr0 -
I did it after a friend had some good results on it. I did it for 21 days, religiously, and lost 14 pounds. I couldnt do it anymore because it was putting my mind into a psychotic obsessive rant about food and my body. I literally fought down the urge to not eat a single thing. I got sick and tired of the same old foods and had to force myself to eat the standard 500 calories. I hated food. I cried. I felt like a failure. The day I called my best friend in tears and ranted about how am I supposed to eat 500 calories when I hate food now? And how come I didnt lose a pound a day the last five days...? It was all I thought about. I was even yelling at my little boys ages 5 and 3... I then saw that I was becoming someone I am not. I love food. I love eating. I am a foodie. I also love exercising. With that "diet" I didnt like anything I used to love anymore. I was changing. I stopped after day 21 and within two months, I gained it ALL back. I am not on MFP eating like I should, and exercising like I should and loving it! I was skeptical of it at first, then after I did it, I know ill never do it again. I dont know about other people and their dealings with it, but that is my story.
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