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I Don't Believe in Calorie Counting
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Sometimes healing helps people to to lose weight. I do healing over distance.-3
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What's "healing over distance"?
You tell him what time you're going to be lying down and he sends you the healing through mind power.
Or something.6 -
Don't eat carbs and have a random dude in a speedo send me good vibrations? Seems legit.26
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Alluminati wrote: »
You don't want chakras flying in your face?
I was having a reoccurring dream about coconut oil and Lionel Richie and was hoping for a resolution .
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
You tell him what time you're going to be lying down and he sends you the healing through mind power.
Or something.
Wow--has this thread gotten interesting....4 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »
You tell him what time you're going to be lying down and he sends you the healing through mind power.
Or something.
LOL. My mind immediately went to running for some reason. Like whenever he wants "healing", he runs a half3 -
MissusMoon wrote: »I don't believe in Tracy Anderson.
That sums it up nicely.0 -
Alluminati wrote: »
You don't want chakras flying in your face?
I always take carbs over chakras.
Neither needs to be flying in my face, however.3 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
I always take carbs over chakras.
Neither needs to be flying in my face, however.
I also like carbs over chakras. But am not opposed to them flying in to my face. I think it would save energy if the carbs just levitated to my face instead of me having to pick them up and raise my hands to my mouth.3 -
Is it a full moon or something? This is one of the most random weekend of posts I've ever seen on MFP...6
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WinoGelato wrote: »Is it a full moon or something? This is one of the most random weekend of posts I've ever seen on MFP...
Full moon on Friday.1 -
Full moon on Friday.
Friday AND a full moon? That should be extra prolific for mean people threads, then.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
Friday AND a full moon? That should be extra prolific for mean people threads, then.
not only those but it was also friday the 13th!6 -
I know this thread has been crazy, but I was not expecting this kind of crazy!
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thorsmom01 wrote: »
I also like carbs over chakras. But am not opposed to them flying in to my face. I think it would save energy if the carbs just levitated to my face instead of me having to pick them up and raise my hands to my mouth.
I was thinking of a pie, flying (unbidden by me, launched by some other) toward my face, which if I recall was a thing for a while not too long ago.
Of course, while people incorrect call pies "carbs" the truth is they have plenty of fat and depending on the type of pie may have protein too.
(Don't know about chakras, but I doubt it!) ;-)2 -
WinoGelato wrote: »Is it a full moon or something? This is one of the most random weekend of posts I've ever seen on MFP...
Weekend of Friday the 13th. Maybe that extends it? Dunno.2 -
Counting only calories works for some people other people are do better at looseing weight by counting there carbs. Especially for me watching my carbs and doing a low carb diet work much better for me then counting calories. That is why there are so many differenty iets and cook boooks out there is because everybody is different1
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i like pie.....not sure about chakras.....Friday the 13th is mah jam!!! with peanut butter of course....1
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lemurcat12 wrote: »
I was thinking of a pie, flying (unbidden by me, launched by some other) toward my face, which if I recall was a thing for a while not too long ago.
Of course, while people incorrect call pies "carbs" the truth is they have plenty of fat and depending on the type of pie may have protein too.
(Don't know about chakras, but I doubt it!) ;-)
I was picturing bagels tossed like a Frisbee...1 -
kirstinethornburg wrote: »Counting only calories works for some people other people are do better at looseing weight by counting there carbs. Especially for me watching my carbs and doing a low carb diet work much better for me then counting calories. That is why there are so many differenty iets and cook boooks out there is because everybody is different
Being in a calorie deficit it what works for every single person. This is the science.
If your intake of low carb food goes up, you WILL gain weight. Do you know how much ribeye steak I used to put away? Totally low carb. Over 1200 calories a pop, easily. I didn't get fat on cake and donuts because I've never eaten them regularly. I got fat on low carb ribeye and wonderful imported cheeses. Now that I'm measuring those suckers, portioning them smaller and keeping my calories under goal (while having carbs like ice cream and pizza crust) I'm losing weight.
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Super fluffy article. She says it's better to be aware of what you're eating and portion sizes than it is to count calories.
OK. Well, that's exactly why I count calories...?5 -
It is sometimes fun to look in on a thread that you thought was done days ago, but suddenly jumps up by 20-30 comments, and see what odd tangential direction it took. Well done, MFPers, well done.8
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I don't count calories. Using these 2 items has worked out well for me. As of now they are telling me that I need to gain 4 pounds. I would imagine others can use these tools to see if they are overeating as well.....GaleHawkins wrote: »If one does not count how are they going to learn if they are over eating or not
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I don't count calories. Using these 2 items has worked out well for me. As of now they are telling me that I need to gain 4 pounds. I would imagine others can use these tools to see if they are overeating as well.....
That's a pretty time delayed method to find out if you're overeating. And one could argue that the time it takes you to measure and weigh yourself is no shorter than the time it takes to weigh your food.11 -
stevencloser wrote: »
That's a pretty time delayed method to find out if you're overeating. And one could argue that the time it takes you to measure and weigh yourself is no shorter than the time it takes to weigh your food.
How so? It hasn't been "delayed" for me at all. It only takes 2 minutes of my time once a week to weigh in and take measurements. I'll bet it takes a lot longer than that to weigh food and log it everyday. I'm not saying anything in favor of or against calorie counting. However, I don't think it's necessarily the only method to see whether or not you're gaining weight, and it certainly isn't necessary for everyone.3 -
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