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Off-Topic Discussion
You can chat here but no chitting.
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Down 40 lbs and Looking for Friends!
I am finally down 40 pounds! It's been a journey! I have 60 more to get to the 100 pound mark, which would put me in a healthy place, but most likely not my final resting point. My in real life friends and family are great, but haven't walked this road and don't really "get" what's helpful and what's not. Mostly the…
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Food, Exercise, or other Reports
I realized I had co-opted the 10,000 step thread as a personal reporting for my exercise efforts and thought that might not be a good thing to be doing, so I started a new thread instead. I figure to use this to talk about anything I've been successful at today, whether it be exercise improvements or woes, calorie counting…
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Joy Brain
This is what I call something I have noticed in myself more since the skin removal. Things that are trivial to other people are not just NSVs for me but huge delight. Recently a person asked my about my noticeable increase in steps lately. I responded by saying when you lose a million pounds even when you are tired and the…
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Weight Loss Victories
Here is where we help motivate and encourage each other with our scale and non scale victories. Your NSVs (non scale victories) do not have to be anything major. My first one was that I could stand more comfortably. Something that many people take for granted was something that was pretty uncomfortable for me before I…
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Fat Brain
There is probably something better to call it. Fat brain happens after you start losing weight and start having NSVs but your brain has not completely caught up. This thread is to discuss it. I think shining a light on something helps. I will have plenty to share because I started out very large and I have battled my…
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September 2020 Monthly WL Challenge
Hey everyone I'm new to the group ^_^ To try and stay motivated and accountable I decided to publicly post my losses each week. If you want to join in please do! I'd love to celebrate those losses with you! This is the standard format I'll be using; Name: (if you'd like to share) My Numbers: SW: Starting weight before you…
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I feel like i've reached a plateau, tips?
Good afternoon, Today is the 5th day with no changes on the scale. I went from 310 to 278 pounds in 64 days. And in the last 5 days, the scale has been showing the same exact number. I understand 5 days isn't alot, but with the calorie deficit i'm creating each day, the scale should go down. What are some tips? Should I…
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The last 20 pounds to lose
Good morning I am now down to the last 20 pounds I want to drop and i'm looking for your comments on my current workout/diet plan. Here is a little background story to give you a better idea of where I started. Height : 6'0 March 5th 2020 : 310.4 lbs August 3rd 2020 : 239.6 lbs My initial weight goal was 240lbs. I reached…
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Am I being unreasonable?
I've been dieting about 6 weeks now and have lost about 30lbs. (I have a ton to lose) I weigh myself weekly and don't obsess over the scale between weigh-ins. However, I'm getting a bit discouraged. The amount of weight I'm losing each week is SLOWING way down. I went from 8-9 lbs a week to 6lbs to 4lbs and this past week…
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Calculating TDEE
I thought since I am going through the process - again - I would explain what I am doing for anyone who wishes to do it for themselves. So that I do not miss anything I will update this thread when I am doing something. The process started 9 days ago and the first phase ends tomorrow morning. The first phase is unloading…
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Lost my first real pound and cried
I lost my first real pound this week and cried like a baby. I've bounced up and down among the same 4 pounds and have continued doing that for the past 2 months as I've been trying to figure out this diet thing. I was eating little enough that I thought I should have seen some success before now, but there was nothing.…
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Getting Back on Track
Many of you know that about 3 weeks ago I went on a vacation. It was the longest vacation that I had taken from work in over 10 years. My wife and I were gone for 10 days. We took a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas and an extended road trip traveling to and from the port. It was amazing in every way except in respect to my…
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Feeling defeated.
Hi everyone. I'm hoping this is a safe place to post as I posted earlier in a forum and had to have it removed because there were a lot of mean spirited people who have me feeling even more discouraged. So I am 293lbs and only 5'3 I have over 160lbs to lose. I have been here before over 9 years ago. I managed to lose over…
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Finding an Initial Stopping Place aka The First Goal Weight
Some of this thread will just me just posting my thoughts. I welcome any discussion. Goal weight. There is an idea that baffles me. I do not know what that number is. Since weight is really a range not a specific number I am not sure what the goal range is either. But I do not have to know. At least not now. There is no…
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Guess the Calories
I will help with the cooking spray - 53 calories. The whole pan is a single serving and not even all I ate for lunch. If no one gets close by tomorrow I will give a hint.
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For anyone who can't exercise standing
Hi all, I have bad knees and neuropathy in one leg plus I'm morbidly obese. so needless to say I can't do much exercise. I found this great youtube channel that does in chair workouts and thought I would pass it along to anyone else in the same situation. With my size and the pain I am in it got me sweating and my heart…
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How does the summer heat influence your eating and overall process?
The summer always changes my eating in one way or another. It used to be the time of year where my cravings dried up but that seems to be a more permanent thing now. Here is what I am noticing this summer: I am less interested in cooking so my meals have gotten more simple. I find myself also using processed foods more and…
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Identity Shift
One of the bigger changes that happened early in my weight loss was that I stopped trying to become a healthy person and I became a healthy person. Granted I was still quite unhealthy at the time but this was a change in mental states not physical state. What is the difference? In my past weight loss attempts I focused…
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Getting back at it
It's time to get back at it. I have completely let my diet and exercise slip over the past few months. I have put back on some (not all) of the weight I lost. The COVID carb diet as I am calling it has not been good for my weight loss goals. It's completely my fault. I got lazy and tired and used it as an excuse to not…
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In Need of LL Group Leader(s)
With the other leaders being on a bit of a hiatus I need a volunteer or two. The main job is greeting new people and to help stoke the energy levels of group participation. The latter is typically done by keeping conversations going or starting new ones that draw people in. I am not fond of heavy handed moderation so if…
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Discussion on Cravings
While I encourage people to deal with their cravings as much as they can moderate it is also important, in my opinion, to occasionally ask the question "What happens if I don't satisfy a craving?" and remain "in charge." I think it is natural to seek pleasure and avoid pain or in this case unpleasantness. But we are not…
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Contrave, anyone?
After a discussion with my doctor, she thought it best to start me on Contrave to go along with my diet program. Has anyone else been on this weight loss drug? What was your experience like?
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The importance of small achievable improvements
It is important not to get tunnel vision towards weight loss. It might make you miss other areas in which you can do something to make your process of living easier. Every improvement compounds and leads somewhere better. One example I like to give is my sock drawer. For years I had many similar but slightly different…
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Fearing the unknown
Yes, I admit that sometimes I am afraid of losing weight!....as much as I want and need to do this for my mental and physical health, I worry about how this is all going to play out....am I going to be the same person or am I going to become a person I don’t know?....I was a comfortable fat person....I had a routine I was…
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Falling off the wagon
Well last night I fell off I secretly ordered a Chinese (without my partner knowing) and scoffed the lot, I wasnt even hungry and didnt even enjoy it that much I dread to think how many calories I ate and how much ive set myself back. I was bored, thats all, bored, so I ate. Its hard to break habits that you have developed…
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Throwing in the towel
I am so ready to quit this morning...why bother?...this is an endless battle that I don’t feel like I can fight much longer...eating healthy seems to get harder the longer I go instead of easier...I don’t think I am equipped to handle anything lately...I am spiraling out of control...I hate this feeling of desperation and…
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Favourite food you've discovered recently
I've re-discovered how much I love soup with pearl barley and lentils. It's winter here and I'm cooking up a storm with minestrone, vege soup and pumpkin soup for lunches this week. Lentils and pearl barley add that fibre and protein that makes it a meal.
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Feeling lightheaded
It would almost be worth celebrating except it sometimes ends in bouts of nausea. I think, and I hope my doctor agrees soon, that my BP medication needs adjusting or cutting. It has been going on for a couple of weeks but with all the recovery stuff I didn't associate it with my BP. I have gotten out of the habit of…
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My second year anniversary thread
Late as usual since my 2nd year ended in February but at least I am consistently late. I posted it in the main MFP and shamelessly promoted our group in it. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10791606/2-years-over-200-pounds-lost-lessons-learned-and-life-changed
