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As someone already mentioned, take weekly measurements from many different body parts. I did 2 waist measurements...smallest part and at belly button, hips, thighs, upper arms, calves, ankles, wrists, neck. Yes, I went a little overboard. That all isn't necessary but I saw a loss somewhere almost every week...it helps with…

When I think I should be done eating for the night, I sometimes floss and brush my teeth. Makes me much less likely to eat more because it won't taste right and I'll have to brush again. Also, I just don't buy things I used to crave...though if you live with others who eat those things this won't be practical. I used to…

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You'll be fine. I've eaten that type of thing when it was long expired. It may or may not taste as fresh (often they do!), but it won't make you ill.

My favorites were Egypt, Russia, and China. I love history!!! Those three countries have plenty to see. Full list: US Canada Mexico Belize Honduras Peru Australia Thailand Vietnam China UAE Egypt Morocco Estonia Latvia Lithuania Poland Hungary Finland Russia UK Germany Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Spain

I use runkeeper. Very easy to use, and provides a good amount of data. And it is free. I use it for running, walking and hiking, but there are other activities available as well.

To me, if someone says they are dieting it means they are temporarily doing something different until they reach a goal weight. It is something they are doing "just for now." A lifestyle change is a permanent change in habits. It may or may not even have anything to do with losing weight. Many people already at a healthy…

I just use the fitness center at my apartment complex. It has treadmills and bikes and a couple of elliptical machines, some weight machines and hand weights. No classes at all, but I am not a group fitness type so I don't mind. We have two pools and a hot tub, but outside...not in the gym. Works for me! I don't have to go…

You are under the mistaken impression that your opinion is universal. YOU may find weighing, measuring and recording every bite of food you eat for eternity less burdensome than just eating nutrient dense foods, or limiting high fat foods, or limiting high carbohydrate foods, or simply cutting out sweets, or whatever other…

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I run a few days a week, sometimes intervals and sometimes a slow jog. I also hike about once per week. On days I do nothing else, I at least do a few minutes of stretching because it feels good.

Neither will weighing your food and counting every calorie. Millions of people have done that and still eaten more calories than they expended....and therefore not lost weight. The point is to find a style of eating (either types of food and/or timing of when you eat them) that isn't overly burdensome for your…

I like overnight oats made with yogurt and oatmeal and sometimes some berries and cinnamon mixed in.

Before I weaned myself off the sugar/other sweeteners, I used to buy Jordan's skinny syrup and add those at home. They taste great (much better than Torani and other brands in my opinion) and have lots of flavors.

At home I usually drink it black. I add cream as a treat when I have it out someplace...like at brunch. On the very rare occasions I go to a coffee place, I usually get a latte (hot or iced) with full fat milk. No sweetener. Every once in a while if I want a little low cal dessert, I add cocoa powder and a little stevia (I…

It is not unusual to not lose for two weeks. Also, it could be water weight...either from menstrual cycle, eating more carbs or salt than usual, or even starting an exercise routine...often when you begin exercising as you have your body stores more glycogen (and even more water with it) to help with energy needs during…

I have never in my life noticed an uneven butt on anybody. I've noticed big, small, flat, too full, wide, narrow, and ones I think are great...but I've not even once thought one was uneven. This suggests to me that what you are noticing is extremely minor and you only notice because we are used to scrutinizing ourselves…

Piping Rock has an unflavored whey protein. I have ordered from their website many times...I like the product.

If you can't keep weight off, surgery won't help you. You need to change your unhealthy habits. If you magically woke up at a healthy weight tomorrow but keep eating the way you currently do, you will gain back every pound very quickly. Surgery is not magic. Many people who have weight loss surgery gain the weight back as…

You don't need to weight yourself...just start doing what you need to do to start going in the right direction. However, many people lose significant weight in the first couple of weeks...seeing those drops on the scale can be very motivating to keep going in the early days. But if you think the large starting number will…

It seems to be the same visually to me. If I gain a few pounds of water weight because of my cycle or eating too many carbs, I see it immediately...in my face and also in how certain slim fitting clothes fit. I can't tell the difference between water weight and actually gaining fat.

Catherine Deneuve once said that "at a certain age you must choose between your face and your @ss." As others have already pointed out, fat plumps the skin and hides wrinkles making your face look better. But...nothing in life is free...so if you have that few extra pounds of fat that make your face prettier, your *kitten*…

Birth control is very cheap. Even without insurance, it is not a huge expenditure. And if your SO doesn't respect you enough to take your desire to be responsible into account, I question why you would be with such a person. If a person isn't mature enough to be responsible about sex and the potential consequences, perhaps…

They should not allow food stamps to be used to purchase soda. The whole reason food stamps exist is because we don't want people who are struggling financially to starve or suffer malnutrition. Soda is just calories with no other nutritional value. Foods stamps should be used for more nutritious food choices. I would go…

For many (probably most) people, losing weight and keeping it off requires trial and error. Your friend will keep trying different diets until she finds one she can stick to and stay with. Or she will never find one she can live with and stay fat. Either way, you can't do anything about it. It's about finding an eating…

I have PCOS. I had been on and off of birth control for years to regulate my periods. When I lost weight, my periods became regular on their own for the first time in my adult life. And I didn't even have to wait until I reached a healthy weight...things started to get more regular part way through the weight loss. I have…

Diet soda just gives me sugar cravings and makes it much harder for me to not eat or drink something else to fill that craving. I do much better just not having sugar or artificial sweeteners at all. This worked (and continues to work) for me. I lost 100 pounds and have kept it off. Obviously, diet soda has zero calories…

Just don't buy it. If it isn't sitting in the fridge, you are highly unlikely to go shopping just to buy one every time you get a craving.

Agreed. Overweight people shame thin people all the time. Especially overweight women...if I had a dollar for every time I've heard an overweight woman make some comment about "REAL women's" bodies...I would be a billionaire. They seem to think that if you don't need to shop in the plus size department you are somehow less…

I have the same problem with pants. I mostly wear skirts as a result...they just fit so much better and look so much more flattering! The typical difference between waist and hips isn't as large with skirts...or at least it seem that way to me. There are also more skirts than pants that have a bit of stretch, which helps…