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LisaLydens, Consider ignoring the dietician. As others have already noted, there is nothing wrong with carbs in your diet. Many "good" foods you eat ARE carbs. So, if the dietician told you to eat your protein and veggies before you got to your carbs, he or she likely was the student who finished at the bottom of the class…

Based on your OP, it sounds as though you have just tried this once. If that is the case, it may well be that it was something other than the tea that made you sick. I would suspect this to be the case, especially if you drink regular black tea with no ill effect. Green tea is not some secret, magic elixir. It is nothing…

If you have recently lost what looks like approximately half of your goal weight loss, then you can expect a little saggy 'arm flags' at the outset. The elasticity will to a large extent, return gradually depending upon how long you have been overweight and how much. But, from your post, it seems your big question is about…

Boopsie, talk to your doctor. Get his/her opinion on cutting these things completely out of your diet versus reducing/limiting them in your diet. If s/he agrees that this is a good idea for you to help control your diabetes then forget what anyone else says. (And, you really should have mentioned the health issues in your…

First I would like to say that this friend of yours is no friend. This comes off as a gesture from someone who is working to sabotage your efforts by telling you it can't be done. Next, I have to say that the study is correct... to an extent. If a person goes into weight loss with the wrong attitude and the overall belief…

It really depends on your personal mind set. Are you a morning person and normally get up earlier than, say, your best friend? Do you wake up before the alarm goes off, perky and full of energy while everybody else just drags out of bed? Or are you up all night and PRAY for just another ten minutes of sleep in the morning?…

Aside from the possible time factor involved, bear in mind your scales may work on a different system than your doctor's. The accuracy of the weight can be heavily dependent upon the TYPE of scales you use. Do you have an 'old school' platform with an analog wheel and spring system? These can wear out rather quickly,…

THIS. THIS. THIS. Gosh darn it, girl! Where's your <LIKE> button? On the TARDIS? lol

faithfuller21, there IS no magic bullet. You lose weight the same way you gained it... one pound at a time, and by virtue of how much you eat, not which faux magic wand pill does or does not work. You didn't take a magic gain weight pill and there is no magic lose weight pill either. It's not something that is going to…

While your earnest desire to keep the site spam free is commendable, don't be too quick to 'pull the trigger'. TrainingToBe's post in no way suggested promoting or advocating anything. There was a question: ["Have you heard of this? (Here's the link)"] Followed by another question: ["What's your opinion?"] Pretty…

Military Diet? You mean you consume 8,000 - 10,000 calories a day and then burn it all off before you go to bed at night? THAT kind of military diet? Anything else is just... well... b.s. And, ANY diet that would encourage you to lose ten pounds in a week is not only stupid it is dangerous and potentially lethal. Respect…

I tried cycling inside but kept running into walls!

I used to walk/run outdoors - 4 - 6 miles every morning, depending on mood, attitude, and weather. I'd be up at five and out the door before 5:30. That gave me enough time to get home, shower, and get to work before 8. The problem with that was pot holes, heaved up sidewalks, etc. had it in for me. When I planted my foot…

Well, I'm up before the roosters... literally. Then, after my morning workout, I'm off to work. So, breakfast is definitely 'on the fly'. Whatever comes to mind and is in the cabinet. Raisin Bran, Grape Nuts with raisins (never any processed sugar) added, raw veggies, a fruit salad 'built' upon arriving at work after a…

Trust me when I say I am SO not making myself crazy over this. I just thought IT was... well... crazy and might warrant a bit of fresh air on the subject.

I don't track sugar, either, for the very reasons I pointed out in the OP (And I've got more important things on which to focus my brain energy than whether or not MFP knows from sugars!). The numbers are unreliable and, for the most part, meaningless. I just thought it was curious how some people on the site are slaves to…

I, too, am a homemade bread baker. Leave as many contaminants and chemicals out of your diet as possible! But I eat sandwiches - burgers, grilled cheese even! Consider the type of diet you expect to maintain when you reach maintenance weight. Do you anticipate bread to be in that diet? If yes, then you should probably come…

First of all... GOOD FOR YOU! And GOOD LUCK. I have faith you can do it, now all you need is that same kind of faith and the rest will be easy. Well, in your head it will be easy. The physical part? It's going to take some work. So what, exactly, is your idea of "fast"? You're looking at 32 pounds to lose? You should be…

So you ARE counting calories.

Based on my own weight loss history, your 2#/1.75#/1.5# a week target is completely reasonable as far as it goes. But there are some things you don't tell us. Are you male or female? (Contrary to what some would have you believe, men do NOT have more muscles than women! But they do tend to have more developed muscle than…

Live in an old "established" neighborhood and used to go out running every morning at around a.m. Had to stop. Why? IT'S DARK OUT THERE! Sidewalks heaved up and uneven made running on the sidewalk dangerous so every body uses the street. So I ran in the street. Unfortunately, there are holes in the street. Some of them are…

Cheeseburger - on a bun, baked potato with butter (the real stuff and not that horrible olio garbage (Ever notice how "olio" is "oil O" spelled backwards?)), broccoli, Canada Dry ginger ale. Followed with toast with chocolate butter and milk for 'desert'. AND I still managed to come in under my calorie bank.

First of all, I try not to obsess about food. Somewhere between eating to live and living to eat, there is this plumb bubble of choosing foods you really enjoy to sustain a healthy life. I know I have food 'weaknesses' so I try to avoid them. I know I have certain times of the day - between meals - when I am likely to want…

Can I get an AMEN to that? !!!

Despite the fact that so, so many others have already underscored the fact, NO! Your weight loss goals are not really realistic. NOW, let me say that, if you weighed over 300 pounds and immediately went to a 1,600 calorie dietary intake with a 500 - 800 calorie burn off daily (not recommended btw)... Yes. You could…

I hate to be the one to piss in someone's Wheaties but, exfoliating will do zero for excess skin other than to give nice soft, fresh, flabby skin. Part of the problem with excess skin/flab has as much to do with HOW you lost your weight as with HOW MUCH and HOW FAST you lost the weight. Too often, people seem to think that…

DON'T weigh every day! Your body weight can fluctuate multiple times throughout the day and even from one day to the next. You weigh today at 183.6 and tomorrow at 183.5 and the next day at 184.2 and then you find yourself all depressed trying to figure out what you did to gain half a pound when the answer is... you just…

How you feel is more about what's inside your head than what you have on the outside. For the largest percentage of overweight people, particularly the grossly overweight/morbidly obese, they/we have developed a certain sense of inadequacy which can make a person feel fat or unattractive even when that is not necessarily…

Cat, Can't promise 'pen pal' status but I do want to mention that it's not all about the pounds. Get a good pair of workout shoes and get out your measuring tape! Losing weight is not just about what the scales tell you. What's more important is your waist measurement, your neck measurement, your body numbers overall. And…