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I'm late to the discussion but I think if you're going to do IF, you need to explore why you want to and what your hoping to achieve that isn't currently working for you. IF for *me* gives food too much power. While I wouldn't say I have had an ED, I've definitely had disordered eating patterns. One of the things I'm…
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1200 calories is just for basic bodily functions - I highly doubt we are all laying in bed everyday. Science has changed substantially since then, so yes it is an archaic number of we're still believing something that was thought up before, say television. I'll use television as an example because are we still using the…
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Girl - wear the crop top! Be proud of the body you have! Trust me, we are all worrying about how we look to notice how you look 😊
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I cannot say this enough lately - the 1200 calorie guideline was created in 1918. 105 FREAKING YEARS AGO! We need to abolish this archaic myth from our minds, myfitnesspal calculators, and what we teach our children about health. Less calories does not equal better health. Please everyone who eats at that or lower, really…
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I was part of a menopause message board on another site and many women recommended cooling sheets to help with night sweats. While I believe I'm perimenopausal, I haven't encountered hot flashes (yet) but I've read that HRT can prolong the perimenopausal process - can anyone confirm that? I'm not for or against HRT, just…
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The 1200 calorie minimum standard is an archaic idea that was created 105 years ago. I tried that for years and continued to just maintain and sometimes gain. So I joined weight watchers - no real weight loss with it in 6 months, so I started double tracking points and calories and discovered I was eating 800 to 1000…
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I didn't go through all 36 pages but I hate the myth that eating only 1200 calories a day is healthy. The 1200 calorie number was created in 1918 and we've gathered so much information since then but it's what is continued to be taught to be the standard.
