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According to Happyscale my weight is trending down, now if the scale could just get the memo again that'd be nice. Did some sitting on the spiky ball today because I nearly collapsed on my leg with the hip dysplasia last night. Oops. Note to self, don't let that glute get so tight it seizes up entirely when you sit around…

Man that sucks. I know at least a couple of people with fibro. One can manage it really well when she keep sup her exercise (and is doing "well" with her weight) and the other just about manages to get through the day as best she can. It's sucky.

Sorry but LOL.

I haven’t had flowers since the ginger asscat arrived. I daren't. But I miss them. Your pretty and the pretties in it are pretty. In other news. Currently dealing with a permanent wedgie so despite what the scale is doing I am shrinking a bit. Now could someone send me some dollah so I can buy new undies? Kthnxbye

I don’t have family on my FB because I don’t have a family anymore through choice. So no worries there. I also have friends spread all over the world never mind country. I’m from Scotland, live in England and have lived in New Zealand for two separate periods. I am horrible at keeping in touch with people so FB is…

Fat, or fattier cuts of meat aren't going to give you heart problems, don't be scared of fat it's an essential macro that's important for hormone regulation and nutrient absorption.

Generally no as FB has become the habit. I hate phone calls too, if friends are going to call they'll often check first. And some of my best friends have come from FB. Maybe because I'm part of a bit of a niche "community" that uses FB in a slightly different way to the meme sharers and spammers. At any rate, everyone uses…

Even allowing for water weight your tracker is clearly not that off given your losses so far. So yeah, just add in calorie dense things, perhaps things you've restricted. If there's room for them and you can moderate then go ahead and eat all those delicious calories.

I don't think this is true for everyone. I have a relatively small friends list and there are about 20 people I engage with very regularly. I have two group chats and we check in with each other almost daily. As a socially anxious agoraphobe with not a lot of friends living nearby FB is pretty important for me. So social…

I have to concur with the point about eating too little particularly when trying to get a deficiency under control. It doesn't make sense that "I have to eat 1000 calories to lose 2lbs a week". I could have eaten 1500 and lost 2lbs per week when I was 200lbs (I didn't because I wanted to make sure it was sustainable,…

I admit sometimes I don’t log extreme upward spikes because Happyscale 100% gets all upset with it.

Scrapes, unless bleeding out, should just be left to air out. And even if the bleeding won't stop initially, just plaster/bandage until it stops. Covering it will prolong the healing. I only ever cover something until it stops bleeding.

Jesus, do you apply the ACV topically? Because that would hurt like a mofo.

I don't think there was a time during my childhood I didn't have a scraped knee. Cleaned it up,no plaster/bandage and off I went again. I don't think a scraped knee is really that serious.

You can't really know, it's why the scale is only one of the ways you should be tracking (measurements and photos are two good other ways) because the scales are a crude measure. Trend over time is a better way to assess scale weight. So what's happened in the 6 weeks after the initial water whoosh. It's also important you…

My bump from Monday is now off but technically should be lower still. So yeah. Patience of a saint over here. Because I am not about to attempt some stupid like eating 900 calories.

Takes me an absolute age to get rid of water weight, nothing I have tried has any significant impact. Sigh.

I like to read stuff like this more than watch but if I can have follow up notes then I can do the listening. For practical teaching I prefer to watch/do. I'm a visual/practical learner.

I also don't weigh most packaged food but if my losses weren't happening as expected I would start. I do weigh calorie dense things like peanut butter, butter, oils and fats etc. You'll find there's a mix of people here who do and don't. But I do also eat a lot of "fresh" food and that I do weigh. Meat for example.

It's a week. A week. Plus all that activity will likely mean a bunch of water weight for muscle repair. I'll repeat, it's been a week. Your body isn't a machine. Patience. Otherwise you're going to be constantly frustrated.

I think I might be the only one who hasn't bought protein powder in at least a year. When I did I tried putting it in my porridge a couple of times. It went in the bin. I just don't get on with any artificial sweeteners if I can actually taste them. But I am a meat eater so it is relatively easier for me. What I have been…

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I'd recommend watching and reading the links provided. As above, it's about a very specific protocol with refeeds and again differences with refeeds vs diet breaks. It's great that what you are doing is helping psychologically but physiologically is probably another thing entirely. Which is the primary subject at hand in…

NEAT is your calorie requirements before exercise. It would include things like steps taken, your job, running around after kids etc. You then add in your exercise calories when you exercise. This is the method MFP uses. TDEE is the above all together in one number, you wouldn't log exercise separately. I personally prefer…

And if you wear clothing with stretch it can be hard to really tell the before and after. I'm still wearing clothing I bought a couple of sizes ago but they have stretch so they are actually just fitting as they should now as opposed to their upper limit!

Have you taken measurements at all? Are you prone to holding your weight round your middle? Sometimes if you're bigger in the middle it will come off everywhere else first meaning your tummy will stay relatively the same size for quite a while.

Yep, I've cycled through periods of it getting worse then it suddenly getting better. And when I take diet breaks and eat at maintenance it always improves too. Along with the advice above about protein and strength training, moisturise the heck out of it, well moisturised skin helps improve how it looks (this is…

I am miffed to put it mildly. I don't what my body is doing but it is not what it should. I've been at this 2.5 years, this is not a human error thing or wrong numbers. Ugh. And I am not helping by being annoyed and frustrated and yes I am fluffy so that would explain some of but aaarrrggghhhh. Maybe maintenance over…

Just to point out that 1200 calories, if gross, is also a bad idea with the activity you do. That's just where the calculator bottoms out but you're supposed to eat exercise calories.

Personally I'd work on getting my protein up from food first. Not to muddy the assessment waters with supplements that may or may not be doing something when you have changed another variable. Plus, going to be much easier to get what you need without the use of supplements.