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I hope you post what you learn as how it helps you personally. I don't have Lupus but know that inflamation is a huge issue with me and when I find myself most healthy it is because I am paying very close attention to what I am putting in my body.

Calories in and out works. The reason I follow carbs so close is my type two diabetes and attempt to lose belly fat. When my blood gluecose is above 100 I don't lose. for me it is all about carbs in and carbs out.

First of all, the fact that you are counting, keeping track and becoming tuned with your body is huge. I have found myself in the same position as you. For me, I realized that if I ate the calories I thought I earned according to mfp, I didn't lose weight or belly fat. I monitor my macros but pay extra special attention to…

Well... I guess I missed you both. I gave up on this board. I did mfp hard and heavy but it kind-of ended with Covid. Now that I had covid and am in the rebuilding phase, I'm back. I will attach this to friend invites that I am about to send you. If you accept, please send a note about WI as I just friended a bunch more…

After quitting listening to the "professionals" regarding what/how to eat, and doing tons of online research, purchasing my own glucometer and setting forth to make the changes, things turned around. Exercise is key. Join a gym and monitor / chart all progress/ workouts. Learn how your metabolism works. Learn how carbs are…

Read and research everything. Question everything. Question every professional that tells you what your diet should be and why. Get a glucometer and check your glucose level every now and then, checking to see how your body reacts to both foods and activities and meds. Join a gym, hire a trainer and stick with the program.…

I hope you all would add me. I am just back as well. I was pretty hard and heavy on here and still have a couple active friends but found that the more friends, the more motivating.

I will send you a friend request when I am done writing this. Any other type 2 folks adding me as friends would be appreciated. I am type 2. Was at risk for years and then after having to be on budisonide for 90 days it went full blown. A year and a half later, after a physical, the doc......... long story short, diagnosed…

I am going to send you a friend request. When I hit 47, bad things started to happen. I put on 5 pounds a year. Went from 38 waiste pants to 42, looking at bigger yet soon. Knee surgery. Back surgury in the future. Sleep apnea. All just to mention a few. Yo-yo diet. At 53 I was ready to just give in. I was going to say…

I've been going strong now since Dec. 1. I haven't quit, taken time off or even slacked. At one point however I was really getting frustrated, feeling low and ready to simply give into nature and my cravings. I started logging everything here and I made some friends here. One even invited me to a facebook fitness group.…

Probably not what you are looking for. I wasn't overweight until I got into my 40's. Then I really started putting it on. Always buying bigger cloths, always trying new diets. My health started crashing. Knee surgery's. Back pain and need for future surgery. Depression. Sleep Apnea. Lean on tobacco and sometimes other…

Regardless, I do appreciate my myzone. I like the instant feedback on my phone when I am out cross country skiing and the instant feedback on the big screens in the gym. I wish there was a myzone group on mfp.

I would love it if everyone above would add me. I found myself at age 53 not looking or feeling the way I wanted and unable to do the activities I once enjoyed. Dec. 1 started my change and have been working out at least 5 days a week doing both strength and cardio. I love cycling and now rowing. I have serious goals to…

Similar story. WW a long time ago, quit, gain weight. Yo-yo diets since. I was very tempted last year to go back to WW but like mentioned above, the tools here on MFP are free and with the help of great sites like livestrong and healthline, I learned more about nutrition than I ever did at WW. I bought a membership at a…

Mission is good. I know about mission. Dec 1 I started my mission. This time was / is my last attempt and you're right, failure is not an option. So far my mission has been a success. Weight and blood sugar down, back pain and meds reduced, back on the cross country skis and ready for bike season. My MFP friends motivate…

I need to loose 50 to hit my ideal weight. I'm 6'4 so don't show it too much so I haven't worried about it much. However, the surgeon says I need back surgery, fuse in two locations. He also said If I strenthen my core and lose 50 pounds, I might be able to put it off. He put me on pills. that was a few years ago. Been on…

I used to do keto when I wanted to drop 10 or 15 pounds. Always ended up failing and putting it back on. I now am a low carb person. It is easy now that I have gotten into the habbit of logging all food on MFP. My goal is to keep my carbs below 80 no matter what. Days where I keep them below 50 are bonus. Because I work…

I have serious bone on bone back problems along with having my knee scoped twice in the last 13 years. My health has gone down hill over the last 5 years. I have gained 30 pounds, lost flexibility, had my blood sugar rise to the point of being diagnosed diabetes. Doc sent me to Physical therapy, ( 6 years or so ago) for…

I was diagnosed RA along with Chrohns a long time ago. Everything went away / remission. last year I thought the RA was back which means the Chrohns isn't far behind. Turns out, the doctor said it is not RA at all but "inflammatory bowel arthritis. It took a rheumatologist to tell me this. The NP I saw first prescribed a 3…

Wisconsin

OK, sorry for that time I passed gas in bed and threw the covers over my wife's head.

Ok, I sent a couple of requests for friends on this thread. I do feel awkward though doing it. I have never really gotten into social media, FB type stuff so may not know the etiquette and don't want to look like some wierd guy ......... anyway, I have spent the last 8 weeks working hard, mostly in the gym and staying out…

The first step for me dealing with depression was to do my own research, and trust my own discernment. Medical issues allowed me to become sedentary. Work and home related stress caused its problems as well. Right or wrong, i have taken control. 8 weeks ago I joined a gym that I belonged to years ago. I also hired a…

I just started a "Central Wisconsin" group. Since this doesn't seem active, I am hoping people will join that one. Be great to socialize and compare notes.

Friend request sent. I haven't taken advantage of the mfp community in the past and have no friends on here. So, likewise, Anyone on a journey to regain their fitness health and put off getting older than they need to be, friend me.

My FB is on a seperate email that I never access from anything but my desktop. I log out everytime I use it. Thus, I never get notifications on my phone or Ipad or even desktop. I have been off and on diets and MFP for years. Now finally pulled the trigger and joined a gym and have been working with a trainer for the last…

Just throwing this post out there in-case it might again become active. I have been working very hard in the gym for the last 7 weeks to get into the shape a normal 53 year old man should be able to be in. Seeing some success. Long way to go. It would be really fun to connect with others that I know are from Wisconsin just…