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I have had this for 4 months a literal pain in the butt!!! It is so miserable. Nothing seems to help it get better for me an I've tried acupuncture, PT, craniosacral therapy, multiple meds, walking and swimming. I had an MRI which showed a herniated disk in L4-5 pushing on my nerve. I will get a steroid shot in a few weeks…

I have had sciatica for 4 months now and the pain is all in my right butt cheek. I started seeing a PT who thought I had piriformis syndrome, after a few week I became worse with tingling in my foot and aches lower leg. Got an MRI of my back and it turns out I have a herniated disk that is pushing in the nerve that goes…

Right there with you, I have a herniated disk in my back so besides walking a little and swimming a little, it's all about the calorie deficit! My aunt lost 60 lbs on weight watchers and didn't exercise a bit (she had 2 hip surgeries during that time) it definitely can be done. Weigh as much of your food as possible on a…

Please add me too! I was 210 three weeks ago and now 206, what a great idea to post this.

I am so impressed by this. I bet you have very little food waste as well!

Wow!

Just started back up with MFP, would love to join.

I have same problems. I have been doing MFP for 6-7 weeks and have lost 16 lbs. everything was going smooth and then today I was stressed and I ate 8 toll house cookies before I knew what I was doing. I do think that my head is still in the game and I know this is a journey that will be bound to have some lows. But I know…

<3 Thank you!

I am struggling with the same. I buy a ton of Amy's cheese and been burritos are Target for $2 and eat them for lunch, they are 310 calories. Frozen bags of veggies are quite frequent in my house. Sometimes I get a 7 layer burrito at Taco Bell and they are 470 calories...Eating out I usually pick a salad and always get the…

I read a great post recently that really inspired me. I think it said something like this: I have 3 options. In 1 year I can A. Weigh less than I do now. B. Weigh the same. C. Weigh more. C is not an option.

This makes great sense thank you!!!

What do you mean by composition goals? Your fat percentage? I'm trying to figure out these macro ratios - does it only matter if you are in to lifting? Thanks I'm new. :)

Wow thanks for all these replies. I want to lose weight.SW: 213 CW: 204 GW: 147. I'm 36 and 5'5. I don't like weight lifting. I get bored... I would like to start rock climbing - would this be equivalent to a weight training program? I always hear that you use every muscle in your body when you climb. My MFP calories are…

I do think I'd really be in Ravenclaw....yay for logic! I like how logical MFP is so far!

Check out the counseling center at your school , there is no shame in taking care of yourself. Bingeing happens to fill a void. Counseling will help you better understand where that void is coming from and figure out a way to fill it.

I would love to take an aerial arts class. We have some on our area but I am way too intimidated to start at my weight. I am hoping to lose 65 lbs. there is no way I could lift up my body yet. I figure I will look into it when I lose 30 or so lbs. looks like so much fun!

Magnesium 200 mg daily helped me for prevention.

Some say you should have what you crave or you will feel deprived, but if I buy a bag they will be gone... Maybe you can have 1/4 cup as a reward for logging in every day and buy them in the bulk section so you can measure our only a small portion. I will have a candy apple at a local Apple farm, only after I reach my…

Feel free to add! I'm on week 3 and down 8 lbs, 58 more to go! I'm ready to make permanent changes. :smile:

Are people choosing which house they want or are y'all using Pottermore? If so I was put into Ravenclaw, hi there :blush:

Just found this group, sounds like fun! Is anyone still here?

Oregon. Please move here!

Sugar is my drug of choice too. It is such an instant anti-anxiety! Good luck going sugar free. After 3-4 days you'll feel like you are out of a coma. It really helped me to have a list of alternatives to sweets when I was anxious or had a bad day. :blush:

:smile: I just found this group, so happy

Yay for an LGBT group! Hello from Oregon. I'm new to MFP. Me and my wife are focused on losing about 60lbs. Each. We have a 2 and a 4 year old. Now that they are out of the baby years we are ready to focus on us and OUR health again! :wink:

Hi I'm new too!

Thanks everybody! :smiley:

Oh wow! I'm just preparing my self well in advance of what to expect, thanks a bunch everyone!

Thanks for your imaginative suggestion meganridenour!! I'm going to go to the clearance rack of Walmart right now since I obviously hate myself!!! WOO HOO!!! LOL. I just wrote this to see if anyone is out there who doesn't like to get attention regarding how their body looks ~ whether healthy weighted or not. I am raising…