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My favorite after losing about 100 lbs was running into someone I hadn't seen for a long time at the store. And she knew she knew me and DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME, and was making those confused faces and saying "Wait, wait, I'll get it" and when she realized who I was her jaw dropped. No better feeling!

haha I'm going to a Labyrinth showing tonight... that is all

I can never really understand why people ask the internet to second guess their medical practitioner.

You shouldn't be dieting at all if you're a recovering anorexic. Go to therapy.

I was wondering (since OP didn't hear the whole conversation) if that might be it. It's a little known side effect of losing large amounts of weight that you can drop half a shoe size or more. Very strange. Happened to me.

It doesn't matter if you have strong feelings about any food in particular at all. Leave other peoples food choices alone entirely. Especially strangers in public who didn't ask you. Is this really hard for people?

Some brief acquaintance was going on about how aspartame causes cancer (it doesn't) and I just commented briefly about how I have been drinking diet soda for years and had no intention of giving it up. So he said, and I quote, "Well enjoy your diet cancer then". Wow just wow

Maybe the reason people aren't dying from these things is because they can't get them routinely and have been warned about the effects, hmm

I am annoyed by clean eaters because they have really taken over the whole internet discussion about dieting and nutrition, usually with little to no scientific basis to back any of their claims, and are endlessly preachy and unbearably superior acting towards those of us who just eat normal food without bothering with…

The sarcasm is because clean eating is honestly a stupid concept with literally no scientific basis.

Eating food without dirt on it

I have, and this might be unpopular around here but currently (at least for now haha) I am settling for still being 30 pounds overweight after having lost 130 lbs. For whatever reason I can't seem to shake the last 30. I've been stuck at this weight, within a ten pound window either way, for a year and a half now no matter…

It would be difficult, although I suppose I could try, to return to the state of utterly reckless and clueless decision-making skills I employed in my 20s. Perhaps if I returned to the level of recreational drugs I used to do. However at my age I would probably quickly suffer a stroke or heart attack like all the people I…

Well the problem with veganism isn't generally protein deficiency. Americans are crazy about believing they need huge amounts of protein. Veganism has a host of other problems the sufferers of this unnatural lifestyle generally suffer. The most common problems are lack of sufficient fat (yes, you need fat in your diet to…

Americans in general have no lack of protein in their diet and virtually never need to worry about not getting enough, barring certain medical conditions. In fact some should to cut back on their protein levels due to kidney disease or other conditions. The WHO did extensive studies on the minimum amounts of protein men…

That's a pretty small weight gain to be upset about.. however I would probably chalk it up to some water retention, maybe due to the flight, but maybe also due to exercise which can swell the muscles.

No. Your liver and kidneys detox you by filtering substances from your blood. You need to consume no other "detox" substances unless you have literally overdosed and need to be rushed to the hospital to save your life. Drinking a little extra water when dieting should be plenty sufficient to keep your naturally detoxifying…

No, almost everyone overestimates their calories burned during exercise and hen just either doesn't lose or gains more weight, like they walk and burn off 100 calories, estimate they burned off 200, and eat a piece of cake for 300. Even the MFP dietician (if you look it up) does not recommend you do this. I have no idea…

^^ This I know a lot of hippies and counterculture types. I know one who literally died refusing "traditional Western medicine" for her cancer, which could have been cured otherwise. The other spent years seeking herbal and diet cures for his diabetes and now is permanently disabled in a nursing home. He used to preach at…

Yes, you are being scammed.

Barrier methods or IUD. Hormonal birth control methods are clinically proven to cause weight gain and are just all around bad for you besides.

Honestly I would consult with your doctor. There's a large number of reasons you can be light headed, including adjusting to a new diet.

How I tend to respond depends on how I feel at the time, how safe I feel the situation is, etc. I did live on the streets for a while so I'm a pretty tough chick. A few times I have physically assaulted men for groping or harassing me. But if I am busy or it's a group of men in a bad area I usually just act like I didn't…

This has happened to me since I was 12 years old. I don't have to be exercising, just have to exist as female in public. It has picked up a little more since I lost weight but even at my fattest it still happened.

If you feel healthy I wouldn't worry about it too much, sounds like the scale was just wrong.

(adding) Most dieters should take a good multivitamin as stated above because if you are lowering your calorie intake, unless you have a trained nutritionist by your side or are an expert yourself with the discipline of a god it is nearly impossible to get your daily nutritional needs met from food alone.

Highest potassium foods are potatoes, bananas, sweet potatoes, spinach, kale, melons, beans, broccoli, tomatoes. There are more, a quick google search can find you a list. Basically your veggies, especially the starchy veggies usually labelled as "evil". Iron is found primarily in meat, although also in iron fortified…

The desire to reach a "healthy weight" at all costs has become an absolute obsession in society. I see people daily on here who believe they are behaving in a healthy manner talking about weighing every bite of food they eat on a digital scale, even taking the scale to restaurants, cutting entire food groups from their…

That ALL forms of calorie counting, weight loss dieting, food restriction that is not based on DOCTOR DIAGNOSED allergies or orders to cut a food from your diet, exercise intended for "body sculpting", and the like are forms of eating/body dysmorphic disorders that cause anywhere from mild to severe mental and social…

^^ Truth