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You look great and I'm happy for you, job well done. Just so you know, even if I don't think intermittent fasting is right for me (previous diabetes and gall bladder issues), I don't think it sounds crazy and I'm certainly not going to criticize anyone for finding something that worked for them. If anyone does start…
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I was looking at the mu2 or respro sportsa, though meanwhile I've been wearing a bandanna that I take on/off as I can tolerate. Heat dispersal, air flow and humidity are certainly concerns and huge problems with the bandana, but if you can't breathe hardly at all otherwise... It suddenly seems like a relatively good trade…
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Just did 110 minute walk today and was so proud of myself, one like. Thinking I need new friends too.... Lol. I'm only on a 97 day streak though, so not sure I qualify to hang with you cool kids with 700 days. ;)
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I'm mid 30s with 70 lbs lost and 35 to go. I've tried to like Zumba... But it just reminds me how uncoordinated I am. I'm not an optimist at all, I like to call it "realism" but some of my family and friends might contest that. I somewhat resent my two still young special needs children, maybe adoration comes when they are…
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Adding new friends can be different if you are on iPhone, droid or computer... Which are you using so we can give you directions?
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When I started I was morbidly obese. You can do this! I found it really motivating at first to make small changes that would add up... Like I realized I was eating a lot of bread, so shopped for a new lower cal bread then would calculate how many calories I'd save over a whole year eating the new bread instead. Or started…
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SW 260 CW 187 GW 145 Height 5'7.5 Currently eating 1350-1500 gross and more or less maintaining, or losing very very slowly. I don't eat back exercise calories regularly, but I do on "long" days. Aka, Saturday's I do higher mileage days (7 plus miles) and eat back 500plus calories, exercise deficit estimated at 700. I…
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Ps. You MUST try the pumpkin spice light dip with green apples on skinny taste especially... I might have to make myself a batch now too.
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Yes, it does get somewhat easier! You find some new favorites as well. And if you go long enough, and try that thing you do "love", you might even realize you don't even like it that much anymore!!! When I'm upset about not having something I really like more than just one impulse... I find a way to make a skinny version,…
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Thank you for sharing! Stories like yours on mfp are my inspiration to keep going. One day I want to be like you and post on here a success story, have full body pics I don't immediately delete. The honesty in all the mfp success stories shines through in these little details and proves to me real people are doing it, so I…
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Hey Jon! You can totally do this! I've lost 70 lbs so far and have a desk job where I sit at my computer for 10+ hrs a day. I'm not in IT, but the traders I work with daily have the same habits. There is a permanent buffet table of junk food, lunch is taken at desk and group habit is to order fast food together and just…
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My ASD/ADHD 11yo son is underweight. He has difficulty regulating and identifying full vs hungry and lots of sensory issues and other health issues (lactose intolerance, soy allergy) that complicate what he can eat, and what he will try to eat even when prompted. We've been slightly successfully however with white grape…
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Down about 70 with about 45 to go myself. Would like more friends and support as well. Feel free to add me!
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UPDATE: after some of the great insights on here from another autistic person we had some very explicit conversations with him. We discovered he 1. Only can tell he is hungry when his stomach is actually growling 2. can only tell he's full if he vomits or feels like vomitting 3. Has been having diarrhea and GI troubles he…
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Cream of coconut?! Oh I will have to try a smoothy recipe with this as a sub and see if he will tolerate. Also apparently need to head back to the pediasure aisle at a larger grocer and recheck labels, I didn't initially see any that were dairy free or a high calorie juice version at the first place I looked.
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I'm totally going to see if he might go for these. He does like granola bars with chocolate, but can't normally give since the chocolate/lactose issue. And he rather starve than eat the raisin ones.
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No butter (lactose)
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He's already eating peanut butter sandwiches daily, I'll try doubling since heaven forbid he does eat them. He throws away large portions of dinner (casseroles, meat and potatoes, vegetables) and teacher reports he's throwing away the crackers and fruit cups that were being packed in his lunch. We saw the psych today which…
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I think the trick to long term success is finding a way to eat in moderation things you really like, while remembering food has a purpose beyond tasting good: food should nourish you. Technically any combination of a CICO that creates a deficit should work, but psychologically some eating patterns are easier and healthier…
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The right way is to choose one method and weigh-in time and stick to it, doesn't matter which besides preference. You are trying to capture fat loss changes on the scale, even though the scale also shows temporary weight changes from anything from water retention/dehydration to empty/full bowels. If you're a little ocd…
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I had avoided the camera, thought my husband didn't take "good" pictures and otherwise deluded myself and refused to see reality. I don't know why the mirror doesn't work, but it just doesn't. Anyway, was a maid of honor for my best friend and had hundreds of pictures in multiple outfits from multiple people... I cried, I…
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I'm 5'7" 190lbs currently, started at 260. Goal weight 145lbs, or thereabouts. Prior knee surgery, gall bladder removal, gestational diabetes - so I totally get the added medical complications. If any of you want a friend that's midway through the journey please add me!
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1. Go to chocolate covered Katie's blog. 2. Choose one of her vegan chocolate recipes. 3. enjoy eating something you love as a healthy meal rather than dessert. 4. No guilt.
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Starting out morbidly obese myself, I had to learn how to shop differently, how to cook in general and new recipes/favorites I could eat regularly, and new food traditions for holidays... Pretty much everything. The key here though is to find ones YOU like and work for your time and preferences. Websites and blogs like…
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IMO, whether you use the phone app or a computer changes how easy it is to view and set your own profile information.
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I know realizing you need to lose 100+ lbs can seem overwhelming at first. Here's my tips for starting out obese. 1. Focus on what you CAN do instead of can't. Exercise is hard at higher weights, if you need to the first month just concentrate on diet, or you walk around the block once a day, or google seated strength…
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You CAN do it! No luck necessary: you provide the self confidence and determination, mfp provides the friends, knowledge and tools to assist.
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Set positive mini goals besides the big weight loss one, like drink more water, eat one more serving of veggies a day than you currently do, find a lightened up version or recipe of a food you like and eat frequently - helps you feel successful faster and in control. Think of it as a process instead of magically tomorrow…
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Just had gallbladder surgery so I can set the record straight here.... Dr. says if you lose more than 3lbs a week on average you are at risk. Your organs struggle to process all the fat you're burning at rates higher than that. I just ran my own calc.... I had been losing weight for 180 days at a very regular rate, it came…
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5'10. SW 260. CW 195. GW 145. Age 34. While it seemed I "lost first" in my face... I actually was losing everywhere, it was just more noticeable in my face. It took 40 plus pounds before dropping that first pant size, but now the pants I bought for New Years already don't fit and I only went down 8lbs. But the rate of…
