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Many people get sugar cravings just before a migraine hits so that might be your migraine problem. As to reducing sugar, you've got to find what works for you. I prefer to have a small amount when I want it because denying myself too much makes me binge later. Sometimes, if it doesn't fit my calories for the day, I remind…

It sounds like talking to someone about your feelings about self-worth and food would be helpful. Also about panic attacks if that's what's happening to you. As to exercise, you don't need to take classes to exercise, nor do you need to exercise to lose weight. However, if you want to do some you could try a walk. I find…

Honestly, I try not to label anything "bad" because I think that leads to thinking about them the wrong way. If I want a certain food I think about whether I it will be worth trying to fit it into my calories. Sometimes I do a bit more exercise to make it fit and it's absolutely worth it. (Or, in the case of a special…

I'd look at how much you personally fluctuate over a month and take that into account when setting your goal weight. I don't really fluctuate so I've set a single number goal. If I fluctuated over a kilo or two over a month I would take that into account when setting my goal. Bodies are really individual when it comes to…

I don't get hangovers but I get a headache from half a glass of wine. Maybe it's what you're drinking rather than how much?

I guess it depends on the person. I'm set as sedentary and to lose 1/2 a kilogram a week. The last time painted I ate my regular kilojoules, did half my regular exercise (which I ate back, as usual) and I did far less housework etc. I lost two kilos in a week.

I'm on around those calories and would be unhappy and hungry on those foods on that timescale because I don't really like those foods, I'm not really satiated on those foods and I prefer eating one large meal and one smaller meal a day. I'm female, sedentary, smaller and older than you. I would really recommend against…

When they say "avoid dieting" they might mean more the diets where you don't change habits you "go on a diet" then when you've lost the weight you start eating normally and gain it all back plus a bit extra. That's more unhealthy than being a little bit overweight. Doctors really aren't given much training in nutrition at…

I've been on five or six different anti-depressants that all had a *possible* side effect of weight gain. Two of them increased my appetite which led to weight gain but I had absolutely no side effects on the others. With any medication there is a list of possible side effects, some serious, some not so serious. Some…

Whilst GPs and specialists are an important part of your health plan and it makes me insane to see people disregarding their input regarding such things as vaccinations in favour of celebrity advice columns etc. you do need to keep on track of your own health. Specialists have a limited amount of time and you need to do…

I had my hair fall out from under-eating. For a while I was losing hair by the handful and then it started growing back again. It took ages though. (Or maybe just seemed to, it's kind of distressing!) It seems to me, that both low carb and low fat is impossible. Whilst people with pcos often go low carb, not all do. And…

No, because I don't need to. I drink when I'm thirsty because hydration is important for health reasons but there's no reason to be excessive. (Obviously if your climatic conditions and exercise levels will impact how much you should drink so, as always, ymmv.)

I wouldn't even talk about being healthy too much. A lot of people talk about being healthy when what they mean is being thin and everyone knows it. I'd probably say that I'd been focused too much on my weight and now I'm trying to focus on being healthy - by eating healthy food, being active and enjoying life. And then,…

In the Update Your Diet Profile it gives two job suggestions per activity level. If your job is similar to one of these or you think your activity level is similar choose that one. Then, after a month or so of logging, if you're not losing weight/your losing too much weight change your activity level.

It depends. I've stopped logging because I was out of internet range but still being careful of my intake and lost weight and I've had bad periods where I've stopped logging and gained weight. I've also stopped logging and just maintained my weight for a while. In general it depends on the person, what their goals are and…

It depends on what you're talking about the "I love ice-cream and I eat more than I should because it tastes great" or "I hide food, eat compulsively, and/or feel shame about what I eat and can't stop. For the first, I'd second the fit it into your calories and single serving packages. For the second, it becomes harder. A…

I was starving when I was breastfeeding. I dropped a lot of weight initially but stayed the same weight after that (I wasn't trying to diet at that time though). Maybe, since you're in the upper range of the healthy BMI scale try maintaining that and try restricting more when you've weaned your baby? I lost quite a bit of…

What is your activity level set to? Maybe you're not as active as you think you are? I just popped your height and weight into MFP with an activity level of lightly active and got a daily calorie allowance of 1590. If that's accurate, adding on a couple of hundred for the breastfeeding would have you losing at 1700.

Also, whilst you may see people posting about how they're losing weight on 2000 calories you don't necessarily know their activity level, their weight, their age, their rate of loss etc. It all makes a difference.

Maybe what you think is your maintenance is actually above. MFP only gives you guidelines. You usually have to tweak things according to your results. If I ate 2000 calories a day I'd gain weight and I'm 5'7". In fact, my maintenance calories are about 1700 calories. (I also eat back my exercise calories .)

I try to keep things easy as well. I just wear blue jeans. All my tops go with them and are easy care. I have about ten of them all piled up in a drawer and just pick up a new one each morning. When I get to the bottom of the pile I do the washing. I don't have to think about it, it doesn't take up much space and I don't…

I don't buy it either. Everything I've read says the opposite.

The percentage of fat is all that matters and that's the same. The reason people say that BMI works for populations rather than individuals is precisely because of cases like these. Very few people actually have enough muscle mass to skew things but for those that do BMI isn't going to be accurate.

If you're "statistically" at increased risk it just means that you're in the segment of the population that is considered to be at increased risk. You as an individual may or may not be. If the only reason that you're in that segment of the population is because of muscle mass then you're not actually at increased risk.

I hate cooking so I sympathise with you so much! Just remember it's kilojoules (calories) that matter for weight loss. Healthy food is important but it doesn't have be fancy and a lot of things fit into a healthy diet. I've solved my dislike of cooking by eating - eggs (quick, easy and cheap), cooked chicken from the…

What you pass on to your children depends a lot on your experiences. I talked to my daughter about puberty and periods and whatnot but would never have thought to talk about weight fluctuations during periods because I didn't know about them until I joined MFP. It's never happened to me and it never came up in any reading…

Have you thought about asking your doctor for a referral to a dietitian? They would be able to help you work out a healthy diet.

I love sweet things as well. The rest of my diet is easy but the sweet thing is hard. I try not to have the higher kilojoule things in the house but I keep on hand some jelly lollies which are lower in kilojoules. I like them and they satisfy my sweet tooth but I don't like them enough that I'm tempted to eat more than…

When I had very low iron I was recommended pate (because it's made from liver but people tend to like it better). I was also told to eat meat (or pate) for at least two meals a day.

I have a chronic illness which makes me tired all the time. One of the reasons I gained weight was eating high kilojoule food to make me feel less tired. I've found just being aware of this tendency helped me to eat more sensibly. (I don't know if you have this problem as well but it's not uncommon amongst people who have…