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Feels really great. I'm so much more motivated to keep going this time. I had a victory cheeseburger last night and I realized I really didn't want it or need it as bad as I thought I did.
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When I graduated highschool in 2005 I decided to try to lose weight and start dating. I got down to 160. I met my husband in 2006. After I moved I got up to 220+ lbs. I had a wake up call when I finally got my husband to admit that he wasn't as physically attracted to me as he once was. We had a discussion about it and we…
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My husband and I both float around in weight. At one point we were both trying to lose and it was frustrating because he wanted me to do all the annoying work, calorie counting and stuff for him. It was obnoxious. It's enough of a pain to do it for myself. It's actually easier if we just both do our own thing and I don't…
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Just my personal experience. Last year at work we did a Biggest Loser Challenge. I've lost weight before (even getting down to my goal weight) so I know what works for me. I counted every calorie that went into my mouth. My friend also participated and decided to try Keto but very loosely counted her calories. Guess who…
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That specifically isn't a bad thing. What I'm seeing with these people is that they get these devices and change absolutely nothing in their lifestyle. They assume that they are getting the work out they need (especially my fellow waitresses) because they are hitting whatever goal is on their watch doing the normal…
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I have a Polar Heart Rate Monitor and the battery in the watch just died. I only ever used it for actual cardio so I could plug in those calories burned and eat some of them back. I HATE guessing my calories burned because because estimates can be so so off. I'll never get one of those fitness watches though. I know so…
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I work in a Steak House and I had this gem of a conversation when I offered a table desserts. The guy says 'Oh no. We can't have any carbs' 'Uhhhh. You just dumped 6 ounces of BBQ sauce on your ribs. . .' 'So?' *Shrug* 'Nevermind' People think the only thing that has carbs is bread for some reason.
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Let me tell you about my personal experience with Keto. About two months ago we started a biggest loser challenge at work. Pretty much everyone but me decided that they were going to do keto. *cue eyeroll* I said to them. "Listen. I've done this before." (I lost 90lbs and got to my goal weight about 6 years ago. I gained…
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I personally see nothing wrong with keto. More power to you if you can stay away from carbs. I personally can't. We are doing a weight loss challenge at work. Everybody but me is doing Keto but I'm the only one counting my calories. I'll give you one guess who is currently in the lead. Keto is fine but you still need to…
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I just came back to MFP and had to recreate my account. As soon as I posted on the forums I had a guy messaging me and asking inappropriate questions, and continued to do so after I told him I was married and not interested. My profile pic is my dogs now.
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Awesome thanks guys!
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Don't feel bad. A lot of us have done it. I was 230 at my biggest and for like 2 years I was SUPER into counting my calories and working out. I got into the best shape of my life. I was 140 and I legit almost had abs. Then I started working a second job, I got promoted at my main job and I was working 70 hours a week. The…
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I'm a waitress and more often than not I see children make horrible meal choices and, even worse, the parents encouraging it. It's so hard to bite my tongue when a child wants to order pop but their parent will say, "No you can have juice." I want to shake them so hard and scream that it's just as bad (especially the…
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I used to drink energy drinks and my trainer told me that energy drinks are so bad for you that it's better to drink coffee. I told him I hated coffee so he suggested mixing hot chocolate mix instead of sugar. I've been doing that ever since and as I gradually acquired a taste for coffee I was able to scale back the amount…
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When I had a personal trainer he told me taking the calories from the coffee is better than drinking a zero calorie monster every day. I use hot chocolate powder instead of just straight sugar though. At least it has some calcium in it and it makes me feel more full.
