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Thank you for your kindness. I guess one will always be fighting the good fight, losing occasionally. Perseverance is key. Best of luck to you as well. 🤩🏋️

Well done on starting! We can do it! Slow progress is still progress. 🤩

I'm in!

Thank you, you are hitting the nail on the head with so many of my concerns. I do think an RD would be able to give me the best situational advice. With any luck the low carb will only be for a time to reach my goals and then I can slowly transition back to normalcy while keeping an eye on my weight. Thank you for the…

Thanks everyone, Esp puffbrat for the helpful advice and links. I am happy to report that I don't eat most of my calories in sweets. I do have sugar with some regularity though. Perhaps it would have been more to the point to ask for toning tips. That does sound like what I am after. With regards to the attitude aspect. My…

Keep at it. You are working to correct your metabolism and it will take time. Don't eat too few calories in an attempt to speed things up. I have had times when I have plateued for a month, then increased my calories and lost weight. Even if you don't lose "weight" it doesn't mean that you are not losing fat. Hang in there…

It wasn't actually 2 whole sandwiches, it was 3/4 of a very dry two slice sandwich I was served at a picnic we went to. It wasn't perfect but I generally know the calories of the things I often eat and it worked out roughly right and I was rushing. But with the deficit I try to achieve and weighing all my food (granted,…

I cheat by eating at maintenance. I have to "cheat" once every few weeks as it feels like a holiday. I eat whatever I want either way so cheat days are just more of whatever I feel like. Usually stuff I can't fit into my usual allowance, like fries and high calorie snack stuff, nuts, chocolate etc.

Oh and just for some super fun, get your heart rate up- type activity that can hardly be classified as a workout because it's so fun, try the fitness Marshall on YouTube. His dance moves are easy to do and SO FUN!

I bought the 30 day shred workout dvd from Jillian Michaels that we do 3x a week. It's a great 20 minute high intensity workout that has levels for differing capabilities. On every other day we do yoga with Adriene on YouTube. Great for flexibility and deep core strength. Also suitable for beginners. If you are really…

We were never trained to find subluxation in an X-ray and though I have seen it done it isn't something I would be comfortable doing. It's a lot of radiation exposure. It is also very expensive to send a patient for x-rays here, so when I do send someone for x-rays it's because I am looking for a pathology. You are right…

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I'm from South Africa.

Thank you all for your honest responses. It has been quite an eye opener to hear the different perspectives. I can't help but feel shame for my profession if the experience of the majority of people is such a negative one where the motives of the care providers are in question. I wish to do better in that regard, at the…

Well spotted. I am a chiropractor. I just started in practice though and I am doing things very differently to my predecessor. The question has no "hook" to reel you in. I genuinely want to know what is considered to be a good service as there are so many different views and protocols. Also, patients rarely provide helpful…

Yoga!! Saved me.

I have the same problem. I have the capacity of a horse. I'm not sure if this is good advice but what has helped me a lot is to drink a hot drink with every meal. It helps my stomach feel like I've had a bigger meal than I actually had. I have also for a treat bought myself mocha coffee sticks that are surprisingly low in…

A real eye opener. Thanks for that. I hate exercise. I was so fit as a child, got a cardiac virus that would make me physically ill and put me in tachycardia whenever I would do anything, simply walking to my class was almost undoable. I lost 2 yrs. And ever since then I have been battling to get even a little bit fit. So…

Thanks for the input everyone. I have noticed that I have been eating heavy only at supper, while starving most of the day. My husband cooks delicious but very calorie dense meals and since I come home very late, usually starving, I save all day to have a decent sized meal. Will this affect weight loss? Is it better to…

There are many workouts on YouTube for free, available on a laptop, tablet or even phone if you are traveling light. From cardio or HIIT or yoga ranging from 5 minutes to 1+ hr. So you can fit it in anywhere without equipment needed. A good app for busy days is 7 minutes. Literally 7 minutes of bodyweight exercises. Totes…

Diary is now public. Today was not a very healthy day.🐷

Height 1.68m Weight 87kgs I was on Noom for a few weeks and they only allowed me to have 1200 calories a day. I have upped it on MFP when I read that it is too low. There is nothing medically wrong with me, I was just wondering if there is some sort of transition phase that could explain the feeling of unbalanced…

I am trying to lose 25 kgs (55 pounds). I do have it set to fast as that was my allowance when I was on Noom. I am coping on the allowance on a normal day. Today's misstep was more cause I was weak minded at a birthday party. I'm just trying to get to my first goal of reaching the 70's before December and then I will up my…

Thank you both. That makes a lot of sense.

I know, right. So hungry.

Jogging and dancing to the fitness marshall...... Injured my hip with the first and got a stress fracture from the second.....

My sister and I both downloaded the app but can't find each other. So this is the long (and stupid) way to do it. :D