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@cmriverside The thyroid medication wasn’t for weight loss. It was because of constant exhaustion and overall run down. I was just always tired. It was hard just to get up and move. If it wasn’t joint pain keeping me down, it was an utter lack of energy. Losing weight totally changed all my numbers. And increased my…
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My doctor must be a unicorn. Every time I visited her and complained about GERD, joint pain, exhaustion, she’d patiently tell me “your symptoms will lessen with weight loss” and would hand me a flyer for a very simple elimination diet. I wadded that flyer up the moment I got in the car, every. single. time. It wasn’t til…
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welcome @rainbow2300 A pleasure to meet you. likewise fixin’ to be 63 very shortly. Feeling better now than I did in my 40’s! Age really is all in your head.
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Sweetie, that’s just shy of half a pound. Sometimes I think thinking in kilos makes it a lot harder for folks. They’re bigger increments. half a pound- nothing to sneeze at That’s a decent sized piece of beef (errr….sorry!), half a large russet potato, a couple of bananas, 3/4 a party sized bag of potato chips (crisps,…
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I lost 97, “naturally” got too low, and have intentionally put back on, for a net loss of 77, where I’ve maintained (plus or minus about 5) for about five years. Two things really helped me. This app, particularly the support and advice I got here from people who’d lost successfully before me. I read the boards…
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hi @petragf6198 welcome to MFP Consistency IS the way to being consistent. Create a routine. Weigh and log consistently, as accurately as possible and honestly. The only person your hiding that chocolate bar or Oreos from is yourself. It will get easier as you become more familiar with the app, and start to “populate” it…
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may I ask how tall you are? That’s a very low goal weight unless you are quite short.
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I’m even more confused. Welcome to MFP but what has that got to do with a hiball? Unless spellcheck garbled hi y'all?! It occasionally does some crazy funny things to what I’m told is a heavy southern accent. (I deny the allegations and I defy the alligator!) how can we help unconfuse you?
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to clarify, I’m assuming she’s talking metric. For those of us who live in the Imperial world, that’s roughly 38.5 to 31.5 inches. Make sure you’re nourishing your body. This isn’t a race. Will you be disappointed if you lose in face or thighs but not waist? Of course not. Take your wins any way you can get them. There’s…
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scammers gonna scam. 🤷🏻♀️ the analogue gold and silver coin sellers had a lock on my dad. I don’t know why people go crazy over gold and silver when they reach a certain age. Giant elaborate boxes full of certificates and documentation, with wee little coins no bigger than a cornflake.
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@AnnPT77 lol, like there’s room with all the Tupperware containing high protein leftovers for lunches, giant containers of homemade yogurt, mason jars of whey from the yogurt, and the huge container of prepped pancakes. Then there’s the sauces, cheese club, tons of fruit and veg, and about eight containers of cottage…
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I know what I’m not ever having again for breakfast. Doggone Bisquick changed their ingredients without telling anyone. I didn’t realize it til my biscuits (intended for lush, lavish country ham biscuits) came out hard as a rock and not risen. I looked at the box to learn, the new “improved” formula requires a tablespoon…
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I think even at my fattest and most naively, nutritionally unaware and uneducated, even I wouldn’t have thought that was possible. OP, pleaaaaaaaaase stick around and get sound advice. I lost 45 (?) kilos, most of it following advice from board posters here on MFP. Every kilo lost is going to change your health for the…
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and this reminds me of a conversation I overheard in the dressing room at the gym this morning. Several ladies discussing packages they’d mailed at the post office via priority mail. One got an email saying she was short on postage and needed to pay the difference, referencing her tracking number. She paid and then…
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@bobbinalong I am reminded of the time I helped my dad set up a brand new eBay account. On our business computer. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ Within seconds of completing setup, he received his first phishing email from a scammer, referencing his just-created new user ID. I saw this with my own eyes I cringed. Explaining phishing to…
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I want loose 20 kilo in 2 months Doesn’t everyone here? I don’t mean to sound negative, but I could smack people upside the head who make posts like this. That’s both stupid and dangerous, unless you’re under strict medical supervision That’s a deficit of 2750 per day. I eat an average of 24-2500 per day right now, and I’m…
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same here. I volunteer at an evening art event about every forty five days. Simple solution. I eat dinner before I go, and take a large container of ice water or chai, so then it’s not so appealing. If I feel peckish, I’ll grab some strawberries or celery off the catering table. Everything else tends to be rather…
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welcome to MFP @moshemiller that’s a good question and one we see here a lot. No, you won’t get all the move ring credit as exercise. Your move ring includes two types of calories burned: 1.) movement you do during a normal day. Cooking. Walking in the grocery store. Chasing after kids pets or spouses. Doing laundry.…
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Nope. I don’t know what hole some of the Next Door folks crawled out of, but the nastiness and hatefulness is next level. I pray I don’t run into any of these whack jobs in person, especially one particularly nutty radical self proclaimed “animal/spider/roach/rats have rights, too”lover who has a really vicious holier than…
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I made ham biscuits and beans for dinner last night. The biscuits were so dry they were inedible. I checked the box to make sure i still had the ingredient proportions of these things (which I’ve probably made hundreds of times) right in my head. Bisquick has changed their ingredients and the recipe now includes oil.…
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….however, that said, to me protein bars are a snack, and a small one at that. Never ever ever would they be my main source of protein or a substitute for a meal. And as much as I love the coconut ones, I limit myself to one a day, unless I’m on a plane. Then I figure a couple of Nugo are a better choice than Sunchips and…
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Nugo Dark Chocolate. No artificial sweeteners, vegan, real cocoa, 200 calories, quality ingredients and best of all, enjoyable to eat. No chalky after taste, no wierd gummy texture. The chocolate coconut tastes like a Mounds bar. Husband loves the chocolate mint.
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Reddit… can be a huge trap for getting stuck in AITA loops I laughed out loud at that. I use AITA when I’m stuck in an airport or on a plane. It’s a great way to look up and realize you’ve just killed hours of time. Someone mentioned anger. Let us not forget the most toxic social media I’ve seen thus far: Nextdoor Our…
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It feels slippery. my first thought is the muffintop? And then I empathize because yes, yes they do. Like they have a slippery little mind of their own. An explosive one. Like whack a mole. Squeeze and pinch in here and it just pops out somewhere else. Like that novelty kids’ pig toy where you squeeze here and the eyes…
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@AnnPT77 food for thought is always better than food for belly, right? (Since it’s -ostensibly- a weight loss site!) I visited a friend tonight who just had knee surgery. Someone had brought her a lap table with a thick edge around the border, for meals. I caught myself eyeing this poor woman’s lap table covetously and…
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awesome job!!!!! I hope every pound dropped makes you feel 100% better! I’m marveling at all the news reports of snack manufacturers hurting as demand drops, supposedly because of the medications.
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I am clutching my pearls (kernels?) at the thought of 6 grams of popcorn. That’s some iron willpower you’ve got there. I’m genuflecting on my knees in sheer wonder.
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PS: kudos on the clever FOTR reference. My ID is as well. I’m sure we’d get along great!
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normal BMI here. I ate dinner out last night. I budgeted 800 calories for dinner via a “quick add”, and planned my day around it, doing a lighter breakfast, cutting out a snack. Before I went, I pulled up the menu online. Everything was fried or heavily sauced with fried stuff on the side. Uh oh. So I immediately went to…
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what? You’re not worried he had a six pack on one side and a four pack on the other?
