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I voted "lose weight." Since Jan 17, I've lost 29 lbs. I still have 19 lbs to lose and then I will be at my goal weight of 130 lbs. I've gained and lost a significant amount of weight at least 5 times over the last 17 years. I've been quite overweight and I've also been in fitness model shape. I yo-yo because I struggle…

I really had to hold back hard to save half of my Chipotle bowl for later on. Been on a calorie deficit for nearly 4 months with few cheats and I am fighting desires to eat huge quantities of food because, although I usually feel satiated after eating, I never feel full the way I did when I ate whatever I wanted (and was…

Shailene Woodley. How she began getting jobs in Hollywood is beyond my comprehension, but she lived up to her name by giving the most milquetoast, totally devoid of personality, wooden performance I have seen by a young actress in the Divergent series. Which, by the way, was the first time I saw one of my favorite…

I have been practicing meditation since the 3rd week of January when I returned from a trip to New York, and have missed only a handful of days in the last 2 months. The last time I practiced meditation before that was for a few months in 2020. I've been in and out with mediation for a few years, but I'm hoping that this…

For over a month now, I’ve been mindfully eating almost every meal. For me, that means sitting down and concentrating only on eating my food with no distractions - no tv or music playing in the background, no fiddling around on the phone or talking to anyone. I really concentrate on the taste and texture of my food while…

I have not found a channel I enjoy more than Team Body Project. Most of their videos are ideal if you are a beginner or you’re looking for something easy. The people who run the channel are a husband and wife team, Daniel and Alex. Daniel is really fun and he talks a lot during the videos. he’s very engaging and kind of…

Thanks so much for noticing the small differences, @elisa123gal !

I just (re)started on MFP last week. My weigh-ins are weekly and my weigh in day is Monday. My goal is to lose 47 lbs. I plan on posting before and after photos in Success Stories with every 5 lbs lost. I will also take new measurements with every 5 lbs lost. If you wish to see my Before photos, they are here:…

I am in this boat with you. I am addicted to soda as well. Many years ago, I trained myself to like diet soda. I had to train myself because, frankly, diet soda is actually quite nasty-tasting when you first start drinking it. Sure, it's sweet, but it's not the same sweetness that sugar provides and there's something…

I'm bored. I have to wait about 45 minutes before heading to the location that has the scale so I can do my weekly weigh-in. I woke up at 5:18 am (I usually wake up at 8) and nothing is happening. I'm having coffee but I don't want to eat until after I weigh myself and I'm dreading that I'm going to get very hungry between…

I remember having a discourse about this in late 2020 when I successfully lost 20 pounds in four months using MFP. A lot of people tried to convince me that daily weigh-ins were a good idea because of the data points. That didn’t make sense to me at the time because I was too influenced by the fluctuations of the scale…

I am in exactly the same boat. I lost 20 lbs using MFP from Sept. to Dec. 2020 and lost 15 more lbs organically from Jan. to June 2021. In July my mood plummeted and from July to December I gained back all the weight I lost. I am now 177 and would like to lose 47 lbs. My previous daily logging of calories and exercise on…

You need a colonoscopy immediately. Colonic hydrotherapy beforehand is recommended. Please do not eat fibrous foods or consume any laxatives 24 hours before your appointment, but make sure to have a bowel movement the morning of. Instead of being anxious, try to enjoy the experience. What should I do as a side hustle?…

Go to Craigslist first, and pay $10 to post an ad in their "gigs" section. If you are offering at least $15 per hour your email inbox will be inundated with jobless, carless, and likely homeless people who might have experience hammering nails or unclogging drains, but will certainly have experience combating any pest…

As many as you need to feel validated as a human being. This is usually reflected in the amount of friends you have on Facebook. Someone with the maximum 5,000 friends feels fully validated and worthy of being alive. Someone who is only friends with the maybe 25 people they actually know in real life will likely feel…

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@springlering62 Thank you for your helpful (and amusing!) comments. You may be right about 130 being a bit low. Around June 2021 I was about 140 and my mom was telling me I looked too skinny. Also, I think I'm going to stick to 1700 cals and not try to go lower. Thanks again!