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Thats great kechiemc - how many calories have you increased by?

Good Luck!:flowerforyou:

PLEASE...if you are going to make an "informed" decision about something, make sure what you are reading is reliable and factual and preferably referenced. That website does not mention qualifications of its "doctors", any refernce to the study the article was based on or anything. ANYONE can start a website and say…

Thats a great loss Kechie! Glad your perseverance paid off!

The reason the range is quite wide is to take into account that due to bone structure, muscle mass etc, some people may be happy at some end of the range and some at others.

Oh my god - someone I am actually taller than! lol. (i'm a giant at 5ft 2!) :drinker:

I am sorry to hear that. :flowerforyou:

I am surprised that yours was only 1265 songbyrdsweet with all your muscle mass (and young age). I had mine tested also and it was 1415!

ok, this worked for me and makes sense if you think about it. The body is not designed to lose weight, its designed to maintain (it doesnt know how much you weigh). If you have been losing weight for a long time, at some point, your body is going to get worried that you are constantly losing weight (again, it doesnt know…

I just noticed we weigh the same now and our goal is pretty similar too, so if it worked for me, then it will probably work for you too.

Yep that would work great, would probably even boost your weight loss when you start again. (thats what I did when I hit a plateau) the only thing... I wouldnt go all the way to maintenance, as your body isnt used to eating that much - I would go somewhere in between what you eat now and maintenance.

I had this happen to me - stuck for 6 weeks!! So what I figured was this: Your body is not designed to lose weight (it doesnt know how much you weigh), so it's job is to maintain your weight. If you have been in deficit for a while, I think theres a point that your body just says "NO MORE" (kind of like an extended version…

Determined2drop - I am exactly the same. My scale doesnt fluctuate at all (when I weight myself at the same time every day)

Good to know women's lib has gotten us so far.....*sigh*

heehee, i was the other way round!! I counted calories on here with not much success. I started WW a couple of months ago and have had a steady progression of weight loss. The reason I find it so good is that I tend to get a bit hung up on the calories you should be eating (different for everyone etc etc) so I like to walk…

Personally, I would change it on your daily activity level. Congrats!!

Oh Sweetie, thats so hard. You dont have much weight to lose (you look great by the way), so dont feel guilty on top of everything else. Call a friend and go for a walk maybe, talk it through Give yourself time to grieve, be sad and go through the feelings; then you will be ready to get back on track again; with…

Malibu Chicken....yum.....

I haven't tried Core either but the points plan has worked really well for me.

If your body is sick and not accepting food there is a reason for it. Please dont force food in your mouth if you're just going to bring it up again. Your body knows your sick, it wont think you're starving it. Take care of yourself, your body will want food again when it has got rid of the bug. Like mattblancarte said,…

I have the same thing too - so I put some light foundation on and then i just look like everyone else!:laugh:

If you undereat regularly, you are going to slow your metabolism down. When you increase your eating, it kicks back in again. Of course if you are in a deficit (which you need to be to lose weight) you are going to feel hungry because your body is always trying to maintain your weight. Hence the balance between eating…

In my opinion, when you're sick, if you're body is genuinely craving something - go with it. Your body knows what it needs to make it better (i always crave carbs and kiwi fruit if i'm sick), a few days until you're better wont hurt. Better than prolonging the illness.

Equivalent price in Australia = AU$6.00 for 1 gallon!!!!!

I quit smoking nearly 3 years ago (after 12 years) after trying many times to quit. ALL the other times I had tried, I wanted to quit, but the last time it was because I didnt want to smoke anymore - and I think there's a difference. When I did it, although I got cravings, instead of denying myself, I just used to tell…

I had mine removed when I was little so I cant help you in that regard, but I'm sure you will be fine. Be prepared to take it easy for a while afterwards. Just think - you will never have to suffer with tonsillitis again!!! Good Luck and let us know how you are!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I had the opportunity to have an RMR test for free too - very useful to know your RMR (well it was for me anyway). The exercise physiologist told me that you cannot test BMR unless you are actually in a coma, as the energy expenditure is different to Resting. But as Songbyrd said, you cant know your RMR unless you are…

Kiwi Fruit!!!

Yeah - haha - correlation is a way of making a study say SOMETHING without actually having to prove ANYTHING!!!

If you have something that is high GI (like potatoes) in your meal, but the rest of the food in that meal is low GI, then it balances out to make the GI medium. The Glycemic Index is not just high and low. Here is the official website if you're interested. http://www.glycemicindex.com/ Its funny, when I first joined this…