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It's about dopamine. You get hormone rushes in your brain that make you feel good when you eat sugar and fat, but you also get insulin rushes with the candy/carbs, that bring you down. It's a vicious cycle.... but no food is terrible, it's all just macros (carb/protein/fat) and you are less hungry if you eat fats and…

I wasn't a diet drink addict per se, but whenever I did low carb I drank diet sodas, but my favorite was minute maid light lemonade. When I was younger i didn't notice any side effects, but almost two years ago I started getting really bad burning pains in my feet. I ended up going off low carb and the pains got better…

Look into 'Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition ' or CRON dieting. It's a lifestyle some people adopt because there is some evidence in rat studies (no really human studies yet) that reducing your calories consumption to 70% what what your BMR says will increase your lifespan. http://www.nbrhd.net/CR/CR.htm this…

Hey hey, I'm 5'8" and I need to lose 100 lbs too.

I was a 250lb female (still am female hehhe) that could squat 120lb free weight.... you get better results with free weights. Any meat head can spot you, but you want to video tape yourself for form (can get free feedback at www.reddit.com/r/ .... free weights or fitness, etc. lots of fitness forums). If you do not use…

Hot tea, with a little half and half and stevia. Always helps me.

I wore it today, a little white sun dress that I always loved but I always looked bad in pictures in it because my arms and stomach were too big. I wore it today and I felt great. Wrestler's singlet, I want to be able to look good in that, I have 80 lbs to go.

I'm a nurse and I totally agree with bhalter's post. I get candida a lot from antibiotics, in my intestinal track, vaginally, I even get it on skin in my armpits in the summer, but that hasn't happened since I lost weight. I usually get a prescription for Diflucan (1 to 3 days worth) of oral pills and that will kill it off…

Good article from Reddit http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/03/whats-really-making-us-fat/254087/

Well, I'm the biggest one in here so far. I'm Carol. I'm a travelling nurse. I'm originally from Oregon but I'm working in Florida. I just turned 35. I've been using MFP since Nov 2011 and I think it's freaking fantastic. I've been trying to get back to high school weight since 2004, but I was lacking the tools. I've lost…

totally wonderful, how tall are you?

Hi there! I used to do oncology/hospice but I'm in cardiac now. Nursing is stressful, but at least it's interesting. Trying to get away from hospital work myself.

look at www.stronglifts.com ... at least i think that is the website... i can't check because www.reddit.com is down today to protest SOPA. I just finished read "the new rules of weight lifting for women" and they seem to like more along the lines of 5 reps for 5 sets at max weight. I used to have a total gym, and I liked…

Totally not upset. I've lost more than 3 lbs this week, I'm on track for my loss of 100 lbs this year.

Hello, I had sent you a private message around 6am yesterday with my info, but I'll post it here just in case my message goes a stray. Current Weight: 262.4 Current waist inches: 45 Current hips inches: 47 Current wrist inches: 7 Current forearm inches 13 Exercise Minutes: 20 bike Daily Challenges Completed: 0 Bonus…

Cutting out 500 calories a day usually roughly calculates to a loss of 1 pound per week, so I'm not sure where MFP is getting that number (240) BUT if you are stalled, it would probably be good to give your body a few more calories per day to keep your metabolism up. Just try to keep your 'insulin release' levels low by…

burpees? 100 per day or for the week? I'm going to have to do some youtube research, i thought burpee was something you did to a baby :) weight, 265 waist inches (at belly button), 45" hips inches (largest area), 48" wrist inches, 7.25" forearm inches (right below elbow), 12.5 female and 5'8" bonus; neck 17"

Don't give up! I'm starting to feel the holiday's a little more, maybe you are too. I'm falling down on exercise, but I'm forcing myself to still keep track of everything I eat. No body WANTS to relapse to old habits, but it's easier to do when the weather is bad and everyone has all this FOOD everywhere. Be gentle with…

FYI I loves me some wonderwoman/linda carter lol.

Hello. I'm a RN traveling up and down east coast USA. I'm originally from Oregon. I've been a nurse for about six years, I started college full time in 1999. I'm 5'8" (173cm) and I just got down (again) to 270 lbs (122.5 kg). I've always been big but was able to stave off serious weight gain doing marital arts and yoga in…