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Thanks for the comment, I had it checked a year ago with no issue but I've lost 94 pounds since so maybe it's time for another check.

Thanks for your comment, I drink ice water throughout the day and I wonder if that might be the stimulus. They aren't cold at the moment but I will pay attention to the color next time they get gold. Have you been able to treat this effectively?

Did this ever go away or are you still experiencing it?

swopkin, no offense taken, I appreciate the feedback, sorry if it came off that way.

thanks spngebobmyher Interesting comment on eating more healthy fats, I'll try that, shbretired, What do you mean by compression? Swopkin, I exercise a lot and have been for the past year, I don't think I have a circulation issue and my BP is fine and no known issues there, I was wondering it it wasn't diet related (fats…

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Great job on losing 30 lbs. I have no idea what "skinny fat" means either but if someone called me that I wouldn't feel good about it. The first 50 pounds I lost was from changing my diet, losing some bad habits and logging lots of hours on an elliptical trainer building my endurance and strength. When I first started 20…

You can go to Settings and change your weekly goal if you want. Personally I just don't worry about anything but the net calories and even then I really only look at the average for the week. If you up the calories and keep up the exercise then you'll be fine. Give it a couple of weeks though to see results. Also the…

As long as it balances out over the course of a week I'm not real sure it matters. If you feel run down or tired then you may need to eat more and/or get some rest. Myself, I tend to eat more if I exercise more because it fuels the exercise and helps with the recovery. I also will choose to exercise if I know I'm going out…

I went through a similar issue where I hit a plateau and couldn't lose weight for awhile and was being strict with the diet and working out regularly. I increased my calories per day by about 300 and then l gained a pound the first week and then started lost 3 lbs the next week and since have been losing 2-3 lbs per week.…

You need to keep in mind the amount of exercise that you will do. If you are doing very little exercise then you need lower caloric intake to lose weight however if you are doing more exercise then you will need more calories to support the exercise and keep your metabolism going. Personally I find that I lose weight most…

I really don't care for Starbucks, I think it's bitter tasting and it's my least favorite coffee. There is a local gas station that brews really good coffee that I will get if I don't have time to make my own at home. I like Tully's and Peets but they aren't close to home.

I also found that increasing my caloric intake helped kickstart my weight loss when I hit a plateau. I firmly there is a balance with your body and the amount of calories you eat, the quality of those calories with regard to nutrients, the amount of rest between exercising and the amount of sleep. When I have all these…

I use my HRM daily to try and estimate calorie burn while exercising and while I don't have any proof of this, it seems to me that it is pretty high on the calorie burn when the heart rate is lower. For me, I only use it when my heart rate is over 110 and it seems to work fine. I've tried to use it for estimating work…

If you set your goal to lose 2 lbs per week then the result is a daily goal that will lead to that. In my case my daily goal is 1370 calories and let's say I eat 1770 calories per day and exercise to burn off 400 calories per day then after one week I'd lose 2 lbs in theory and in my case that's actually worked pretty…

Personally I've found that I lost 2-3 lbs a week for a few months in a row by netting well under my MFP calorie goal most days. I did this often by sheer determination to make sure I worked out and kept caloric intake in check. The problem was that I found after awhile my energy level would really drop, I could force…

43 and feel a lot better than I did at 42. Still not where I want to be but I'm getting closer.

I just microwave Quaker Old Fashioned Oatmeal mixed with cinnamon and about 8 blueberries. For me it is 1 min 45 secs and then add 1/2 cup of skim milk. It's fast, simple and I like the taste plus you get the added benefits of the cinnamon and blueberries in addition to the oatmeal.

I am pleased to report that today I stepped on the scale for the first time in a week and had lost 3 lbs so no mo plateau. April was a rough month for me in that I stopped losing and even gained a few pounds inexplicably as I wasn't cheating and was working out a bunch. Thanks for all the great advice and support. I did up…

Good stuff, thanks

Thanks to all who posted here. I really appreciate your feedback and am going to incorporate a lot of the suggestions here and work on getting back on track. Thanks again.

Thanks, you know you are probably right but when you are in the groove it's actually hard to slow down and eat more, even though it's likely what would help the most. I really want to just lose another 50 pounds or so and then take a break but just because I want it bad doesn't mean it will happen. I do appreciate your…

Thanks, this is good advice and I am trying to up the calorie intake. I like your simplistic way of of looking at this, it makes sense to me.

Thanks, this is good to know. I am trying to limit the carbs and increase protein. I don't want to slow down on cardio but I may have to.

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Thanks, I'm going to try this. I was looking at shaking up my daily breakfast meal of oatmeal and trying some eggs or egg whites (maybe a little of each) and I was eating more rice primarily to add calories to meals with lean meat and veggies but it does make carbs over 50% of calories. Actually a little variety in the…

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What do you mean by "get fitted"?