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Like others have said, you've got a good starting point, you know the problems. I'm very sorry for your loss. When you find things difficult, think of them and your family - you've lots of reasons to get things under control. I always tell people to start with one habit. They reckon it takes 3 weeks to break or make a…
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This - and don't use a scale to get it measured. See if you can find someone that is very experienced with calipers to measure you. Use this to determine your objectives. Objective when losing is to lose fat not weight (which could be fat and muscle).
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Ha ha....I had a brown leather jacket that was too small. I took some photos and told everyone in work. When the sweet jar came out, and I was tempted, I would think / say brown leather jacket. The words became synonymous with don't eat that if you're not hungry and don't have the calories left. Brown leather jacket no…
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Eggs...now scrambled or an omelette is fine. But if the egg is cooked while the egg yolk and white are still separate I won't eat it. I don't like the egg white on it's own, or the yolk. Boiled and then mashed - nope, it was cooked with them separate and tastes of egg yolk and egg white. But I love my scrambled eggs +…
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Could you actually be hungry? Deficient in nutrients? How many calories do you net on a daily basis and how long have you been doing it for? You need to eat at a deficit, you don't need to rush this. For me, I find that I then obsess about food and I'm prone to bingeing - I need to eat good solid real food on a very…
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Eat lower calories to reduce weight. Eat better quality calories / food to improve your health. Optimum - eat lower calories that are of high nutrient density, most of the time. A little bit of what you fance rest of the time for some balance. For me Eat less > lose weight Eat nutrient dense foods > lose headaches
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As children in my family, we were encouraged not to give up something (none of us were very good at abstinence), but we were encouraged to take up a good habit. I suppose where it fell down as children was it was rarely measurable. It was generally something like be nicer to your sister. As an adult I still think it is…
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It's helped having someone at home telling me how good I look - but he says that regardless of how I look - bless his cotton socks. I found when I started lifting I viewed myself more as an athlete. I'm motivated by progressing my training - lifting and running, I want to lift more, run faster, etc... I'm still overweight…
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Make a frittata with lots of veggies, maybe some ham - cut it in to 4. PAck in to tupperware with some olives - breakfast for the next 4 mornings. Next breakfast might just be left over dinner.
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Don't give up
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To lose weight how have you changed your diet? To lose weight, you need to eat lower calories - doesn't matter what they are. This does not mean an improvement in health markers. To improve health, what you eat is important - eat mainly whole foods - meat/ fish/fruit /vegetables. Limit (eliminate as far as possible)…
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Oh, sounds difficult. I've PCOS and a hypo thyroid. I'm only on medication for my thyroid. I found for me - primal foods, carbs <100gm, but not too low, protein 100gm+ and lots of healthy fats. But sounds like you're doing all of this already. The only other thing I do that has seemed to 'help' my hormones is lift weights.…
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Sorry you are struggling. A couple of things 1. We all fall down - those that say they don't just haven't yet. Success is shown by dusting yourself off and starting again. 2. You've thyroid issues? I struggle when my thyroid is out of wack. I just keep going. If you give up, the option is to put on weight and go back to…
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Yes and No. I went vegetarian for health reasons last year. felt okay - but that was coming from a low fat/high carb following the food pyramid. I'm not a huge dairy person, reckon I could give that up no problem. BUT....I'm not at all vegetarian now. I eat a lot of meat, I also eat a lot of vegetables. I've found when I…
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Are you eating enough during the day? As importantly, are you eating enough Fat / Protein / Fiber / Water during the day? If I don't, I'm messed up and will eat anything. Sweet treat for me is some 85% coco solids dark choc - hits the spot without setting off cravings. If I start eating sugary stuff, that's it, game over -…
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Like others have said eat enough protein / water / fiber, but also fat - if I don't have enough of any of the four I can get hungry.
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I had / have a very sweet tooth - but I've given them up cold turkey. however, if I don't eat enough protein or fat I crave sweet stuff. i still eat chocolate just about every day - but generally 85% coco solids (70% is the minimum I eat) If I am tired I crave sweet things and carbs - so I make sure I get enough sleep. If…
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Quick - go get some tuna/chicken/what ever. Take an extra glass of water / cup of coffee / fluids of some sort. Then see how you feel in 30 min! I'm a bit obsessive, but I've started to keep tins of sardines in my drawer in work for just in case!
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Have you eaten anything? Are you just plain hungry? I get hungry if I don't eat enough fat and protein - infact if I don't balance myself early in the morning that can mess me up for the whole day. Some days, actually most days, I eat way more in the first half of the day - breakfast huge, lunch is big, and dinner is…
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I'm not a vegetarian, a carnivore. But I was a vegetarian - so tried both sides of the fence. The good - you eat a lot of veggies with your dinner. I know a few vegetarians that don't eat much veggies and it upsets me - not that they don't eat meat, but they don't eat near enough veggies. I aim to eat veggies with every…
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Option one - because I like this one and I've built it in to my days eating. Option two, and the reason I believe it is better, the non fat yoghurt by design has higher sugar / carbs. This negatively impacts on me and is less satiating. But.... if someone asked me, who wasn't actually interested, I'd just say because I…
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I've PCOS + hypo thyroid. Only symptoms were frequent headaches + menstrual cycles 90days +. I actually hadn't realised how frequent my headaches were till they went when I started on this programme about a year ago. Lost weight before, to current level, local / low fat / cardio - no change in symptoms. Currently eat min…
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Hi, I'm hypo, but do have a thyroid. Use the search function - I am quite sure that there are folks out there. this was the first I found using the search function: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1174412-thyroid-only-success-stories?hl=thyroid Do a search in the groups too for thyroid - there are a number of…
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It's very difficult to comment when you haven't said what you are eating. Either open up your diary, or just post up a typical days eating. To open diary go to My home, Settings, your profile privacy settings, and open it up to my fitness pall members - close it again a few days later, or leave it open if you want. You may…
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Carolyn, This is a super list! congratulations on your success!
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The PCOS deal means what you eat can make a difference to you. Yes I know the Calories in/out deal, but when your hormones are messed up, you've to work that bit harder. Sort out the hormones as much as possible and the rest will come far easier. I have PCOS but generally considered myself to be symptom free (it's only now…
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I don't do strong lifts 5x5, but I do lift. I was reading this : http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560459-stronglifts-5x5-summary and thought it was a very good summary. There is a whole group for strongs lifts for women, I suggest you join them. The suggestion on from them is that you start on 50% of your 5 rep max…
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Is there anything that you would be interested in doing at home or at lunch time? I run twice a week at work during lunch time - I'm lucky, we have showers in work. I'm doing a suspension training workshop next week, this should give me skills to do this more at home. I am often away at the weekends. I can bring the…
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Not from New England, but why don't you consider setting up a park run? this is the link to the US site - though not so many of them. http://www.parkrun.us/ I'm in Ireland where they're very active www.parkrun.ie I know they are very popular in the UK also. Just a thought.
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I try to have two dishes that can just be heated up - e.g. bolognase sauce / stew / curry. I aim for two for a bit of variety - put left overs in single portions in the freezer. I eat these on their own, don't bother with rice or anything else. Maybe some extra veg. A roast of some sort on sunda+ roasted veg - does dinner…
