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Personally, I don't post up pictures as say, my profile picture, and call them my "fat" picture because I feel like it's insulting to myself. Not in the sense that calling myself what I am, as in fat, is insulting, but the mentality behind the whole "Remember this? You don't want to be this again, do you?" that is behind…

I think that if you're okay with a muscular 175, you might try focusing on resistance training as your primary exercise, with peppered in cardio. I absolutely agree with the above poster though, to get the back and shoulder sorted. Even if you used machines and only lifted for say, major muscle groups in the legs, thinking…

About 17 years, I was 23, he was 40. What's the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to you in public?

I'm exceptionally overweight, and found that when I was treated with SSRIs and other similar medications, my ability to limit compulsive eating was far worse than it is now that I don't take any of those medications. At the same time, I know there is substantial evidence to show that if dopamine receptors are "fulfilled"…

Well, see, the thing about this post, as it was outed about 2 years ago, is that this is a snark post. At the time, there was a slew of forum posts about how you shouldn't eat sandwiches, you shouldn't eat fruit, etc. etc. and so, I decided to write an article, and I also created the journal it cites. The whole point was…

You know, I have eaten like 6lbs of chia seeds and it hasn't cured my autism yet. Maybe I need to eat 10lbs to see significant effect?

I will say that relying on that WordPress article for information on chia seed consumption is not a good place to start. The majority of their "warnings" are in relation to actually positive effects that occur from eating a diet rich in fiber and omega-3 fatty acids, two nutrient groups that are very densely represented in…

Thank you :) I definitely appreciate that. I know it's not an easy out, it's a weird mix of emotions that I have about it but ultimately I think I'm in the best place I could be for it. Ever appreciative of insight.

It's almost 3 years after this posting, and I've returned to it because of some things we are currently doing to move my life forward. It's crazy to me to think that just two weeks after I posted this, I was in the hospital dying. Actually, in the photograph, I was dying, and I just didn't know it yet. A month later, I had…

Every single time I've experienced a "plateau" in my weight loss it has actually been because I was undereating. I weigh over 400lbs and lots of people on here try to argue with me, saying my experiences are impossible and that I should be able to eat 1200 calories and lose a lot but the reality is, from a medical…

I'm mostly confused as to why "juicing" is considered natural but eating a slab of unprocessed meat wouldn't be. From my perspective, eating a hunk of meat you put over a fire for a few minutes at least retains the structure and consistency of its natural presentation, whereas juicing ultimately obliterates the…

I have a hard time understanding what the question is here... Basically, you AND your doctor both have concluded that the exercise impact is indeed due to your pregnancy. Why ask a bunch of people who don't know you or your case? Pregnancy increases a woman's caloric burns, nutrient needs, water needs, sleep needs...…

That's the problem though, there are plenty of places that come up but even places like Lane Bryant do not have extended sizes like I'm talking about... They cap at size 26 in most things. They had one single pair of stockings, and it was listed as 1-2x, no options for talls... and LB talls are usually for women 5'8"-5'10"…

I guess that depends on what your goals are. Now, I'm not sure why you have such an extremely low goal for body fat %... That's an exceptionally low goal even for a male. Unless you are a professional body builder and on an aggressive cut, 9% is very low. That is about mid-range for a professional athlete, and the maintain…

Generally speaking, 3 months is a good rule to go by before becoming concerned by a steady plateau. A lot of people who see consistent losses will get discouraged the first time they have 2 weeks in a row where they weigh in at the same number but 2 weeks is nothing to be concerned about. It's natural and normal to have…

Just for the record, if you undereat for a long enough period of time, it WILL cause enormous gains when you do eat. I don't think it's possible that OP is only eating 1000 calories, but from personal experience, being a tall person who ate 900 calories a day when my estimate TDEE at the time was about 2800, I gained huge…

If you are 100+ overweight, you likely have been consistently undereating for too long and need to increase your intake slowly with calorie dense foods at 100-200 calories per day until you reach your goal intake. It's completely possibly to be anorexic and very heavy (anorexic here meaning without appetite), particularly…

If you have that high of a goal, I assume that you are a larger person, either tall or exceptionally heavy. I make this assumption because I am 6'1" and 465 and my standard, non-workout day requires ~3600 calories to sustain. If you cut 1000 calories and have an initial goal of 2600 calories for intake, but then workout at…

If you need to cut calories, Chia is kind of a mixed bag so to speak. For them to be really good for hunger staving, you have to soak them, and probably need at least two spoons of it. On a limited calorie budget, Chia actually is going to be a hefty thing... a full serving of Chia is 150-180 calories afterall. It's a…

Women with PCOS *can* be more sensitive to carb loads, so many women dealing with PCOS see better success with low carb diets compared to more standard balances. However, PCOS in itself doesn't change physics, and weight loss will occur as long as you are being healthy and your intake is less than your output. I think we…

Yes, I understand this. However, as someone that was treated for medical starvation and treated for resting non-functional thyroid issues, I've plenty of experience with this type of change. Someone at that size who is expecting a quick loss, who has not been responding to a supposedly well-monitored diet, may well be…

It's a pharmacological fact that hypothyroidic conditions do not cause weight gain. They simply change your metabolic rate. So, adjusting your caloric intake to meet your caloric burns having such a condition is paramount. If you want to lose, you've got to measure, especially with such a small loss goal anyway. Surprised…

When I got my metabolism boosted up, I found myself waking up out of hunger in the middle of the night and kept a protein-filled snack by the bed just in case. I'd be asking more why you are getting up 2-3 times a night to go to the restroom. If you're peeing that much at night (assuming this is the reason) and aren't…

MFP allows you to do this with a premium account. Otherwise, personally, I would set my goals for the non-training day and then add my count from my exercise. That's basically how this is structured to work anyway.

Generally speaking, you've got to put your body under a fair amount of stress in order to stop your period from happening. Less than a week of changed habits is very, very unlikely to have caused any major cycle changes. Cycle changes are caused by either excessive stress (through exercise or limited dietary calories over…

The thing I find interesting is that your final statements here are exactly what I was talking about. I did not categorically state that running was bad. I said it can be bad, which is true. I did not go and look at the OP's profile, which is why I said it can be bad if you are exceptionally overweight. It's a fact that…

I think their concern is absolutely reasonable seeing as the general recommendation for men of average metabolism is that they should not eat under 1500 calories a day. Having a moderately active lifestyle would increase your daily intake need as well. Seeing as your calorie intake goal is set so low, which I'm unsure why…

Running actually can be bad for you if you are exceptionally heavy for your frame, because of the impact. There is no evidence that suggests that running is exceptionally more healthful than walking. However, if you insist on running, you there are a few things you have to do to be safe... 1. Have proper shoes for your…

I took several issues but I am opting to one point of correction here, where you missed my point entirely. The people contact me BECAUSE they find me on places like MFP with huge amounts of weight to lose or other places I post. They see me as someone that they can hook in for a long time and make money off of. They…

For me, it's not a lack of knowledge or anything... I just see everyone able to move so much faster than me. I look happy and healthy but I hurt so much. *sigh* Physically hurt. The easier part, they told me when I was 515lbs that if I lost 50lbs I would hurt so much less I'd feel so much better that I'd just want to keep…