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I had one of my rare nights out with empty alcohol calories. After I was dropped off back at home, I started having empty food calories. A rough one-two punch
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One of my favorite blogger just today made the perfect post to answer your question. She started, brand new and fresh, and has been blogging about it for about two years. Today she wrote a recap of her first bike and what it meant to be a beginner. (I'm thinking you don't want a mountain bike. why drive a lifted 4x4 to…
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I discovered yoga two and a half years ago. The first two years I was officially obese. I've lost about sixty pounds and my goal is a total of ninety. 99.5% of all yoga is easier for me after having lost weight. I was able to keep up and making progress while larger. It is just easier. It wasn't my initial motivation, but…
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Regarding Fiber: I just remembered I have the "fiber consumed" report here on MFP. It is a chart form instead of numbers. It looks like over the last thirty days my low day is about 22G and my high days are around 45G, a guess is that the daily average is about 35+ grams/day What is yours?
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Lot's of responses. Two things: I get a TON of fiber. Nothing but whole grains, lots and lots of fruit, and vegi's too. (I'm in California and hit Farmer's Market for all of my shopping). I don't think it is constipation, I guess, it is consistent and doesn't cause me any pain of suffering. I think it is the less in less…
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Overcame obstacles: I loss few pounds than I predicted, but I had a really big unexpected family thing happen and it took over about ten days of my routine. I was shooting for eight pounds and it looks like I will have dropped about four. That is a success, right? Four pound loss is really really much better than not…
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Stella77, I'm curious both inskydiamonds and I are also 5'8", we all are shooting from around 147lbs, but her daily calorie seems to be 1550, mine is 1500, and yours seems to be 1200 per day. What am I missing here?
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Funny, beans, really all legumes are a huge and very nice part of my diet. So many people I know, particularly those from the U.S. East Coast have all kinds of reservations, concerns, and problems with them. I don't for a second discount the pain and symptoms people have. On the other hand I think it might be like how…
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Wow, We are spot on in the progress and goals department. MFP's Basal Metabolic Rate calculator gave me the goal of 1500/day if my hope is to drop 1 1/2 lbs. per week. I've tried, and done pretty well. In four or five months I've gone over the daily amount less than 10 times. In almost all of those "going over" days I was…
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Hold on. Let's start out with "I'm obviously strong and motivated because I am here." "I am who I am and I'm alright with that, though I'm going to do all I can to be my best self." You get the picture. It is kind of like magic if you say what you want and only say what you want usually you get it. Leaving the jeers and…
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Good. Um, so what do we do to "friend" each other. I'm not seeing the button and the "invite" section looks like it is to "friend" people who are not currently on MFP.
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What has kept me going is multifaceted. I've been trying to answer that question for myself. There are many things, but two are really prominent. I had heard that Weight Watchers is the *best* commercial program. I didn't join WW, but I tried to breakdown what it is they do. I came up with "WW Points" is just a simplified…
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It is possible. Tell me where you are today? 1 day, 10 days, 99? It seems a good thing to bring some transparency to this process we are going through. If you tell me here the number of days, I'll be sending you good wishes, and anxious to here reports down the line. Even if they are that due to circumstances your streak…
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I really like this one: > 5. Every year my MIL insists on buying me clothes... and every year they are too small and > its embarrassing. This year, the top that she is bought is too big! Congratulations.
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Very nice. And, I like the idea of the holiday being the point of comparison. Maybe I should do a New Years Day shot of myself.
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A big general bit of advice that nearly or all agree on is to eat less processed foods. Soy is highly processed. It is kind of like the white flour version of wheat. Eat all the steamed soy pods you want (edemame) Kind of like juice...don't drink too much orange juice but go ahead and knock back several oranges if you…
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When you decide how quickly you want to lose weight (like 1.5 lbs a week) in you goal section it comes up with a grand total of calories per day to make that goal. So: 1200/day you make your goal. Burn 200 calories doing something and then eat 1400 cals (1200+200) you still be on your pace of 1.5 lbs a week. It isn't…
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I bought my first food scale in July and it has really opened my eyes on what is a portion what is 100g, what is 1oz. etc. Mine is analog, and at first I was disappointed because I really wanted to try and be very accurate. After awhile I've become comfortable with the +/- 5gm accuracy. What is funny is if a serving of…
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I'm just not sure there is a "low-cal cracker" substitute...that's sort of my point. Ounce per ounce I think good bread wins out on calories. As someone else wrote the psychological difference between 3 wasa flat-breads and a single slice of bread is something to consider BTW, I calculated the cost differences: $0.48/oz -…
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Well, coming from another side of the coin (everyone so far has suggested that you may end up looking the perfect person you dream of) If you come to exactly your goal weight, exactly. Then at the goal weight you become as lean, strong and flexible as you have ever been in your whole life. And you maintain your goal weight…
