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Thank you Hun Yeah I've been in and out the last year due to infections that this surgery will hopefully put a halt to

Try and eat at maintenance, make sure your body is getting protein and keep up the fluids I had surgery Monday and struggling to get in more than a couple hundred calories and I'm weak, dizzy and have a viral throat infection Prioritize getting better over weight loss while in recovery

I upgraded from Fitbit to a Garmin as I hike a lot and was so sick of Fitbit GPS dropping if I so much as looked at a cloud or a tree Garmin tracks my hikes, my heart rate (I have medical issues) my gym work outs and so many other things that I find handy

7000 is a lot Hun if your not used to it When I weighed 387lb 500 steps was a lot for me as I couldn't walk unaided. I'm currently 234 and on a bad pain day can't do anywhere close to 7000. Don't diminish your accomplishment by measuring yourself up to others. Be proud of what you've done and aim to improve a little at a…

If you can get out and walk, even short multiple walks then it's a good way to get the step count up Alternatively I do the walk at home videos on YouTube as we've had a storm here, I did the 5k video yesterday and plan to do one today too

I jumped back in with both feet on the first, spent to long pissing about Used to weigh 27st 6, currently weigh 16st 11 but would like to not alarm people on holiday in may 😂 I bought a 90 day weight loss journal to have something to do with my hands in the evening and planned to hit up national trust places to walk all…

I'm 41, have lost 150lb but have struggled up and down the same 20lb for last few years instead of getting permanently rid of 50-80 more pounds. I've already lost my mum. She had strokes in her late 30's that were untreated as docs told her it's just a headache (and ignored other stroke symptoms) and to go lay down. She…

I live a good quality red Leicester but at Christmas I like brie and cranberry sauce on Jacobs crackers Before I realised I was pregnant with my son I got my daughter out of bed 30 minutes before the supermarket closed just to go buy cheese Goats cheese with caramelized onions served on pastry squares was made while I…

7lb Went from low carb to eating alllllllll the carbs (pizza, fries, pasta, desserts) highly salted foods at that and alcohol Hopped straight back on it next day After a week it had all gone with an extra pound It's just water retention from the salt plus extra food weight in my stomach/bowels

I love to walk, I'm lucky to leave next to the Peak District in the UK I hike carry my 7 year old, hoping that counts as lifting for future function reasons 😂

Hell yeah, when I've been struggling to sleep my brain trys to convince me we will be fine if I mainline sugar. I will get myself a triple espresso coffee and drink it while nibbling a biscuit. Caffeine will get me through the day and my brains happy with the slowly eaten biscuit lol

I follow fitness chef and Joshua hill nutrition on Facebook as both follow calorie deficit and not demonising food Sick of seeing folks insisting you need to cut out anything you enjoy, promoting devices that are meant to have you skinny in a week, stealing people's before and after pics to do so

I lose motivation all the damn time. I started with over 200lb to lose, I'm down 150lb now I have a friend who does a lot of bulking and cutting cycles so gets how long term dieting can really drain you Taking a couple weeks at maintenance before dipping back into it helps as does changing up what you do for fitness I also…

I have a porridge cup for breakfast with a coffee because my daughter makes it for me (due to medical conditions I struggle to function in the morning) Lunch I have a protein shake and 2 cheese strings Dinner is a protein, a carb and veggies Evening snack is a protein pudding from Aldi My family and I are very repetitive…

Well that sure beats the cows and sheep we usually encounter on our hikes 😂 Although other hikers think I'm nuts walking through cows with my 6 year old on my back 😂

I lost 170lb then got stuck before gaining a little back I had to have a real hard look at what was going on in my life I had drifted into a relationship that was making me miserable. My activity levels day to day had gotten lower from me being low I was eyeballing portions instead of weighing and they had crept up I…

I have one friend who I text my daily weight to and will talk fitness with My 17 year old daughter knows as she sees me eat and hikes with me And that's it. It's no one else's business

I hate pics anyway but in my head I'm still the near 400lb woman I was. I convince myself I can't fit places, leave big gaps expecting to get stuck otherwise so it seems odd when I don't have issues But in pics all I see if the folds of skin. The bingo wings, the double stomach Would be great if I just never had to see…

I hate that side effect of the beta blockers I'm on It's dropped my heart rate by about 50 beats a minute and even when I'm going flat out with the exercising I struggle to get over 120 beats Down 11 and a half stone and now keep gaining and losing the same bloody stone 🙄

I used to have my diary open but closed it long ago from the unsolicited comments Things like "omg I would never eat that" answering with "well then it's a good job it's me eating then" was met with "if you care about your health you wouldn't eat anything processed" Sod right off with that. If you've not been asked to…

I started off very sedentary with 230lb to lose, I started off set at 2lb a week because Iat that weight I could spare the calories Now I have about 70 left to lose and have it set to 1lb a week so that hunger while not busy doesn't have me reaching for extras If I do have an active day then bonus, I can have a little…

I jumped back on my diet Monday, I'm a daily weigher so got to see what happens with daily fluctuations By Thursday it showed 8lb down....... Purely water from much lower carbs than I took in over the Christmas period. Then it started to show my weight going up, now 2lb up........ Its not a fat gain, I just really needed…

2021 was a mixed bag for me Started ok, still losing slowly from 2020 Hiking in summer I had an accident. Slipped landing hard on rock so had to scale back exercise My relationship turned more and more abusive and I slipped back into eating my feelings and hardly left the house I've ended the year 5lb up from January 1st…

My daughters doctor tried to get me to agree to putting her on dopamax recently as she can't have the meds I take for my migraines....... Hard pass on that one doc She's special needs, she doesn't need her life making any harder

Yep they emailed members at the time, I did as told and changed. It immediately Last year I had a string of scam messages using that old password, reported those scammers immediately as I was well aware that they had bought old information

I'm never hungry when I wake up but always hungry at night So I don't eat until 1 to 2pm and have lunch, dinner at 6pm and supper about 9pm So long as you keep to your deficit it doesn't matter what time you eat, just try to stop before you fall asleep waking up with a mouthful of food isn't fun 😂

My last lot of bloods were deficiencies in vitamin D, calcium and iron I'm not sure I want to know what's gone south now 😂

My weights been going up and down the same few pounds since I had covid in december I think for me it's the fatigue. I'm so sluggish my exercise is no where near my usual amount which is putting me near maintenance since I havnt dropped my calories My doctor took bloods yesterday which have been flagged so I have to go for…

The half naked soft porn looking accounts don't really want friends I just reject those And I never click on links even from long term friends without an explanation of what it is and why they are sending it to me

Definitely a referral to a dietitian is the way to go I was bmi 40 in my last pregnancy after a rapid drop from bmi 70 She became invaluable as I was very unwell, she could tailor my diet in and out of hospital depending on what my body was doing at the time There's no way I could have kept myself balanced without her…