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YES! You don't have to buy into the "premium" hysteria. Buy what you can afford, based on your priorities, and eat within your calorie goal to lose weight (and macros to improve body composition). You have made the choice that eating premium meats and veg is a priority for your family, instead of going on holiday or…
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To me, it's one of those things that's always been super tempting, but like I've read time and time again, If it really worked the way the marketers try to tell you it does, nobody would be fat.
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Unless you have some medical reason to prefer a low-carb diet, it isn't really worth it. I've got PCOS and personally, I've lot weight just counting calories, but because I'm trying to get pregnant, I'm attempting to eat low carb to try to get my body to ovulate. If I didn't care about getting pregnant, I'd just eat at a…
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This times 100%. The all-or-nothing approach almost never works. The "perfection" plan almost never works. BUT believing in your own power works. Believing that you are THE ONLY ONE in control of what and how much you eat works. Changing your perspective works. You have to stop putting yourself in the position of the…
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My son and daughter (5 and 3) regularly talk about how I'm fat. It's true. I am. I don't hide that. I'm trying to lose weight, because I want to, but that doesn't mean I'm not proud of my body where it is right now! My son drew a picture of me and Hubby ice skating (we don't do that, LOL) and he said "this one is you,…
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PCOS here. I find that I lose weight relatively quickly and easily when I eat low carb, and that it also helps me to ovulate somewhat regularly. Just stinks, because if I have any kind grain-based carb (oatmeal, bread, etc) I get super cravings to eat every carb in the house. Hard to ignore it, even if I'm not hungry.
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I am just now actively TTC our third child. I want to lose as much weight as I can before I get pregnant just so I can actually LOOK pregnant and enjoy the way I look while pregnant, but I'm not terribly worried about it. Just figured I've never been thin and pregnant! Being overweight and pregnant was never really an…
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I think over dependence on processed carbs CONTRIBUTES to a problem with obesity. It's easier to eat, cheaper to get, and tends to leave you feeling less than satisfied when done, leading to people continuing to eat to fulfill either the emotional need to enjoy tasty food or the physical need to feel full. It makes it more…
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Certain aspects of PCOS can make it more difficult to lose weight when following a traditional diet. If you have insulin resistance (which you likely do, as you're on Metformin) your body can crave carbs which makes it mentally exhausting to try to diet unless you do something to help regulate that insulin reaction. The…
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Honestly, I have some of what I want. I try not to have a lot, but if I do I move on.
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Log it, then make like Elsa and Let It Go. One day won't make or break you. If you need to for your own mental health, or you find it being a regular issue, reflect on the situation and see if there are any triggers you can identify for the behavior and work on either modifying your lifestyle to avoid the triggers or to…
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Book, absolutely not. What good is it? There isn't anything in there that can teach you more than you can learn for free online (or heck, at a library). DVDs however, sure. I hate her personality but her workouts are good.
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I'd portion out all of them into the appropriate servings, then put what you aren't going to be eating this week in the freezer or into a bin with a lid, so that I'm not seeing ALL of those treats every time I look in the pantry, etc. That way you aren't wasting money by trying to buy the single serve packages or buying…
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I'm sorry for your injury and wish you a quick and complication-free recovery. I agree with others to focus on a maintenance level of calories to allow your body to heal as efficiently as possible and that you might see some gain or fluctuations until you become mobile again, but it should come off pretty easily when you…
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I drink when I feel like having a drink. No real schedule or routine. Sometimes I'll go two weeks and not touch any alcohol, some times I'll have a couple drinks every single night of the week. Sometimes I drink liquor and mixers, sometimes it's beer, sometimes wine. I try to make sure it fits in with my calorie goal, or…
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I like to drink cold-brew coffee in the summertime! Instead of using the hot brewer, you steep the ground in room-temp water for 12+hours. It makes a MUCH smoother coffee perfect for drinking black, even if you don't like black coffee. I make "vietnamese" style iced coffee, but it isn't exactly "low-cal" or "healthy". It…
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I used a lot of excuses. Some of the "I don't need to lose weight because I'm in good health" and "My husband is still attracted to me, so who cares". Some along the lines of "I have PCOS so I can't lose weight without cutting carbs, and I hate doing that".
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I don't really have a set preference. Some days I feel great about having a few good meals. Other days I just want to eat all day, so I graze on tiny portions all day long. I just try to go by how I feel when I am ready to eat my first meal of the day. If I'm starving in the morning, I figure it's a grazing day. If I can…
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I would say those are some Non-Scale Victories if I've ever heard any! Way to go. It's so hard to add in the nutritious stuff and moderate the less-nutritious sometimes, but if you can reach a balance, I'd say it's a win!
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^^ What She Said. I'm a SAHM and I've found I really sit a lot, because I don't bother doing the "cleaning up after the kids" during the day! LOL The house gets one 20 minute sweep to pick up toys and junk at the end of the day and real cleaning on the weekends, but during the day I just can't stand to see everything I…
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Log it and LET IT GOOOO....
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But also, yeah, a breast lift is essentially cutting out the extra skin and supporting tissue and sewing everything up a little higher.
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BAHAHAHA. I don't know if I'm quite impressed enough yet. Give it a few more years and procedures and I'll decide if I need a consult! LOL
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Less skin, resulting in perkier breasts? I'm not a plastic surgeon, though.
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Oh god I'd love to lose some boob. I mean, belly and thighs, too, but some boob for sure. Actually, I don't know that I want to lose the boob, so much as lose the skin that contains that boob, because it has decided gravity is stronger than skin tissue. Fracking gravity. I wish weight loss could give me a lift. That would…
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I weigh daily because the fluctuations don't get me down or anything. Just reminds me to keep working hard to get the scale to move in the direction I want.
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Pretty much any cookie. I am such a fan of cookies. I had to not even buy Girl Scout cookies this year, because I just knew I'd eat a whole box and be left wondering how to get more! LOL
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There is some "bro-science" that I've seen saying that working out in a fasted state can help to increase the amount of loss coming from fat instead of muscle, but... Broscience will be broscience. So the idea is that it doesn't make you lose any more than you would from any other calorie deficit, but that you should be…
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YUCK! LOL Certainly nothing I'd even begin to consider. I love me some processed goodies!
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I believe the idea is about eating real "whole food" for a month and seeing what kind of changes that brings you. So, nothing processed I believe. It could improve a person's health, because obviously whole food is healthier than junk food, but CICO is what will matter if you want to lose weight.
