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I did a search and found this poll. I'm disappointed that nothing seems to have come of it. I too, am trying to cut processed sugar and I would love to be able to distinguish between natural and processed/added sugar on MFP. Over the past few years, I found myself craving and eating processed sugar like never before, and…

In my 55 years, my personal views on unrealistic vs impossible have evolved. When I was 15, my new hips and boobs made me feel fat. At 5’3” and 110lbs, I was definitely in the short and curvy department. I was filled with raging self-loathing. I covered my bedroom mirror with magazine models in bikinis and tried as hard as…

Same! I was 15 in 1980. My friends and I didn’t know or care about fitness, we just wanted to be as skinny as possible. Cigarettes, black coffee, diet pills, and the Scarsdale diet! All this while we lay in the sun covered in baby oil to get as tan as possible!

Sounds like you’re doing a lot of things right. Two things: (1) be patient. To have realistic, sustainable weight loss, you have to be slow and consistent. (2) The things you’re doing now — exercise routine, food choices, etc. — can you sustain them over the long term? If you can, great, but if you go back to”old habits”…

Thanks! That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing since I started back in November. I can see my progress and track how long I’ve been doing a specific weight, how many reps, etc. It’s a puzzle game, getting the most bang out of your buck. I’ve cut down on sets but increased weight & reps and incorporated compound exercises.…

Treadmill, elliptical, big ball, bench, dumbbells (20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 5) I’m running 25 minutes on the treadmill (planning to go outdoors when it’s warmer) and 35-45 minutes of strength training

I bookmarked it for later, thank you!!

hmm...Well, today was 20 exercises because I had the time. Usually it's about 12 or so. I'm trying to hit all the major muscle groups and I alternate arms/back and core/legs every other day with a rest day every now and then. I'm no expert on compound exercises...I'm no expert on any of this, actually. I've based my…

I had missed this post earlier. Thank you for all the great points! My goal, as I mentioned earlier, is to be active and strong as I get older (and, let’s face it, sicker). Frankly, other than my cancer, I’ve never been healthier. I’m at a healthy weight, I don’t smoke or do drugs, I drink very little, I eat well, and I’m…

I was thinking I could lower the reps bc it’s so boring! 3 sets of 15 reps times ~20 exercises takes a long time! 😆

This is me exactly—functionally strong. I don’t want to be a weak hunchbacked old lady. I want to be a “damn you look good for 80!” old lady. Ha!

Thank you for this! Honestly, I’ve been feeling great thanks to ongoing immunotherapy and monoclonal antibody treatment (my cancer is chronic, therefore no cure, but I will manage it with drugs on and off for the rest of my life). The *only* positive side of having been so sick last year is that I dropped 30lbs…

Is it really that simple? Wow, so easy! I had no idea there was a formula. Thank you! 😁💪👍

Intermittent fasting means different things to different people. My husband has chosen a VERY liberal interpretation of intermittent fasting: every third day he eats 900 calories and eats "normally" without counting calories on the other days. Over the last 6 months he's lost about 12lbs and he's happy with this method. He…

Cheap chocolate. I LOVE chocolate, but if I'm going to splurge it has to be fine quality. The other day I was dreaming about chocolate...had a couple of Hershey Kisses...meh...what a waste of calories.

Ah...well, I see no reason to get off them now. I feel fine and they're working for me.

Lots of good advice here, the most important being eat like a normal person. Just because the food is there doesn't mean you have to stuff yourself. Also, remind yourself that the food at a buffet isn't that good -- it's mass produced, it's been sitting there under heat lamps growing bacteria, and people have been…

Is this to me? Sorry, I'm a bit confused because you said "I hope you are able to get on top of your other health issues." I'm the one who has other health issues, not the OP. Anyway...I'm doing what I can. Thanks.

I know. I forgot the pills, I didn't do it on purpose.

I’ve been on it for over a year. Not only does it help with hot flashes, it also got my anxiety and emotional ups and downs under control. I forgot my pills on a long weekend we went out of town and going cold turkey was a total nightmare. I couldn’t get back on it fast enough. I’m afraid to try and get off it now...but I…

I use it as a guide but I'm not strict about it. MFP way overestimates how much I'm burning with exercise, so I try not to eat my exercise calories back, but sometimes I do a little. I'm averaging a loss of 5-6 lbs a month, so whatever I'm doing it's working for me.

Can you schedule a personal training session at your gym? When I was starting out I found that working out with a trainer made me feel less intimidated and self-conscious. Now that I know what I'm doing I don't give it a second thought.

I suspect GMO sources of protein will become much more common as climate change gets worse, causing massive drought and global food insecurity. Most of us will be dead by then, but our kids and grandkids.... :(

I hate the taste of most artificial sweeteners. They stay with me all day -- I can taste them on my lips and tongue. Gross. I personally like Balance Bars (yogurt honey peanut is my favorite). They're not super sweet like some of the others, and they're sweetened with glucose syrup, fructose, and good old fashioned sugar.…

Yes, I get that. By the end of the day yesterday it had given me a calorie correction of over 650 calories, but I pretty much ignored that because I ate plenty and felt fine. I haven't yet worked out today -- sitting in my office -- and it's already logged 3500 steps but 0 adjustment calories, which tells me the Fitbit is…

I think I'm starting to understand -- thank you for the suggestions! I went into my settings (for the first time in a LONG time) and made a couple of adjustments -- it's allowing me to eat fewer calories now, but not a huge difference. Now that I'm back in my office and will spend the next two hours sitting at my desk, I'm…

Get up earlier so you have time to eat breakfast. Or eat breakfast later, like at work. That's what I do. I grab a Greek yogurt and a banana, throw them in my work bag, and eat at my desk. As for meal replacement shakes, see Slim Fast thread: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142821/slim-fast/p1

It's very difficult to measure body fat accurately, so don't beat yourself up over 3%. Lift weights if you don't already. If you don't know how, get a book. Don't give up!