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Do you think this would work with bacon? Or do you think it would need to be something cold? Bacon ice cream??

I am happy for your success. Losing 50 lbs is an amazing accomplishment. Your food choices are amazing and it looks like you are working out really hard. You are under your calorie goals daily, but sometimes *way* under. I congratulate your success but I caution that you definitely want to net over 1200 calories per day,…

I must respectfully disagree. I did not say that it is easy to insert, there definitely is a learning curve for insertion and removal. I think that she *thought* that she initially had it in the right place but it is very unlikely that menstrual cups, tampons, babies, etc would just "fall out" of one's vagina, unless she…

IPOARM follower from 2012, spreading the word.

If it was falling out, it was definitely not in your vagina. I don't know *where* it was, but definitely it wasn't in there. This thread, while amusing at times, also sadly points to the limited knowledge that many women have about our own anatomy. From not knowing the difference between a urethra and a vagina, to the…

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This is key. "Don't be that guy". And how do you do that? By setting a plan for yourself that doesn't involve deprivation. Don't eliminate entire categories of foods or swear off of sweets forever. That's not realistic for most of us. During this process if you want a hotdog, have a hotdog, but track it and make sure it…

To make your diary public you go to My Home -->> Settings-->> Diary settings and then under diary, select "public" I just want to commend you on the progress you are making. You seem to be working on all aspects of making yourself more healthy all at once and that can feel overwhelming at first. Sometimes it helps to break…

When I fall asleep. I find it difficult to chew then...

I belonged to a gym for years, pretty consistently; I was a regular, always there through the waves of people who start in January every year and then quit around February or March. I would get up at 5am to workout for an hour before work and I just hated it (plus I wasn't paying attention to my eating at the time so it…

^^This. Some people just want to lose weight fast, not permanently. We had a Biggest Loser contest at work a while back and the woman who "won" lost 30 lbs or 40 lbs in a relatively short period of time. Flash forward to now and she's gained back all of that weight and then some. Meanwhile, she is constantly commenting on…

What ever happened to Rick "Never Gonna Give You Up" Astley?

I don't feel bad if I go over but I definitely track it and try to stay under. I do it not for water weight issues but because I have found that I get swollen if I eat too much salt and that my blood pressure is salt-sensitive. I have been able to keep my blood pressure lower without medications just by reducing my salt…

People flirt with me more now. They used to flirt before, then they didn't and I just thought it was because I was getting older. I guess it's just because they think I look hot now... I'm ok with this. Also, I move differently now. I had not noticed that I was developing the "fat waddle", you know where you move side to…

There is a reason for the phrase "tastes like chicken". It's because most chicken is rather nondescript in flavor. It tastes like whatever effort your put into doctoring it up. Sounds like you should go for a different protein. Life's too short to eat boneless skinless chicken that you don't even like.

I hear you and I feel your pain. But let's take a trip into the future: December 31, 2013. You have logged into MFP daily. You are tracking what you eat and exercising some and getting motivation from friends real and virtual. And you've lost 1 lb per week, just 1 lb per week by doing all those things you know you are…

**slaps forehead*** No, literally, I read this line and slapped my forehead. Am I the only one? Save your money. Look away from the gym products for sale. Back away from the counter. Put your money back into that place where you keep your money. You do not need to take pills to lose weight. It will not be permanent, even…

From Eatingwell.com Maple-Roasted Sweet Potatoes 2 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces (about 8 cups) 1/3 cup pure maple syrup 2 tablespoons butter, melted (or olive oil) 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon salt Freshly ground pepper, to taste 1.Preheat oven to 400°F. 2.Arrange sweet potatoes…

I'm about to have pasta for dinner. There will be sauce. There will be meat. There will be cheese. It will be yummy. It's within my calories for the day. None of that other business matters.

Ditto to putting plain kernels in a brown paper lunch bag and popping in the microwave. I didn't even know you could do that until I read it somewhere here on mfp. It totally works and no oil or special hot air popper is needed.

This is smart and well reasoned advice that I hope others heed. Everytime I read a thread where someone thinks the answer is to eat too little and exercise too much, it saddens me. People want an easy fix but don't take the time to figure out sensible numbers for themselves. To maintain weight for a lifetime wouldn't it be…

Really good advice here and I echo the sentiments. I will also add that you'll want to make to make sure that he's not drinking his calories. Many kids drink large quantities of soda, sports drinks and juice (especially juice since people think it's "healthy") and end up drinking more calories than they realize. Often by…

Pizza is awesome, enjoy. I'm more concerned about the goal you mentioned on your profile of wanting to lose 20 lbs in 5 weeks. If you approach this like a crash diet you will not be able to sustain it. Just try to eat a balanced variety of foods, exercise and stay within your calorie goals and you'll get there. Slow and…

**sighs** Two words: visceral fat And if people insist on disregarding why the issue of whether the child is obese or not obese is important, all I can say is "carry on". We should all just throw out our scales and tape measures and "eyeball it". My doctor says I'm obese but my neighbor and a bunch of strangers on a…

This notion that you can tell if someone is over or underweight just by looking at them is completely false. And more importantly, why do we care about obesity in children? It's not because of the way it makes them look, it's because of the impact that obesity at a young age can have on their future health. You can not…

I'm really surprised by all of the defensiveness in these posts. Fact: You can not determine whether someone is obese, overweight, underweight etc just by "looking at them". People over and under estimate the weight of people all the time. And if you are using the barometer of other kids you've seen to determine this, good…

I totally understand your fear. But I think it helps if you set other goals for yourself besides the number on the scale. Come up with some NSV (non-scale victories) that can make you feel good about what you are doing for yourself, even during those weeks when the numbers don't go down (and there will definitely be weeks…

I've heard this crazy theory that sometimes when you're "ridiculously hungry" it's because you need to eat more. But that's probably urban myth... How many calories did you eat? How many did you expend with exercise? Those numbers are a good place to start, otherwise we really will just be guessing.

If your BMR is 3000 calories, then eating under 2000 calories and not eating exercise calories is the reason you are so hungry. It sounds like you need to eat more.

Looking at your diary you still have 800 calories left for today, so no need to panic. It would be helpful if you calculated your TDEE, BMR etc to see what your calorie goal should be. It is possible that you need to hit 2000 calories for your current weight and level of activity and that may be why you are hungry. The…