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First off, what that guy said is unacceptable and hateful and anyone that loves themselves wouldn't tolerate such disrespect from another. It doesn't help anyone to kick them when they're down. She is taking action or else she wouldn't be tracking calories and working through the emotional eating. Second off, he is wrong.…

Interesting post. Thx for the info! Ignore the bonehead comments.

I feel that we either pay the increase in food cost now, or we pay the much larger increase in maintaining the symptoms of our diseases later.....and feel much worse for it. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Anyone with debt, trying to figure out the right insurance to buy, how to plan for adequate…

I agree. It's chemically altered which introduces too many toxins into the body. Your body has enough to fight in its day-to-day battles. I'd rather have real sugar, but at a lower quantity than doing fake stuff.

I'm so glad this lady spoke up! :-) Maybe a better way to measure your progress and where you want to go is body fat percentage. I find that with weight training and things, the scale may not move but I'm still shedding fat and it provides a great way to know how far I've come with my body fat %. In the end, that's all…

Having someone actually fit you is what matters. I went to Nordstrom's a couple of years ago to get fitted and they changed me from DD to G. Of course, the bras fit perfectly and they explained that the part in the middle should be flush against your skin and only one finger should fit under your strap for the area between…

I think it depends on your goals. For instance, when I began this journey months ago, my goal was to be more active....especially since I have a desk job. So I would log everything that had me up and moving. If I climbed stairs, mopped, emptied boxes, I counted it. I wanted to get a clear picture of my starting point and…

Just keep in mind that with starving your body, you may drop weight, but it's doubtful the bulk of it is fat. When you're body goes into starvation, it breaks down your muscles first for nutrients because you aren't supplying enough of it....or any in the case of this diet. That means that you can damage your vital organs,…

Yep, me. :-) I'm breaking my goals down to 20 and 25 lbs at a time so I have short term goals too which is why my ticker reflects what it does. I am around 236 but I want to get to 145. My approach is weight lifting and cardio because even though I want to burn fat, I also want my resting metabolic rate to be higher and to…

I think sometimes people may be talking about "healthier" options. A lot of the things mentioned on the thread may not be "healthy" per se, but some may be better than other options. It's relative. It's also a journey for people. Some people are so far on the other end of the extreme that having fried chicken is a vast…

I have one. I log all activity and food in MFP and it gets synched with Fitbit. The Fitbit tracker will synch once you are close enough to the base station which means you don't have to log anything in Fitbit. It's kind of a summary of how you did after it has synched with MFP. Just remember to log the time you started…

I like your post and I agree! LOL. There were some people that wanted to turn it into a fight, but I can appreciate the intelligence and insight that many came to share without letting it become a bloodbath. I'm kind of impressed that most.... yes most and NOT all... people were respectful and enlightening. :-)

I am white and some of my black friends and I use the N word with an "a" at the end...not an "er" at the end. I guess the point is that it's about relationships and communicating with your friends and what's cool between you two. Not everything is the same level of comfort between different people. I'm pretty sure that if…

How much time has passed since you have stopped losing weight? Insulin resistance is a big thing with women these days and it can slow down or halt weight loss. When we take in a food or too much of a food that causes a spike in our insulin, then it can cause our body to store fat. if this is the case for you, you can look…