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For reasons that other, smarter members are more qualified to explain, men overall lose weight faster. I have no idea why. That said, it's likely he doesn't put his calorie goal quite so low for what he wants to lose. That's a mistake most of us make in the beginning. You might want to consider upping your calories a bit,…

There are many foods that are vegetarian that can boost calories without making you too full. Nuts, peanut butter, cooking with full fat olive oil, etc. You can substitute full fat versions of foods you are already eating rather than diet versions. Lots of members find they need to make the switch to fuller-fat options…

There have been absolutely no smart *kitten* answers. Not one. There have been several answers, however, that did not say "It's okay to eat below goal, especially if that goal is low to begin with." We are giving you answers, feedback, to which you'd requested. They are obviously not the answers you wanted to hear. That…

It sounds to me that you're hungry because you're hungry. How often do you swim and do you eat your exercise cals back? Your list of food today is very paltry. I would be starving, even if I'd done nothing but laze about in bed all day.

Malnutrition is cumulative damage. You won't feel it for awhile and even when you do start to feel it, it's easy to brush off. (I'm stressed, I'm tired, I'm working too much, I'm eating too much sugar, etc.) Then it'll hit, you'll be sick and wind up making the road ahead even harder. It's good that you are looking at the…

........yeah, I got nothin.

I could be wrong since I've never had a child, but 22 pounds doesn't SOUND like a lot of weight gain. I mean, you are growing another entire human being inside of you, right? Maybe they are more worried about things like gestational diabetes and whatnot and are asking you to look at your nutrition macros??? (Again, I could…

I think the want to talk about this is forcing the topic onto a board where it won't get the support it needs. Lots and lots of members here have had marital troubles just like you have and I'm so sorry that you've had to go through this. It sounds incredibly painful. I'm a huge, huge fan of the share - of getting things…

This is good advice. Don't go balls-to-the-wall from Big Mac's to skinless chicken in a day. Take your time, don't worry about macro's until you get your bearings on portions. There's no need for food to be boring. If you're inclined, go crazy on cooking all those neat little dishes that are posted in the Recipes forum. If…

Truth.

I've made a bad habit of bouncing in and out of MFP for months at a time recently. My suggestion would be, as your build up your friends list, become active on the forums. Not only will you be able to reach out to others who would make good friends, it's also a good way to keep yourself involved while you are building up a…

:laugh: That made my night!

1) You can eat your calories at any time with no adverse affect. Meal timing is irrelevant. 2) If you have a hard time making up for a big burn at the end of the day, try eating more earlier. It'll balance out.

Mine went down from a 40 DD to a 36 D. And at my smallest, they were filling out a 34 C. They do shrink, just slowly. Boobs have A LOT of concentrated fat, so that's going to be slow going off.

On average, I would side with just messing around or being sarcastic. The general vibe of MFP can be pretty sarcastic but it doesn't usually get outright malicious.

Now THAT is a damn good day indeed! I needed to read this, thank you! Congrats to every one of you who made that possible!

It's pretty normal that giving up one vice leads us to picking up another. Food can be a vice, too. That said, congrats on putting down the sauce and taking control of your new life! Rock on!

I'll give you the nice answer first: It's a scam. If it worked, there'd not be a fat person in America (and they wouldn't be charging anything less than 10 grand for a 30 day supply.) You'll notice the bottle says "with diet and exercise" - that tells you what will be doing the work. (And it ain't the pill.) Here's the not…

Going to smash two of my posts together *SMUUUUSH*

Thank you. It is a subject we both feel very passionately about. This is a good thing. Thank you. I agree with this to a point. But when you are looking at potential treatment plans, the type and duration of depression IS important. Will you try CBT therapy? How about medication? Sun lamp treatments? Talk therapy?…

And I've lived with my condition for 32 years. I think we might be even on that scale. Just a touch, I daresay. I have in no way disregarded your experience - only those who exclaim a bath makes them not depressed. I don't recall you saying anything like that. You took a statement that someone else said (that I agreed…

Then what did you mean?

"Investigating my conscience self, my mind". That sort of sounds like you used sheer willpower. So tell me how that's not willpower? Simply because one is NOT on drugs doesn't mean you're not depressed. But IF your depression can be chased away with a bath, a walk in the park, a good book - that's not clinical depression.…

Far from "minimizing", this diagnosis will allow doctors and patients to set up proper treatment plans. That's the entire point of a diagnosis. If someone gets diagosed and then says "Eh, screw it, nothing to be done," the fault is with them personally, not the diagnosis. If you do not understand that a diagnosis is a…

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Easy, because clinical depression is an actual, physical, scientific, spongey-gray-bouncy-brain-quantifiable-thing. As in, it affects certain areas of the brain, certain neurotransmitters and neuroreceptors that fail to fire properly because of actual, physical misfiring in the brain. Situational depression looks and acts…

I freaking LOVE this. Thank you for putting it this way!

I have a card that my mother made me one year. Handmade Christmas card on paperbags, with ribbons and glitter and sequins. If her mind was healthy, I could tell her I will never throw it out. Her mind is not healthy. She will never be a safe person for me to tell that to. As far she knows and will ever know, I lost the…