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Under regular medical supervision, at age 63 (I am 5'8" tall), I have lost 55 pounds. My weight was 240 pounds when I began, and this morning it is 184.8 pounds. I did this, through a combination of committed determination, eating within the same 8 hour time window each day (to give my digestive system a rest 16 hours a…
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Stunning changes and amazing discipline and motivation! Congratulations are definitely in order! That last 20 pounds will gradually come off - consistency and patience will win the day! Merry Christmas to you!!
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Good morning Fricka! I took the vegetables I like (carrots, celery, cucumbers, multi-colored bell peppers, some red onion, tomatoes, green chiles) as well as 1/4 of a small seedless watermelon and some organic red wine vinegar - diced them up and out them in the blender and left it on low for about 2 minutes, making…
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Congratulations! The intermittent fasting really helps a lot, doesn't it? And you ate sensibly. What number was your total cholesterol at the start when you weighed 247 pounds? And where was it when you restested your blood at 15 weeks (191 pounds?)
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Hi Purplestuff - everyone approaches how they make their food choices differently. This is only my personal opinion below - you do what makes sense to you and ignore what doesn't. If a food scale works for you, go ahead and do that. What B.M.I. percentage do you want to have? A smart scale can be really helpful. Just weigh…
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First it would be helpful to know your current weight (what you want to maintain) and height and age. And what BMI you would like to have. Regardless, it is not reasonable to have 2 cheat days a week between 2,500-3,000 calories on each of those days. You have not said what those cheat day include in terms of total protein…
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1. Continue walking 60 minutes a day, six days a week. 2. Stay with my clean eating patterns all week - except for a Saturday cheat item at breakfast or lunch. 3. Continue drinking primarily 8 glasses of filtered water a day, non-alcoholic seedlip cocktails occasionally, and a virgin bloody mary once a week. 4. Aquajog in…
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p.s. this isn't the first time I have been heavy and lost weight (and then gained it all back again through overeating). I have been overeating for the last 15 years, but 240 was the heaviest I have ever been. I weighed 130 pounds when I was in my 20's, 30's and almost all of my 40's. I would go gangbusters, lose a bunch…
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I started at 240 pounds on August 28th, 2021. I weighed 194.4 on November 22, 2021. 45.6 pounds lost - another 45 pounds that I want to lose by May 2022. I am halfway there:) I am 5'8" tall and 63 years old. What worked for me is the following: 16:8 intermittent fasting every day (I chose 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.) Eating as…
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Everyone can have a dreadful day and blow it. Just get right back on track.
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You are welcome, Xmingxue. You can do it:)
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I'm in!
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I'm trying to stay very close to just under or a tiny bit over 1200 a day.
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Obviously your BMI is low and so is your weight, so this isn't about losing weight. It's about building muscle in that area. I'd start doing 10 sets of 25 lower and upper abdominal crunches a day, and do that every single day for six months. There should be several ways to do crunches properly to support your back and not…
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Hi Brandiperkey: I'm 5'8" tall and I'm not sure how much I weigh - it could be between 215 and 225 pounds. Ordered a scale on amazon and it comes sometime Monday. I want to lose 50 pounds in the next 9 months. Happy to support you and everyone else giving it consistent effort. WE CAN DO THIS! :) I'm planning on cutting out…
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I lost 8 pounds in January by eliminating sugar-wheat-gluten! I read a book called 'The End of Diabetes' by Dr. Joel Fuhrman because my HbA1c got to 5.5 and my fasting insulin to 9.0 and it was a big wake-up call. And I am 54, so that puts the lie to the myth you can't lose weight after menopause/as you get older -…
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I would like friends to talk to that keep me on track too. I'm trying to lose 35 more pounds so that my blood sugar levels are below 5.0 Read 'Wheat Belly' by Dr. David a week ago, and he recommends no sugar and no wheat/no white flour/no rice/no oats -- only veggies, lean protein and fruit. I'm trying, but right now I am…
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I'm 5'8" and my starting weight before I joined MFP was 205. I'm 54 years old. I joined MFP at 185 at the end of July. I weigh 175 after 30 days on MFP, a ten pound loss:) My goal weight is 140 pounds, which I figure I can do by the end of January 2014. When I was at 18% body fat in my mid-30's and working out like a fiend…
