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I do this, but with tea. I find the hot tea soothing and some of the teas I have taste a bit sweet without having any actual sugar in them :smile:

I use unsweetened soy milk in cooking/oatmeal/tea/etc. I don't like the taste of it plain but if it's in things then it's fine and has less calories than the sweetened stuff. If I want to drink a glass of something, I really like the light chocolate soy milk that silk makes. I haven't had it in a while, but if I remember…

I also tend to work out in the morning on an empty stomach. In fact if I go running with food in my stomach it actually makes me nauseated. I'm a little different from @robininfl in that I don't eat after working out until lunch generally. I find if I work out really hard, I might have a GU or something similar (I'm a…

OP - I'm glad to see this thread has been helpful to you! Add me to the group of people who eat pizza regularly. Just about every Saturday night I have a couple of slices of pizza as a part of my dinner. Sometimes I might go 100 cal over, but I usually pay more attention to my weekly calorie deficit - as long as I'm 100…

MFP SW: 178 CSW: 164.4 CGW: 152.0 UGW: 140-ish Week 1: 163.0 (While on vacation! Yay :smile:) Week 2: 162.2 I've been working on batch cooking breakfast and lunch for the work week. :wink: Week 3: 161.8 Not much of a loss, but every fraction of a lb counts. Really rough week this week. :# Week 4: 160.7 Not doing great…

The association of pica and iron deficiency anemia is that pica is a symptom of iron deficiency anemia. It does not itself contribute to the anemia. OP, I often have the urge to eat when I'm not hungry. Sometimes I give in, sometimes I don't. Either way, I log it in my diary and move on. I'm trying to learn about why I…

I have a fitbit One, not one of the wrist ones, but I find it to be very accurate. I go by the calorie goal on MFP (set to sedentary, negative calories enabled) and eat more when it syncs with fitbit. I'm losing weight at the rate I would expect for my calculated deficit.

When I first started working out I could sustain a heart rate in the high 180s. I couldn't feel it, but did start feeling poor if I stayed in the 190s. As I keep working out its slowly decreasing and now I'm generally in the low 170s. I talked to a cardiologist just to be sure because my friend was concerned. He did a EKG…

I've noticed that today it doesn't seem to be working. Usually it does. It synced a bit after I got up this morning but hasn't updated since then and is saying I only got 26 steps today. There are issues every once in a while - it should be fixed in a day or so. I saw someone else saying they were having issues too.

1. I don't eat beforehand but that's personal preference. I get nauseated if I have something in my stomach when I start running. Other people feel nauseated if they don't eat. Trial and error will tell you if you should eat and if so, what to eat - from what I've seen most people have food that's more carbs but maybe…

I drink a fair amount of ice tea. There's not enough caffeine to counteract the amount of water so it's still hydrating and has a flavor I like. I drink hot tea too, but usually not as much as ice tea. I make it by the pitcher and keep it in the fridge :)

I have gallbladder issues too. I had my first gallstone attack at 19. Since most of the women in my family have had theirs removed in their 40s-60s, the doc said I'll probably have to get it removed eventually, but I can control it for a while with diet. Hopefully if I can control my diet and weight then I can wait until…

Some other things I use: -I have a Garmin HRM and a Fitbit, so I have their apps -Wokamon is a game app where you get points for steps to play the game - it connects with lots of fitness trackers or step counting apps -Happy Scale to smooth out the readings on the scale (I weigh daily) -Habit Bull helps you record your…

Good for you - not everyone is like you I like carbs

I have to catch up on posts but I wanted to show the poster I had made for my marathon :) Hopefully it doesn't come out huge. I'm not great at this image thing

That's because Fitbit will continue to give you calories, even after you go to bed at night (until midnight) based on your activity level (even a sleeping person burns calories). When I look at the previous day then I find that Fitbit and MFP are very very close. I eat what MFP tells me to and I have been losing weight at…

MY STARTING WEIGHT: 178 (my MFP starting weight) 5/09/16: 160.4 5/16/16: 159.9 5/23/16: 5/30/16: 6/06/16: 6/13/16: 6/20/16: 6/27/16: 7/04/16: 7/11/16: 7/18/16: 7/25/16: WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE WEEK: 0.5 lb GOAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR TOTAL CHALLENGE:10 lbs (9.5 lbs to go) GOAL WEIGHT RANGE: 149-151 lbs ULTIMATE WEIGHT LOSS GOAL:…

@Elise4270 - sorry to hear about your pup! I shall keep my fingers crossed! I had a cat die suddenly and we had no idea what happened. The vet looked into it and said her heart was huge, but she only had 1-2 heartworms. He thinks she had an allergic reaction to them, so we had no warning and no chance at treatment. :'( I…

I wouldn't do it myself. But if I was one of your 8 friends I would think it was totally funny and interesting. I'd probably be asking you how much stuff weighed and then look it up on the restaurants website for calories - because I am also a total data nerd. And an enabler. Haha. I might even weigh some of my stuff too.…

Now I'm sad - I don't use Strava or Runkeeper :( Maybe someday they'll link to Garmin Connect ETA: They have an email at the bottom. I saw they do marathon posters, so I emailed them to see if they can do one for my marathon from last month.

MFP SW: 178 CSW: 164.4 CGW: 152.0 UGW: 140-ish Week 1: 163.0 (While on vacation! Yay :smile:) Week 2: 162.2 I've been working on batch cooking breakfast and lunch for the work week. :wink: Week 3: 161.8 Not much of a loss, but every fraction of a lb counts. Really rough week this week. :# Week 4: 160.7 Not doing great…

@_nikkiwolf_ - even though everything I wear on race day is something I've tried out several times before, I always seem to end up with chafing in areas that never chafed before! 05/04 - 2.6 05/10 - 3.0 (35 minute run put me at 2.98, restarted my watch and ran an extra 15 sec to get to 3.0, haha :wink:) Didn't get to post…

I like steel cut oatmeal with chopped walnuts, slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, and either raspberries or blackberries :)

@louubelle16 - people call me crazy for signing up for races in the winter where it's really cold. But honestly, I can handle cold, heat no so much. I'm super sensitive to high temperatures, especially sudden increases (I got lightheaded dealing with a sudden increase to 74 F the other day). I'll still do races in the…

I'm in. I live in Japan, so it's already Monday the 9th for me :smile: MY STARTING WEIGHT: 178 (my MFP starting weight) 5/9/16: 160.4 5/16/16: 5/23/16: 5/30/16: 6/6/16: 6/13/16: 6/20/16: 6/27/16: 7/4/16: 7/11/16: 7/18/16: 7/25/16: WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE WEEK: GOAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR TOTAL CHALLENGE:10 lbs GOAL WEIGHT RANGE:…

I'm trying to get back into a running schedule. I was running 4 days a week but the past month has been very sporadic. I ran only once this past week. This week my goal is 3 days - they don't have to be long or difficult, just getting out there and running 3 days of the week to get back into a rhythm.

MFP SW: 178 CSW: 164.4 CGW: 152.0 UGW: 140-ish Week 1: 163.0 (While on vacation! Yay :smile:) Week 2: 162.2 I've been working on batch cooking breakfast and lunch for the work week. :wink: Week 3: 161.8 Not much of a loss, but every fraction of a lb counts. Really rough week this week. :# Week 4: 160.7 Not doing great…

For the OP - if you've been tested for insulin resistance and have an issue, then talk with your doc about how many carbs to eat, etc. A lot of clinics now have diabetes educators that will go over all of it with you. Aside from that, there's no reason to limit carbs. Some people find it helpful that when they limit their…

@Anabbee - if that happened to me, in my head I'd be saying "it's none of your *kitten* business," but would be too chicken to actually say that outloud and would probably just look at them weirdly and walk away. @Elise4270 - I'm sorry your co-workers are difficult to deal with! Mine can be too... I hope that 2 weeks is…

If you're going to weigh every day, I highly encourage using a program to "smooth" out the line. Something like happy scale (iOS app), libra (android app), or trendweight.com (website, connects to fitbit if you have one). I use happy scale since I have an iPhone. I tend to be the exact same weight for anywhere from 2-7…