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Another hypo here. Pretty much what everyone else has said.... You can lose weight being hypo (once you get your meds and numbers stable). I lost 95 lbs. It will probably be harder than you wish or take longer than you like - but that's true for anyone. Exercise will help, but that's also true for anyone. I limit my…
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Absolutely amazing!!!! Congratulations to you! As I'm sure you know, your journey has not ended. It's now entered that next phase called "maintenance". Sounds like you are really ready for it!
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Bought a set of resistance bands today. Of course, now I have to USE them :smiley:
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2015 1 - finally started walking 10000 steps a day consistently 2 - lost my remaining 20 pounds and hit my WW goal weight (92 pounds total) 3 - became a grandmother for the first time :-) 2016 1 - accurately measure and log EVERYTHING that goes in my mouth for at least a few months to try and get a better reading on what…
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Couple of other options.... 1 - were your pants "snugger" than your tops to begin with? That's not uncommon....but then you would feel the "looseness" more quickly with your tops - even if you lost uniformly 2 - were you "top heavy" to begin with? I was "bottom heavy". VERY bottom heavy :-P I've dropped 6-7 pant sizes,…
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I couldn't agree with this more.....
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Before: I'm going to gnaw my arm off if I don't have that! Engage "Brain-shutdown" before it tells me NO. During - Brain has shut down.....I'm not thinking anything After - oh dear God, woman....again?! THINK before you eat that. Kshama2001 has it right. Bad voice is a liar! When I take enough time to let "good voice" into…
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Early on I never logged my veggies. I've lost 91 lbs....about 4 more to go. In the past few weeks I decided to really tighten up and log everything. My salad (4 cups of lettuce....plus other veggies and 1/2 Apple) totaled about 144 calories. That didn't include the protein I add on or the olive oil dressing. I log it…
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One 5.3 oz Dannon Light & Fit Greek yogurt....any flavor = 80 calories 4 TB Fat Free Cool Whip = 30 calories Mix it all up real good and you have a flavored mousse like dessert (just pick whatever flavor yogurt you want, like strawberry, lime, cherry, etc) for 110 calories. About 12g of protein and no fat. The cool whip…
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Most of the sales in this area were for $149....but I did find one on Amazon for $119. It was only the plum one though....
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I would agree that double logging in here and WW is a wise move at least for a month. It gives you a ether idea of how you might be over or under eating your fruits and veggies in WW. I still think that's the one flaw in their program. It's too easy to do either. They should be setting a min-max range for people. Still -…
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Um.....no. Synthroid is a man- made thyroid hormone they give people who do not produce enough on their own (hypos). They do NOT give it to people who produce too much (hyper). What they might do if you are hyper, is "kill off you thyroid" with radioactive iodine or remove it via surgery. This would then make you…
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Congratulations to you! I started a little bit higher than you (at 5'6") and have now lost 91 lbs. I also found it took about 25-30lbs before I felt any different or needed a new pant size. If you didn't take some other measurements when you started - take them now. After losing 18lbs, I had lost 1.5 inches from my waist,…
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Another WW member here. I became a Lifetime Member years ago, but put it all back on when I neglected to realize I couldn't go back to my old eating habits ;-). I have lost 91 pounds over the past 2.5 years and am now .4 pounds away from goal. I track in MFP mostly also - because their database is just soooo much better.…
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Yes thanks! I actually did this last night. It gave me one more daily point, but that will get used up in the 2tsps of olive oil I use daily (that went from 2 to 3 pts....). I haven't tried some of my other food choices, but I suspect some will go up.....NONE will go down :-P. I understand what they are doing (really…
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First, don't call it a "cheat day"....that is sure to instill guilt. Consider it a reward or treat for having worked hard and losing 70lbs. Second, log everything you eat. Just doing so will help you rein it in a little. Make it a special meal with a special dessert. It doesn't have to be an ALL DAY food fest..... Third,…
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1 - Most likely because they were not following the program properly and fulfilling their "healthy guidelines". If you eat all your points, plus 5-6 fruits and vegetables, you will NOT be under 1200 calories. The fewest points you can EVER get is 26. A point is about 40 calories. That means 1040 in calories, plus about…
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Another WW here.....yes, please share what you've heard about the new SmartPoints. I don't want to wait until next week either :-) I just lost 90lbs and hit my WW lifetime...for the second time....because I didn't learn my lesson the first time over 20 years ago. Anyway, here's the problem with WW, imo. Free fruit and…
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This. I am also a WW member and have lost >90 lbs. But I am a WW member for the meetings and weigh-ins. I would not be successful without that accountability. I am certainly not a member for their online system.... I actually use MFP for tracking and logging (altho I have added in the Firefox macro that will also give me…
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What everyone else said.....plus, I once heard someone say "When your desire to lose weight becomes greater than your desire to eat - only THEN will you lose weight". I hear that in my head all the time now and ask myself which I want more on a regular basis.
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I am also 5'6" and currently 202. I started at 260, so I've lost 58 pounds so far. I am also hypothyroid. I started out losing about 1.5lbs/week, but am now down to averaging 1lb/week. What I have found works best for me is: 1 - I eat about 100 calories/day less than what MFP (and most other calculators) give me. Right now…
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I suffer(ed) from Achilles tendonopothy also. I was pretty lame last year. Walking was tough, but I found biking was doable. I also iced 3-4 times a day, including immediately after my bike ride. Start with a short ride (1-2 miles) and see how it tolerates. Then you can increase your distance gradually. Also I had to stick…
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FYI - Fruit is not "free" on WW. They recommend you keep it to 3-5 "servings" a day. A good WW leader will make that very clear to you..... A "serving" of fruit equals about 60-80 calories, so you are talking somewhere between 180 and 400 calories of fruit a day. If you do the math with the points (each point is about…
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I am 5' 6" and 208lbs and been hypo for about 10 years. I have lost 52 pounds in the past 11 months. My calorie intake now is obviously less than what it was when I started. My current TDEE - 20% is 1550. I eat about 1350 (I just take 200 calories off - because I read that somewhere once and it seems to work for me). Three…
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1) Are you sure you are weighing, measuring EVERYTHING you eat? You would be surprised how quickly 1350 calories become 1800 calories (or more) when you are "estimate" the ounces in a steak, a cup of spaghetti, a half cup of ice cream, 2 T of salad dressing. I know - because this is what caused me to fail a few years back.…
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Thought - is it possible she did not KNOW that she could pull the pin out and adjust the weight to her setting? As odd as it sounds, I have seen numerous people at the gym who do not seem to know they can adjust seats or other parts of machines. They just assume they know how to use them and never ask to be shown. I would…
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Did you tell MFP that you would be "sedentary" for your activity level? or did you tell it you would be active? If you told it you would be active - then your calorie level was based off that. And as long as you were (as measured by your FITBIT), it was happy. But once you stopped being so active (as measured by your…
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I don't believe there is any way to "remove" steps recorded. I have noticed when I ride my bike "phantom steps" can show up - so now I remove it when I ride my bike. I think the more you jostle "side to side", the more they show up.
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Another FITBIT user here and I love it. I weigh in at Weight Watchers.....but once I started using FitBit with MyFitnessPal, my weight loss has been pretty consistent and predictable. I am set up to lose 1.5lbs a week and have been consistently losing 1.4 to 1.8 a week, on average (for the past 3 months). Before FITBIT and…
