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I'm not familiar with the 30 day shred, but surely, if you ordered it online or from an infomercial, you should be able to find out the claims made about the program and results. Since you have already purchased the program, the best you can do is try it out and she what happens. Personally, I find I get the best results…

I would like to add that I walk daily (2-3 miles), cycle 2-3x/wk (8-12 miles) and hike 6-8 miles on the weekend for exercise. I want to add yoga and strength training in the near future i.e. as soon as I can figure out how to fit that in my schedule. Please add me as a friend if you have similar interests or goals. Thanks,…

My daily min is set at 12K. My average is 16K and on weekends, I can hit 20+K steps, especially when I go hiking (6-8miles).

Hi, I'm Callie and I would like to join this accountability group. I find that setting small, attainable goals (10 days at a time) work better for me than setting big, long range goals. I'm 56yo, memopausal, 5'4". I started MFP in Dec 2012 weighing 232lbs. I lost a bit of weight in 2013-2014, down to 184, before recovery…

Maybe SHE needs to learn from HER mistakes, just as YOU learned from YOUR mistakes....

She will crash and burn sooner than later. Maybe that will improve her hearing.

Too cute!

Bump in the scale could also be due to tissue inflammation from an excessively intense workout.

huhhhh?

Airbnb, esp of in a large urban area. As for the gym, I'm sure every gym around offers a free 7day trial membership. Just keep checking out the local gyms, one per week.

I also have a Charge 2, but I don't sync it to MFP. I use it primarily as an activity tracker - to motivate me to move more. I get about 12000 nonexercise steps a day - just regular activity. I manually enter my "planned exercise" to get a clearer picture on my calories burned during exercise.

Going from 0 to 4x/wk workouts is hard on a body that isn't used to that type of intensity. Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is a good work out routine. I've been walking, hiking, cycling and lifting on and off for a couple of years, but whenever I slack off for a while and have to re-boot, I do it slowly. I will…

I put lavender, rosemary, peppermint essential oils in my epsom salt bath soaks. I don't know about any effects on weight loss (I doubt there are any), but it does make me feel relaxed and care-free.

so phentermine is a holistic drug??? who knew??

This and the recent recipe for avocado brownies has me puzzled...

If you are bored, maybe get "unbored" with a visit to the gym...

This is NOT a physical addiction. This is a psychological "addiction"; therefore your thoughts/attitudes/expectation/relationship with food must be addressed in order to fully recover. No amount of dieting or "eating the right foods" will change the psychological aspect of this problem.

That may be so, but you are not pouring 1-2TBSP olive oil on your food (as a "sauce" or "dressing") on your food, twice a day for a week running. Context, please.

I just glanced at OP's food diary. There are a couple of days with 4 TBSP straight olive oil!! ick! @simply_bubbz, why are you doing this? To what purpose?

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Why do you feel it necessary to consume 2 tablespoons of olive oil per day? Cook with olive oil if you like, but don't feel compelled to add it to each and every meal.

Are you cooking with it or consuming it straight?

56yo menopausal female 5'4" currently weigh 195 lbs, goal weight 148 walk, hike, or cycle daily for exercise 1400cals/day I don't eat back my exercise calories and am losing 8-10lbs/month.

How do you know that you ate 1200 calories? Did you weigh and measure everything and use accurate and correct entries when logging your food and drink?

The deficit is there, whether you "see" it or not.

06/03 - 6.2m hike 06/04 - 2.0m walk w/ dogs 06/05 - 1.2m walk w/ dogs 06/06 - 1.1m walk during lunch, 10.2m bike ride, 2.0m walk w/ dogs 06/07 - 1.2m walk w/ dogs

Greek yogurt is low sodium. Lots of protein, and add in some fruit, it is a great "dessert" snack.

I just looked at my actual DL. Height is listed, weight is not. Oh well.. Nevermind...

I'm down 12lbs in 2 months, so I figure by the time I get my DL back in 3-4 weeks, I will be down to 185-190. Maybe I will go with 180.

I don't eat breakfast - coffee only - the caffeine acts as an appetite suppressant. Then a big lunch (600cal) around 1pm. That leaves me full enough that i'm not "hungry" in the afternoon.