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Have you had recentish trauma or stressful events in your life? I know that when I begin a new job, I have terrible nightmares for months. Your brain might be interpreting scary life events as you sleep. The one really horrible time I had a trauma experience I had nightmares about it for years. If you do, or even if you…
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Good evening ladies, Age: 39 Height: 5’8” Current weight: 208 Goal for April: 199 Ultimate goal: 150 This week was a setback for me, unfortunately. After being down to 206, I’m back up to 208. Could be because of TOM, but TOM comes every other week now, has been like that for over a year. Twice every month! Very weird. I…
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Thank you everyone who posts here, I really appreciate all of you sharing your journeys. And thanks very much to the moderator of this thread! SW: 215 CW: 206 Height: 5’8” Age: 39 Goal for April: 200? Is six pounds in a month doable? I tend to build muscle very quickly, so it can mess with my weight totals. I’ll be happy…
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SW: 215 (beginning of March) CW: 206 this morning March has been a wild, crazy month! I decided to come back to MFP and log, and get back to eating less carbs and sugars, which seemed to work for me in the past. It's great to see the scale heading in a downward direction, instead of up. Thanks so much ladies for sharing…
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Height: 5' 8" Starting Weight: 215 lbs Weekly weigh in: 210 lbs Down a little bit on the scale today- just a few of pounds lost, but every little bit helps! I'll take it. This is such a great group and I enjoy reading about what you all are doing in your lives. Kenziestables, I have a few coworkers like that! They're...…
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Hello Everyone! This seems like a really supportive group and I'm excited to be back at MFP! I'm trying to get back on the wagon after a roller-coaster-ride with my weight for the past ten years. (Actually, my whole life) Was heavy-ish through middle/high school, went down to about 130 in college, I had my son in 2009,…
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Sent you a message! I’m jumping back on the train again too, after a year or so of hiatus. We are all in this together, let’s get healthier. 🙂
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I second what FlyingMolly said. If you can imagine it vividly without experiencing nausea, then you can probably eat it. I always check mentally firsthand if I've got a bad stomach flu. Lots of water, chicken broth, and ginger tea is good for when I'm ill. When I start solids again, scrambled eggs or I like to toast up a…
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Italian Grandma Soup: Cube eggplant, tomato, onion, and zucchini Add frozen or fresh spinach Cook until tender, then add 1 box of low sodium Chicken stock Add Italian seasoning and ground pepper to taste Mushroom, Pea Pod, and Carrot with ginger sauce Use a dab of peanut oil to soften veggies in a skillet In a separate…
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Good question! If you're truly feeling full and satisfied, you might be getting enough. My advice is to start weighing and measuring your servings for everything. Most of us (myself included) will assume that we've eaten one serving, but it's usually so hard to visualize that we wind up eating 2-3 servings. if this is not…
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Not really, I like my gym a lot. It's the local University gym, but is open to the community for a small yearly fee. You would expect the college students to be judgmental or rude, but they really just keep to themselves and independently work out. No harassment that I have seen, but there are occasional issues of small…
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Hello, Feel free to add me as a friend! I also am trying keto and hoping to lose about 20 lbs. good luck with your journey!
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When it comes to taxes of any sort, it is always very telling about where the money goes. Who does this tax most impact? Poor and working class citizens are biggest consumers of such products and are the most impacted. Is the new tax on sweetened beverage being used to benefit the poor and working class? Does it pay for…
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I know I had issues that lead me to overeat. I think I somehow managed to stop using food to deal with those issues, but I haven't actually dealt with the issues themselves so now they're sort of running loose with nothing to numb them down, I often phrase this up as "everyone needs a vice" If food is no longer the happy…
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With competitive athletes, this is actually pretty normal. Gymnasts in the Olympics, etc. By all means provide her with easy mobile snacks, especially when she's really busy, but it doesn't sound like she has a problem. The doctor does not sound very worried about her at this point. My sister and I did competitive figure…
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This. I used to work in clothing. Juniors sizing is even cut differently, with a much narrower hip ratio, and a longer leg line. It is meant for younger girls still in the lanky phase, not that I was ever in a lanky phase myself. I would suggest you look at petites which are specifically for female adults, and give a much…
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It becomes more important when you are trying to maintain. If you keep loosing faster than your goal, or if you dip below the goal, then you may want to adjust. As a farmer, I disagree with the person who stated that the only real workout you can get only happens with a gym membership. Come and carry bales of hay into my…
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I use low carb to maintain now, about a year ago lost my baby weight using Atkins. I'm a strong believer in low carb. I feel great and you will too! Feel free to add me :)
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All zombie jokes aside, Ebola is getting very close to actually causing some serious global issues. When it comes to Ebola, even disposing of the bodies is highly dangerous, not just from the disease, like in this article where Red Cross workers trying to dispose of the bodies were violently attacked.…
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Maintaining, ah yes this is a common problem, I also went a little below my goal, though I tried to maintain at a specific number. Maintaining is tricky. It can kind of be a math issue. Calories in, calories burned. I also feared gaining back just as you mentioned. What I wound up doing was just letting the lower number be…
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Every human has their faults, so that's that. Not something I would say to my DH, especially since I gained unspeakable weight with my son and he never complained once. We both got more active as my son started getting older so we would all feel better and live longer. That said, if you both want to focus on health and…
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Who told you they were unhealthy? My mother-in-law is constantly spouting 1970's era nutrition lore- and none of it is true. There are a whole lot of nutrition myths out there and some people love to rattle them off pretending to be an expert. Avoid these people, or if they can't be avoided (as in the case with family)…
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I like the idea of donating it to a food pantry or local homeless shelter- we sure have a huge turnout lately at the small food pantry my church runs- summer months see far less donations as people tend to get busy and it's so far away from the Thanksgiving/holiday season, when we see most of our donations. It's also great…
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Congratulations! The first trimester, I just had a hard time keeping anything down. :) it isn't too different than normal nutrition, just avoid alcohol and such of course, but another user suggested looking into a book on pregnancy nutrition. They actually sell them at stores like babies r us so maybe go this weekend,…
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I know this post is old, but did you ever find out what was causing it? I woke up this morning with a gland the size of a softball, and very painful. After a trip to the er, I still have no idea what it is. They told me to elevate my head, use heat, and see if it goes down in two weeks. I'm wondering if it's some kind of…
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Lol, when I am jogging, men in trucks rev the engine/ honk at me. This behavior, in a rural town, is some type of flirtation, but I find it annoying and frightening. For some reason, the men here enjoy watching a gal jump with fright. Bring an empty jogging stroller with you and it helps prevent all that. Not just jogging.…
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Homemade ground turkey chili with tomato, kale, and black frijoles Tuna or chicken on oat/flax bread pita Scrambled eggs with spinach, feta and olives (either heated or cold) Veggie sticks with homemade hummus Chicken and tomato soup with kale and basil Pork or beef stir fry with lots of veggies, either with or without…
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I assume you're English because you measure in meters and kilograms, but it sounds like you're experiencing beginners frustration. When I started, I certainly couldn't run a mile, my heart would hurt, my boobs would jiggle, I hated the whole experience. The best thing to do is just take it one step at a time, very small…
