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My boyfriend started liking me for who I am because he is truly one of the people who doesn't give a rat's *kitten* about what anyone looks like. He likes people for their personality, whether they're 90 pounds or 400 pounds. I can honestly say that this helped tons and tons with reaffirming my goal to be healthy, not get…

Ideal is a weight where you feel comfortable, have no weight-related health issues and are happy with yourself. Just because a chart says you SHOULD weigh such and so at 5'8" doesn't mean you feel comfortable at that weight. I'm 6'1" and currently weigh 265. I want to get down to 220, maybe less, but in all honesty I only…

Good job on losing weight. Not such a good job on having pretty regular days where your body lacks over 1,000 calories of fuel to function. You're effectively starving your body from the calories it needs, and I'm not entirely agreeing with a method where you starve your body.

I don't see any logs in your diary for water. Are you drinking any water at all? I don't see you logging any kind of drink whatsoever. If you haven't already, drink 8 cups/2 liters of water a day. If you drink coffee and tea, try to drink it without sugar or sweeteners (it takes getting used to, but as someone who spent…

3-4lbs is quite common for me. I'm having my TOM right now, but I've been losing about 100 grams in weight a day for the last 2 days. Admittedly I didn't eat that much because I'm just not very hungry during, but I've been drinking 10-12 cups of water a day too. If you haven't, try drinking more? All I can say is that you…

I'm not sure what the issue is. If you were expecting to be down 12 pounds in a week then sorry, that's not realistic and you'll likely end up gaining the weight back! You said it yourself that the fad diets caused you to lose a lot of weight. But here you are, starting from scratch (or even heavier than before the fad…

1 pound of fat = 3,500 calories. Depending on how you prepared it it won't have much more than 150-350 calories in it. So unless you're 3,000 calories over your maintenance goal already, it won't do much at all except count as a normal meal. Oatmeal has the benefit of providing slow energy, meaning it takes longer to break…

This has been discussed here often, and a recurring theme is that it differs so greatly from person to person that it's not sound advice for all. Some people benefit from small meals because it helps curb cravings and prevents them from overeating because they're never actually hungry hungry. Some people find it only…

Try to move your arms up higher. There's something called the 'proper walking form', which says that you need to bend your arms at a 90 degree angle with every swing. Doing so will improve circulation in your arms and prevents swelling and tingly fingers and hands. It looks a little silly, but people who run tend to have…

Try increasing every week with 100 calories until you're up to 1500. See how your body reacts. If it still isn't happening up slowly to 1800! Everybody is different, and taking it slow will help a lot. Carefully monitor your body (preferably use measurements instead of weight) and see how it reacts. It's a matter of trial…

There are tons and tons of stories of people who get addicted to these pills, with horrible side-effects that the bottles never list, including but not limited to seizures, hair loss and other medical conditions that occurred after using them. That said, diet pills are not the answer. They offer a short-term solution to a…

If you need that much beer to get tipsy, I almost think you're having a drinking problem. You built up a lot of resistance to alcohol and you need it to have fun... Sounds like a recipe to alcoholism and an unhealthy relationship with your social life. This is taking a huge toll on your liver too, so I wouldn't call your…

I never had a problem with carbs. I mostly eat white bread, white rice and white pasta, and I still managed to drop 8 pounds in a month. I have been replacing a lot of bread with oatmeal though, which has helped sate my hunger a lot better. But it depends on what I'm 'craving'. Some days I just want to scarf down a dozen…

Weight. In the water you're generally lighter than on the pavement, meaning your muscles have to strain less to move your mass in the water. There IS water resistance, but it's very different. I remember when I went swimming for the first time in a long time. Spent 2 hours swimming almost endlessly back and forth, felt…

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This is the dumbest quote I know of. I don't want to be skinny. I want to be healthy. I also want to live, and living means that I get to enjoy my life, not having to stare longingly from the sidelines at a piece of cake I really want, but have forbidden myself from having over some dumb fear that one slice in moderation…

I'm 6'1", female and our goal weight is somewhere between 160-190lbs. This is healthy for a woman of an average frame at this height. 140lbs only works if you're also very small in frame, such as narrow hips and shoulders. I'm pretty broad for a woman and I don't really want to go below 200lbs, regardless of BF% because…

There's a reason for your desire to be addicted to something and lose control. Likely this is something shaped by your past or specific experiences. It's fed by your surroundings that passively allow you to do what you do, even though you obviously hate it and want to change it. It sounds like me that you need to talk to a…

Poor? I don't even make a $1,000 a month from a fixed income and have to pay everything, including rent, mandatory health insurance, student loan, all my other bills and then have maybe 100-150 bucks a month to buy all my groceries with. This includes necessary things like toilet paper, detergents, cat food, cat litter…

I like tattoos, and while everyone is free to get them for whatever reason and of whatever design they please, I'm a strong advocate of getting meaningful tattoos. I have one on my lower leg. It's very important to me because it's in honor of my best friend, who died very suddenly without identifiable cause when he was…

Are you doing warm-ups and cool-downs?

That's a very interesting article! It makes my head spin trying to think of how to combine all those recommendations with normal life though, phew. I'm amazed most of you continue to work out during your menstruation. I'm itching to get some exercise in but I can't even concentrate properly while driving my car, much less…

A toddler who consumes 3,200 calories a day...... Holy wow. Just no.

Although it's tempting to log the highest number and go with that, like a poster above said there's no 100% accuracy depending on the model of HRM. If you log the highest number, try to eat no more than 50% of your exercise calories. This allows you wiggle room and ensures you don't go over your cal goal. :)

That's the hard part about it. My job can be pretty unpredictable, so some nights I can be in bed by 11, other nights I can stay up until 5am (like now) because something ends up taking more work. I can't shift deadlines and plan for unexpected turnarounds, and my sleeping schedule can go all over the place without…

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A lot of people don't consider it, but if you didn't go to the bathroom frequently for number 2, some of your weight may also be just the fact you have put food into your body that's not gone out yet. Don't fret too much, keep going the way you did. If you want to avoid this, try planning your vacation ahead of time and…

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Where does the hourglass fit into that picture?

It sounds to me like you're unable to commit to something because you don't make it exciting for yourself, so it turns into a chore really quickly. That's when you lose interest and move onto something else. I have the exact same thing and I've been forcing myself to stick to logging my food and doing new exercises and so…