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f I found this to be the case with cheese!

Ok, wait. 4 belly button piercings? This is totally off topic - but how did you fit 4 in there?

Whoa. Clearly you made me think a bit deeply about this. Good job - pastoral work clearly suits you.

Weirdly, I've been considering this recently. For the past 5 years, I've been a grad student, and my life revolved around my work, and fitness. My social life needs were met at work, and I spent a lot of free time exercising as a stress release. Now that I have a stable job and weekends (my first steady weekends in 15…

Added protein powder to my morning coffee so I can hit my protein macro for the day. It's not even 10 am and I'm a little over halfway to hitting it!

Hey, just checking in, how are you feeling today? Better, worse, or the same? Taking the time to notice these little differences help. If you are better, that's great! If the same, that's ok! Worse? Why? Is there something proactive you can do to change it slightly in either direction? Don't judge it, just assess.…

Last night I put down the bag of Cheez Doodles without eating any!

Depression tried to kill me too...The only thing I can think to do is to set a few small goals everyday. Maybe hit just one of your macros, exercise for 30 minutes...goals you could all of in an hour. Personally, I hit a real low point 4 years ago, and I've been feeling myself backslide (and gain weight...hmmm) due to a…

I'm motivated because the more I exercise, the better my mental state. Even when I'm tired, I realize the exercise I get is what keeps me on low doses of meds. Exercise is necessary for mental health. My mental illness is what motivates me.

A lot of recommendations get made to fix diet first, and slowly add exercise, although I found that starting with exercise made me want to eat better. Go for walks, take up yoga, weight train...if you're up for it go for jogs/runs/jaunts on the elliptical. Exercise will make you feel less sluggish, and more motivated to…

There have been a bunch of posts, from what I gather the skin does begin to retract over time, although many elect for surgery to remove it. Continue your weightloss, and be patient with your body

Walnuts, oatmeal, olive oil, blueberries, green tea, salmon, and dark chocolate have been shown to help alleviate mild depression. I looked into everything I could before taking antidepressents. I still needed them, but honestly, I think my low dose is maintained because I watch my diet, exercise, and see a counselor

I fell off the wagon, but have caught it before too much damage was done... have gained about 5 pounds, but considering it took 6 months to lose 20, and began the summer with the goal to lose another 5, not so good. Didn't really stop working out, just stopped logging, and started overeating. But it feels like it's back to…

I have no idea why it doesn't, but MFP won't if you don't also enter the length of time you did it under cardio. In cardio there is an option for weight lifting, there you can find the number of calories burned

To increase protein intake. Some people find it really hard to get as much protein as they need in their diet, so they supplement with bars and shakes. They can be an easy way to increase protein, but also can have lots of calories and sugar, so be careful. If you are consistently under your protein macro, you might want…

Biology Masters student here, actually came in as a PhD, and now, 4 years in, have decided I've been working crazy hard for a life I didn't want. Hopefully just one more year to go now. Feel the pain of trying to fit in fitness, simply because in (science) academia there is not a lot of respect for activities outside the…

I am reminded of a meditation story where the moral is "if you are busy, you should meditate an hour a day, if you are super duper busy, 2 hours a day." I always thought that was insane, until I realized that exercise is necessary to my mental well being. It IS that time in the semester where everything gangs up on you,…

Elliptical useless? Good Lord....I can't run due to a back injury, and need low impact cardio. Aside from swimming, the elliptical is the only thing that gets me to a sweat. Granted, it's a nice elliptical with high resistance, and honestly I figure out my calorie burn experimentally (if I lose the expected amount of…

Yep. Biology grad student. Honestly, fitting in the fitness sucks, but I have found it is necessary to maintain my mental health. Every time I come back from the elliptical, my boyfriend asked how it went. I almost always say it sucked. Then I get in the shower and crawl into bed, and do it all over again the next day.…

I don't know where you're attending grad school, but usually universities have local asian grocery stores, you might have good luck finding the edamame that's mentioned on the list there, and that has a lot of protein bang for your caloric buck

I feel your pain! I feel like my life lives around protein, getting enough without overdoing calories... It's hard. I eat eggs, oatmeal (can have 5-7 grams depending on brand) with milk, beans, tuna fish. I am fortunate and have access to lots of good affordable seafood, and grocery chains that do a lot of buy 1 get 2 free…

So, for me, a big part of the joy of logging is seeing increase in ability over time. Personally, my approved parking lot got moved, and now my car is a 20 minute walk away, but I don't log that walk. I do, however, log my "intended" excercise, elliptical time, and the increase in weights I lift religiously. I don't do it…

I actually lost most of my weight without joining. Then my best friend died, and I gained a whole lot of weight by sitting on the couch and eating my feelings (my grief tastes suspiciously like cheetos and vodka) and getting drunk and miserable. I got super depressed, and was suicidal. I woke up one morning with a bottle…

I'm in the same boat as you...I've set my calorie counter in myfitnesspal to lose half a pound a month, and I'm tapering off. Losing another 5 pounds won't be bad, it's just vanity, and I'm trying to get a grip on what it feels like to eat at higher calorie levels slowly. I found when I went to maintenance, I would just…

Now I'm on maintainence, I agree totally with the idea that it's the same, with more room for treats...

My guess, since it's only been a few weeks, is that you've lost water weight too, and that speeds things along. From what I gather, when you have a bunch to lose, the first few are the easiest. You seem to be doing fine (although I'd up the exercise, personally), More disconcerting is the depression thing you mention at…

I'm 5'9" and my original goal was 145, but I'm toying with 140. I suspect that might be too hard for me to maintain, but it's worth a shot.

I'm with you. I took a desk job, got to 160 pounds, went to grad school, got back down to 145, a friend died and I got super depressed, went up to 170, am now at 155, goal weight 145. I got some pictures back from a conference I went to and was like, whoa. Not good. It's coming off slowly, but then it's really not a lot of…

Yes. Holy crap yes.

5'9" 155 lbs...and it soooo depends. I'm anywhere from a 0-22 depending on brand (abercrombie vs torrid kinda thing, although I don't truly shop at either place). I sew, and pattern measurements put my bottom half between 10 and 16. My beloved Levi's (midrise boot cut dark wash) are a 6. One day I thought I would try and…