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I was 306 Thanksgiving Day, 296 @ Christmas and 287 when I started MFP on March 4th and found the reason I couldn't lose weight. Today I am 253 thanks to finding the main problem in my diet, Sodium. It is the key and anyone who tells you it's not, either hasn't been there or is a liar. Period. A Kid with a broken back (…

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You just started. Just tweek one thing @ a time. Replace that "Propel Zero" with 4 cups of water (flavored with a lemon slice or squeeze) and your sodium would be under 1500mg/day. Replace canned veggies with fresh ones prepared without salt. Buy dried beans like chick peas, black beans, red kidney and pinto beans. Soak…

Where you live you will be getting a steam bath @ the same time! :-) I lived there when I was a kid.

LOL! You got a lot of company and it is only stupid if you learn nothing from it.

If you read this article, it should answer your questions, http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284 100 = too low and virtually impossible to do,. 2300 = too high I try and keep my sodium intake number near my calorie number, Today I blew it big time. If you open your diary, you will get better help

I have been working out with dumbells this way, while searching craigslist each morning and it has been great. I put the link you showed in My favorites so I can refer to it. I like it. A few days ago I found a commercial grade bench/squat rack plus a heavy duty 18 dumbell rack for $100, plus the guy gave me std curl bar…

Why do we need to be politically correct about anything?

My diary is open and is working for me. I have been taking BP meds for 23 years. Taking 12 pills/day my BP would not stay below 150/100. Three weeks after starting MFP and seeing how much sodium is in processed food I had to stop all but 3 of them because I got the salt out of my diet.. Fresh boiled or steamed vegetables =…

It is really tough to advise someone when their diary is closed.

Yes you can, and only you can provide the help you need. Don't eat so much salt! If you are only eating 1200 calories/day, You should keep yor sodium intake <1200 mg/day, but not too low. I have, on average, done that for the last 10 weeks losing 30 lbs. But after Easter weekend I was 9 lbs heavier Monday morning. Water…

You do not need a gym to lose weight. You do not even need to exercise to lose weight. You have to consume less calories than your body uses. That is about simple as it gets. Thanksgiving I weighed 306, Christmas 296. March 4th When I started MFP, I weighed 287. I have lost 30 lbs in the last 9 weeks on mfp with very litle…

A picture of Homer Simpson on the fridge and cabinet doors may help.

^^^^^^^^^^ Does he know MUNCHIES???

I do. it's become part of setting the table along with a note pad and pencil

Neither, but better than the 210g of sugar I was getting from the 2 litres of ginger ale I drank every day. I have diet soda occasionally now, but not often. As I began drinking more and more water, I lost the taste for it. I also find that filtered tap tastes way better than any bottled water, which is where bottled water…

I had no idea either until a friend told me about that article and that I need to get my sodium below my calorie intake. Sodium is important so I try and keep mine @ 1000 mg/day. I aslo got off 7 different blood pressure meds in the first 3 weeks after lowering the sodium It is late and I need some sleep. I am online at…

Those little pinches of salt = 295 mg of sodium each. I add salt to nothing. If you add salt to your salad, potato and meat thats 885 mg of added sodium

Sorry it took so long. We live in the country and computer is slowwwwww! For the last 7 days your sodium intake average = 1,741 mg/day. I think that if you get it down below 1200 and keep it there you will see better results. It worked for me and my wife so far. She has lost 19 lbs in 9 weeks.

I just need to see sodium. Maybe you know your daily average for sodium over a 30 day period? If you read this article, it will give you a clue to what may be your trouble .http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sodium/NU00284 I was eating 1200 calories/day and not losing weight. When I got my sodium intake below 1200 mg/day,…

Would you open your food diary for a minute?

Are you taking HCTZ aka "water pill"?

No

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I was wishing someone would send us some of that so-called "Global Warming" this mornig! I am sick and tired of winter! As far as the lyrics go,......................every thing I see or think about brings lyrics through my mind?

That is 3.75 mph. I would log walking @ 4.0 mph for 16 minutes. It will be slightly optimistic but close enough. It will only make a slight difference in calories burned

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