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I weigh myself every day and put them into the app HappyScale - it's an app that plots your weights over time and then smooths it out into a much less fluctuant trendline. It keeps me sane during what could otherwise seem like fairly irrational ups and downs. :)

I can't reasonably comment on how many calories should be consumed, not knowing what the scientific evidence says (and I imagine any evidence wouldn't be high-quality because it's pretty unethical to calorie-restrict pregnant women for research purposes). But one thing my O&G lecturers emphasised again and again is that…

The way one of my medical school lecturers told us to think about type 2 diabetes risk is that genetics basically sets your "trigger weight". That's why some people can be very thin and still develop diabetes, while other patients can become very morbidly obese and avoid it. Your genetics set the weight at which that…

I've had tricky to control asthma since I was eighteen months old. My exercise induced asthma can be a cold burn, but the way I tell it's asthma is that long after the rest of my body has recovered from exercise (heart rate back to normal, body has cooled etc) I still can't get a proper deep breath, I'm still wheezy and I…

As a person who isn't at all fit, I will be bluntly honest and say I (and the unfit people around me) *do* get jealous. But it should be as completely unacceptable to make a negative comment to a fit person as a fat person. If anything, we should celebrate that you're doing something that makes you happy and is great for…

I'm in my last year of medical school, and from both a patient and doctor side of things I'll just proffer my personal opinion, which is: - research has never grappled with the individual well when it comes to something with *so* many confounding factors, like studies into diet - big research trials into dietary guidelines…

I have huge problems with sugar addiction and the times I've been successful in breaking it was just to eat high on the fat and protein. I eat a lot less added sugars when I can have delicious melted cheese or full fat yoghurt instead. Doing it this way, I found I was naturally sated and staying under my calorie goal…

So many of my old friends have dropped off the radar. :( Would love to make some new ones! Add me!

Also, I forgot to mention; I agree that anyone who wants to take control of their fertility by having their tubes tied should make their own decisions. But having your tubes tied wouldn't solve this problem, sadly, because periods happen with hormone signals from ovary to uterus via the blood stream, so passage of the ovum…

Just for a countering opinion, I've tried basically every form of contraception available. Got banned from taking any oestrogen-based therapies because they caused a particular class of migraine, progesterone-only/mini pill was terrible, Mirena didn't work (TMI warning: because I get very strong cramps/contractions with my…

Hi there! My name is Jade, I'm about the same age as you, and would also like to lose roughly fifty pounds. I've given this a good shot twice before but was too restrictive with myself and gave up. Playing smarter this time! Knowing my activity ends up in someone else's news feed is great motivation. :) You're very welcome…

If you can quantify your caffeine intake in milligrams, most health organisations (e.g. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, United Kingdom Food Standards Agency etc) generally recommend capping your intake at 200mg a day to keep you and the baby safe. A medium McDonald's iced coffee is around 133mg. The…

I haven't really had any issues eating 1200 for about seven weeks now. My main strategies are: - Eat a lot of low-density foods, ones that take up a lot of space but not that many calories. Raw vegetables, shakes with skim milk, lean meats and fish etc. And if there's a lower calorie version of something, I generally take…

Not the OP, but that was actually super motivating, thank you! The long view really is incredibly different than a few weeks at a time.

Okay, I would like to disclaim that I'm definitely not a doctor, just a medical student. So this is definitely not adequate medical advice. But the only thing I could think of to match might be a pilomatricoma - a benign skin lesion that most frequently occurs on the head, neck, or arms. They are typically firm to the…

I had Provera to treat my amenorrhea in what's known as a "progesterone challenge", which is used as both a diagnostic tool and to induce periods in patients with amenorrhea. I have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) which has led to difficulties with my periods from the very first one, and in people with sufficient…

Right now I'm 80% raw, 10% otherwise vegan, 10% vegetarian. It's going to be hard to maintain because I live on campus, but I'm hoping to stick to it to the best of my ability!