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According to the Mayo Clinic (a reliable source), about a quarter of the US population have some NAFLD (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease). The three ways to reduce it's effects are a healthy, plant-rich diet, maintaining a healthy weight, and exercise. (Yup, the old saw "eat less and move more" rears its ugly head again.)…
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You get to decide how many calories you will eat. You don't have to use the MFP settings. If I use them and put in 2 pounds a week and sedentary, I get a number way too small for me to be satisfied. I eat 1725/day and walk a couple of miles most days. This means I've been losing 1.5 pounds a week pretty consistently since…
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Food sensitivities are odd and individual. I'm fine with gluten but really can't eat tomatoes. Too many of those and my mouth even buzzes like it's thinking about anaphylaxis! Do what works for you!
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Good morning. I turn 70 in a few months and am in the process of trying to lose 1/2 my initial body weight -- slowly working from the 280s to the 140s. I'm a lousy online friend as I don't do the daily likes and checks and so on. On the other hand, I enjoy writing on the boards. My diary is open. If you friend me I'll…
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Waist trainers and belts don't do anything to change your shape or weight. Wear them if you like them, same with spanx, corsets, etc., but don't expect any long term advantage from them. If anything, they weaken your core muscle strength not increase it so you are less able to keep your tummy in after you take it off.
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Pasta is not a "no-go." Getting a family-sized baked ziti chicken alfredo with extra cheese and mushrooms from my favorite place and eating it in one sitting is a "no-go." Instead, I get one of their delicious wraps. I can still eat a whole take-out item without going so far over on calories. I just change what I order.…
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This is exactly right. The other thing is to know what you are trying to do. You are trying, slowly, to adapt to a way of living that results in your sustaining a healthy body. To do this, you need to eat less and move more. You cannot, suddenly, at 315 pounds, start to live like someone of healthy weight and succeed. To…
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If your thyroid is appropriately treated to bring your thyroid levels to normal, you should have no special trouble losing weight. Make sure to take your Levothyroxine (Synthroid) every day as prescribed and make sure your doctor monitors your thyroid levels.
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Thank you for sharing this. I'll try to do something similar when I "get there." I've still got a good deal to lose, am aiming toward losing 1/2 my body weight when all is said and done. Right now, I'm seeing some cellulite bumps that had previously been hidden by fat and my bat wings are hanging lower. The good news is…
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If your diet contains sufficient calories AND is appropriately balanced and nutrient rich, you should not lose your hair or faint. If you need to learn how to develop healthy eating habits. Learn from a reliable source like https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/. Click on "What Should I Eat" and learn about the…
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You DO NOT need to go the KETO route or do intermittent fasting. Yes, you should control your consumption of carbohydrates but not try to go ultra low or eliminate them. My endocrinologist is happy that I keep my carb consumption as 40% of calories. I'm in the same boat but I am pushing 70 y.o. I wish I had learned earlier…
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I both agree and disagree. I agree in that you should eat food that you enjoy and food that satisfies your hunger. You may wish to change or adjust what you eat to make it more likely you will be satisfied while limiting calories. Example, I don't need to eliminate mashed potatoes from my diet but I am presently avoiding…
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If you are having edema in your legs and feet, you are very wise to move to a low sodium diet. Yes, our bodies do need some salt but nowhere near as much as we eat on average. Here's a good page with some straight information on salt in our diets and some targets to consider:…
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Different "sauces" have different numbers of calories. Some can be safely ignored others have a hundred calories in a single tablespoon. A1 steak sauce is about 15 calories a tablespoon, Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce is about 35 a tablespoon, Rao's basil pesto is about 80 a tablespoon, etc. A single tablespoon isn't very…
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Oo -- just thought of another series to binge on a grey day because the scenery is so interesting -- The Silk Road with Alfred de Montesquiou. A French guy going on the silk road route to amazing places like Bukara and Samarkand. It's in French but dubbed so well in English you don't care.
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Not specifically motivational/inspirational, more entertaining: Midsomer Murders, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Death in Paradise, all lighter British cop/detective shows on Prime
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Enjoy the bar mitzvah. Eat like a normal person. Enjoy. One feast does not a diet make or unmake for that matter.
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Yay!! I've notice my t-shirts hang over rather than span my belly. It's a great feeling, isn't it! Congratulations!
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That's the issue: people go "on" and "off" a type of "diet" assuming "being on a diet" means that eating some magical way, combination or amount is the magical secret to losing weight. We all have a diet. Our diet is what we eat no matter its result as to weight or health. Those of us who weigh too much have a diet that…
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You have to figure out, through trial and error, what works for you. For us, to some degree, it depends on ingredients. Daisy low fat cottage cheese, sour cream, etc. are still just dairy products and cultures. Other brands include thickening agents and emulsifiers. Nothing wrong with guar gum and locust bean if you like…
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I have very little idea of what mine is. It's not important at this point. I have intermediate goals like getting to ONEderland (199.9 lbs.) or having an overweight BMI as opposed to an obese one. I think we too often fail to recognize progress when we are only concentrating on an ultimate goal. Any weight I lose for the…
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If your hypothyroidism is treated to bring your hormone levels to normal (which it should be), then you can lose weight with no particular problem. I've been on levothyroxine (Synthroid) for years and lose weight just as CICO says I should.
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Although there are limited. short term studies that show an advantage to almost any specific weight loss scheme (IF, Keto, lo-fat, Gluten-free, 5:2, OMAD, etc.) any large and long term studies have shown none of them are any different from each other in terms of weight loss (how much and how long kept off). So, as others…
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As a birder of some experience, birding doesn't result in much hiking. You tend to walk slowly and scan the trees or grasses carefully looking for tiny movements. In fact, since 1992, there's been an annual October birding event called "The Big Sit" wherein groups sit in a circle and count the number of species they see…
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I agree. Retirement rocks!
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My current controlled consumption that I enjoy rather than all-time favorite indulgences: Vegetable- riced cauliflower, especially Green Giant's with little bits of mushrooms and asparagus in it. Nut- Planter's delux salted mixed nuts Seed- The seeds in Dave's Killer 21 grain or Good Seed breads Grain/Starch- oatmeal…
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Don't waste time being angry with yourself. Use this time to work on figuring out why it happened. Maybe you came up with an eating pattern while losing that was too dramatic. It's very hard to change our ingrained habits that result in weighing too much. You went back to old habits for some reason. Most of us can do that…
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I love my hubby. I also respect my hubby. We don't criticize each other when one is doing more healthy things than the other. We are more likely to express a loving worry about each other on occasion. I can no more control his behaviors than he can control mine. He's happy for me when I am succeeding at exercising and…
