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Thank you very much, everyone! Sorry to not come back to this thread for such a long time. Great suggestions-- I am looking up Strong Curves right now! Sounds like exactly what I need. The physical therapist said today that I have very weak glutes and my other hip-area muscles (cannot remember what they are called) in…

In my experience and reading, turmeric is an excellent anti-inflammatory. The curcumin it contains is activated chemically and made more available for your body to absorb if it is combined with black pepper and a fat of some kind. I enjoy making golden milk for this reason-- made with fresh turmeric, fresh ginger, black…

I tried it a few years ago when I was just starting to lose weight and was struggling with being too hungry -- it did absolutely nothing. I was annoyed but not super surprised as I had ignored lots of advice to not take it due to its uselessness! Coffee is the best appetite suppressant, I've found. I blend decaf and…

I agree with the person above-- check to see if that is your basic calorie requirement to just exist (BMR) or if it's a net calorie amount factoring in your activity (TDEE). Once you know-- it IS possible it's the amount you could eat if you are very petite and not very active (MFP's "sedentary"). But 1200 is so close (60…

Good for you for starting to exercise! If you don't feel like the 20 minutes is quite enough, add 10 minutes of exercise to your routine each week or every few days- don't suddenly increase a lot or you may get too exhausted or sore. Try a bike/stationary bike, a brisk walk, or a jog-- whatever adds in easily to your…

Huh, that is an interesting point/idea! I live near (and temporarily work at) one of my state's most popular x-c ski areas, and I've never heard of groomers using wider track setter things-- but then I am rather new to the whole scene. I imagine they do exist but might be expensive to change out on the grooming machines.…

Have you either been working on losing weight steadily for a while, or are you possibly recovering from an eating disorder? Both these things can sometimes make one desperately hungry and inclined to eat hugely. (on top of previous posters' suggestions of TOM hunger or possible pregnancy). I believe in the case of a person…

It takes a long time. A couple months to initially get used to your new body (and learn tricks like putting a pillow between your knees, and sometimes having to fold up garments to use as a seat cushion). I learned these things relatively quickly after losing ~15 lbs (on a very petite frame) but I'm still getting used to…

Hey everyone! I didn't expect to acquire so many new friends from this post! I hate to say this, but now I think I might be at my limit for the number of people I can interact with in a quality way-- so those of you who come upon this after this post, please, friend each other instead of me right now. Thank you!!

Hey everyone-- if you're finding this thread and friend-requesting me, please remember to send me a message with your friend request letting me know where you found me and what we might have in common. I generally delete FRs that arrive without a message. @get8fit, it isn't my site-- I'm a member of that group but someone…

The only people who have told me at times that I'm looking too thin and to eat more/stop losing weight are my mom and my mother-in-law. And they both say that when I'm at the weight I like best for myself and at which I feel most energetic/athletic/good! Everyone else seems to think I look fabulous at those times, though…

Awesome! Good for you. I have had fun with many of the same things you have. :smiley: I think the best things for me have been getting to buy new, smaller clothes, getting to wear styles I always wanted to wear but never felt I could because they emphasized things I didn't like about my body, and feeling so much lighter,…

This is fascinating. I use an exercise bike very regularly from about now (when Standard Time makes it so it's dark when I get home) until sometime in March or April. It does take resistance into account-- I can see that happening because when I'm at a higher resistance level, the calorie count goes up much faster-- and I…

Have you been walking and biking casually before this? That could explain why you're not sore. You won't necessarily be super sore anyway, as dwick1017 mentioned. It sounds like you are doing lots of good exercise! Also, it's possible that you won't be sore until you've done even more days in a row with lots of exercise…

I used to eat way too much bread. Only if it was good, fresh bread though-- and I am not in the habit of making it or buying it regularly,so I rarely have it around. If we do have bread in the house, it's some my husband bought, and I often think the bread he buys is not very good and not worth eating. I think you probably…

Chips! Especially since they are such an addictive thing to eat. 15 chips for ~140 calories, blah. I still eat them, but mostly when I'm maintaining or when I've been really active and can have more than 1 serving!

It works! I was having fun posting. :) Time for bed though!

Thanks segacs! I wrote a joining request, but I'm not sure if I am actually part of the group yet? I will be glad to be a part of it though!

I'm 28, and am also looking for some new, active MFP friends! Anyone can add me, just include a message with your friend request since I delete blank ones on suspicion of spam. ;) I lost I think 25% of my then-body weight a year and a half ago now and am now maintaining long term. I'm very petite (5'1" and 102-105 lbs), so…

Like everybody else here, I got really cold when I was a few pounds away from my goal (being in a deficit makes it even worse) and I've stayed that way to some degree. It improves somewhat when you transition to maintenance. I just went on Sierra Trading Post and to other sources of inexpensive, but high quality clothing,…

I followed MFP's recommendation during my main losing-weight phase (which actually meant that I was in a 1/2 lb deficit the whole time, as I'm very petite and had 15 lbs to lose). This was very helpful in slowly teaching myself what the appropriate maintenance amount was. I do sometimes ignore that advice now, when I…

But it won't be fat weight if you are truly eating at maintenance-- it will be water weight. And you can do this while eating the maintenance calories you would have at your goal weight and you'll probably keep losing a bit. I liked the going slightly over maintenance once a week method I used better than doing it for a…

I've noticed that eating cereal with whatever quantity of milk will make me far hungrier than I would be if I'd eaten some other thing (like yogurt with fruit and coconut) for breakfast. Some people's no-hunger breakfast standbys, eggs and oatmeal, also do that to me. I have better results if I have Greek yogurt with some…

I definitely enjoy the holidays and cook and eat lots of yummy things. The thing is, my appetite is smaller than it used to be, so there is some automatic comfort-related control on what I will consume that way. And, like others, I tend to "zig-zag" my calories; on a holiday I may eat far more than I normally would, but…

Hi segacs and everyone else! I am also small and short-- barely 5'1", around 104 lbs, and have been maintaining with occasional bouts of losing a few pounds over again for I think a year and a half. I'm 28 and maintain at this weight with an active job somewhere around 1600-2000 cals a day, but I am trying to lose a tiny…

The biggest thing for me was that a lot of my expenditure on new clothes ended up being WARM clothes! When I weighed 15 lbs more (I'm really short) I was always too hot. Now I am always too cold and wear fleeces and vests and fleece leggings constantly from September to May. How I have to constantly readjust my knees when…

It depends. Put your activity level in as lightly or moderately active to account for your cleaning work. Gardening can be logged as exercise, but only if you are digging, doing heavy lifting, pitch forking stuff rather than just being on hands and knees weeding or standing around watering things. If your gardening is very…

My favorite recipe for sandwich bread is the basic sandwich bread recipe from Deborah Madison's Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, which is my most-frequently-used cookbook. Would you like the recipe? I can post it or PM you with it if you'd like. :)

I have heard similar things from many different sources, and I'm inclined to believe that this is a big part of why so many people are wheat sensitive now. I do also think there's something in the idea that the highly bred modern varieties of wheat may have been changed enough to cause sensitivities (I'm a…

I'm planning to get a Fitbit Charge as well-- so will be following this to see if anyone else who has one has input!