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Fast answer - salt binge. Salt makes you retain water, water adds water weight.

One more thing - just bc you go to a store to get fitted doesn't mean you will pay more. I paid $80 for my Nikes, a brand I was surprised worked best for me, and they are THE best I've ever run in. Was super pleased with the price. Good shoes run btwn $70-$130.

Just another voice to say shoes - do yourself a giant favor and get fitted. Good shoe stores will analyze your gait and be able to recommend the right shoes for you. It's WORTH the money. As tempting as it is, don't choose your shoes by style or what someone else recommends - they could be all wrong for you. Once you get…

Having suffered with PCOS, "poly cystic ovaries" is step 1. I never did have hair loss, or diabetes, and for a long time I had regular periods as well. The BCP is really standard practice if you aren't trying to conceive right away (but oddly enough, can be used in that way). The BCP will control your hormones and give you…

Just began playing with coconut flour - this is my new favorite pre-mega-workout brekkie: Scramble 3 (or 2) eggs, add tbsp vanilla, add tbsp coconut flour, add whole (or half) mashed banana. Microwave for 3min. Top w tbsp of sunbutter, a chopped date and some unsweetened coconut. I don't think adding coconut flour to…

We LOVE their sunbutter (sunflower seeds) and while I've gotten away from it the last two weeks (we had a food flash-back and bought Jif and are licking the container every chance we can) it's one of my favorite things! Also, they have really great frozen fish - their wild salmon and tuna are suuuuuper yummy. Fresh…

Wow - orthorexic, huh? I have no idea what in my post you saw that gave you the idea I was recommending an unhealthily fixation on vegetables or healthy foods, but whatever. The OP states she eats like a little kid - it's in her third post - she appears to consider eating fish, chicken and turkey, and the problem seems to…

The nutritional misinformation here is kind of shocking -- your body NEEDS the vitamins and minerals found in fruits and vegetables, as well as meat. Taking a vitamin is a nutritional band aid. Start with the basic veg and choose at least one new veg to add to your diet every week. Losing weight is one thing - health is…

Just to add -- EAT MORE PROTEIN! Looking at just the face value of items recorded, you're consuming tons of sugar. What happens when you eat that much sugar? You eat more! Your body is running a constant up and down cycle of sugar dose...sugar crash...sugar dose...etc. Protein will help you combat that cycle. One calorie…

I have tried it, with really great success. I did a 45-day and a 30 one in January. Their book, "It Starts with Food," is also very useful when coupled with their website. I discovered I should really never have dairy again, not what i expected when i started, but im much happier without it! It certainly appeared to…

Re: running with your breaths -- four steps in, breathe, four steps out, exhale. It may feel like a long time at first, but you will get the hang of it. Counting also gives you something else to focus on besides your mind playing tricks on you. And the poster who said 'run with your body, not your mind' couldn't have said…

? No...it's just a temperature. Cold showers are good as part of intense excercise recovery, but aside from that, no.

Short: Yes!! Long: In my hot yoga class, fairly advanced, there are allllll kinds. You may not be able to configure yourself into every contortion, but most of us can't do that, fat or not. Yoga is spectacular for flexibility, functional fitness, stress relief, moving all those good joint fluids around for even more…

I see now it wasn't an allergy - but that doesn't matter - the elimination of carbs still worked for you. still check out the books. Insulin resistance also plays a tremendous role in your weight loss challenge. Get educated now, while you're 18, and you'll be way ahead of those of us who had to learn this in our 30s or…

Something you wrote stood out to me as I was passing thru and wanted to comment -- you mention an allergy to gluten, etc as a preteen. Something you may not know is that allergies don't really ever go away. It may have been dormant, but your body is still negatively reacting to them, in ways you may not realize. Gluten,…

I just joined MFP but have lost about 55lbs already. I'm 5'7", began as a size 18 and am now a 12/14, close to dropping that 14. I felt it was every 15lbs or so. Strength training has helped significantly too, in tightening my muscles. Seemed I looked "smaller" in those same sizes while still wearing them.