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Welcome aboard! This is a great tool...not just for losing weight, but for changing your lifestyle for the better! Good luck!
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I have read in a number of sources that your body weight can fluctuate as much as 2 pounds a day just from normal metabolic shifts...that's why most folks "check in" once a week...not saying I don't look every other day or so, but I only log my weight once or twice a week at the most...I find it encouraging if I post it…
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Welcome from sunny (but cool) Florida ~ I am a lifetime yo-yo dieter, and finally common sense kicked in and I realized that the fad diets don't work...counting calories and exercise are the only things that matter in the long run, and this site (and the iPhone app for travel!) make it so easy - good luck!
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Good for you - this site really helps - guys and gals alike... I have a lllloooonnnngggg journey to reach my goals, but this site really helps...easy to use, and always plenty of people posting the very same issues I am facing...I'm down over 10 pounds in about 6 weeks, and I am still eating foods I love...just not as…
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That's the trick - don't let one bad day put you off your goal - I speak from 25+ years of yo-yo dieting experience - I used to justify going back to the old ways once I took off the 15-20 pounds I thought I needed to lose...and here I am, needing to lose over 100 pounds now...and at 42 it is not as easy as it once…
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Welcome aboard Ian - I too was amazed after just a few days of using this tool at the number of calories I was consuming...I have battled weight for the most of my adult life, and now that I can see the numbers, I know why... I have been using the site for about 3 weeks now and have already lost over 5 pounds...the…
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Another thing to consider - do you use Splenda as a sweetner? I had switched to using that in my coffee, cereal, etc...and it is well documented as a source of acid reflux...Splenda was created by pulling a carbon atom out of the sugar molecule and adding in a chlorine atom...sort of like using pool water to sweeten your…
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Excellent point - depriving yourself of any type of food you enjoy is a recipe for long-term disaster - better to enjoy a small amount once in a while than to say I will never eat something I enjoy ever again...
