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I just follow MFP I have set it up to lose 2 lbs a week with a sedentary lifestyle. I walk 5 to 6 days a week from 30 to 45 min. Initially I started at 1800 calories and MFP has reduced it as I have lost weight. I am now at 1380 calories per day then add my workout calories according to my daily activity. I have lost 42…

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When I started this I decided for me it was a lifestyle change. In a lifestyle change you stick to your goals most of the time. But on that Birthday or Holiday you eat whatever within reason but enjoy family friends and fun. There are many more regular days than there are holidays. I don't have cheat days and I don't allow…

Are you weighing your food? I agree you are probably eating more than you think. If you don't have a scale use measuring cups. It work pretty well. If you eat one cup servings. I try and walk at least six days a week but due to a disability I can't lift weights or do workout videos. I have lost 42 pounds so far. Some will…

I disagree. I won't date a man shorter than me. So why can't a man have a preference. I'm tall and I want a tall man. If I wanted a short one I'd be a comic. I don't think it is superficial. I am attracted to who I am attracted too.

I think others noticed it more than I have. I know my face is slimmer and my clothes don't fit at all anymore. I bought a dress with a tied waist and now the dress hangs on me so much that the waist is around my hips :) Everything is smaller. I still have a ways to go but when I told my neighbor that he was shocked. That…

I have a cat (Sweet Pea) I also have 3 dogs. A Great Pyrenees, Old English Bulldog and a Belgian Shepard mix. I used to have 5 horses. I love all animals. Some of which I like to eat :) Not my pets though. LOL

It is a double standard you allow. This would not happen to me.

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I don't have a problem with eating healthy all year and then the Holidays roll around. I have found out I definitely have a problem with Halloween candy thank goodness that is only one day a year :) I think Christmas might be an issue too. Might as well throw Thanksgiving in there too though I'm not sure it will be a…

Oh I feel so much better now :)

You have to watch out for those stickers they have the number of calories that are in the produce number. So if you only ate half that could still be around 2000 calories :) Since most produce stickers are in the four digit category. But seriously you need to wash all your produce before eating it. You never know who has…

What she said. I don't count the sugar in my fruit so since I don't eat raw sugar or processed sugar I don't worry about it.

I eat steel cut oats as well as rolled oats so I guess I am the one who eats unprocessed grains. In addition to other types of seeds. Quinoa is also a unprocessed grain. I am sure if I thought about it very long at all I could come up with a lot more. So I guess the answer is I do! What happens if you eat more than 10…

Great story and I'm so happy for you. I am a tall woman at 5'11.5 I always just say six feet. I do know the feeling. :) Yesterday I found a silver bracelet at my daughters apartment complex picked it up and put in on my wrist. Later that day I turned it into the office. My daughter works there. I told her about the…

There is no absolute right or wrong in the diet world. There are doctor supervised and recommended diets of 1200 calories. There are diets that work at 2000 calories working in a deficit. Everything in between is doable. With "Clean" "Whole" "Fat" Bad Food. The nutritional value on these diets is truly what is in question.…

If you put anything other than sedentary in and then count your activity and exercise you are counting it twice. Most people don't get that. If you work as a waitress and put Active in your setup then use a you a fitbit and count your steps you are entering your activity twice. ( That is if you enter the steps in manually.…

The eliptical is going to account for all aspects of your workout. Pressure exerted, speed, ect. So for the most accurate go with the reading on the eliptical.

Girls night out!

You can put me on it I'd better lose 15lbs by Valentines day or I'll be very upset with myself. I am going to try very had to stay on track most of the holidays.

I was only talking about a carb intolerance which most women experience to difference degrees as they age. As far as the Atkins diet goes I don't think it is a good idea because people tend to lose water weight in the beginning and stop getting any results because they eat too much. Extremely active people need to carb…

First I am not knocking anything you have said but being a man you can burn all the carbs you consume without a problem. It is proven that as women age it is harder for our bodies to metabolize carbs. That being said carbs are totally doable in moderation. It really depends on the woman and how her body processes them. It…

You even saying or thinking that is disturbing! I know its a book but people just don't associate eating children with hunger or that is your first alternative to McDonalds.

My ex-husband (notice the EX) used to buy me expensive gifts when he was cheating as if it made up for it. I'm not a man hater I love men, just saying.

If you are choosing it over a burger you are doing a good anyway! If its your go to while out then you still doing well. If its an everyday staple there is room for improvement. Though the meat leaves something to be desired. It is pressed processed junk. Have a great day!

I hope you feel better. Cause I was so bored I had to skip several paragraphs. Someone didn't eat their Wheaties today :)

I think chest hair is super sexy. Not all men can have a hairy chest so it something special!

US schools now can make medical decisions regarding your children's healthcare thanks to our horrible president. My daughter is now homeschooling her kids because she doesn't want the government in her children's healthcare or have government propaganda taught to her kids and I don't blame her.

It sounds like you are very easily annoyed. I don't see anyone forcing you to read the posts. So THIS

People who don't want to get married don't want to make a commitment to stay beside you. I have been married twice and was very committed in both, however, my husbands were not committed and had affairs. I was always the one to make sacrifices, working, cooking, cleaning and taking care of them. I made life too easy for…