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Congratulations! You have me wondering if there is a point on my journey where I could drop BP medication as well. I've already avoided having to add a second one, so just maybe.... Thanks for the inspiration!

I cant run the length of my driveway, so completing a Marathon puts you on par with winning an Olympic gold medal!

I'd be happy to fund a Mouth-To-Computer product. No need to record what you eat, it analyzes everything you put in your mouth and sends the results directly to MFP.

I eat out alone all the time, less so for breakfast unless I'm traveling. I've never felt uncomfortable at breakfast, but then a newspaper (or in the last few years Tablet) was always at hand. No weirdness at lunch. It still seems a little odd at dinner if it is a really nice restaurant, but not at all odd at chains or…

Doctors often operate from their experiences dealing with hundreds to thousands of patients. Your doctor may have observed: - More injuries amongst his overweight/obese patients when they do weight training - More patients giving up on a fitness routine over a dislike of weight training than over cardio - More rapid…

I see this all the time myself, and it does indeed suddenly go away too. One more thing about it being sodium-related water weight gain. Make sure you are eating potassium-rich foods as potassium is responsible for the elimination of sodium. So, bananas, cantaloupe, potatoes (with skin), etc.

I weigh myself most days, but I only count Monday mornings in terms of monitoring my progress. The first is for trying to understand how my eating, drinking, exercise, etc. habits are impacting my body. The Monday one is the important one.

There are mornings I get up and say "I'm going to cook myself x or y" and there are mornings I just can't cope with the stove or microwave. Or even a toaster. And there are mornings I'm just bored with what I've been eating. Or that I have blueberries or bananas around that are soon to be past their prime. Or that I…

I'm shocked. I never found my co-workers to be anything but supportive of efforts by others to improve their health. Especially people trying to lose weight! And while no doubt there were likely behind people's backs comments about weight (because people are people), harassing co-workers over their weight would just have…

A bad day, or even week, now and then is just not important in the grand scheme of things. Sometimes it is even good. You're going on that vacation to Europe you've always dreamed of and you aren't going to take advantage of every opportunity to sample the local fare? Nonsense. You go home to visit family after a long time…

After work one day a few of us got in a friend's Cessna and flew down to Atlantic City just for the hell of it. This was the old pre-gambling Atlantic City at its nadir. We went into a steak house and the "steak" was so awful that we all agreed it must actually be monkey meat. To this day all food must pass the "monkey…

"Health and nutrition organisations have perpetuated the myth that a reduction of food intake of 2 MJ per day will lead to a steady rate of weight loss of 0·5 kg per week. Because this static weight-loss rule does not account for dynamic physiological adaptations that occur with decreased bodyweight, its widespread use at…

It's a stupid quote, though I think he was just trying to rail at how focused people are on the simplification. Basically its a forest vs. trees discussion. This was part of a series of presentations at icn2013 titled "Energy balance and active living". I didn't see anything about proceedings, so I don't know if or when…

I think that is where they learn to write articles like that!

I had a similar experience in that I lost a lot the first week, as expected, and then stopped. When I broke through the plateau the weight loss was still much lower than might be expected based on calories in vs out. Because I'd concentrated on upping my exercise before I even started to cut my calorie intake, and bought a…

I eat a small breakfast (<300 calories) although for most of my life that wasn't the case. I did it for two reasons. First, I was taking vitamins in the morning and they are better absorbed with food (anything fat soluble needs trace amounts of fat to bind to). The vision supplement I take says "preferably with food" right…

I'm sad to say that I've developed a real taste for brown rice and actually enjoy it plain, something I can't say about white rice. But I rarely just eat it that way :-) If you have a sweet tooth then drizzle a little teriyaki sauce on the brown rice. Actually works for both sweet and salty, although definitely not the…

I have many actually, most health related. But I've been toying with "the one that got away". Back many decades ago I was a Boy Scout. One summer I went to scout camp and we were scheduled to do 5, 10, 17, and 20 mile hikes. I had no problem at 5 and though my feet (no arches) ached at 10 it really wasn't bad. But 17 just…

Long ago I got down into my "ideal" weight range and looked ill to most people. I was starting to look a little ill to me too! And I won't claim I felt all that great either. Plus, it was extremely difficult to maintain. And after about a year it was off to the races back to new highs. It's important to note that I did…

I've been using a Fitbit for about 3 months and it has helped me lose 20 pounds so far. Just joined MFP. I'm certainly looking for Fitbit friends to help keep the "pressure" on :-) http://www.fitbit.com/user/26B645