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Was the person telling you about detox water overweight?-- because I usually find its the fat ones who swear by it. I have yet to have a person who has sucessfully lost weight and kept it off try and convince me to try this gimick. If anything these types of drinks will increase your water intake and that has a positive…
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This also works with squash. I grind a tsp of chia seeds and mix it into it to help thicken it...but yum! Dairy free chocolate pudding and I get my veggies in? I'm in. :love:
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Visit this website for food ideas. http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/ I have used her empanada dough recipe and filled it with taco meat & beans for lunches, turkey sausage and eggs for breakfast, and just about any kind of filling you can imagine for easy foods on the go. Spend the time doing your food prep- its worth…
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LOL. I weigh daily. Its just a number. Its data. End of story. I dont get off the scale when it increases and have a bad day or hate myself. I dont weigh more than once in a day hoping for a different result. I dont think about it after I hop off. I record if necessary and move on. Quite frankly, I dont have my lowest…
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My losses tend to flip between the scale and the measuring tape. One week its the scale, and then another week when the scale doesnt budge suddenly my pants get too loose. A scale is only an indicator of progress its not the only one worth watching. Your body composition can change dramatically while your scale does…
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28 lbs in 18 weeks is not really gradual. Its a rate of 1.5lbs per week which is considered aggressive. Half a pound per week is gradual. If I had to take a guess-- you are eating 5400 calories less per week than you used to resulting in far less waste having to move thru your bowel resulting in fewer movements. If you are…
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Yes, it will get easier as you lose weight. As you lose lbs, you have less mass to carry around with you. It takes a lot of effort to move those extra 85lbs you have on your ticker. I've lost 36lbs to date- thats roughtly 16% of my mass and I walk so much faster these days and with a LOT more bounce. When I started…
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I'm child-free, very happily child-free. I plan on remaining that way. I used to get a lot of people telling me I would change my mind, mostly the old ladies at church. Not so much now that I am in my 30's. I have 2 nephews and another mystery due in about a month- I have plenty of children in my life and they all go home…
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Have you ever tried charting your binges on your monthly cycle? Balancing periods where you might have an easier time staying on track with a period when you know you tend to go high on consumption? I dont have a binge problem per say, but I do really notice that I am prone to urges to eat more and hunger starting 8 days…
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I am not much for breakfast so I eat 30g of cashews and 20g of hazelnuts just about every morning. They are portable, protein, and help meet my caloric goals.
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When i used to work long hours doing hard manual labour- I would pack in the calories by eating peanut butter sandwiches. Protein, fat, and calorie dense. Worked for me anyways.
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Doctors test for IgE allergies, but you can also have IgG allergies- also known as food sensitivities. They are just as serious to the person suffering from them as IgE allergies are to those requiring an EpiPen. Ask specifically if your doctor can test for IgG allergies- if he cannot go to a Naturopathic doctor. I had…
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I keep looking for little things to celebrate. I'm sure there are a few people on my FL who think I am bragging- but the truth is that I need to keep posting the little positives and sucesses so that I feel like I still have forward momentum. I try to regularly ask my FL to share their scale or NSV moments that day or…
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This is a topic that will never come to a general concensus. Some women like shorter men, some women like 'em tall. And others like me have parameters. Personally, I just need "taller than me" and its really more about the perception of taller. I would date a guy a tiny bit shorter, but he would have to be pretty…
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They are not deal breakers for me but they are red flags. Its all about context. Job? Yes..maybe. I prefer a man with a career. I say career, not job. If he slings burgers (and its not because its his passion) there is a good chance there will be other differences in our outlook on life. Having a career does mean that a…
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Talk to your doctor about how much weight you should gain and how quickly it should be gained. Start with finding out your true maintenance number before you get pregnant so you have a base line and then do some research in conjunction with your doctor. If you say, for example, that the normal pregnant lady should gain 1lb…
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Given that kefir is a type of yogurt or fermented dairy product, I am guessing that water kefir is the same idea but without the dairy? In the right conditions you should be able to keep your culture growing for a very long time. My mother used to make yogurt from scratch and she would use the same starter culture for a…
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Some people on my friends list are turning into IRL friends, but not all. I'm supposed to hang out with a girl in July when I visit her city for another event. I consider her one of the IRL ones cause we interact a lot and seem to have a lot in common. If we lived more than 1500km apart I would be hanging out with her…
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Does cooking a giant box of chicken breasts, chopping them up, and freezing them for quicker cooking count. 'Cause if it does- I do meal prep! I also cook huge batches of dried beans in my slow cooker and freeze or refrigerate them so I have options on hand. 1/2 c each: chicken, pinto beans, creamy refried bean, black…
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Pre-logging or pre-planning your day. Exercise included. Your thighs don't lie. If you don't do the work and accurately log the food, nothing can change. Plus, when you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
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1 Stay away from the buffet and eat in the dining room. Plated food limits your portions and its often less cals/fat. 2 Only eat the foods that you actually enjoy. Take your time eating. 3 Walk after meals a lap or two around the ship. 4 Dont eat snacks unless you are actually hungry! 5 Don't buy the drink package option-…
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Just take 10-15% off the max tdee number. I found that I lost more consistently when I ate enough and maintained a 500 cal deficit or less. I'm female, 5'8", started at 217lbs and am down to 183lbs now. I aim to eat 1902 cals now, but my over time average intake is around 2040 cals. I do recalculate every 2 pounds, and my…
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If you are gaining weight, then you are eating above your calorie goals. Goal numbers change, you have to adapt to ensure that you are eating your tdee or less. You said you were mostly on a liquid diet? You will gain some of it back in the form of replacing the "waste in your system" but that's not true weight gain. Not…
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This is one reason why I have been purposefully vague about my weightloss efforts. I tend to stick with the whole "diet and exercise" combo as my reason and lightly touch on MFP as the tool I use. I might say that I am working to ensure that I eat enough food, that I struggle with balancing the high and low days. I usualy…
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The first three shouldnt be giving you grief unless there is an allergen in the binding agents. Not sure about the other 2 pills but I do know they are common natural treatments for hormones. As for headache, turns out mine were caused by food allergies. Mainly eggs, milk and coffee. It was the only noticeable symptom for…
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Yes. I use my food scale at family meals where its just my immediate family. I havent taken it to the larger extended family potluck style events yet though but thats more because I couldnt make the one at Christmas and that group doesn't get together often. I want accurate data in my diary so I try to weigh everything. I…
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Probably. But I've been off coffee for 3 weeks so my outlook is just starting to get optimistic again.
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I think it depends on how you define cheat meal or cheat day. I sometimes let myself eat up to my TDEE. My diary goal is set to my sedentary TDEE at 1902 calories, but with exercise I actually burn around 2500 cals per day. I try to stick with my 1902 goal because that should give me about a pound lost per week but every…
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Figure out your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) and eat less than that amount. Try to move a little more. Its that simple. Try a site like scoobysworkshop.com or iifym.com for a tdee calculator. For 1lb per week rate of loss eat 500 calories less than you burn in a typical day. Its a healthy rate of loss. Eat enough,…
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What is the context? Were you pre-diabetic? High cholesterol? Low iron? Cancer? Good blood work is awesome (great NSV!!!) but it means less without a context. Mine is always good, except that I have health issues they couldn't find a source for until I went to a naturopath who diagnosed me with IgG food allergies.
