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Me and my husband have been struggling with this for a few years, and now we are acid-free. I can tell you the few things I have learned but I am no expert. As I am sure you know, there are certain foods that trigger reflux or make it worse, however reflux's primary underlying cause is usually stress. If you google it or…

I have done 30DS several times, and the first time I did it, I hated her too! And then I couldn't walk up or down stairs for 3 days, my muscles were so sore! But just keep on going, do the 2nd day as soon as you can (the first time I did it, I was so sore I couldn't do it for a few days, but now, I work through the…

Thank you for the advice, that makes sense. One question though: I was playing with my macros and things, and when I increase my protein, I looked at a few options, for instance today I thought I would have smoked makrel. That made my fat go over my daily goal. Is it a problem if the fat is too high, even if my calories…

Before somebody jumps in and says that you will either go into starvation mode or lose your hair for eating at 1200 without even knowing your height or other details, let me go ahead and tell you that, depending on your height and weight, 1200 is likely absolutely perfect, if MFP set you at that. However if you want to get…

Hello! I have had depression, severe stress and anxiety for 10 years, and at first I couldn't lose any weight either, but now I am doing great. I want to tell you a few things I have learned. I did MFP last January, February, March, just like I am doing now. I did it for 8 weeks, ate my 1200 calories religiously (I am…

I got some Jillian Michaels DVD's - 30 day shred, ripped in 30, and they are a workout in just 20 minutes. I don't have time or money to drive to a gym or a class, do the class, drive home. But there's always 20 minutes somewhere, and you just stick the DVD in. All you need is a couple of handweights. If it weren't for…

I got fat when I quit smoking in 2001, but I got boobs, so that was a plus. Then I went on a diet and got healthy again, and my parents-in-law's 80-year-old male friend was absolutely horrified. I thought I looked good, but he thought I had lost all of my... assets lol. I think you can pull off skinny if you have nice…

Yep. In the beginning, I just sweated and stayed hungry all alone. THEN when it became visible that I was losing weight, now my husband, my parents-in-law, my sister, and several friends have now signed up for MFP.

The Effect of Weight Training Before Cardio, from Jillian Michaels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOp6dazlj4c

Most people have parasites, although I am not sure how much they control your cravings. Our vet said that anybody who has walked barefoot on soil that a dog has regularly pooped on in the past 24 years will have some form of roundworms in their body, and my 84-year old friend who is a retired doctor from the Salem and…

I think this is great advice. What works for one may or may not work for another.

I found that I, personally, should NOT eat my exercise calories back, and that eating them back was making my weight loss go slower. Here is why. I don't have one of those armband things to measure exactly how much I have lost, and MFP overestimates the calories you burn with any exercise, so MFP was giving me more…

If you are eating your exercise calories back - i.e. when you log exercise and MFP gives you extra calories to eat - I wouldn't eat all those extra calories back. I hurt my back for a month so stopped exercising during that time. So I was no longer exercising, logging exercise, and eating the exercise calories back. I lost…

Why do people always tell people doing 1200 calories to "eat more food" before they ask them their height? The MFP website puts shorties like me at 1200, in case people didn't know that; and scooby puts people of my height and lower at LESS than 1200.

The healthiest proteins in the world are vegetable proteins (See Dr. Dean Ornish's book Dr. Dean Ornish's Programme for Reversing Heart Disease or The Spectrum) and we only need 1 serving of beans per day in a varied, healthy diet (assuming you are getting enough calories also) to get plenty of protein (See A Diet for a…

I am SOOO TIRED of it. I can't stop, but I am tired of it! I have lost my initial motivation, so it is a drudge. I used to get excited about doing my 30 day shred and now I have to FORCE myself to do it (probably because the month I didn't exercise because I hurt my back, I lost the MOST weight!). And I am HUNGRY. I was…

I just went onto http://www.mybodygallery.com/ and put in my height, weight, and age, and I don't look ANYTHING like these ladies. If I looked like, that, I'd be on maintenance! But I don't. Is it possible that I just have a funny shape? Gee, I'd have to lose 15 more pounds to look like that. I got me a butt and some hips…

Awesome! Great job!

I have suffered from anxiety and depression for about 13 years, and when I started exercising in August, it started to get better. I have relapses if I don't exercise. I think that is why I have finally stuck with a diet/fitness plan, because I feel better. I also have stomach issues because of stress, and am always…

I have found just plain carbonated water to work. You can use "club soda" which is cheap, or you can get the "sparkling" mineral waters like perrier or other brands, but it all tastes the same in the end. If you drink it REALLY cold, with a squeeze of lime or lemon, it is REALLY nice. I often drink diet soda however I…

Yes, after living in Oregon where we had the Tillamook cheese factory, and in the UK where we have all the lovely stiltons and strong cheddars and things, I can't really stomach the average American cheese section in a grocery store, where it is considered exotic if they have a "mild" cheddar or even *gasp!* some blue…

Hello! I have lived in Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, Denmark, the UK, Italy, and I know how hard it is to find healthy foods, especially down south in the USA. Here are the 3 things you can do to eat healthy in the DEEP SOUTH: 1. See where the closest "Whole Foods" market is. This place has almost EVERYTHING, and even if it…

I would have thought that even if someone was wanting to go partially vegetarian, or partially vegan, that the animals saved in that step, and the health benefits to the person, would be something worth cheering for. I think we should encourage people who are making any percentage of transition toward a plant-based diet.…

OHH YESS. I got this from a guy from Jordan who was our waiter in a Lebanese restaurant. He wouldn't give me the restaurant's recipe, but said "I'll give you my mom's - it's better!" (Greek hummous uses less tahini and more garlic, and is chunkier. This is the middle eastern version) Put one can of chickpeas in the…

I am not Vegan, though I try to eat Vegan food as much as I can. For me it's the health benefits mainly - Dr. Dean Ornish was the first doctor to design a diet that stopped and even reversed heart disease, and it is *almost* vegan. I have read much medical literature on plant-based diets and am convinced that it is the…

Actually most medical sources I have read agree that the cortisol produced by stress does actually take fat from other areas of the body and relocate it in the abdomen. See: http://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/stresscortisol.html and http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/11/001120072314.htm

very nice. And you feel it is easier to maintain now that you don't have "forbidden" foods?

I think the coolest part of this was that the guy's cholesterol levels got better too - how neat! Thanks for sharing.

That is interesting, thank you for your input. I have been having fast food a couple times a week, a cookie here and there, or cake, and diet soda, and I feel better than when I was just on salad and green beans. I don't feel so bad about doing that anymore :)

I just calculated my BMR and TDEE etc. in Scooby, and for my height, age, and activity level, it says I need to net 1170 - to lose (20% calorie reduction) and 1463 - to maintain. I have also independently calculated my caloric needs by a formula in an exercise book, on a couple of medical websites, and the numbers are…