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I may change my mind, after reading all this. I like Garmin products and it sounds like it'll do everything I need it to.......I am not a big fan of listening to anything while hiking, I like the sounds of the forest. I might have to find a cloth band of some kind......plastic irritates the crap out of my skin........are…

epicurean0229.........If you have the appliance linked to MFP, then yes. If not, then no. At least, I think that's how it works! Any veteran MFP user on here, feel free to jump in.......... I have my current fitbit one, set up to sync to MFP, so it takes care of any steps I do. The Fitbit one doesn't seem great at…

Sorry to be the one to rock the boat, but there IS benefit to fasting. Even IF will help to reset your metabolism to a leaner, meaner, more efficient machine. Have you seen the long-term Rhesus Monkey Research on minimal calorie deficiets? I know we're not monkeys, but it's worth pondering...........…

I think the reason peeps say they are a waste of money (much like homeopathics), is because of the way they took them. Taking multi-vitamins ARE a waste of money, especially the calcium/magnesium combos', because they cancel each other out. One should take calcium and magnesium 6-8 hours apart from each other, if the…

It takes me awhile to warm up (1/2 hour), but when I do, I go to my happy place, most of my creative problems find a solution there. :smile:

I am in the same boat. When I start a diet, I always lose between 5-8 lbs, immediately. Then my body stalls, and stalls, and stalls. I fasted for two months a couple of years ago, lost 4 pounds immediately, 4 more at end of month two, and maybe a little bit more after that, but then my weight went back up to only…

THANK YOU. I will look into these.........one will surely work..........yea, that whole proprietary APPLE thing. Annoying.

you could make those raw oreos with coconut manna..........I still have some of that in my pantry, from my raw food diet attempts........... (TOO much fat on that diet, didn't budge my weight a bit). Some of those raw foodies were living on 25 grams of protein, but 100 grams of fat, daily. After doing it for 6 months, I…

amusedmonkey and Kadoober: THANK YOU. I will def. check into that! Sounds good. For now, I am just trying to get my metabolism geared back up into the swing of things...so shakes and veggie soup for now, (short-term), but yea, when I get used to all the work, again, I will definitely be looking for more resources. I also…

Hi Jennifer: I am actively looking for someone in the same boat as me, to become accountability buddies. I need to lose 75 lbs, too. More, if that's even possible, but based on the fact that I wavered between 160 and 175, for over 20 years, it probably isn't. I am only 5'4" tall, so while 145 lbs is an ideal weight, that…

karahm78: I do not know what would be a reasonable rate loss for where I am at, with my current age/medical challenges/weight, frustrations, etc..........it's why I asked about it, and presented my history.......... I have lost 10 pounds in a month, b4, when I was really heavy (235 lbs was my heaviest post pregnancy…

p.p.s. I am not denying that CiCo works and is real, just that it may not work for all, and that it hasn't worked for me, just about as often as it has, in the past. Because, like you say, 20-30% of an error is a pretty high number. (Most people would get fired, if they had that for an error rate, in their job). I have no…

*oxygen and sunshine........

Believe it or not......I know of some 'raw' fasting believing foodies that think that the body can make protein from oxygen. Even I know that can't be right, but it did crack me up! I'm not sure I know what FFM means, in this context.....explanation, please. p.s...........bbell1985...... I know where there are some pretty…

Well, it's not the first time I've been told that my expectations are too high.........I can appreciate and respect that. Yes, I bounce around, but I was explaining that even with a 0 fat diet, I've only ever been able to lose at the rate of 6 pounds per month, maximum, and that was when I was 20 years younger! I never…

I also did make the point (because i am hoping beyond hope, that CICO is a 'real' thing), that too many calories are too many calories, even if they come in the form of salad.....with brown rice vinegar, for dressing. Some bodies just only need the minimal amount, then it's a question of how to learn to be 'okay' with…

just my little attempt at some much needed humor.........cro-magnum metabolism = eat a piece of pemmican......run through the woods every day, all day.......eat another piece of pemmican.........every third day, throw in some vegetables.......lmao!

For the record; I believe the reason I didn't gain 30 pounds this last winter, (only 2) was because I had done the IF, quite frequently. I appreciate all of the suggestions and advice, and I DID say that. I will likely use many of them! I feel confident I can prove many of the basics are false for some people, us outliers,…

PAV8888: I eat fat today, I also eat LOTS of protein; and I know the minimum requirement, since I found the numbers 30 years ago. I have, however, just found out that certain medications (and I'm sure my nervine is one), do something to histimine levels and increase feelings of hunger. So, there's that. I'm not really that…

Organic Flax milk is a handy milk replacement, for the creamy taste. :)

I use the Organic Sprouted Pumpkin Seed one from Simple, the Organic Vanilla Lacuma one from Epic, and Amazing Grass, which you can buy on sale for 50% off, 2 times a year. I stock up when I see them go on sale! Not sure how they'd be in water, but you can buy organic coconut water powder, now, for a flavor boost! Half of…

Thank you to anybody/everybody that I didn't check respond to, and/or befriend. This thread is getting really long and I don't want to offend anyone, but am losing track of who I thanked and/or responded to, and who I didn't! Thanks to you all. I will keep all this great advice in mind and keep looking for a way to offset…

Mslmesq: The trailer to that cookbook is friggin' hilarious, btw! Thanks for the giggles. :)

Mslmesq: Thank you, I will check that out! Exciting.......! diannethegeek, yes, I mean 0 fat. any fat at all, I gain weight. like I said, think i broke my metabolism doing the no fat diets back in the 80's (yes, of 1900...lol).....ugh. I don't get sick from it, just can't really metabolize it. I had every test known to…

candchughes: I am in the same boat as you. I have gotten off all but one of the medications I was on, for two-three years after my injury. It took me all last year and the year b4, to do the withdrawal piece. I had at least two setbacks during the whole process, I fell and broke a toe, as well as a finger (on two different…

robwilkens42 tried to add you as a friend, MFP isn't finding you, can't even email you. settings maybe set at private?

I suppose I should be grateful that I only gained 30 pounds each, the first two years after my injury! My drugs aren't anti-psychotics, but are in the same category of causing weight gain. I ate normally after my surgery, with dessert only 2 x per week, and eating out only a handful of times, per year, but with my slowing…

I also agree with my partner........leftovers are gross. Yea, I am a finicky eater, it's hard to believe I am at 240 pounds, huh? I can't really believe it, myself, it's just what happens when I stop being hyper-vigilant 100% of the time, about what I put in my mouth. Being hyper-vigilant 100% of the time, is exhausting!…

I should have said: "Can someone (anyone) please tell me how to fit 3 very simple (=easy), vegan meals (other then salads) into 1200 calories a day?" I realize now, that that would have been a bit more specific!

Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink It's what I've been trying to do.........when I do the numbers.....this is what I get.... I am 57, and was told (and I computed it, from my own historical dieting patterns, as well), that my maintenance caloric intake, for my age and activity level, is 7 calories per pound, per day. At 240 lbs,…