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I think OP has already peaced out, but I just wanted to clarify if they (or anyone else) has spent periods only eliminating one of these food groups at a time (eg month 1 no dairy, yes gluten yes sugar, month 2 no gluten yes dairy yes sugar). I couldn't handle not knowing exactly which 'thing' was working, or if it did…

I once got 600 steps from a 90 min car ride thanks to my fitbit. Also i've kept an app on when on the bus ( Pedometer I think) and it counted non-steps too. Not sure why. My friend had an old school pedometer and we were wobbleboarding one morning. Just by vigorously shaking the board, she got 2000 steps without moving her…

Eat em all back :)

I also struggle with nights, so I try and leave myself room by keeping breakfast and lunch under 450 cals. I'm still learning how to get weekends under control, but have had moderate success with not buying pub food while out and avoiding the snack table at parties. If I do need dinner when I'm out I will get a steak or…

Its great that you are happier now and its also wonderful that you feel as though your mind/body connection has improved. But please remember that the mind is a lot more powerful than the body. And often we can convince ourselves/believe things very strongly despite the fact that they may not be the best for us, our body…

In defence of bright colours- In uni I had a (male) friend who would use yellow, pink and purple highlighters on his assignment sheets. He was a psych student and was using the positive colours to make the negative activity feel less negative. I thought it was rubbish until I realised how much better I felt when using my…

Is that 10 pounds or kilos?

I motivate myself by remembering over and over how good I feel about myself after I go to the gym and reminding myself how much easier it was to be productive at work after starting the day with a workout. I also have a yearly diary where I record what days I go to the gym/whatever excersize after I go. Opening up each…

Lol I thought I couldn't get much higher than 72kg. Soon I was 85kg. Was convinced I wouldn't go higher than that. Next minute, I was 97kg. Then 105kg.

Sodium and hormones :(

I'm also an all or nothing person :) I'm learning to deal with it in this way: If you do eat a high calorie meal or food log it instantly. Have a look at how many calories were actually in it, and how many calories you have left to play with. Chances are that one or two slices of pizza will still leave you room for dinner.…

I feel your pain. In these circumstances I just find something comparable in the database.

I make a weeny pizza with a small base, and have found it a really good way to get pizza in without going calorie crazy. I use these small thin bases from the freezer section in Coles (12 per pack) that are about 170 calories each. I then add: - 15g Leggos pizza sauce with Garlic, Onion and Herbs - 10g sliced up kalamata…

Mangos :(

I'd prefer 'smart is the new skinny.' Edited cause I just read the article: Note that the author is 'a triathlete, swimmer and distance runner who lifts weights'- so I doubt she wants to encourage laziness and provide excuses for not working out.

If I didn't work outside my home I would probably do 2 hour workouts to make up for the lack of activity during the day. On days when I work, even in my sedentary office job, I do a minimum of 10,000 steps by normal movement plus my one hour walk home. On the weekend if I'm not heading out and just doing a bit of cleaning…

I started off walking and built up from there. If you are large and sedentary it's a workout, but as soon as it gets easy it's best to step it up.

I think if if it meant things like treadmills and benches constructed for larger, wider and heavier people, it could be more comfortable for those who are very obese but these people don't really make up enough of the overweight to obese spectrum for it to be necessary. I would love it though if my gym offered classes for…

Sorry for the long post, but I really hope you get to read it. I'm not a single mother with a difficult child, but my mum was a single mother with 3 difficult children. And your initial post and responses sound EXACTLY like what my mum would say if I encouraged her to use mfp, weigh food etc etc. I heard your posts in my…

On myfitnesspal I've had no negative comments but wouldn't mind a bit of feedback or criticism to be honest. In real life I have had my housemate chime in that 'all you need to do is cut out carbs' while I was telling my boyfriend that I didn't have the calories left for something or other. I think its funny because I've…

Previous poster gave a really comprehensive answer, so I just wanted to comment on the workout routine. If you are already going to the gym 3-4 times a week, I'm not convinced that you really need to step that up to lose weight (if you are actually going for weight loss rather than fitness). While the gym is great for…

Weekends are my undoing. So I don't know what the answer is, but I do know that I need to fix my weekend habits or I'll never achieve a nice steady loss.

17 pounds and only the boyfriend and best friend have said anything. 5'4

Edited as I read more of the thread I'm on Concerta and like most adults I have found it has not suppressed appetite too much (unfortunately). Except when I don't have it and experience x10 appetite. Its also not as effective as other medications, which you said yourself. Which is why I'm on internet forums/reading Perez…

I know that the MFP exercise log and my fitbit give me way too many extra calories a day so I often net under goal. I entered my age, weight and gender into the elliptical the other day and it gave me an estimated 303 calorie burn after 30 mins. MFP wanted to give me over 480. As much as I would have loved the 480, I…

Just one shining example of the shareholders reelecting the most skilled candidate, with the benefit of a four year performance review.

Two completely different arguments. Firstly why CEO pay is so high: You said that CEOs are paid more because they are something like 14 million or billion times more skilled than low paid workers. My point is that skill is one small part of a very big and unfair pie. Twenty people in the one company could be equally…

Massive sigh. There is no chip on my shoulder. Thanks to being a straight white woman who went to an expensive private school and what we call 'sandstone university'. As a result I have jumped rungs in my career ladder, am paid well for someone my age and have had opportunities to leave my mark in the world that I never…

Oh please 'ever increasing demands of workers.' Don't you just hate it when your workers want a fair wage that keeps up with inflation, along with decent working conditions and minimum health and safety standards! Companies don't go under because of workers. Companies go under because they are producing too much of…

You need this: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/