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  • You shouldn't be taking sennosides every day unless your doctor has told you to do so. Sennosides are a stimulant laxative, and you can become dependent on them. There are other laxatives that are not as habit-forming. That's a conversation you really need to have with your doctor.
  • Do not supplement potassium unless your doctor tells you you need to. The average person absolutely doesn't need to even worry about it. You get plenty of potassium from foods you eat every day. The only people who need to log their potassium intake on MFP are people with kidney disease who have been told to limit it.
  • Losing weight probably won't make your performance in sports any better - at the weight you're at, you haven't got much to lose but muscle mass. Your performance will only get worse. As far as self-confidence goes, losing weight won't make it better. Honestly. You'll feel good about yourself for a little while, but then…
  • You mentioned you eat fried or baked chicken, packaged turkey slices, Pringles and some frozen microwave dinners. Do you eat any vegetables? Or fruit? If the above things are really all you eat, you need to improve your diet before doing anything else. Niacin supplements (which is just vitamin B3 by the way) will be…
  • And keep an eye on your supply. If it goes down (and it's not because baby is eating less) then that's a good sign that you should consider eating a bit more.
  • Constipation is easy to treat with increased fiber, fat, fluids and movement. If you're doing all of those things, ask your doctor for advice. If you're having difficulty urinating (and I may have read your question wrong, so if you aren't, ignore this), that's a different and more important problem. You should be…
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  • Foot wounds in diabetics are a pain in the butt to heal. Don't walk on that foot and keep pressure off of it at all times. Consider seeing a wound care clinician (usually a nurse) for more specialized advice on your wound care if you can. I think in the US (is that where you're from?) they're called wound/ostomy/continence…
  • Kid, you are very clearly still sick. There is no point in talking about bulking and cutting and worrying about what your body shape is when you don't even really know how to eat like a normal person. Get your head right or nothing you do will be of any use because you will inevitably fall back into old behaviours and wind…
  • I would also like to know what your protein intake is like.
  • I've noticed a lot of people confuse "support" with "agreeing with everything I say no matter how dangerous or silly it is." If you just want people to say yes yes yes to you, you're in the wrong place.
  • It won't do anything to your weight loss but WHY are you drinking 30 glasses a day?! That is insane. Are you feeling that thirsty? Have you been checked out for diabetes? Or kidney problems?
  • I would do the thing that is most sustainable for you over the long term. It sounds like the run/walk thing might be a bit much for you right now given that your heart rate is quite high and you say that you're exhausted at the end of it. It would suck to injure yourself this early on by pushing yourself too hard. If I…
  • I wouldn't stress over drinking either, really. As long as they're being consumed in moderation (which means less than like, a bathtub full a day) aspartame is fine.
  • You are pretty clearly confused about what BMI means and what body fat percentage means. BMI is just a ratio of your height and weight. It does not differentiate between muscle, fat, bone, fluid or other. Body fat percentage describes how much of your body is composed of fat. It has nothing to do with your height or…
  • You can also get reusable k cups online (check Amazon) that you can then put your own coffee in.
  • I had Tofurky when I was vegetarian and I actually really liked it. The stuffing was good, and so was the gravy. The turkey bit was fine, especially with the aforementioned stuffing and gravy on it. It's definitely not the same as real turkey, so you can't go in expecting it to be a perfect substitute. But it was pretty…
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