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Nope! One of my favorite comments was when I was shopping for a New Year's Eve dress and the salesclerk remarked "You're so thin, lets go look in the Juniors section". I just turned 50 last week. Talk about feeling good! LOL
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Excellent work! Congrats! I reached maintenance about 7 months ago and I still continue to exercise on my regular routine. What I changed was the type of exercise and the intensity of it. I started focusing more on toning, shaping, sculpting and getting my body fit all over instead of just burn, burn, burn those calories.…
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5'7" and maintaining at 135 lbs here
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I hear this more often than not actually. I've actually been asked if I'm sick, have cancer, and one went so far as to express concern over me being in the final stages of a terminal medical condition and they thought it rude that I wasn't preparing people for the 'inevitable'. I assured her I had no intention of dying…
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The scale is right there waiting for me every day after my shower. I step on it, read the number, think about my personal range allowance and step off. It's my sanity check. I can live without it and do when I travel. But the scale is like MFP, my buddy for life.
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I had to adjust all of my ball caps. Some I blame on having lost hair along the way, but it's growing back in and thickening up and the ball caps are still adjusted smaller than they were a year ago.
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I added back slowly (about 250 calories a week) until I stopped losing weight, then I stayed steady at that calorie intake and monitored changes. It educated me to the fact that what MFP considers normal activity for a person with a desk job and what my normal activity is as a person with my desk job (work at home) are…
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Weight is going to fluctuate some even if your math is perfect because your math is all based on approximations. You approximate your calorie burn, you approximate your calorie intake and your body processes all of it differently every day depending on mood and other factors. I don't think of banking anything, or stocking…
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My average calorie burn for the type of lifestyle I lead is around 1400 calories per day. I add in a minimum of 400 calories of exercise a day for a total of 1800 calories. I eat all 1800 calories each and every day and have successfully maintained my goal weight for 4 months now. For the 9 months prior I comfortably at a…
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Gone, donated, sold, consigned, given to friends - OUT OF MY CLOSET FOREVER! The moment they were something I would not consider wearing they were goners. It was my statement to myself of never going back. No "fat pants", no "slouch clothes" - even my gardening clothes went in the trash and I went to Goodwill and splurged…
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MFP will adjust the calories it gives for activities each time you enter a new weight. As far as intake calories that's up to the goal you choose for yourself. My intake remained at 1200 calories through the entire duration of my weight loss because I continued to say I wanted to lose 2 lbs/week. It wasn't until I adjusted…
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I followed an education I learned via the Naturally Slim program. I changed how and when I eat and found that it made the hunger issue cure itself. I only eat 2 meals a day now. And if I struggle in between them I have tools that help me through that. I've not had any digestive issues for the year I've been following the…
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easy peasy! The database is loaded with exercises and those you can't find you can build into the database yourself. It's just like logging food, choose your exercise and search for one that's comparable. Another alternative is to use a fitness tracker or a fitness app that interfaces with MFP. MapMyFitness or MapMyWalk is…
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It's definitely different - but I still believe it's another mind over the matter situation. It's just that what matters now is a different set of goals. It is a lifestyle change - it's not temporary. Anyone who thinks that when the diet ends they can let off the gas and start eating all the stuff they cut out is going to…
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Average people leave their homes to work, walk across parking lots, move about through the halls of schools, offices, etc. I work from home - my commute is less than 50 steps. Even walking around the halls of my house and going up and down the stairs to my basement doesn't get me the same amount of activity as my husband…
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I never thought of losing weight and getting fit as a short-term action. I viewed it as a permanent change in my life. I invested time in learning how to eat, when to eat and most importantly why I was eating what I was eating Once I understood the ins and outs of my actual food consumption behavior and lack of interest in…
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I have MapMyWalk and Fitbit Charge HR synced with MFP and enjoy the benefits of it. I set it all up to sync via the web version of MFP. It's under the Apps tab and it's very easy to follow. I made sure I allowed for negative adjustments on the Fitbit Charge HR settings. Fitbit and MFP work really well together. MapMyWalk…
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I alternate between keeping my elbows bent and letting my arms hang. I also work my hands in and out of a fist while I'm walking. Both relieve the pressure of just letting your arms hang while you walk. I've also found that removing jewelry when walking lessens the side effects.
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I run into the same situation when I'm comparing what my stationary bike says compared to my Charge HR. I'm seeing the HR monitors on the 2 are almost dead on and yet the calorie burn is notable less in my fitbit than on the bike. I haven't figured it out, but I've been letting my fitbit calories record and figure any…
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Nope - snacks for me lead to more snacks and more snacks. I eat when it's meal time. I focus on eating and enjoying it and haven't wanted or needed snacks since I made the rule that they don't exist in my life.
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I think for those people that need to monitor certain types of food intake for genuine, diagnosed health reasons it's a great path. But for the average person just looking to lose weight and keep it off, I think it's no different than signing up for a program that requires you to take their custom supplements and eat their…
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Water with lemon helps. Water with any of the squirt flavorings helps. (as if you need more water huh?) If you do have to munch, munch on proteins or strawberries. Find something physical to take your mind off of wanting to much. If you're idle, play brain teaser games on your electronic device. Or get up and move a…
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One thing to note on meats and other items, most often the weight of the meat is before cooking. Meaning a 6 oz piece of meat weighs 6 oz before it's cooked. The other thing to think on is ingredients - meaning if you're making tacos think about the shell, the meat, the cheese, lettuce, etc as individual items you put on…
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After losing 100 pounds my 'jiggly' parts, as I call them, are my arms and stomach. I crunch daily and it's done wonders. I still jiggle, but it's all tucked in and looks nice in clothing. Arms the same way, I work them daily and they have firmed up some. But, I'll always have extra skin now, just something that I use to…
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Exercise when it fits into your schedule. Studies galore support all different methods and times for exercise. The actual point of it all is to exercise. Do an exercise designed to increase your cardio and burn calories. No matter what time of day that happens, calories will be burned and if you're exercising you're…
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That's like putting duct tape on a hole in your tire. It'll work for the short term but in the end you'll still have a flat tire because you didn't fix the source of the problem.
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1200 calories is a target each day. Try vodka and water. And try drinking a glass of water between alcoholic drinks. Try smaller portions of what you enjoy. Try to avoid eating a little bit of everything and just eat what you really want to eat. Talk more. Nibble. Dance and move. Have fun along the way! It's my opinion…
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With all you have been doing I think you'll discover that if you apply the same logic to your food selections at the big events you won't sacrifice anything and have a good time. Eating out was never removed from my lifestyle when I decided to trim down the weight. I wanted permanent change, not a series of trends so I…
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Tracy Campoli has a double chin workout video that can offer help. But, as everyone has said, where you lose your weight is totally up to your body. Good Luck!
