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  • I'm getting married 9/4/2021 (4.9.2021 for you!). It was supposed to be last April, but obviously... that didn't work out. Of course, I bought my wedding dress in 2019 and had it fitted last February, 15 months ago! Fortunately, the number on the scale hadn't changed over quarantine, but I stopped lifting weight…
  • Then he can cook his own damn food?
  • If Phenylalanine was impossible to get from natural sources, mammals would not exist. Full stop. It is fundamentally necessary to life and again, it is found in breast milk. That's a natural source. You seem to be confusing "can be made artificially" with "must be made artificially". If you want to avoid diet soda because…
  • Hold up. Phenylalanine is an essential amino acid (that means its necessary for your body but its not something you can synthesize from other compounds so YOU HAVE TO EAT IT) and it's commonly found in breast milk. Not everything with a long "scary" name is bad for you, though I'm definitely not a fan of diet sodas for…
  • If you're supposed to eat 1200 net calories then you need to eat back your exercise calories, so you should eat 1900 on the days you work out.
  • I've had a little trouble with the fitbit on the elliptical, it doesn't seem to always get my steps. It could work if you take really long strides or maybe attach it on your leg rather than your hip. Try it out at the gym before you buy.
  • I just found on my profile that MFP currently has me eating at a 500 calorie deficit which it says will make me lose a lb per week. But two days ago was my brother's birthday so I was over my daily allowance by about 300 calories (still a 200 deficit) and at the end of the day, MFP said I would gradually gain weight eating…
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