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Two separate doctors recommended surgery. It's a single stone (I had to get my records released from the hospital for unrelated reasons, etc.), and that's the first time it's ever bothered me. I only even went to the hospital/ER because I thought I had appendicitis. Of course, the ER doctor saw I was obese and ran a panel…
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The ER doctors said "NO FAT" (they were very strict about this) until my gallbladder was removed. Since I think removing an entire organ from a single gallstone doesn't sound like a good idea, I've been slowly increasing my fat to see what's okay and what isn't. At the moment, I stay between 15-20 grams a day, and I…
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I'm not an expert by any means, but as someone who ate *way* under my calorie goal for longer than I should have (ugh), I can tell you that the shakyness and whatnot is usually from lack of fuel. Mine usually came with dizziness. I'm not sure when you're doing your workout, but by looking at your diary link that you…
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I had the same issue - mostly because I discovered the fat acceptance movement. (Not saying that the movement is a bad thing. It's not by any means!) However, what I found worked for me was to focus on health. If you love yourself how you are, don't worry about dropping pounds or changing how you look - instead, think…
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I've hit a couple plateaus, and someone on MFP gave me great advice: Eat at your maintaining calories for a week. You're going to "gain" weight (probably through water and whatnot), but it's almost like "resetting" your metabolism to what it "should" be. It's worked for me multiple times now.
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I'm in LOVE with mine. It was a huge eye-opener to see how much MyFitnessPal was overestimating some of my calorie burns (It gave me an Elliptical on 40 minutes as burning over 900 calories while the BodyMedia device lets me know it's only about 550). I will readily admit that the food database could use a lot of help (it…
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Starbucks actually has a page of 20 of their drinks that are under 200 calories. :) http://www.starbucks.com/menu/nutrition/20-under-200 I can't give up my Java Chip Frappe for anything, so I'm just drinking the light version with no whip, and it cuts off about 300 calories from it. I just work out extra hard for it as…
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Mine was relatively right-on for me. ZumbaCalories tells me I should burn about 630 for Zumba, and my monitor says I burn about 690. I'm assuming some of those calories are from the drive to and from the gym, so it's about dead-on for me depending on how the instructor teaches. There's one instructor at my university who…
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In case anyone else is reading this (I'm looking into getting a BodyMedia device!), this post is helpful, but take it with a grain of salt. All of the links in the post are affiliate links to purchase a FitBit, so the writer gets money off of your FitBit purchase, so they aren't really unbiased in the post. But still good…
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I'm mid-way through Level 2, and it's definitely showing a difference. I don't see any changes in the scale, but there's definitely body definition and changes which is always good. :)
