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My period is due within the week. I found myself oddly hungry for breakfast this morning but Im also dealing with some GI discomfort (also a sign TOM is on its way) so I dont want to eat much. I'm hoping I can push through my moodiness and stay active even when I just want a blankie and some hot tea in bed. I figure I can…

Have you seen your doctor? I would be concerned at these symptoms in myself!

I wont get into all of it, but basically if YOU want to use this medication to try to lose weight then your best bet is to give it some time and see if these initial side effects pass. I used to take a medication called Wellbutrin and the drug itself is called bupropion, which actually is a component in your medication as…

If this topic hasn't yet taught you, making claims like this is just irresponsible. We're all here to reach our own goals, whatever they may be. Protein shakes are just that- PROTEIN! Anything to excess is going to cause weigh gain. I use Isopure's zero carb vanilla. It fits my goals calorie and carb wise, and really…

Oh grapes are way too awesome. I LOVE them!

Yeah, this is my question. With smoothies you'd have a much easier time figuring it out, since you'd just weigh each ingredient and add them up. I guess for juice you'd weigh the food item before juicing, weigh the juice, and then weigh the pulpy left overs and subtract the pulp weight from the total food but I can imagine…

I am still adjusting to my new routine haha, it does take me a few extra minutes per meal but its just another tool that is helping me reach my goals so I'm just going to DO it!

Those are certainly worthwhile exercises, I love them! Just remember you cannot spot reduce, but any extra muscle building will help get you there :) It's just water I'm sure but I've seen 9lbs drop in about 4 days... Talk about a "whoosh!"

Now that I'm really buckling down, I'm just trying to avoid eating foods I haven't made myself. Tonight will be an exception, a family event, but I'm just making my best guesses. You can make you own best guesses based on what's in there. If there's cheese and sour cream, you can bet there's probably more than one serving…

I feel I resonate with this reply the most. Pizza is a huge "trigger" type food for me. Its always been a gorge fest. Never in my life have I had just one slice. My partner and I have destroyed many a large pizza just the two of us! So for now while I feel like I'm still learning and deciding what my long term plan is, I…

That's amazing, and yet another example that weight loss is not linear :) I like to remind myself of this daily! Congrats on your whoosh!

You're ill, once you're well your body will equalize. It likely is water, and you'll see it come back once your body isn't focusing so much energy on healing. I dont think you have muscle loss after only a few days and even if you have lost some muscle it certainly wont be anything significant. When I am sick I just focus…

Yes I am indeed seeing that! I havent been eating enough at all :) Im glad I understand what the net means now! I am considering bumping my food goal from 1400 to 1600 next week and see if that helps. Should at least close the gap a bit more.

Oh yes Im QUITE sure I burn significantly more than 936 calories in a day. You may be upset to hear my exercise calories were actually 1206 by the end of the day. Fitbit calories burned: 3019 Projection based on 1994 cals burned as of 1:56pm MFP cals burned: 2445 I think you're being a little too critical of the post. I…

Have you tried stacking an underwire bra with a high impact sports bra? I am not large chested but I do hate feeling them move so I actually buy sports bras a size too small or wear an underwire bra underneath.

No I know this information, I am adding my BMR to the exercise calories provided by fitbit to come up with an absolute minimum energy usage for the day, and then via the fitbit app I get a huge number that I am to assume is my energy usage for the whole day but it is much much higher than my minimum figure so I estimate my…

I like isopure vanilla, they have zero carbs for that flavor, I cant recall the fat off hand (havent had any since I started recording, need to buy more!) But it doesnt actually taste good, so I had been mixing half a bottle of atkins shake with one scoop of the protein powder. It made it pretty darn tasty.

I havent actually had any "Halloween" candy this year and Im pretty proud. My partner and I did split a pack of reese's cups that weekend though :)

I feel like my fitbit's estimates are crazy high! For example, yesterday I got my net to the highest its been all week (except for the binge weekend days of course). The net was something in the 900-1000range, but fitbit says I burned 3700! I am pretty active but jeeeeeeez it just seems crazy high so I dont put too much…

Oh dear I kind of figured as long as I was EATING at least 1200 I was doing alright. If I look back, that could be why last weekend was so tough. By Sunday/Monday (my weekend), I felt SO hungry and emotional I ended up eating way more than I planned. Possibly could be a subconscious way to try to make my body get closer to…

Okay net calories are food calories I could "eat back" if I wanted? I guess thats where things get complicated, to eat them back you have to assume the figure is correct. I can't be sure of that for a few more weeks so I can assess my weight loss trend over time. Am I intended to eat these back? Or is that just personal…

Same here! No endorphins i just get this crap called "satisfaction at a job well done"

There's the honesty we all have to face! The holidays arent what got us here, and they wont send us back to where we started either!

Can I just say, I love you? This is my plan for basically any social event involving someone else supplying the food (aka I didnt count every grain of rice). I will make sure to get in some good exercise (as I will be trying to do daily regardless of social gatherings), eat light at other meals of the day, and be very…

Lol my partner is forever calling me a quitter for leaving food on my plate. I let him know Im perfectly happy because I am not a quitter, Im a LOSER ha! In his face! And honestly what you do is fine, as long as it fits YOUR goals. People with different plans arent wrong just have a different goal in mind. The past few…

Hahaha! I decided to avoid this problem by logging the whole bottle last time I drank. ... just in case! *I did not actually drink the whole bottle alone, but it was funny to see that it could fit in my daily allotment!*

I just did the same this week. You're going to be so surprised with the first few things you weigh versus measure. Im still a little weepy about how much rice I had always been over eating because i packed it into a measuring cup telling myself it was just one serving. Ha! Brutal honesty with oneself is literally…

I pre-log and dont allow myself to add things or make changes unless they're just adjusting something I logged "loosely" meaning I just sorta threw it down with an estimated amount/cals. So if I guess I want 140g of chicken for dinner, I can change it to 200g if I really wanted/needed the fuel but I cant go changing it to…

I always said I loved the weight loss but if I could have kept my fat *kitten* I would have been a happy girl! I turned to pilates. It really helped tone the muslces and got me used to using them, then i built more muscle mass with squats and lunges. You can have a great booty you just have to build it!

Yeah, consider eating at maintenance for a week or two! Take a little break and then get going again :)