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Hi Doug, glad to see you're hanging in there and that the leg pain and energy issues have improved. My father has experienced declining health and energy, and one of the hardest parts to watch is his inability to do things that are important to him. I can only imagine how frustrating that must get. Hopefully now that some…
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Definitely logging everything, and I might cut back on my usual exercise time down to only an hour or two, but I'm still planning on having at least a little deficit that day :)
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lmao ^^ so true To the OP: you really have a great tummy, especially considering how much you've lost. I bet once you reach your goal weight, it'll get even better. It's really something that's so common among all of us who've lost significant amounts of weight. It's kind of like you're in a club and it's your badge of…
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Losing a bunch of weight the first week or two when starting a new eating/working out lifestyle is extremely common. A lot of what you shed is water weight. Don't worry, it WILL slow down. Also, I'm a huge proponent of measuring out your food. I'm usually a bit more lenient with this when it comes to non-starchy veggies…
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I've lost 30 lbs. in 8 weeks, so yes it's possible, but I started at 227, so I had quite a few lbs. on you. I eat on average about 1200, but I also average about 3-4 hours of exercise a day. It's not sustainable long-term and probably not realistic for most people. I'm just lucky enough that I currently have a lot of extra…
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While I certainly see your point, and agree in the logic of it, all these labels of various forms of food-eating kind of drive me nuts, especially when someone is made to feel like they're not in the "cool club" any more because they bend one of the "rules." When I was vegan, I became afraid to tell anyone about it because…
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If I'm at home or at work (I'm alone during my shifts) I will eat just about anything with chopsticks that conceivably can be. It's probably for this reason and the fact that I'm a bit clumsy that I also overwhelmingly prefer bowls to plates. Lastly, I am not a sharer. I think because I count every last calorie, I want to…
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At parties and get-togethers, I've been choosing one or two things from the array of food that I really want, then everything else on my plate is the low-calories fillers (fruits, veggies, low-fat dip, and lean meat, generally). I think the main thing keeping me motivated and that will keep me from indulging between…
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A big congrats to you for all the hard work you've done to get where you are. Everything you said is right on the money.
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MFP overestimates for me for any of the non-specific exercises (dancing, elliptical) but is usually pretty close for the more specific ones (walking/jogging at a certain mph). Also, never trust an exercise machine calorie burn read-out unless you actually need to enter your gender/weight/age. I'm a pretty big girl (200…
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Well, since mine is the name of a book and all: [edited] apparently I don't know how to post pics here, so nm
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You are so pretty, you have a very infectious smile! You're looking great, way to go!
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Bumping, because I'm starting it tomorrow too. I just need a new workout, I can't imagine it's going to do a whole lot more or different for me than all the varied workouts I do now (dance, strength training, elliptical, brisk walks, etc) but it's worth a shot!
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I'm in a similar situation: I currently have lots of free time during the day to work out, especially on weekends, because I'm done with school for the semester and I work nights. For the past few weeks, I've been working out on average 3 hours a day. I typically only go all-out for about an hour or two (usually dance or…
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Oh you lucky son of a gun. I had previously dyed my hair dark dark brown/auburn for about 10 years (with a few coats of black in there every now and then) so it did lift well considering the situation, but initially it lifted to "strawberry blonde," at least that's what the stylist called it but I felt like it looked…
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Actually, now I want to know, how do you get your hair that light? I've gone through a few bleaching/toning processes and mine is getting close, but isn't quite there yet. Do you have naturally really light hair? Go to the salon? Do it at home? Please share the platinum prettiness secret lol.
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Oh...my....gah. You seriously look AMAZING! You are so gorgeous! I love your hair and make-up and outfit and everything. You should be proud, you've accomplished a lot!
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I just wanted to expand on your comment on MFP overestimating for calories burned: it certainly does, and sometimes almost doubles what you actually burn. I just started wearing a BodyBugg and a Polar FT7 heart rate monitor while exercising recently. I consistently find that with the more generic exercises (elliptical,…
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You'd better believe it. I still plan on losing my normal amount during the last week of the year so I can enter the new year feeling proud. So that means counting everything on Christmas and probably some long workout sessions. It will be so worth it to be one of the only people I know who doesn't gain weight over the…
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Well, if I were you, I'd take a look at your past experiences. A year and a half ago, I "took a week off" after I reached my first big goal weight. It was around 4th of July so I knew there were going to be parties and picnics and I just wanted to enjoy myself and relax for the week. That week ended up becoming over a year…
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I used Alli for a couple weeks when I was having the hardest time "keeping my hand out of the cookie jar," so to speak. I was going through a hard time emotionally and eating everything in sight! Taking it made me terrified to eat anything junk-food-y, which was my intent. So it was effective in that sense. But did I lose…
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Oh, and after reading over more of the thread, I have to second "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime." I used to work in retail and right after Halloween they'd pop in the damn looping Christmas song tape that repeated itself every 3 hours. That song was on there and would just drive me insane. It's one of those songs…
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I would be really shocked if this isn't already in this thread but: Bob Dylan's Christmas album. I love Bob, and actually love listening to it because it's so laughable. But it really is bad...
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I generally tend to agree with and applaud this post. Of course, as a few commenters pointed out, they're not all good guys. No entire group of people is going to be. But it grinds my gears when I hear people say, "%&#ing cops, don't they have anything better to do than pull me over?" or "they're all a bunch of ________."…
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LMAO I'm totally going to start incorporating my love of zombie-everything into my workouts.
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If you love cheese, this is probably the one place to get it. Usually if you get cheese on something from a restaurant, you're talking at least 100 or 200 extra calories. On a 6-inch sub, it's an extra 40 calories and a few grams of fat. Just go with mustard, vinegar, or light mayo for your sauce and you'll still have a…
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cpar: that's awesome, I really love his way of thinking. merimeaux: Yeah, I think the only thing that got me out the door today was the fact that it was almost 40 here and I was desperate to enjoy the weather before it gets cold again. Then it just kind of turned into running lol I hope you give it another shot, too!
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I was wondering the exact same thing today. I pretty much ran for the first time (although I am used to a lot of other heart-pumping cardio) and I felt great while I was doing it, really no coughing then, but as soon as I got home and breathed the warm air in the house, I started hacking. And same here, it lasted about 2…
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It would have been nice if you had read the rest of my comment re: not knowing what to do (i.e. not being able to force-feed someone who won't eat). And I guess the "oblivious" part came more from my own experience, where I was binging and purging 6-7 times a day but my parents had no clue about my disorder because I was a…
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I think it's hilarious that the caption reads "Is this what the new face of fashion should look like?"...as if runway models looking underfed is a new thing. And ElExGordo, if someone truly has an eating disorder, parents are often oblivious or simply don't know what to do. You can't force-feed your child unless you have…
