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Yeah I put on and drop weight all the time, normally the biggest spikes are on days when my diet gets a little out of hand and I end up with more salty fast food in me than the good stuff I normally eat. The number on the scale has next to nothing to do with how much fat we have in us on a day to day basis though so I try…
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Just wanted to say good luck! I started off at about 265 and an down 16 or so in the first month. I'm doing a boatload of exercise and trying to eat pretty healthy (it helps that I don't mind eating mostly the same thing every day). Hope things work out well for you. I'm personally trying not to focus too much on the scale…
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People like to bicker on here about some pretty specific topics and trends. You sort of get the feel for the hot buttons within a short time though (should I take X pill, can I eat fewer than 1200 calories, not losing weight and I'm doing everything right, etc.) and then it's not too bad. If someone comes on and says they…
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My best plan is always just to eat if I'm hungry but to ditch the snacks and go for a meal I won't be ashamed of in the morning. It's funny but once the easy junk is out of the house (assuming it can be gotten out of the house), it becomes easier to distinguish between a craving and actual hunger. I do pad my calories…
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The math it uses is pretty basic I think, 3500 calorie deficit equals a pound. MFP will not recommend eating less than 1200 calories a day by default. I suspect that what it means is that you would need to eat LESS than 1200 calories a day to lose 2 lbs a week. Since MFP considers that unhealthy it just sets it to 1200…
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I'll play devil's advocate... I always do. When I was on a fitness kick in my twenties I gave up caffeine for about five years and it was sort of great. Energy level for me became much more food based vs. caffeine / sugar based. If I was feeling low I was hungry.. it sounds simple but I was WAY out of touch with my body…
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Yeah I personally don't worry about the idea of a little excess skin. I spend about 99.978% of my day either with my shirt on or with people who think I look good without it on regardless. The only real way to avoid it is if you are young and only recently gained weight. The body is pretty good about being able to make new…
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Old Nerd Power! My first "Hard Drive" was a cassette tape on a Commodore Vic 20 which took five minutes load the siren sound modulation script it took me twenty minutes to input. When Prodigy was a great upgrade to CompuServe. When your choice of a color monitor meant you picked green or orange for the text displayed on…
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I miss WoW... all those hours grinding for some epic mount or chest piece... And then they had to go all panda bear on us... I mean Death Knights were all right, but Panda Bears? Plus, once South Park did the their skit on WoW and I realized that Jenkins and I bore an uncanny resemblance, I decided it might not be cool for…
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Most of those pills and potions are only going to be stimulants of one sort or another mixed in with a whole bunch of trendy ingredients that some tv show spouted off as "the key to weight loss". There will of course be some people that say they work and honestly they probably aren't even lying. A sugar pill is as…
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I totally get it, I had the same issue at first. My biggest problem was all the soda I used to drink and then all the juice I switched over to. I added in protein shakes for a while but honestly they really weren't needed once I started eating more real food. I'm a big fan of turkey burgers and chicken breasts personally.…
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I love the Renaissance Festival. We have a really good one out here in Minnesota, sooo many fun folks show up. I've never managed to be social enough to try and dress up and join a click there though. Seems like all the fun would be when the crowds leave and nothing but jugglers and fire breathing girls in halter tops…
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Since we are all being honest I think #1 was the winner. I did the supper skinny thing when I was a kid and definitely found folks thought I looked best with a little weight on me (not a 100 pounds extra, but 165-170 lbs vs. my low of 135 lbs). You should think about weight training if it's something you might be…
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I read MSFM so long ago... all I remember about it was half a book about how much it sucked to be a Jew in WW2 and then another half a book about how most peoples problems could easily be solved if one just understood why they didn't go and kill themselves when things got rough (aka Logotherapy).
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Alright everyone, time for me to stop obsessively hitting refresh and go for a bike ride now! If someone doesn't beat me to it (OP, were looking at you!), I'll create a Nerds United group for us so we can break all this collective discussion into distinct threads when I get back. If you would prefer a different name for…
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That didn't take long! Was worried it was just me that thought this was a pause worthy event! I feel like casting a little salute every time I see that part.
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All right, no cheating with Google for this one... How many people can name, from memory, the BSG scene in which Firefly's Serenity makes a cameo?
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Don't be jealous just because you can't name all the captains of the Enterprise. We are here to help!
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I think I sort of define "Nerdly Activities" as anything that is difficult to explain to people that do not partake. I used to play Everquest when it first came out. Some of the monsters in the game had really cool stuff. Everyone wanted the stuff. So they made the monsters spawn at semi-random but always lengthy…
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They recently lowered the FDA guidelines for the surgery... now even more people can have their torso ripped opened and apply a plastic band to their stomachs which will eventually just expand again anyway. If someone wants to lose weight so bad that they would do something like this I just feel bad that the same…
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Not sure if this is helpful advice but I used to tear through a 1000 calories in a sitting easily and now have most my meals down to 300'ish calories each. Not encouraging you to eat less, just suggesting you keep an eye out for foods that are more filling for you so you don't feel hungry on whatever caloric goal you…
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Yeah beta was a letdown for me too and I keep watching the youtube to see if it has improved and not so much. Oddly, the funnest MMO I've played recently is Star Wars just because they did a great job on the single player solo stories. Like all MMO's eventually it just becomes a grind if you want to keep playing but for…
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So I'm in EXACTLY the same boat you are (well, I do my 20-30 miles a day a bit slower than you is all) and honestly I don't eat back the calories even though everyone insists that at least some should be eaten back. My rule is to simply eat when I am hungry but to make sure those calories come from meals (I like turkey…
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Often I will just google the name of the food, "Costco rotisserie chicken nutrition" and see what comes up. In this case: http://fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/costco/rotisserie-chicken All of them are going to be estimates, but chicken is chicken so you just need to account for any extra calories that their rub might…
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As a rule, everyone on MFP is an expert and none of them are allowed to agree with one another. It makes posting here a lot of fun because you can see long drawn out fights about how junk food doesn't exist and how losing 2.1 pounds per week is bad for you but 1.9 is just fine. I was thinking the same thing about fasting,…
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All right, now that we have collected under a single banner of Nerdom, I think it might be a good time for our illustrious leader to start an MFP group called "Nerds" so we can all talk shop out of earshot of those silly jocks that just aren't going to appreciate that an hour of Walking Dead can be categorized as cardio as…
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So here's the truth, you are young and most people are insecure and self loathing in their youth. Most of the time young folks feel even worse about themselves because they think everyone else is so confident and secure with their life. They aren't. For most people confidence is just an act that they eventually grow into.…
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I don't think the brand really makes too much of a difference. If you are shopping, it's normally good to look for powders that come from a blend of sources so they contain a full spectrum of protein vs. just a single source. Whey (milk) and Soy are probably the most frequently found in powders and a lot of folks seem…
