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  • Someone can feel free to correct me on this, but I think the projected weight loss is misleading if you are eating below your calorie requirement. For example, if you consume only 800 calories on a particular day, it will show a seemingly wonderful and rapid projected weight loss for the five weeks based on daily diet of…
  • My goal is to walk (at least) 3 miles every day, 6 days. I haven't been tracking exercise calories, but I think that's about 1200? I'm still focusing on the lifestyle change from sedentary to getting out for walks...
  • I weigh in every morning when I get up. In the past, when I would weigh in once a week, I would get really depressed if the scale only dropped a bit, stayed the same, or even went up. It would feel like a huge disappointment after a week's worth of work. Now, I can see how my body weight fluctuates daily yet is slowly…
  • Great job and thanks for the inspiration!
  • Name: Jo Age: 30 MFP: 3 weeks Hi everyone! My most recent history is that I was previously a dance instructor and in great shape, but then started grad school a year and a half ago, stopped dancing, and put on almost 25 pounds. I'm proud of myself for persevering through school, and now that I'm almost done with my degree…
  • My first challenge as well-- I'd love to give it a try!
  • Oh wow-- that was just a guess since one of my friends has it, and the symptoms sounded similar. Such a painful and frustrating illness to have to live with, unfortunately.
  • Having lost many years of my life to battling anorexia and bulimia, I can only urge you to please seek help as soon as possible. I'm not a physician, but it is quite obvious to me that you have an eating disorder. You can do a quick self-assessment at http://www.edtreatmentcenters.com/eating-disorder-quiz.php, but it is so…
  • Possibly fibromyalgia? http://www.webmd.com/fibromyalgia/guide/what-is-fibromyalgia
  • Just want to say congratulations! You are so beautiful, so take time to enjoy your body and your accomplishment!
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