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There is more than one reason someone regains weight. Part of that depends on the type of diet they did in the first place, the amount of weight they lost, the type of changes they made etc. extreme short term diets are destined to fail I think most of us can agree that a lot of that loss is water weight which comes right…
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When people first start really trying to lose weight, we tend to take everything to an extreme. Whatever theory we are following we go EXTREME about it because we want to be totally serious and perfect and lose the weight. So for some they freak out if they set their cals to 1400 then go 50 over, for some reason they…
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Because humans are even more imperfect than we like to believe. Have you ever taken your measurements before? One arm is always bigger, a leg is always bigger. Heck one arm is longer than the other so is one leg. One foot will be slightly larger, one ring finger longer than the other. We are a huge mess if we really get…
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I was really sick and very dehydrated earlier this year. Put on 6lbs after IV fluids, took about a week for it to go away. Was very frustrating to see my weight the highest it had been in about a year and a half, and it trickled off rather slower than I thought it would but it did eventually go away. I think part of it was…
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Honestly, I would get rid of your cable/tv altogether. I have nothing but a dvd player and netflix which I rarely use. It will make a huge difference for you i think. If you have no tv you will not sit in bed and watch it all day. I also suggest picking up some hobbies. Hobbies will provide you with something to do to keep…
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Actually, if you are going by the BMI calc and talking about frame sizes (like the OP is). Then she is 'slightly' overweight according the methods she is using, thats assuming she truly has a small frame though I believe she more than likely is average. But BMI, frame sizes etc are all kind of loose and sometimes…
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The wrapping fingers around wrist is considered a way to measure your frame size, not whether or not you need to lose weight. However, wrapping your fingers around is also not a good indicator of frame size as wrist sizes do not always correlate properly with actual frame size. Its better to measure your elbow width and…
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Its a bit fast, but there are some big factors that play into it. One is 'water weight'. 8-10lbs of water weight dropping right off is not at all uncommon. The other part being, the more you have to lose, the more active you are, the more you are going to lose. Biggest loser contestants work out for hours upon hours…
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It took about 20lbs for me to notice. I could tell my clothes were smaller but it wasnt until the 20s that I could look in the mirror and go "woah thats not me!" It was probably closer to 27-28 before the people I see often (co workers etc) noticed the loss, part of that was likely because I didnt really get any new…
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Two years in July and still going, its a super slow pace but I am okay with it. According to mfp I have lost about 27 lbs but I didnt have a scale for a while when I started, so I have probably lost closer to 35lbs. 40lbs was my initial goal but now i am thinking I would be better off losing 45lbs total, but I will see…
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I dont think she expected it to go well. But I think she expected it to be nowhere near that much. Mostly because a lot of us have learned from ads that anything in a tortilla is a 'healthier' choice because its not bread. I cant deny that when I see a 'wrap' of something I usually assume its lower calorie because of the…
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How so? Obviously she is on a diet now because she was over eating. She is now trying to learn and adjust to counting calories, which as most of us know, trying to estimate calories is a bad idea. We have all fallen into the trap, and yeah its disappointing and upsetting when we realize we were wrong, but there is no…
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Only a portion, because there really isnt an accurate way to tell how many calories we have actually burned. I typically burn about 400-500 calories in a gym visit according to the machines. So based on that I will eat back 200-300 cals (also depends on how hungry I feel afterwards). For exercise outside the gym where I…
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You should probably be less worried about the number on the clothing and just focus on building muscle, getting into a healthy fat % then just live with whatever dress size you are. Just because someone can fit into a size 2US, doesnt mean they are in good shape. For someone 5'5, medium frame at 123 you really dont need to…
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Eating is a chore because I am lazy and I am weird. Calorie amounts aside, I really am lazy about food. If I am sitting around, its not meal time and I feel really hungry, I will just ignore it. Not because of calorie counting but just because I dont want to make anything and I dont really keep premade foods or junk food…
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I think the at home dvd market has exploded marketing towards women more than men. A lot of it is because these dvds are just specifically targeted at women. Most of the Jillian Michaels stuff is clearly targeted for females, she almost always has women on the dvd. Same with many other weightloss programs. But there are…
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I think the person was more asking 'if you can lose 80lbs without the surgery, can you continue to lose weight the same method you are losing now and potentially not have surgery.' Surgery is dangerous and there are a lot of complications to WLS and its not a fix all. As many who have had it in this thread already know.…
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Also for them to decide whether or not they are going to believe what you say. Everyone is different in the way their mind works and how easily influenced they are. For arguments sake you could say someone who was easily influenced by just hearing what you say or reading what you type is someone who likely is easily…
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The show 'Secret Eaters' is a very good show to watch and make you realize how easy it is for people to. 1. Lie straight to your face 2. lie to themselves 3. Write off calories Its true that unless we stalked someone and logged their intake and output everyday for weeks we will never know whats really going on with them.…
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While getting a dog from a rescue or a humane society is a nice thing, there is absolutely nothing wrong with purchasing a puppy from a breeder either. You can go too extreme in the 'rescue' mentality. Its a personal choice and while rescuing is a nice thing there are pros and cons to rescue just as there is to purchasing…
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Water is going to help with weight loss, if not for one reason than for another. As someone mentioned earlier, sugar free sweeteners can mess with your cravings, and can make you crave and over indulge without realizing it. After reading up on this subject I paid attention to my reaction to artificial sweeteners. Now I am…
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A lot of scales will be off right from the start. Unfortunately its tough to tell how far they are off because of how much our weight fluctuates during the day (I go up and down 3-4lbs during the day), and because of the different circumstances when we weigh ourselves. I think the best you can do is just before you leave…
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These kind of threads happen all the time on other boards, people asking the same questions a million times over happen on other boards, people getting annoyed with noobs happens on other boards. Welcome to the life cycle of the internet. You see forums are this giant melting pot of everything from broccoli to shoes with…
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I do daily as long as I remember it. As someone else said, if I don't do daily I will stop holding myself accountable, and the longer I will put off getting back on the scale and the worse things get. I don't get obsessive about my food or calories from weighing daily but weighing daily will stop the bad eating quickly for…
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Based on what people are saying it smells like, it sounds like they are using the menthol to produce a temporary shrink in whatever area its applied to. You would get the same results by packing ice all around your body and leaving it there for days. Menthol produces the effect of cooling/tingling and triggers skin…
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I weigh twice daily, because if I don't I will avoid the scale and misbehave. Daily weigh ins kind of show me the consequences of what I am doing. My consequences always seem to show up the next day for me. So if I am good I see it and I am happy, if not I don't do well I will see it. If I don't own up to it immediately…
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I won't deny that nutrisystem works. I tried it for a while and did lose some weight but it became clear to me somewhat early on that I couldnt stick with it. The sodium content in them is outrageous so your constantly feeling bloated and even though you lose weight you still feel giant because of all the salt. My face was…
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I don't think WLS is wrong, and I certainly dont think its 'easy'. But to try and compare the difficulty level to someone who does it the old fashioned way, is not at all realistic. People with weight loss surgery are going to lose weight (at least for a while) regardless of what they do. If they eat until they throw up,…
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Congrats on losing the 14lbs, however, a diet like this isn't really sustainable over long term. You may lose weight but you can't eat a shake style diet forever, and thats where things go downhill. Yes you may get fast results with this and you may even reach your goal but that's all temporary. It doesn't even have to do…
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The fingers around the wrist are not a very good measurement of your bone structure size. A better way is the circumference of your wrist and the width of your elbow, though visiting your doctor is likely your best bet. Things like broad shoulders or broad hips does not make you big boned, thats got to do with body shape,…
