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My ultimate goal is a UK size 14, which is US 10/12. WIth my frame I'm not sure I can get much lower than that anyway, I'm just a big ol' thing.
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Well, that sucks. Sorry. It's harder for you from the get-go then. Maybe your doc can advise?
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I am quite close to my goal weight, but bear in mind my goal weight is still quite high! Calories do start to matter more, definitely, but I still don't count them. I just eat a little less, in particular I stopped snacking between meals. What has helped speed weight loss back up is giving up protein powders and sweetener,…
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From a bit of Googling (and some very technical language) it seems to be caused by increased acidity in the mouth. This in turn is caused by eating high protein, and I suspect specifically high animal protein. It doesn't seem to happen to everyone, but is a definite side-effect in some people. I wonder if an Arm & Hammer…
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You can definitely get Almond milk at Tesco, my local Metro does it. There's also a website called lowcarbmegastore which stocks a lot of low carb products that you won't find on UK shelves, but bear in mind it's mostly processed, junky food which does stall some people. Could be a help if you're craving desserts or…
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Yup, that sounds spot on to me! I hope it works for you (bet it will!) :)
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I don't count calories anymore, or use the food diary on here anymore, so I've no idea. But when I DID used to log I was set at 1700kcal, and went over so consistently I stopped counting. It's easy to get freaked out seeing the little numbers turn red, and get obsessive about it. Nowadays I log the occasional day just to…
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What is all this "the body needs carbs" stuff people come out with? Where are you guys getting this? Firstly, what has that got to do with Atkins anyway? It's not a no carb diet. Secondly, the body doesn't need carbs. It just doesn't. The brain requires glucose, sure, but the body can function perfectly well without carbs.…
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Having been unhappy most of my life, about 2 years ago I really fell into a pit. I went from non-smoker to 20 a day, had weeks at a time off work unable to do anything, self-harmed and started having anxiety attacks. All during this, and after, I binged and binged, until I finally decided to cut down and get healthy. Even…
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So the carb "meals" aren't timed around your workouts? I would have thought that as a trainer that's what his thinking would have been, carbs to either fuel or recover. Like others I can't see the benefit of a random carb meal. Most odd. It sounds a little like one of those food combining diets, you know, can't eat fat…
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Although I wouldn't panic so soon, if the weight REALLY won't shift you might want to check with your doc for various hormonal issues, unless you have already?
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I agree with Kymmu, and will probably take a lot of **** for it. However, with that much to lose I'd take a gamble on your having greatest success by moderating your carb intake. To begin with, you could try cutting out refined, processed carbs and sugars. Just for a week or so, to see what happens. No bread, no brownies,…
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I didn't exercise when I first started on a very low carb diet, mainly because I couldn't! For a few weeks before your body adapts it can really zap your energy. No, in my case it's been almost all diet, and then when losses slowed a little (from 4lb a week to 2lb) I started lifting heavy weights twice a week. I spend a…
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My ultimate goal is 175lb. That's a BMI of 27, but I'm not paying attention to the BMI scale, just what I feel is right and maintainable for me. I've a large build which carries extra weight well, so I look lighter than I am, if you see what I mean. Women shorter than I am, but who weigh the same, seem to manage to be a…
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I'm going to be the voice of doom, because sometimes stuff doesn't work out in a Disney fashion. Some relationships are built around a symbiosis of faults. If you really are/were often a difficult and angry person (and kudos for realising and admitting it), and she stays with you, there's a reason she's doing so- you're…
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It works the other way too. Carbs were a major problem for me, but reading MFP I'd come away with the notion that anyone who thinks that is wrong and stupid. I can't stick with a (consciously) low calorie eat-what-you-want-in-moderation diet, I just end up bingeing. Plenty of others say the same thing. Yet I don't feel I…
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Yes, and I always will. He is 6'1 and 130lb, thin thin thin. He was the exact same weight 20 years ago. If I got to that weight I'd look emaciated.
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A hotly debated topic! :)
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Quite an interesting talk at the Ancestral Health Symposium about this "toxins" business. It's possible that beans don't contain any appreciable quantity of "bad" chemicals once they are soaked and cooked. Pretty much all plants have some form of chemical defence that's often mitigated by cooking. You might want to avoid…
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Your friends, family and work colleagues notice how much weight you've lost, you tell them how and suddenly start a mini-epidemic of low carb dieting!
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That's beyond idiotic, I'd say it's not acceptable in the work place. Imagine if it had been a man who did it! A woman at my work went up to a colleague who is skinny as a rail, pulled a bag of chips out of her hand and told her she shouldn't eat those because she was starting to look fat. Some people.
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I find I kind of sit between the Atkins camp and the Primal camp, just because it's practically impossible to eat any processed foods while on induction level carbs. My diet is meat, fish, veg, nuts, seeds and dairy. That qualifies as a Primal diet, the only difference would be berries and tubers. Attempts to re-introduce…
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I'm not anywhere near my final goal yet, but I've dropped 6 dress sizes. My mind is all over the place about it. Some days I am disgusted by how fat I still am. Other days I think I look thin. I'm horrified by the size of my belly, but can't believe how much smaller my thighs are. I cannot pass a mirror or window without…
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There's a great thread on here about cravings for sweet things. My pet theory (absolutely no science behind this at all) is that you're either a sugar-junkie type, or you're not. Some people can eat anything in moderation and be fine. Others of us- and I'd hazard a guess we're the seriously obese ones- simply lose control…
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Do they consume a surplus of calories because the candy and soda drive them to consume more candy and soda?
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It worries me how some people hold certain other members with washboard abs in such high esteem. They believe everything that person says.
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You know this one Acg, you must do. The theory du jour is that sustained high levels of fructose damage the metabolism. Non-obese societies with high carb intake generally get their carbs from starch. Transplant any one of them into the West with access to candy and soda, they get obese. I make no claim that this is…
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No carb huh? There are some folk that do it but...wow. Unless you like liver, kidneys and other offal, I really wouldn't think this was a good idea. I think I agree with an earlier poster your doc probably meant no "white" carbs like bread, pasta, rice, potatoes or sugar. Search the Groups here for "low carb" and join the…
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Please do, this is really interesting stuff. Can we just keep asking you Brain Questions please? ;)
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Nonsense. It's about pure nonsense. Next question! :)
