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I empathise with what she wrote. That being said, this sort of passionate hatred often (if not always) simply reveals the writer's own fears and frustrations. She's just projecting, trying to rationalise her own fears of being fat, and I feel her pain, but it has nothing to do with others imo.

I had laser about 10 years ago. It took 10 minutes and after a good 24h rest I was good to go. Had dry eyes for a couple of months, but after that no complaints. Had perfect vision ever since, and I'm truly happy I had it done. And I agree with the other posters: the thought may be terrifying but the procedure is in no way…

You could have a partner that hasn't kissed you in over 6 months, like me...

Tell that to people that have insurance. Doctors = money I don't have.

I was raised Seventh Day Adventist and have never heard of any dietary recommendation other than not eating pork. A bit skeptical about that one...

I wanted to get my graph out of my blog, but didn't quite manage. You can see 6 months of daily weigh-ins here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/nelinelineli After one year of daily weigh-ins I can assure you the scales are going to go up and down by over 5lbs, even overnight. Some periods, they show the exact same number…

Well whether numbers went up or not, there's a definite "oompf" gained in that area, which is very encouraging for females like me who're worried they'd get even flatter by dropping their BF% with strength training. Thank you again for sharing:)

Now this is a huge eye opener. Thank you! And that last pic... your back, your legs, your defined waist... Just wonderful! And I'm sorry to ask but did you happen to notice your chest looks a bit larger? It does look so in the pictures.

I used to measure consistently, and the loss in inches was definitely not linear nor uniform. The first 10 pounds came off straight off my chest (and a bit from my waist), with no changes on my heavy thighs and bottom. But then, then next 10 came off from that area and voila, thigh gap:) but my waist was stubbornly not…

I've never heard of the "initial" fat coming more from the fat around your organs. However, most of the initial weight loss is either water and an emptier stomach - that in itself can account for 5+ lbs shifted back and forth between a "Good day" and a "Bad day" in a skinny person, I reckon it's more for someone with more…

There are lumpy varieties, and creamy varieties. I used to bake cheesecakes out of the creamy stuff, and they were even better than the real deal. Even though I have more leeway with calories now in maintenance, I still eat cottage cheese very often, just because I like it. Try some other brands. (And the one I have is not…

Such fluctuations are more than normal (during the day your weight is likely to change by over 2kg if not double, depending on your size). Sodium, hormonal fluctuations, the amount of food and waste you have in your system, they will make your weight vary by 2kg easily, so don't take that as a discouragement. Especially…

Couldn't you just take your "usual" as take-out once and weigh it at home for reference? That's what I do with restaurant food (I eat out 90% of the time)

Hi! I... I want to be a Ravenclaw, but I'm in maintenance so.. does that disqualify me?

10 pounds lost in 10 days would require you to have a 3500 caloric deficit PER DAY... It doesn't matter how you put it, it just won't work like that. Aim for 1-2lbs a week and give yourself half a year or so. Then you're talking:) Good luck!

If you count your journey by the amount of weight you have to lose, by the amount of pizza you have to pass on and the calorie surplus you didn't manage to avoid, you're likely going to feel pretty unhappy. If you count it by the amount of good stuff you eat (hitting a POSITIVE target - such as X fruit and veggies a day,…

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Your weight is not a value, is a range of values your body can take depending on how hydrated you are, the contents of your digestive tract and many other factors. Both values are "true", they're just likely at different ends of the spectrum of your "weight".

There will always be temptations, whether it's from family members, co-workers or friends. But at the end of the day it's our resilience we have to work on - to control our portions and the stuff we put in our mouth. Having a "shielding" environment with no chips and chocolate around sure can help with the diet, but…

To change to pounds you can just copy the formula for BMR in pounds (that's on the right side of the spreadsheet) and paste it in the first cell of the BMR column and then drag the cell down till the end of the column (to replace the old formula that's in kg). You need to change the dates, age, height, daily weigh-ins,…

I don't know what flights are those, but most of the long haul flights I've been on (mostly Japan Airlines and Air France) have their calories on the menu and usually go around 400-500 a meal. They also serve complimentary soda and alcohol, so you CAN get to 3000 calories if you really, really try I suppose. But otherwise…

Losing weight is relatively easy. Keeping it off is more tricky - and at one point you need to learn to eat properly if you want to keep that weight off. The vast majority of people who lose weight crash dieting or using such products don't get to learn that lesson and put all the weight back on. MFP is a great system…

1kg of water weight is not extreme at all. My weight at maintenance fluctuates by 1kg in each direction, so telling if there's something wrong by weighing yourself once in a week on a bad day is impossible. Give it 3 weeks before worrying AT ALL. Or start weighing every day to build a nice chart with a trendline that tells…

Log religiously and keep an eye on the scale. Make sure that at the end of the week you've evened up on calories. After few weeks of logging what I've been eating at maintenance (Cakes, 2k calorie dinners and all) I've got to the conclusion that I need to maintain a 2-300 calorie deficit on weekdays to account for my crazy…

The math is right, just keep in mind that 2-3kg (maybe even more) you lost at the beginning are not fat loss, but mostly water, and will "come back" when you eat over maintenance. Thus, your estimation might be over by as much as 3kg*7700cal/61 = 378 cal. So careful with that:) You might want discard the loss from your…

I lost 20 pounds and started maintenance just few days ago. After reaching my first goal weight (6lbs up from where I am now) I was also not satisfied so I just kept dropping it 2-3 pounds at a time. I went through a lot of unnecessary stress about it to be honest, fearing that I would never feel happy with my weight and…

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Well then you'd have to fill your calories with A LOT of protein! You'd end up with a country full of people who have gout....

Silly me for empathizing. I'm pretty sure if you lived among them you wouldn't feel it's a "stretch":)

Well one way in which I could see why this comment could be seen as "negative" is that Asian women can feel under a lot of pressure from people who have such beliefs, who tell them "they're naturally skinny", when in fact they have to struggle maintaining their weights as well. It creates false expectations that can affect…