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Intermittent fasting and binge eating
I have not been diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder (probably because I've never confessed it to my doctor), but I have episodes of uncontrollable binge eating so it is reasonable to assume that I have BED. About three months ago I started intermittent fasting (20:4). I don't feel hunger pangs until late afternoon and so…
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Carboholicism
Is food addiction real? And is it fair to compare my perceived addiction to carbs to somebody's actual addiction to alcohol, narcotics or other serious drugs?
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What is your strategy?
Obviously, to lose weight you need to create a calorie deficit. MFP helps by making it easy to log the foods you eat. If you log everything and stay in your calorie budget, you should be losing weight. But within that framework, there is a lot of room for individual adaptation. So my question is what is your strategy for…
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Help, I'm surrounded by junk
I have been doing very well, I lost 10 lbs in the last 6 weeks. Yesterday, at the bequest of my children, I helped make a batch of cookies (at 200 calories each) and now work is giving away nearly expired bags of chips (400 calories each). This is my weakness, my strategy has been to put as much distance as possible…
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Working with friends
What are the different ways MFP lets you work with or communicate with your friends? What works best to help motivate each other?
