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Finally Arrived! 240 to 158!
I’ve been waiting a long time to be able to finally share my final success story. I started this process almost 6 years ago after spending quite some time at my highest weight of 240 pounds. Mine is a common story – I had spent most of my life at least overweight, if not obese. Although I was active, I had terrible eating…
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Goal Weight Disappointment?
After more than 4 years, and (admittedly) varying levels of commitment, I am finally within 3 pounds of what I had always seen as my ‘goal weight.’ However, instead of being excited and proud, I am kind of . . . disappointed. I have almost always been at least overweight and had never been below 175 pounds (I’m 5’8”) in my…
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PCOS Low Carb Successes?
Hello! I was wondering if anyone out there has had success managing symptoms of PCOS using a low carb diet and how long after you started did you see changes? Until December, I had been on the pill for almost 10 years to treat body acne and regulate my cycle. Previous to that I had extremely unpredictable periods, often…
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Exercise shorts suggestions for us "mermaids"
I have started doing a lot of hiking in the past 2 years but because my thighs touch, I haven't been able to find shorts that will actually stay down for long hikes and have had to keep wearing compression capris all year. It's starting to really heat up where I live and I would love to find shorts that can comfortably be…
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Weight Training and Sleep Struggles
I started New Rules of Lifting for Women last week am have having trouble sleeping a full night. I have never lifted before and typical exercise has usually consisted of brisk walking, DVDs at home, Zumba class or other cardio based activity. I have always been someone who needed 8-9 hours of sleep to feel fully rested but…
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Struggling to stick with it . . . what keeps you going?
I had been really successful in the past and lost about 60 pounds exclusively through diet, without any exercise. Since then I have really been at a stand-still. I am much more active now due to a boyfriend who loves the outdoors and has a passion for hiking but I just don't have the same level of motivation to monitor my…
