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Good choices chinese takeaway
I'm being treated to a takeaway tonight. It isn't one that lists nutritional value information. It's a birthday, so don't want to be too picky, but could you help me out please, by suggested some lower calorie choices. I've saved some calories for tonight... I've got about 800 to play with!!
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Do you retain water in the same places as you store fat?
Just curious... I've plateaued a bit, after losing quite fast, I've been stuck at the same weight for a couple of weeks. I'm cool with it, I'm getting closer to goal weight. However, but jeans are falling down, whereas a fortnight ago they were snug! Plus, my socks are leaving welts in my legs when I take them off. Maybe…
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Celebration food
i struggle a lot with celebration food. We have five family birthday celebrations coming up. Each one will involve a meal, dessert and cake (cooked by my mother-in-law) This will take up more than my day's calories each time. I know I sound miserable... But I'm really focused one weight loss at the moment. Do you have a…
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Is it important to ease into Maintaining?
Im still about 14 pounds from my goal, but I have lost 28 pounds fairly quickly (not really meaning to, it is post baby weight). Anyway, I've yo-yo'ed a bit over the years, and have never really tracked maintenance. Is it important to gradually increase my calories when I reach my goal, or can I just eat at maintenance…
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Grilled bacon...
when I grill bacon quite a lot of fat drips off. Does that mean there are fewer calories than listed on the pack per slice?
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Stretch marks
is it really possible to get stretch marks from rapid weight loss? Is doesn't make sense to me. I had a baby in November, and shifting the extra pounds now. I didn't get any stretch marks in pregnancy... Just a bit concerned that they might appear now.
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Big deficit?
so... (please be gentle, I'm new to this!). Had a baby Nov 14. In jan I decided I needed to shift the extra pounds, and I wanted to lose around 35lbs. MFP says I should eat around 1500 calories a day to lose 1lb a week. I've been eating around 1300-1500 (not exercising yet), and I've lost around 14lb in 4 weeks. I'm 5'7,…
