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Weight Loss Podcasts
Listening to podcasts about weight loss is very motivating to me. Half Size Me is my favorite. What weight loss podcasts do you enjoy?
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Adjusting to feeling less full and mental tricks
I have a few issues which are really preventing weight loss for me: 1. When I start trying to cut back the total calories I eat - even though I do eat filling, fiber-rich whole foods mostly - I feel a little less full. For the first couple weeks until I adjust, this is a real trigger for me to want to eat more. Is there…
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How to overcome comfort eating?
I can do a great job planning what I will eat and recording it ... my downfall is comfort eating. I have a bad habit of eating when I'm bored or feeling a little sluggish or need a pick-me-up. It's usually in the afternoon between 1pm and 4pm. And when I do, I don't care about whether I'm going over my calorie goal. I find…
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Fit After Menopause (With Pics)
Ladies, I'm hitting menopause and I'm down about it because it just seems harder to stay fit! I'm noticing that I'm carrying 15 or 20 extra pounds and my waist is a little bigger than it's ever been. I am getting my diet and exercise strategy back in line, but it's hard to feel motivated. I'm worried that it's just not…
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Fit in your 40's (with Pics)
For most of us, things get harder in your 40's. It's easy to give up because lots of people around you tell you it's impossible to achieve a slim, fit body once you hit middle age. Some people say even if it's possible it's not worth it because you're still not going to look good in your 40's. Prove them wrong! Share your…
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Ending a Meal
I have a tendency to eat an appropriate portion amount at a meal and feel comfortably full ... and then just keep on eating. What is a way to end a meal definitively, so I don't keep eating at that point?
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Calorie Up Days
So are you guys tracking calories on days when you're not fasting to make sure you don't go over maintenance? I feel like I have a big appetite and would be one of the few people who could out eat a deficit from a couple fasting days.
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Habits for Maintenance
I'm one of those people who loses the weight... then gains it back over a year or two... then loses it... then gains it back... repeat. Obviously, I get to my goal and don't have any good maintenace strategies when life gets in the way. I'm up 15 pounds and I'm starting to work on it, but I want to do things differently.…
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Restarting Quickly & Sticking To It - Advice Needed
So, I'm overweight again and I'm getting myself going with improving my diet and exercise to take it off. I've done this many times, so I know how to do it in a way that works for me - counting calories is the only way I've ever lost weight. My problem is that I know from repeated experience that it is very, very hard for…
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We Are What We Eat - My Healthy Living Manifesto
I listened to an interview with Penn Jillette on the Tim Ferris podcast about how Penn achieved his 100 pound weight loss and he said something that really stuck with me. He talked about how when he began to eat a better diet and to lose weight, his mood and experience of life in general improved. He wasn’t particularly…
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How to Decide On Lowest Maintainable Weight?
I'm 47 and have struggled with my weight since I was a teen, hitting highs of around 160-170 lb. (I'm 5'5") or so when I was 18 or 19, and I'm really doing some soul searching. My goal weight is around 125-130. I've been there a few times, and I always feel and look fantastic at that weight. However.... I've never been at…
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Kitchen Safe
Has anyone tried a kitchen safe such as this one? I can imagine it might be helpful for those times when I'm really struggling with a tempting food and just need some time and distance from it, but I'd love to hear from someone who actually uses it... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00E9J3MLM
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Breaking Snacking Habit
As I start over again, I've come to realize that I have a very strong habit of snacking when I'm bored or procrastinating on whatever is around, and it's really holding my back. It's a very difficult habit to break. Does anyone have tips, tricks, or advice on the best way to break this habit?
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Women: Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Olympic Weightlifting, something else?
I like lifting heavy weights and I'd like to do more of it, but I'm unsure where to go or how to get there. What is the different between powerlifting, body building, and olympic weight lifting? How does it affect the aesthetics of a woman's body differently? My main focus is on getting stronger, and I don't need big,…
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This Is Why You Should Keep Tracking With MFP
This is really a reminder to myself, shared with others in case they also need to hear it - I need to keep tracking my food with MFP if I want to be healthy and happy with myself, and here's proof: May - Aug: of this year I diligently tracked and lost about 11 pounds. Sept - Oct: of this year I diligently tracked and…
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What's Your Plan B?
Some days I wake up and hitting my nutrition goals is easy. Other days it seems so difficult. One problem I have is that if I start the day and it's feeling difficult that day - maybe I even make a decision to eat something off plan, or less nutritious - I have this habit of just losing all motivation for the day. I think…
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To CrossFit or Not to CrossFit?
When I get back from vacation in September I'm going to change my workout routine. I want to keep active (cardio) in the fall/winter and increase my strength (weights). I'm considering either joining CrossFit OR doing the weight lifting routine that Mike Matthews recommends in Thinner Leaner Stronger plus taking a couple…
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Traveling
I'm considering accepting a job with quite a bit of travel - I'd be on the road 5-6 days a month on average. What are your best tips for maintaining a healthy, calorie-controlled diet and exercise regimen while traveling often? Right now my goals are to slowly lose about 10 lbs. and build strength and reduce bodyfat. I…
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Protein Leverage Hypothesis
I recently switched to a macro-counting approach, and the added protein in my diet seems to really be blunting my cravings and desire to overeat. My whole life I've eaten an average of 50-60g of protein a day and now I'm eating 115g. This has me doing research on why that might be. I've run across the Protein Leverage…
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WAG or Black Iron?
I'd like to hire a nutrition coach. I think the accountability will help me, as long as the added advice and problem solving. I'm looking at Working Against Gravity or Black Iron Nutrition. Any opinion on one being better? What are the differences? Recommendations?
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Tracking Dinner to Lunch
I've heard of people who track their calories from Dinner through Lunch the next day. This has the psychological advantage that you don't need to worry about whether you've left yourself enough for dinner. How do you track like that using MyFitnessPal though?
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Squat Aleternatives
I can't do squats due to an old injury affecting my hip. What are the best exercises that can be substituted for squats?
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Travel and Holidays
In the past when I've lost weight, either travel or a holiday threw me off and afterward I found it very difficult to get back on course for weeks or months. And tomorrow I'm leaving for a trip to Florida for Christmas. Help! How do I approach this differently this time? I think in the past the stress of trying to make…
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Breaking the Regain Cycle
Apparently I'm a slow learner because I have had to re-learn the same lesson many times over my life. I have been living this pattern over and over since I was perhaps 20: 1) Get frustrated because my weight increases and hits a point where I don't feel good about how I look or in my body ... that's generally when I'm…
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Good News for Diabetics - Weight Loss Works
I know a lot of diabetics or pre-diabetics, so I thought this was an encouraging result to a recent study. It showed that the vast majority of cases of diabetes can be reversed with weight loss. I'd maybe avoid the low-calorie diet they used at least without medical supervision, but I'd suspect it would also work with a…
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Benefits of Tracking Food Beyond Weight Loss
Other than better calorie control and therefore weight loss, what benefits do you experience from tracking what you eat?
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Active Veg Loggers with Open Diaries?
Any veg MFP loggers out there with open diaries who would be open to being friended? I find it inspiring to see what others are eating.
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Nutritarian Treats
Hi all! I've been trying to Eat to Live for a couple years and have had quite a bit of success. It's now pretty easy for me to hit that 60-70% of calories from whole, unprocessed plant foods mark ... but I'd really like to be more like 90+% of calories from ETL foods, so I'm going to refocus and realign my diet. I've been…
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Hunger Training or Biofeedback
Has anyone tried "hunger training" using glucose level biofeedback? This is a technique where you measure your blood glucose when you want to eat, and only eat if your glucose level is in a certain range. It's supposed to help you know when you are actually, physically hungry.…
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Let's Talk Calories
I know, I know, ETL isn't about tracking calories. I get that. But I'm curious ... when you're eating close to 100% ETL and you're eating what you want when you want within those guidelines, about how many calories do you end up eating?
