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“Cheat Days” (Maintenance Days)
Do you ever have a day where you feel simply ravenous, and make the conscious decision to eat at maintenance for a day to tame the beast? If so, does it help you stay on track in the further to have an occasional break from dieting, or does it tend to derail your efforts? For some reason, MFP has grossly underestimated my…
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Exercises that don’t use feet or knees?
I have terrible plantar fasciitis, and I managed to get 3 stress fractures in my left foot due to weight gain and walking long distances in heels at work. Then, in June, I fell down the outdoor stairs of my parents’ house onto their concrete driveway, and it severely damaged the nerves in my knee, so that even putting a…
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Nut Free Granola
Happy Monday everyone! I am on a quest for nut free granola. I'm severely allergic to tree nuts, including coconut, and you would not believe how hard it is to find premade granola without nuts! I have made my own a couple of times, and it's really not too hard, but I'm going into my first semester of law school in a…
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Wisdom Teeth Food Suggestions
Just got my wisdom teeth removed! Ouch!!! I wasn't able to eat or drink anything for about 8 hours post-op, but I have worked my way up to water, Gatorade, chicken and stars soup, mashed avocado, and drinkable yogurt. I have found that eating with a fork is MUCH easier than eating with a spoon because I don't have to open…
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Does it ever irritate you...
that people are so congratulatory and happy for you when you work out, but they are exasperated or annoyed when you say you're on a diet? I don't know if this happens to everyone, but it happens to me quite a bit. For instance I was jogging on a trail near my house the other day, and some stranger was jogging towards me,…
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LOL
So this is pure venting, and obviously I just need to take complete control and responsibility of my own food. But, my dad always cooks for our family, historically VERY calorie dense meals, with few fruits and veggies. For most of my life I had no idea that his meals were so high in calories, but since using MFP I have…
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Reasons to Exercise!
Sometimes I get caught up in the idea that I HAVE to exercise so that I can lose weight. Which, to be honest, makes me dread exercising, because I view it as a necessary evil. I link it with my self esteem (i.e. If I didn't exercise today, I'm a failure at the weight loss game). It totally makes me forget how much I LOVE…
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Eating Healthy While Traveling
Hello all :) I travel a lot - around 3 hrs/day on the metro, and often to visit extended family on the weekends. In addition, I often go on road trips with my family. I never really get a say in where we stop to eat (outvoted every time!), and I have a hard time keeping on track when there are so many temptations in every…
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Lost 50 pounds - still a long way to go, but...
I have been morbidly obese since high school, and obese since about 2nd grade. Overweight my entire childhood, I never felt that I fit in (haha pun definitely intended!). I had lots of great friends, but I couldn't get a handle on my weight, despite being very active (i.e. Years of soccer, tap dancing, street hockey, rock…
