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Maintenance began today
Yesterday, I think exactly 6 months from when I started, I reached my goal weight of 125 from 147.4. So today, I start maintenance. Here's my plan: Keep doing what I was doing for the last 6 months. I found that my calorie budget of 1500 wasn't a starvation diet. It works just fine for me most days. So I may lose more…
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Just moved to maintenance phase
I've just completed the 2nd diet I've ever done. The first was successful, too, but maybe too successful. The 2nd one feels more right. So what did I do before? Some good stuff, some stuff that seemed good that wasn't, in the end. Good: trained my brain. I learned that it takes 3500 calories burned to lose a pound and that…
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Hello, new here and just 5'1"
I used to be 5'2" on a good day but apparently you shrink a bit when you age. Anyway, 140 looks big on me. When I lived in the Czech Republic and walked all the time (in mountains, no less), 110 was effortless. But I was younger then and I have a sedentary lifestyle now. And I've surpassed 140. I got close to 150. So I'm…
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I'm planning on emotional eating today.
I can't do it right now. But the confluence of a sale and a very annoying morning has me planning on an ice cream cone this evening. We had court today, a follow-up hearing about our son. It took 5 minutes. But it took 2 hours of waiting to get into the courtroom. I normally start work at 9:30. Court was at 10:30, so I…
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New here and sitting at work.
Hi, I'm Gabinka. I am a help desk technician. Been one since 1999. So lots of sitting. And often, I'll go home and sit, too. But I did get a nice change recently. I got to move to small, closed suite. Just 2 cubicles and my desk behind them. But there's open, unused space behind my desk. So far I've been using it to do…
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Have you tested? How many taste buds did you count?
I haven't yet but will post my findings when I do.
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Green Tea
I'm having Green Tea for the first time today. Decaff. I put 3 packets of Stevia in it. Still find it has a bitter taste on the back of my tongue. Anyone else? I added a fourth packet. It's better now.
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I think I'm one
I haven't taken a test yet, but I think I might try it. Why do I think I'm one? Strawberries have always been sour to me. I have to have sugar or I just can't manage them. It's like my face is turning inside out. Broccoli. It's an invasive food to me. One piece of broccoli on the edge of fettuccine Alfredo and I can taste…
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Fitbit goes backward
I've had 2 instances of my Fitbit losing steps. In one incident, it was after I'd hit my goal. The Flex showed I was only 80% but the app showed I was over my goal. The 2nd time was Saturday evening. I had 6K+ steps going into our kolo dance routine at the Slavic Festival. Similar to the day before. The day before, I hit…
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Flex and splints
I wear splints at night on both wrists. It makes my flex pretty uncomfortable. I have to wear it looser and push it up my arm so it sits above the splint. It was bruising my arm. I found that if I turn it to the inside of my arm, which seems flatter than the outside, it's a bit more comfortable. Anyone else have any other…
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Well, I apparently DON'T eat because I'm sad
But then I also don't feel like exercising either. I'm sad because I ran over my cell phone yesterday. (And my daughter broke the power button to my tablet.) I'm not snacking much here at work, but I'm also not filling my long hours with anything beneficial like getting out of my office chair.
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New here. I eat when I'm bored
Hi, I'm Gabinka. I tend to snack when I'm bored or tired. Which happens a lot at work. When I had the privilege of working from home 1 day a week, I snacked WAY less on that day. I was able to watch TV, do other things in between support calls. Here at the office, I'm trying to come up with things to keep me going without…
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A more reasonable goal this time around
Hi, I'm Gabinka. Back in 2004, I went on my first diet. I was successful. I lost 30 pounds. I went from 140 to 110 in 7 months by counting calories using my OC tendencies as tools. But 110 was the weight I remained effortlessly at when I lived in the Sudeten land in the Czech Republic. I walked most everywhere and a lot of…
