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Stopped Logging: Looking For General Advice
Hi all-- It has been a LONG time since I posted here! Long story short, I hit my goal weight roughly 2 1/2 years ago. I was religious about my food log during the weight loss process, and have been pretty strict about it since hitting my goal as well, but have recently decided to finally stop logging. Things are working…
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Switching to maintenance and feeling guilty.
A few days ago, I hit my goal weight of 175 lbs. I thought I might move the goal post again and try for 165 lbs., but to be completely honest, I'm tired of losing weight. Like, REALLY tired of it. It's starting to wear on me, and I feel like if I try pushing myself down another 10 lbs. I will be miserable. What I'd like to…
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Issues with feet after weight loss. (I know...this sounds weird.)
We have hard laminate floors on the main floor of our house. I've noticed that since losing weight, walking around on those floors in socks or barefooted actually causes me some pain. It's not on the balls of my feet or the arches, but rather on the outside joint of my foot--like the area on the bottom of my foot that's…
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At my initial goal--thought it was time to post.
When I initially decided to lose weight, my mantra was "I'd like to get down to 175, but 180s would be nice too." At the time, I was 250 lbs. and having serious health problems. I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and bulging discs in my back, so the weight was not helping that situation at all. I was also developing…
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Close to goal: Slow weight loss, but still shrinking?
Wanted to hear if my experience matches what some of you have experienced. I am fortunate in the fact that my body has always lost weight pretty much EXACTLY on the time line that MyFitnessPal says it should. For example: I am 9 lbs. away from my final goal of 175 lbs., and 2 weeks ago I set MFP to 1900 calories a day at a…
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What I Learned About Food While On Vacation
Some of you might remember me mentioning that I was going to Disney World with my family on vacation this month. I had decided I was not going to log, but was going to try to make healthy choices at meal times (at least as much as possible at a place like that), and would be doing a lot of walking to hopefully offset some…
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Tired of people "helping"? I definitely am.
It's that time of year again. The holidays. In many ways for many people, that's a good thing. You reconnect with your family, you have a couple of drinks, you exchange gifts, etc. I do enjoy seeing both my own family and my in-laws during the holidays, and I love the coziness of the fall/winter months in general. There is…
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The holidays: it doesn't have to be like last year.
This is my first "holiday season" as a not-fat person since before high school, and I have to admit that I went into Thanksgiving a little bit concerned that I would fall off the wagon and go back to my old self. I usually do a cheat dinner on Saturday nights, but I figured I would replace that with Thanksgiving last week.…
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Do you get hungrier when the weather gets cold?
Well, it's definitely autumn in the Chicago area. Leaves are turning, temps are dropping, etc. This is my first cold weather season in probably 20 years where I have not had a lot of extra blubber on my body, and therefore I am constantly cold. I have stopped riding my bike because the cold is making me miserable, and I'm…
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Exercise/Calorie Goals: Feeling A Little Lost
Since May 1, 2015, I've had my MFP calorie goal set to 1500 calories a day (2 lbs. a week), and have been either walking, biking, or doing the elliptical daily. This was fine up until about 2 weeks ago. I was getting by just fine on 1500 a day, and the cardio was giving me some wiggle room to eat a little more. And I was…
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What I learned from my first cheat day.
I don't do cheat days. I never understood the point. You bust your butt all week working out, measuring and weighing all your food, keeping your intake below that specific number you have set in your log, and then throw at least part of that hard work away over the weekend? I just never felt like it was worth it. Well, I…
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Weight loss affecting my sleep?
I've lost 52 lbs. now and have noticed that it's affecting my sleep. I'm not sure if I think it's a positive or negative thing. There are a few key factors here, and I'm just wondering if anyone else who's lost a lot of weight has had the same experience: 1. I work from home full time, so I usually work out before work or…
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40 lbs. down, 40 to go
Ok, I don't like showing pictures of my belly, and I suck at taking selfies, but I wanted to do a quick before and after today, because I'm in a bit of a plateau right now. I'm trying to remind myself that this will pass and the pounds will start coming off again. I'm at about the halfway mark right now, and would like to…
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Discouraged after trying on new clothes.
I'll start by saying that I realize I'm being impatient and unrealistic. Now that that's out of the way.... I have recently lost over 40 lbs. I am 5' 11'' and on May 1st I was at 249 lbs. I am now at 209 lbs. thanks to my new Apple Watch, my bike, my elliptical machine, and ESPECIALLY to MyFitnessPal. I want to lose at…
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How do you get through stalls in weight loss?
I've been on the path to major weight loss since May 1, 2015. I've noticed three different trends in how my body responds to my 1,500 calorie a day diet (as well as lots of biking and elliptical training). I usually go several weeks where I lose about 2 lbs. a week followed by about a week or so of no weight loss at all.…
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Apple Watch, Health app, and MFP app for iPhone
Hi everyone-- I'm new here--trying to lose weight AGAIN, but this time with the help of my new Apple Watch. I feel that the Watch used together with My Fitness Pal and the Health app on my iPhone are going to be the winning combination for me--I've really been on a good exercise regimen and watching my caloric intake for…
