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Honest Loose Skin Thoughts & Pics
This thread has been brewing in my head for a little while. People ask regularly what to expect when they lose weight. People give opinions regularly that make me insane as well. Other people have already lost weight, seen the damage, and still wonder if there are more options beyond surgery. Honestly, I also just needed…
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Women's clothing size tool, multiple stores, US & UK.
I don't know about the accuracy or how old this is, but I thought this was neat. You enter your measurements, and it tells you your size at various stores. There's a UK and a US version. I selected UK by mistake at first and was relieved to discover that I was not, in fact, buying my clothes too small :) and that there was…
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I want to do a pull-up.
I was at the playground with my nephew recently and was excited to discover that I could hang from the monkey bars and do leg raises, but I can't do a pull-up. Pull-ups are something that defeated me starting way back in 6th grade PE (I think we girls had some modified version to do, but I couldn't). So, I've made it a…
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170 down with a bit more to go.
I had originally decided not to post any pics here, but I took a couple of pictures yesterday, and even though I know I am much lighter, I was still surprised by what I saw. No Spanx required! I'm sure as hell not posting any underwear/bikini pics, though. I do have excess skin, and maybe a year or so from now, I may…
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MFP exercise calorie calcs vs. Fitbit exercise calories
I hadn't really compared the two before. I went for a 1.5 mile walk earlier, and it took me 30 minutes. Actually, some of that time was spent waiting for walk signals and returning a Redbox rental, so my time spent in motion may have been closer to 25 minutes. Either way, it was a brisk walk of about 3 mph. My Charge HR,…
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Active minutes and translation to actual weekly exercise.
I know Fitbit counts active minutes as 10 minute blocks of time or greater that are at 3+ METs. That meets the CDC's definition of physical activity. If it's good enough for the CDC, is it also accurate enough and good enough for my doctor? She likes to check in with me and my activity level, and I'm currently getting 350+…
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Weight and inches lost...how do they compare for you?
I was just looking at my measurement records and realized that I have lost almost exactly one inch in my bust, waist, and hips for every ten pounds lost - so I have basically lost a foot in circumference! I've lost one extra inch in my hips. :smile: Overall, my weight has come off proportionally, but it didn't do so…
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Does this sound close? Calorie estimate for dinner out.
Going out to a Japanese restaurant tomorrow. They're a local place, and they don't have any nutrition facts. I haven't ordered the entree or dessert before, so I don't have any idea of the portion size. I know that the soup and salad are small portions. Using the database and Google, I've come up with about 1,500 calories…
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Logging stuff that probably doesn't matter but might to some.
Ultimately, I know it's about what you average over the course of a week or more, but I'm curious what others might do in these 2 similar scenarios. 1)Let's say you log 3 pieces of pizza for dinner on a Tuesday night. You end up eating 2 pieces of pizza, but you don't remove the 3rd from your diary (putting you under your…
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Just saying hi!
I just started using this site 2 weeks ago. Figured I would finally check out the forums. I'm a 29-year-old woman with quite a bit to lose, but my biggest goal is making healthier foods and exercise a habit.
