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Yep, I'm Low Carb/Keto for the long haul (9.5 pounds in 10 days!)
Hi all! I'm so glad I found this group! I've been on mfp counting calories since December but I hadn't really made any progress. I was losing and gaining the same five pounds month after month. I bought a food scale, I started measuring and then I came across the keto diet. I did a ton of research a couple weekends ago and…
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Today's NYT article Re Metabolism/Maintaining
UPDATE: Apparently this was already posted! Still leaving this up because I'm interested in hearing from people with a more positive weight loss maintenance story than mine :) Has anyone read this yet: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html?_r=1&referer=https://t.co/z6hKErVNCE I feel…
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In the ZONE
My food scale just came in the mail, I'm researching beginner guides to weight training, our healthy dinners for the weekend are cooked and in the fridge, and I'm feeling so stoked. Ever get so pumped up about how successful you know you're going to be at this weight loss thing? I've been struggling a bit this first couple…
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TOO much energy?
Crazy question: does anyone find themselves feeling TOO energetic when they're eating really clean? I find on days when I'm eating my best I often feel way too keyed up, flushed feeling and sweaty, talking way too fast, flitting from task to task, and I find it particularly difficult to relax in the late afternoon/evening.…
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Desperately in need of a community. Be mine?
In this for the long haul (I have 75 to 100 pounds to lose) and I really need some pals in my corner along the way. Everyone in my life is pretty fit and it's not an easy conversation for a lot of people so I would love to add a few friends here who are keen to motivate and be motivated. I log daily and I've hit the gym…
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Desperately in need of a community! Be mine?
In this for the long haul (I have 75 to 100 pounds to lose) and I really need some pals in my corner along the way. Everyone in my life is pretty fit and it's not an easy conversation for a lot of people so I would love to add a few friends here who are keen to motivate and be motivated. I log daily and I've hit the gym…
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Weight Gain During Period? Or Before?
Hello women! I'm new to the community section of this site. I have a lot of weight to lose and I find one thing that really throws me off is the weight gain/bloating surrounding my cycle and Im wondering how it affects everyone else. I started working out daily ten days ago and saw a nice 3 pound loss almost right away.…