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How low is low carb?
What do you consider low carb? I know there's different diets out there from keto to atkins to paelo, but I'm wondering how many grams do you try to stay under to lose weight?
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Punch in the baby gut
Twice now in the past two weeks someone has asked me if I'm pregnant. Not even a little bit, I just happen to hold most of my fat in my stomach. I just feel so frustrated lately. .I only want to lose 15-20 pounds but can't seem to stick with it
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Aim to lose 1 pound or half a pound per week?
Admittedly I don't have much to lose (5'7 female started at 156 lbs with goal of reaching 135 lbs). The first week I lost about 5 pounds (thank you water weight) eating about 1310 calories a day. I work a desk job and pretty sedentary. But lately I've been struggling on 1310; I'm wondering if I should try to switch from…
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Maintenance calories
Does anyone here have any days during their week when you eat at your maintenance instead of 7 days at a deficit? How does this effect your weight loss?
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So a large cheese pizza won't help my situation?
4am this morning: it's a nice summer morning. Actually it's a little muggy from being on the third floor apartment. All grocery shopping for the next two weeks was done this past weekend. Andd to wake up to a busted refrigerator. All food is luke warm. All the meats are a defrosted soggy mess. How I would love to drown my…
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unhealthy relationship with food
Well I completely undid my diet over the long holiday weekend. My problem is once I go over my calories I kind of let go with a "screw it" mentality and then eat everything. I know I'm only digging a deeper whole but can't seem to get back on track.
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How do you reward yourself?
I'm trying to break the cycle of using food as a reward, so I'm trying to come up with with a little reward system. I'm thinking maybe a new outfit if I can lose at least 4 pounds a month ;) How do you reward yourself?
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social life and dining out
The tips on here for surviving going out to eat without blowing your diet have been helpful, but it still seems very stressful. I've looked at online nutritional menus, and shocked to find some (what I thought) seemingly healthy meals like salmon clock in at a whopping calorie count of 800! I'm doing my best to prep…
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cheat meal
Does anybody here have a cheat meal each week? Do you still log it? And does it derail your overall goals? I struggle the most on the weekends, I wonder if having one set cheat meal would help or hinder.
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strength training vs cardio..how much?
Hi everyone, I belong to a gym but pretty clueless on where to begin. I understand that with weights/strength training you see more results with toning. I'm looking to lose 20-25 pounds but also tone. Is it okay to do both cardio and weights in the same day? Should I prioritize one over the other?
