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Week 3 Blues
I'm on week 3 of a friendly but competitive 8-week weight loss competition amongst a group of friends. There is a bit of a financial incentive for the winner (the person who loses the highest % of their starting weight), but I mostly viewed this as a great way to jump-start what will be a year+ long process of shedding…
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Work Lunches
I suck at packing a lunch for work each day. What do you take to work for lunch? I need as many ideas as possible! Eating fast food daily for lunch helped me gain 60lbs over the last 18 months and I'm over it. I've lost 11.5lbs in September and I have a long way to go, so nutritious and somewhat easy to prepare lunches for…
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Ladies- Question about cycles
Hi ladies. I'm down 15lbs over the course of the last 6 weeks. I track my periods each month using an app and I completely skipped my September period. I'm 99% sure I'm not pregnant-my cycles tend to be long (35ish day) and not the most regular. I work a fairly demanding corporate job and go through bouts of stress often…
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Skin Recoil and Fear of What Comes After
Hey friends! I'm still very early in my weight loss venture- 13lbs lost and still planning to lose somewhere around 100. I've been plagued today by thoughts of loose skin and post-weight loss surgery options. I'm nearly 28 and as I said, planning to lose about 100lbs- I'm not entirely sure how much to lose because it's…
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Not Brand New, But New Again :P
Hi friends. I've been on MFP before but fell off the bandwagon about 2 years ago. Something has changed for me psychologically over the last 6 months and I'm ready to lose the weight I want to lose slowly, responsibly, and give myself the chance to be healthy again. I'm nearly 28, I'm 5'7" and weighed in to kick things off…
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Dairy Thoughts
I am growing increasingly less tolerant of lactose these days and I've been thinking of giving it up more or less completely so as to avoid the discomfort. I have no general objections to dairy, I'm not someone who thinks it's incredibly harmful, but I've read there can be other benefits to be gained from consuming little…
