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Welcome to the Holidays
For my American brothers and sisters we approach Thanksgiving. The day we celebrate... well lets not get into that but for most of us, it means "time to overeat". This is quickly followed by Christmas/Honokaa/Kwanzaa.... Followed by New Years. This is the season to get together with family and friends and drink/feast and…
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The myth of age and weightloss?
I saw a post about being older and it being harder to lose weight and easier to gain. When you look it up it says a 20 year old man burns 10 - 15 percent more than a 50 year old all else being the same. My question... is all else the same: When i was a kid I played games and sports all day. When i was a teen I played games…
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"Anything is better than being obese"?
I've seen this idea kind of floating out there. Sometime it is said outright, some times you see it in peoples choices to cut really deep in deficits....A discussion about weight lose meds made me ponder this one. I think mostly it is true. Getting thinner makes you healthier across the board and increases lifespan. Where…
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Quote Game
Write a quote. Next person says where it is from. It can be anything but try to come back and give a hint if one gets it. (books, movies, tv, songs, philosophy) oh then give the next quote. "I never liked a girl well enough to give her twelve sharp knives"
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Keep the faith people (surviving the stalls)
I come across a lot of : "Did i tank my metabolism" "Why did the scale stop moving" "What am I doing wrong" (after i'll give a caveat to this post) I started on July 4th about 1 month into a new relationship. I planned a trip to go see my LDR lady and have a strong desire to be at a healthy weight when I retire. I had…
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Zumba calorie burn
I find this hard to believe. I'm 331 lbs today. Zumba says about 400 calories. I'm guessing there are many factors involved like, do you actually do all the hopping up and down or do you just 2 step and wave your arms about like a beached sea animal <. LOL.
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Good evening from the edge of the storm.
I hope all my Florida brothers and sisters are safely tucked away somewhere. I'm on the space coast awaiting my turn. See you all when the lights come back on.
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That scale. Blessing and Curse.
It can be very discouraging when you suddenly jump up 3 Lbs and then .5 the next day. It doesn't really mater to my lizard brain that I dropped 21 LBS in 17 days. A lot of that was water weight due to a medication change. I'm sure the upswing was just my body adding some water weight/waste weight back and it will start to…
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Having realistic expectations
Not sure who if anyone needs to here this but..IMO. Have realistic expectations and do not let big successes fool you into thinking the realistic expectations are to conservative. You should expect to lose 1 to 2 lbs a week. When i started this again on July 4th I had great success and then I went on a nearly month long…
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Keeping your metabolism from tanking.
A great article. Any thoughts on it. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/6-mistakes-that-slow-metabolism#TOC_TITLE_HDR_8
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One of the craziest things about dieting and logging food
It can actually be hard to hit your target calories if you are also Intermittent fasting. When you are just living your life and eating whatever whenever you might eat 6000 calories in a day and not realize it. When you sit here logging everything you eat you realize how hard it is to hit 1800-2200 calories eating healthy…
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Life is about prizes for the games you play
Joe here, I'm somewhere between 1 day and 21 months from retirement. Back about a year ago I started doing all these flow charts and theory crafting. On thing that has to be done is weight lose. I met this great lady and we hit it off. She is 5'4 115 lbs I am (was) 6'3 390. She wasn't too pushy about it but lets face it…
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Cooking off a sauce
I cooked up meals and was trying to figure out how to log them. Part of one of them is to use a base of soy and oyster sauce. You then cook off most of the liquid. I went to make the recipe in the log and it was like 4000 sodium per serving. LOL. How much of that do you think gets cooked off is you cook it until it the…
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Getting past a Plateau / Stall
I've seen a lot of posts that are "why did the scale stop moving" https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/weight-loss-plateau/art-20044615
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Eating 1500 to 1800 Calories
I've been at this for 2 months and a I feel great. I'm only tired when I dont sleep enough. I started at 386 (scale) one July 4 and now Sept 7 i'm at 348. I'm thinking 19 Lbs a month is no safe. Some of it is probably a change in medication though that removed edema from both of my legs. I can now see the veins in the top…
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Joe from FLorida
Hi, I'm 53 and I'm going to retire soon. All of my health markers are good except I was 390 Pounds. I've been saying for a while that I need to be near my optimal weight for retirement so I can get the most out of it and live to make my retirement system pay out for a long time. So here I am 2 months in 41 Lbs down mostly…
