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…and This is Why People Have Unrealistic Weight Loss Expectations
I see so many people here with totally unrealistic expectations, but, my heavens, when you’ve got newsfeeds, magazines, and social media throwing garbage like this out, is it any wonder? Share your worst ridiculous weight loss screenshot, story or “tip”.
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This Might Be a Home Brewing Question
I’d like to try my hand at making kvas, a (mostly) nonalcoholic fermented drink made from water, nearly burnt rye bread, raisins, yeast and a shedload of sugar. Supposedly the yeast eats the sugar. End result is a carbonated beverage, vaguely akin to a dark rich root beer. Anyone care to take a stab at how many calories…
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Home Meat Slicer?
Anyone got any experience with a home meat slicer? PITA? Recommendations? Lidl has whole Preferred Selection prosciutto hams again for the holidays. I love the sliced stuff, but it’s almost two bucks an ounce. I eat it for breakfast, fried on lunch sandwiches, on pizza, chopped in spaghetti. I blow through the stuff. I…
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What Food Do You Regret Giving Up the Most?
Replying to another post made me think about how my husband (who began MFP late last year) put in and then silently took a Claxton fruitcake out of the grocery basket with real tears in his eyes. For me, it was Cadbury’s Crispy Eggs, only available at Easter, though with a lesser version available for Christmas. I would…
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Hmmmm.....Apple Watch Issue
Guys, I know we’ve had a continuous series of threads about Apple Watch not syncing to MFP. Mine has worked simply and reliably well until two days ago, when I upgraded to MFP premium. Suddenly, it’s no longer syncing certain exercises I start on my watch. I’m just curious. Those of you who have had to resort to the Pacer…
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Pop up Ad?
Anyone else suddenly getting an aggressive pop up ad that’s interfering with using the MFP site?
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Aquafit Hand Pain
I’ve started doing aquafit several days a week with my husband. I use the intermediate dumbbells. Anything smaller is no challenge, anything larger simply makes me float away. My hands have begun to hurt using the dumbbells. I have long fingers and wide hands. I get hand cramps, and my hands are squeezed tight, pinched and…
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Nighttime Headaches
Just sharing this, in case it helps anyone else. I’ve been having night time headaches since before Covid. Wake up with sick headache, which takes an hour or two to wear off. Usually after my morning coffee, which relates to below. Discussed the headaches with my doctor and she suggested seeing a neurologist. Covid…
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Apartment in Germany
This is really a stretch but I’m desperate. Anybody here from Germany? I need advice on how to find an apartment. I don’t know how it works over there, and I’m being told the rental market is insane. Please friend me if you’ve got advice on where to start, or how to stand out from the “millions” of applications they say…
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How to Post a Photo to your Friends Feed (iOS version)
Several people have asked how to post pics to their private friends feeds. This is a tutorial for those of you using the iOS app. Maybe someone will be kind enough to post an Android tutorial. 1.) go to your home page and click on the + sign ____________________________ 2.) choose status ____________________________ 3.)…
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How to Recalibrate Your Apple Watch to Work With MFP and Health Apps
This might be useful to some folks who’ve been asking watch related questions lately. At the very least, you can make sure your interface is set up properly: https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/26/fix-apple-watch-workout-tracking-activity-tracking/ Also, not addressed in the article, if your steps aren’t recording properly, go…
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Lady Lifters : Pants That Fit
A couple of years ago there was a thread about pants that fit female lifters. I’ve got a friend having issues. Small waist, muscular calves and legs. I just wear jeggings (love the Seven7 brand) but I’m retired so it doesn’t matter, so I’m not much help. Does anyone remember the name of the thread or can you make…
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Chlorine Question for Experienced Pool Rats
Have taken up daily aquafit with husband, and shower well afterwards. I do at least one hot mat class a day, and I sweat profusely. My sweat smells like chlorine. It’s absolutely grossing me out, and the odor is very, very distracting, too. Have been breaking out in itchy patches, too, since beginning aquafit, also…
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What Is Your Weight Loss Blessing Today?
I rolled out of bed and trotted down the stairs this morning to let the dog out, and at the bottom of the staircase, it just hit me like a brick. I am so grateful to be able to go down the stairs without a death grip on the handrail on one side, and a hand pressed firmly to the wall on the other for support, without…
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PRP Therapy Injections
Anyone got any experience with PRP injections for muscle pain? Pros, cons, happy, disappointed? I’ve had a couple of rounds of physical therapy for ischia strain, but this most recent time it’s more painful and it freaking hurts to sit. It seems like most of the therapy techniques are pretty much what I already do in daily…
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Talk to Me About a Bowflex
I was tossing around the idea of getting a bench and a set of Powerblox or similar, in case of another shutdown. My trainer says if I go the home route, to get a Bowflex, that it works everything, she had one several years ago and loved it. All the Bowflex threads here are several years old. Anyone got a Bowflex, which…
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Diet Bets : Avoid!!!
I’m seeing a handful of threads lately by MFP users who are participating in, or considering participating in, so-called diet bets, body transformation, or whatever the latest incarnation is. I’ve seen many posts about these things over the years and they don’t end well. (This is not the same thing as an office-type pool.…
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Your Best Gadget or “Tool” During Weight Loss
Outside of your fitness tracker and scale, what has been your most helpful product, gadget or find during weight loss? For me, it’s been: Body Glide : anti chafing stick for those awkward times when body parts rub- heels, thighs, batwings ComPeed: medical miracle for blisters Balega socks: if you haven’t tried them, you…
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Fitbit Users : SOS Help!
Need fast advice on which Fitbit watch and band model work best with MFP. Both users have Android phones. He wants a watch, she wants a band type tracker. We’ve just realized some models are a lot cheaper here in the US than elsewhere, so time is of the essence, since return flight Saturday morning. They want to track…
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Power Walking?
Anyone here try power walking? After (yet another) hard fall while running, my weight trainer, who has been a competitive runner for decades, spent an entire training session analyzing my gait and running style. I am new to running as of last year, and am older. She’s suggested that I consider power walking (race walking?)…
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Cinnamon Sticks
I’ve discovered the joy of adding a cinnamon stick to my chai. I’m getting calories ranging from 0 to 69. Advice appreciated on how to log it? I just stick it in the hot tea, and throw it away when I’m done with it. I thought I’d better double check before I order in bulk, since I’d go through at least two per day.
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Amazon Book Suggestions
I had to share this book suggestion which came up on amazon this morning. I’m torn between awe that someone has churned out five of these things, and irritation that Amazon has somehow tied it to those XXLs I used to order. Just goes to show, there’s a market for every niche.
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Re-Learning Sleep Positions with Weight Loss
What I need is someone to re-teach me how to sleep. Does such a wizard exist and what are they called if they do? I did not realize how much I changed my position over decades as I slowly gained weight. Now that I’ve lost it, I can’t get comfortable at night. I “fat sleep” to accommodate weight that’s no longer there, and…
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Cheap MFP Compatible Fitness Tracker
I’d like to get Mr Spring an ultra cheap fitness tracker to tide him over to the Apple Watch 7 comes out. Anybody had any luck with the very cheap trackers sold on Amazon, or know a good venue for buying a used Fitbit? Right now he’s hand entering his workouts in MFP, and imho MFP’s calculations are way, way off. Like 450…
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Aetna “MyActiveHealth” Free Dietician Consults
I got a reminder that I have access to a free program called MyActiveHealth, via my Aetna Health insurance plan. Out of curiosity, I signed up for a health coach session. The initial consult is just fact gathering. But when she told me she could set me up for free consults with a dietician, well heck yeah!!!! My initial…
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Loose Facial Skin
I’ve had a lot of friends posting lately about facial wrinkles, so I though I’d talk about weight loss wrinkles from the shoulders up. This is my experience. YMMV, but this might help someone who’s stressing out. I’ve lost almost 100 pounds since 09/2018. The first sixty came off in six months, so was pretty rapid. The…
