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Is this technically intermittent fasting?
I never thought about and every time I heard about intermittent fasting I would say that's not for me but maybe I kinda have been all along. Would you or do you consider this intermittent fasting, I don't eat after 8 PM or before 7AM? Is that just normal not eating time or fasting? Just curious by the way, its just a rule…
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Hit a new low and immediately fall back?
This has been happening ever since I got down about 60 pounds or so but at that timeline in my weight loss I also started weighing everyday so maybe that's why I noticed it. I finally broke through my lowest scale number of 199.6 to 199.0 exactly. It actually took months to see that number budge. Immediately the next day I…
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Anyone else experience hungry go away?
Anyone else experience this. Sometimes, usually in the morning I'll be starving, like really hungry but I do not eat till 7:00-7:30 AM. While I wait to eat breakfast that hungry goes away, the really, really strong hungry goes away and it returns to just normal I'm hungry for a normal breakfast feeling. Anyone else have…
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Certain moments and imagies in their head?
Does anyone else have certain moments and imagies in their head from when they were heavy that were either embarrassing or painful? After losing 73 pounds or so, having just 12 more to go I think back to certain embarrassing or painful moments I had as a heavy person. I think back to the jeans I used to wear, something…
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Switched from yogurt to Oatmeal.
Since the beginning of this crazy weight loss thing I have eaten Yogurt or Skyre for breakfast but just switched to Oatmeal with bananas mixed in. I like it quite a lot. It's always scary to change what has worked but this is not a huge deal. Any suggestions for Oatmeal that's tasty but keeping in mind not adding much…
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Hungry all day today, getting worried?
After 1.5 years and losing 73 pounds I really haven't been hungry like I'm starving myself because I haven't. I just ate right, lots of protein, low fat, cutting down on carbs but today for some reason I've been freaking hungry all day and it's starting to worry. This is how I used to feel when I tried to lose weight in…
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Anyone take Collagen peptides?
I've wanted to start taking collagen peptides for quite some time. Today at Walmart of all places we bought Purely Inspired collagen peptides powder. I want Orgain but they had this at a great price. Anyone else take any type of collagen peptides? Any thoughts overall of using it daily? I know not necessarily for losing…
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Do you think this is correct?
Well I busted out the old stationary bike because it's winter here in the North East, although it's been pretty warm up here to walk but I'm doing the bike. I did the bike for 22-23 minutes straight and it said 7 miles. Do you think that is even remotely correct? I was going pretty hard, pretty fast. Nice if that is right.…
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General exercise questions?
Well its that time a year here that its Winter so walking for exercise becomes tough so its time break out the exercise bike. I don't go crazy with it, just 20 to 30 minutes a day. I have maybe some odd questions for you guys. Does it matter if you break the time up, meaning lets say 10 minutes in the morning, then 10…
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Sensitive topic, mostly for the guys to answer but the ladies can also answer
I have a curious question and my experience losing weight in a sensitive area of life. I honestly have no one to ask in life and would be too embarrassed to any way. When you were heavier were you having issues getting and maintaining a certain thing for intercourse like I was? I just wonder if that effects most guys that…
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Funny story on why I started to lose weight
This is gonna be a bit long, sorry. At my job we have CDL licenses but we are exempt from having to need a medical card. Anyway my employer was going to start sending us anyway to get a medical card because of miscommunication. Its a long dumb story. Anyway I thought I'll find a push over doc that will just stamp a card…
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Sometimes MFP doesn't update or SYNC exercise?
I have MFP sync up with my Android fit app. Today I took 12,000 steps but MFP says I only burned or earned 12 calories. That doesn't seem right. 95% of the time it syncs or seems right but sometimes like today not at all. Anyone else have this issue?
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Same exact weight 3 mornings in a row?
Not complaining or freaking out at all. Quite happy actually with it being Thanksgiving and all but my weight usually fluctuates better 3 or 4 pounds. That last 3 mornings I was there exact same weight, 202.6 which again I'm happy with. I mean goal is 190, possibly 185 but seeing as I have come down from 272 I'm happy.…
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Jean size/inches lost?
Now that I have lost around 73 pounds, from 272 to 199/200 I wish I had documented how many inches I lost. If that is the right way to say it. I was in 46 jeans from the tall and fat store and now I'm a normal store 38. Is there any way to figure the inches lose in my stomach? Is it as easy as just saying 8 inches because…
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Lets talk Peanut butter?
Throughout my fat loss of 73 pounds or so my biggest guilty pleasure has been peanut butter. Typically 2 spoon fulls plain, not on bread or with jelly, just peanut butter spoon fulls. Then I kinda feel guilty and lay off for a few days or weeks. So its high in calories and fat but low in saturated fat. What is your overall…
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Is this what sodium does?
I should know all these answers after losing 72-73 pounds but sodium is a strange one. On Friday I was happy to see 200.2 on the scale. Saturday is a bit of a cheat day for me, not a go bananas day but just let off the gas a bit. I was WAY over on sodium. On Monday I was 203.6. That is all normal and what sodium does…
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Never thought about it but I was a binge eater
I never thought of it but I guess I was a binge eater. Now that I have lost 72-73 pounds with just 10-15 more to go I think back to what the hell I was doing to myself. I would eat pretty normal at work, so 5 days a week at work during the day being limited to my access to food I would eat pretty normal. Now I say for then…
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Libra app questions?
I started using this app. a few weeks ago. Anyone else use it? What do all those numbers tell you? Says I'm down 3.6 pounds for the month.
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I'm confused at what's going on?
Ok, we went on vacation a few weeks ago and I was 199.6 which is exactly 73 pounds down. I over indulged a bit on vacation but just a bit and was 202.8 when I got home. Over the next few days saw 201 and was on just way again I thought to getting to 190 which is the goal. I've been bouncing around between 201 and 203 which…
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On a cruise right now and doing, ok
We are on a cruise right now in the middle of the Atlantic ocean that started Saturday, and ends Thursday and I would say eating wise I'm doing, ok. I mean definitely sneaking in a cookie here and there and I'm having desert each night. Yesterday we ate at a specialty dining restaurant that was a bit expensive and they…
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Are you hard on yourself?
Even being down 74 pounds almost I still get hard on myself some days about what I ate for the day. I go over in my head exactly what I ate and kinda scrutinize it. It's kinda a last check of the day in my head. Some days I get a bit hard on myself too. Does anyone else do this and is it healthy? Like yesterday I had my…
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Run into Jealousy?
It's a weird thing with losing weight and jealousy. I'm assuming we have all run into Jealousy and sometimes people trying to sabotage weight loss. I was the heaviest guy at work, along with another guy who was about the same size. I have lost 72-73 pounds and he is still heavy. I have gotten compliments or at least…
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Fit into my size 38 jeans and it feels freaking great!
Well today we had dinner planned at our favorite restaurant so instead of wearing shorts I decided to wear jeans for the first time since early June. Through my weight loss deal that started last July I have gone from size 46 jeans to now today wearing size 38 jeans. And its not tight, it fits just right. Hope this doesn't…
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199, below 200 finally!!!!!
Guys this is a day I have been waiting for, for a long time. Started last July at 272.6 and today 199.8! I was 202 in June and just couldn't get below 200 and see the 100s. 190 is the goal but I'm just over the moon this morning. I mean I am just so happy this morning. When I saw that number I was so excited. I mean I knew…
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Wedding yesterday and ate late/scale effects?
Now this a purely curious question because I did excellent at the wedding yesterday. We had a wedding yesterday that started a bit late. Cocktail hour started at 7. 8 we went into the main reception area and I want to say we ate dinner at about 9 o'clock. Since starting my cliche "lifestyle change" July 2018 I eat dinner…
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Pizza calories?
Now that I am 10 pounds from my goal weight after losing 72 pounds I eat pizza every so often on Fridays. Tonight I had 4 slices of thin crust plain pizza but did not eat the crust. MFP has it as 508 calories, 70 carbs, 17.5 fat, and 24.5 protein. Oh I put down 3.5 slices to try to make up for the not eating crust. My…
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Boy when I think back to how much and what I used to eat!
Now that I have lost 72 pounds over the past 13 months or so and I think back to how much and what I used to eat I almost get sick. Mindless eating, over eating, and just plain eating horribly. When I got home from work it was like bonkers time with eating. Didn't think about calories or how much fat, didn't even know what…
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Going on cruise next month
Lost 71 pounds since last July, a goal of 82. I have not missed a day of logging on MFP since starting. We are on a cruise late September and I'm not worried about what to eat. Believe it or not there are plenty, I mean plenty of healthy food options to eat. You just have to make the right decisions just like at home.…
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Talk me off the ledge?
Ok I was doing just fine, lost 70 pounds from 272.6 to 202.6 with a goal of 190. I have been stuck there since early June. I thought I'd be at my goal right now. This past Saturday I was 203.3 which is normal. Yesterday I was 205.2 and today 205.4 which I'm kinda freaking out about. I did go way over in sodium on Sunday so…
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Do woosh cycles get longer?
Do these plateau/woosh cycles get longer as you go? The last one was probably 5 weeks but I have been stuck at 202-204 since June 2nd. That's quite a good amount of time waiting to woosh down. Thanks.