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The Medication Swap Rant
All my drugs changed, the side effects are killing me, doctors are useless, and I wish I could crawl in a hole in the ground. And throw an old school, small child temper tantrum. "It's not fair!!" Maybe I'm losing weight but I'll never know. I look pregnant and haven't used the bathroom in a week and a half. And yes, I…
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500 Squat Challenge
I cleared it!! It took me three months and I finally did it! I even have proof! Sorry for bragging just really proud of myself right now.
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How do I Eat More Fiber?
My stomach is still a disaster. Looking at my diary, I get barely any fiber in a day, averaging between two and seven out of 25. But how? I eat a bunch of broccoli for lunch, take a fiber supplement before bed, I'm trying to add chia seeds to my yogurt (but the texture makes me gag.) It all amounts to not a whole lot,…
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Oh God, I'm So Hungry
Its the drugs. A side effect of the drugs. Well, a side effect of stopping the drugs nobody warned me about until it was too late. I've had lots to eat. I don't need food. I'm so hungry and nothing helps. :(
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Fast Food SUCKS, I Never Knew
Ugh. I had a craving and some extra calories so we went to Dairy Queen for cheeseburgers for dinner. They were delicious, but I still felt a touch hungry after. I gave it around two hours to digest and went to get some exercise. I felt/feel AWFUL. I'm bloated. I lack energy. I feel like I ate a bowling ball, I'm all…
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Can't Eat, Sleep or Run Away
I'm in agony. I was doing fine with my diet adjustment for like three weeks and then suddenly my digestion shut down and I can't rely on OTC drugs anymore. My stomach hurts like crazy. Food is not happening. I don't know what I did wrong but I'm going to the doctor tonight. That's no big deal for most people but I'm so…
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A Fifth of the way There
Just under 50 days (holy kittens, time flies!) Just over 20 pounds lost. I have eaten pizza, that chicken pot pie that uses mayonnaise as filling, chocolate, cheeseburgers and pasta. I have eaten all the bread. Once or twice I have eaten too much. 20% of my 100 pound (initial) desired loss gone, like poof. Time has flown.…
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How to Not Use Food as Comfort
I was given some bad news. Then some worse news. Then everything came crashing down. I then got sent home from work for being a mess. Tell me why I shouldn't just sit here and eat chocolate all day.
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I Look Awful
I've dropped almost 20 pounds and I look twice as pregnant as before. I blame this medication. I started it basically two days before I started MFP, and I've been suffering along with both and getting by but the bloat and water retention are really really bad. I can quit in two more weeks but that feels more or less like…
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Figuring Out Portions
Every day for lunch I bring 100 grams of chicken and a handful of veggies, usually in the 120-150 gram range. Sometimes it feels like so much food I could never finish it (sometimes can't). Sometimes I'm still starving after lunch. How in the heck do you figure out how much food to eat in a meal, particularly when…
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Joints on Fire
When I'm done exercise, my elbows and knees are physically very hot to touch. They don't hurt but are clearly a bit swollen. It goes away in an hour or two. Is that normal? I feel like it's just friction from high speed motion and being out of shape but I don't want to damage anything. Should I be icing them?
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Is a Fitbit Worth It?
Are fitbits worth the money if I don't do much running/walking? My exercise is non-traditional so it's hard to figure out what I'm burning, or even how long I'm going for, or if it's even raising my heart rate. And I can't carry my phone for most things. Fitbits are expensive, so I'd hate to waste my money if they're…
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Rant: Office Work
I'm a desk jockey who attends many meetings. Every meeting comes with muffins and donuts. It's a rule that anyone driving through a certain place brings back fancy donuts. During summer we do pizzas and BBQs. People bring cake and pies and cookies for various events or just because. I don't begrudge them their treats. It's…
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Green Tea
Japan ruined me. I can't find a decent brand of green tea anywhere. Anyone drink green tea and can make some recommendations? I prefer matcha over leaf. It's getting burdensome to keep calorie-budgeting for a double double. They are so high calorie, I never really thought about it. And I don't need the caffeine, it's the…
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Eating Over Target
So, if I get this right, MFP has given me a 1000 calorie deficit. So if I eat an extra 500 calories I'm still in deficit just smaller, and if I eat an extra 1000 I'm at maintenance? Will one day of that cause a major delay in my weight loss? We're having a big meal tonight that is gonna put me over for sure but I don't…
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Starting to be Healthy is the Worst
I've been properly weighing and logging everything, and the only real change I made is that I don't drink cola and cut back on my coffee habit. Not only have I already stopped losing weight, I'm having non-stop stomach problems. I won't go TMI but its painful and I can't sleep well. I feel sicker and less healthy than I…
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I Quit Soda
We gave up Coke for lent. I'm not religious it just seemed like a convenient excuse since husband was doing it (he is religious). At the height of my soda drinking habit I was having 4-6 cans per day. I knew it was bad. But I loathe water. I gave myself the allowance that I would drink it at movie theaters, restaurants and…
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Surrounded by Temptations
Across the street from me, and I do mean literally across the street, is a McDonald's, a Dairy Queen, and a KFC. Ever so slightly further away is a Pizza Hut and an A&W. I'm in fast food central. I'm sick (friggin cold). When I'm sick I'm depressed. When I'm depressed I want to take out my frustrations on my body by eating…
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Figuring out cool down
I can't exercise for the sake of exercise, it gives me a sort of existential dread. Instead I play virtual reality games until my arms and legs won't move anymore (slight exaggeration). When I used to run on a treadmill it had a built in cool down mode. I don't have that for video games obviously. Any ideas on creating my…
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Lost 10 LBS
I've only been doing this for two weeks but its 10 lbs. My goal thing shows a different number because I lied and said I was lighter than I was. Denial gets me through some days and I was in a baaad place when I downloaded this app. It feels good to have gone down for the first time in years. My doctor was unimpressed but…
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My Body Hates Health
Is my conclusion. A (not so) brief history of the last two years: Tried to join an exercise class: one year in a brace to repair the damage I did to my leg. Also, ouch. Tried some home exercise: unrelated severe infection meant I wasn't allowed to sweat for two weeks. Also: ouch! Tried home exercise again: unrelated…
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What Can I Steam?
I bought a lunchbox that cooks your lunch. Basically a tiny steamer. I've been using it to make delicious steamed broccoli or green beans with garlic and lemon, but I'm getting a little... bored. :/ I'm also a terrible cook and I know nothing about vegetables because I never eat them (am trying to change). What veggies are…
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Another Newbie
Hi, this was recommended to me by the team of medical people who are trying to make me healthy again. I'm not super optimistic but I'm trying to not be pessimistic either. Just keeping an open mind. It's tough. I'm hoping a community or something will make it less awful.
