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This CAN'T be right!!!!
I'm trying to work out how many calories I need again as my weight loss has come to a standstill. According to this site for someone 9st 6 (60kg) my BMR should be 1,244. I have mild involuntary movements so should I add on calories for fidgeting all day? (300-500 cals depending on frequency/muscle spasms or time awake and…
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Anyone tried 'Eat for weight you want to be'?
I seem to have stalled and gone up temporary when I was 3lbs off goal (goal date in about 2 weeks). I wondered if anyone had tried eating amount of calories for weight they want to be? According to BMR tools my BMR at 9st 3 would be 1,230 and if x 1.2 I should be eating at least 1,476 cals... but the MFP either gives me…
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still a spike day if you work it off?
I get that a spike day is when you eat more than usually do, my usual diet is either non-wheat cereal or piece of fruit, lunch is small bowl of salad or occasionally something like cheese on toast or toast with egg mayo on. Dinner is salad or vegetables with portion of white meat or fish, sometimes I include a carb like…
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can I use vegetable oil in ear?
I relaise this is an odd question.. lol but late last night I was using cotton bud on ear and took it out an cotton was still inside. Someone said on internet to flush it out with water, so got in shower to see if it would wash out, I assumed it must have as could no longer feel it, but this morning it still feels like…
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have I reached my bodies set point?
Last year in June I was 12 st 7 and hoping to get back to 9st 7 which I was when I was young and healthy before I had to go in a wheelchair. Well I made it to 9st 7 last month and have only been losing 2lb a month since January usually the week after my monthlies ended and an extra 2 lb came off with the water that went…
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perimenopause & menopause weight gain
I found this online and it was very interesting and saying its not just simply a case of burning more calories than you are eating, when it comes to the menopause your hormones will change the way your body stores fat. http://www.womentowomen.com/menopause/menopauseweightgain.aspx I've started a supplement that contains…
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Bathroom Issues!
Not my favourite topic to post about but hope someone reads this! Since I went very low carb I'm having difficulties going to the bathroom frequently (and I don't mean for a wee!) and finding I end up having to take Dulcolax every 2-3 days as my stomach starts going hard and swelling and feeling very uncomfortable. I took…
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increasing protein
I want to increase protein to look leaner.. I know eggs and meat/fish are classed as protein.. what other foods are in this category or what is a good protein shake I can get (from UK) or name of one I can look for on eBay please? (preferably with low fat/sugar/carbs in them) also has to be wheat free. Also how many eggs…
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Weight loss patterns
Now I've stopped losing weekly and close to my goal I've noticed the last few months since xmas a pattern emerging. Now I lose 2lbs when water comes off from monthly cycle then won't lost anything else until just before the next lot of water is due on like literally a day before and suddenly my weight will drop by another…
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My 30 day Wii Challenge
As I can't do the 30 Day Shred (I'm wheelchair user so the jumping jacks etc are out!) I decided to create my own 30 day challenge on the Wii. I get bored quick with games though so decided to chose 2 games or a section of a game to do for 1 week. Finding enough games that can be adapted for me is a challenge in itself!…
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Restricted Mobility.. how are you losing your weight?
Anyone else on here with restricted mobility that has managed to lose large amounts a week? 5lb or more?... how are you losing it?... less calories? . more? what types of exercises? I'm restricted in how much I can change my exercise routine and stuck again at 160lbs..desperate to make it into the 150's.. I've been on 1200…
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how do you know when you're there?
ok I'm 5ft 3 and half and 42. Years ago my healthy weight was in the 9 to 9st 7 range in my teens and twenties. (i fell ill in early 30's and went up to 16st) .. for most of 30's I have been overweight due to illness and developing a neurological condition, though this has eventually helped as I now take more energy to do…
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wii games with highest calorie burn
Which wii games have highest calorie burn per hour? I have Wii Fit but it takes over an hour for me to burn like 150 cals! Are there any I can burn 600-1,000 cals an hour?
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Did I lose fat or muscle? (and bra sizing)
Firstly... Someone mentioned on here that if you are losing inches but not pounds it must be fat you are losing cos it takes up more space than muscle or something? .. I had lost more inches than the other person had even though they had lost much more in pounds in a much shorter time. I haven't even got to 3 stone lost…
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Mario Tennis same calories as Wii Tennis?
Anyone know if I would burn roughly the same playing Mario Tennis as Wii Tennis? I like to work my way through a tournament so I'd be playing about 30-60 mins. Thanks
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will Fibroids stop tummy shrinking?
When I started losing weight last June I was 12st 7 and at my scan had a fibroid that they said was 11x7x6. It seemed to be pressing on my bladder as I was having problems and had to be shown how to use an intermittant cathetar... so I started trying to lose the weight to relieve the back pain and see if we could get…
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New Clothes!
I've no idea why this didn't occur to me when I started my journey but have been somewhat amazed this last weekend when putting winter woolies away and getting summer things out by the amount of clothes that don't fit me anymore! .. last summer I was a size 20! .. I just got into some NEXT jeans 14 a few weeks back...…
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hi
I got about 18-20 to lose to get to where I'd like to be. Any tips on what you found helps? I'm finding I'm just storing water from exercising so thinking of taking a break over xmas and just doing it by diet.
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is shedding water delaying monthly cycle?
My monthlies have been late the last few months and cos the water has come on then gone back off without it coming I thought it wasn't going to come so I'm dropping carbs and drinking loads of water using water pills sometimes if necessary to get all water off so can weigh in after what would have been my monthlies and…
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veggie meals without wheat, soy or nuts?
I'm trying doing a few meals without meat for a couple of days of the week, but alot of meat substitutes contain soy and i have under active thyroid and have been told to avoid as it interferes with thyroxine absorption. I also have a severe nut allergy and am currently wheat free so what would my options be? I've heard of…
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Help needed with Wii games please!
I've got wii fit plus but like today went on and only burned 128 cals in 30mins and trying to do 500 in an hour to get my pound a week loss. which games/exercises do you combine to get the highest calorie burn in the shortest time? Also which other games have calorie counts and can get the highest burn in an hour? I have…
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hypothyroid and fibroids?
Anyone know if there is a link between having Hypothyroidism and being more likely to get fibroids? Interested to hear from anyone whose had them and managed to shrink them through exercise? I think mine has shrunk so I'm no longer having the same bladder problems as I was, when we knew one was pressing against it. .. but…
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over 40's with disabilties or thyroid probs?
Anyone else on here in 40's or above, trying to lose weight with under active thyroid and/or other mobility issues? I'd be interested to know what's working for you
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No more Inches? :0(
When I first started out I lost loads of inches, though I was using Capsiplex to do 2hour workouts at 5am, sweated loads and lost 13" off tummy and 7 " off waist. I was 12st 7 with 48" tummy and 38 " waist. (only 5ft 3 and half) After trying to do it the 'healthy way' once I had built up so i could do an hour by myself…
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The Truth about Exercise
Did anyone watch the program on BBC2 (UK) called The Truth about Exercise? When they were talking about NEAT and the presenter burning an extra 500 cals a day just moving about, would involuntary movement (from medical condition) be classed as NEAT too? .. its making me wonder how many calories I burn from just daily…
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Slim people have more Q10
I read something online whilst reading about benefits of Q10 for my Ataxia, that people who are naturally slim and can eat what they want without gaining were shown to have more Q10 in their body than people who gained easily... and also as we get older our levels of Q10 depletes. Many people on my Ataxia forum take it for…
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wheat free & nut free cereals & bars
I love cereal often for supper rather than breakfast, but since I've got wheat free I can't have weetabix or special K. I heard Granola is meant to be healthy but even the oats ones contain some wheat or nuts. I used to have kelloggs bran flakes but I don't know whether its got wheat in? At the minute I have Rice Krispies…
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How do they do it???
I started my weight loss journey last June, I've got 5lbs to go but currently only losing at 1-2lbs a month.. (3lb just after TOTM if I'm really lucky!). I was 5lb off goal, hoping to lose another pound this week, cravings weren't due to kick in until next week (beginning of March but they come early only 2 weeks after…
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wheat free & nut free breakfast cereal
Any suggestions for breakfast cereal that doesn't contain wheat or nuts? Been having Rice Krispies and Oats but getting bit bored with them after 8 months! I love a bowl of cereal for supper. It said online that granola was wheat free but I can't find one also nut free most seem to contain peanut, almond or coconut even if…