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Is it worth the money to get your metabolism tested?
There is a place in our town that does metabolic testing to determine your caloric intake. I was wondering if anyone has done this and if it really is worth the money. If you have been eating too little and your metabolism is slowed, will it show that? I was not sure what all it entails and if we should try it. I would…
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What would cause a 6lb gain in one week?
My wife has had trouble losing weight and keeping it off. She is strict on her diet and eats right. About 2 months ago we had her metabolism tested and found out her weight loss zone, based on the test was between 1400 to 1600 daily calories. She had probably only been eating 1100 or so a day. She upped her calories to try…
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What can my wife do to go to the bathroom regularly?
Hi. I am writing for advice on what my wife can do to go to the bathroom regularly. She is doing WW and is staying in her points. She doesn't eat all her 35 flex points, usually only dips into them on the weekend. We have tried for the last month increasing her calories, thinking maybe since she wasn't eating all the flex…
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Not sure what to do?
I have come to this site for a lot of advice and have read and learned a lot to try to understand weight loss. Right now, my wife is totally frustrated again with her lack of weight loss. She is doing Weight Watchers and all was going very well until the holidays. She had lost 14 pounds over an 8 week period. We were very…
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Questions about weight watchers
My wife has been doing weight watchers for a couple of months now with pretty good results. She had lost very consistently after being stuck for a couple of years. I think her metabolism had been in starvation mode from working out a lot and not eating enough for a long time. She had to reallly increase her intake to get…
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Question about resting metabolic rate
My wife has been on weight watchers, LA weight loss, low carb, p90x nutrition plan, and counted calories on MFP and nothing is working. She was eating as few as 1200 calories and we've tried bumping it up for fear she wasn't eating enough and nothing nets her any weight loss or any loss in inches to speak of. She exercises…
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LA weight loss
I was wondering how LA weight loss compared in how many calories you are allowed. My wife lost a lot of weight doing their diet a few years ago. I didn't know if anyone had done their diet and knew about how many calories a day their typical day allows. Basically, does can anyone convert their system into a calorie number.…
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frustrated! Questions, advice
Hi. I wrote in about a month or so asking for advice on how my wife could start losing weight again. She has been stuck for a year or two. Whenever the scale moved down some, it went right back up a day or two later. Thanks to all the good advice we felt like she isn't eating enough and her metabolism has slowed way down.…
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questions about metabolism
Through the help of some ot the people on this site, we have determined my wife has not been able to lose weight because she has been eating too little calories over the past 2 years or so and her metabolism has slowed down to a crawl (starvation mode). She was on a 1200 calorie diet to lose 1 lb per week according to the…
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Ways to lower blood pressure
Hi. I am a 35 year old firefighter. I am very active. I work out a lot and I am on the go basically until I go to bed at night. I have a wife and two kids so I keep busy. I don't drink or smoke and get plenty of sleep. The last few years at our work physicals I have noticed my blood pressure going up. I don't know if it is…
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Any advice to help my wife lose her last 10 to 15 pounds?
Hi. I am writing because I am totally at a loss and frustrated on why my wife cannot lose any weight. I am trying to research things and find out what I can do to help her. I really feel bad for her because she works her hardest doing the tough things to lose weight. She gets up and works out in the morning and at night…
