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Found a before pic from Christmas
it's just my face, but I also have one my dear friend insisted on taking when we reached the peak of a local "mountain" at the end of March; they're just face comparisons but still I finally see progress. I didn't realize I was so big at Christmas!! Anyway in the December picture I'm roughly 255, and in the June picture…
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Injury + No Insurance = Now What?
I'm pretty sure I have it narrowed down as far as what the injury is, I think I have a mildly strained left hip flexor. Everything I can find online fits. It doesn't sound like it necessarily needs medical attention, just forced rest but I could be reading that in since we're currently without insurance and will be for the…
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Don't really care for PB, are other nut butters better?
What nut butter would you suggest to try for someone who doesn't really care for peanut butter that much? I find it too sticky and mouth-drying. LOVE LOVE LOVE a good PBJ but that's because there's copious J to offset the drying PB, you know? Would love to replace it with something else - but would like opinions as to the…
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TDEE - When do you decrease your cut?
I'm 35, female. SW 254, CW 216, GW somewhere around 140. I've been working off TDEE -25% since I kept reading that those with a LOT to lose (over 100, clearly me) could stand a larger cut than the typical 20% recommendation. Obviously as I lose I keep revising the total calories down, but still at the 25% cut. I'm just…
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demotivational side-by-side pic
I have a side-by-side of me at roughly 250 and then at 218 and quite honestly I can't see much difference. My face looks thinner that's about it other than that I still look like a fat, slobby mess. Everyone says "be sure you take pictures!" I can't fathom why if this is the result! Edit to add: My hubby cut off my face in…
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I see all the talk about coconut oil...
Well, I bought some. I see people talking about cooking with it, using it as a skin moisturizer, just eating it straight ( :noway: ) - mine (Jarrow brand) says it's to be stored in the fridge after opening, however, this makes it so hard I have to chisel it out of the container. No possible way to keep tiny chunks from…
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Do you log nutritional supplements that have calories?
I'm about to start taking flax oil as a supplement and don't know if I should count the 110 calories per Tbsp or not. I mean it IS 110 extra calories I'm putting in my body, but I've read a couple of "I'm about to graduate as a registered nutritionist and you shouldn't count nutritional oils" posts too so now I'm a little…
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Want Avocado Help!
I know Avocado is a great source for nutrient dense, good-for-you-oil-dense, calorie-dense eating. However, I can only stomach it a tiny bit at a time. It is not something I grew up eating in fact the first time I ever tasted really fresh, ripe avocado was about 3 years ago. I have never tried just cracking one open and…
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Ensuring proper form when lifting.
I'm about ready to enter the weight room again after ages of not lifting (or doing anything, except gain all my weight back +30). The last time I did any type of lifting I had a trainer and never really paid attention to learning proper form and technique, as he was always there to correct things when I got haywire. So now…
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THREE NSVs today!
1) going down a pants size 2) I can finally lift my leg onto my knee on both sides (like you would if you were putting on your socks). Haven't been able to do that for the longest time. 3) tied my shoes today without being out of breath from bending over and not being able to breathe while doing it.
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Where do you get your nutrition info...
for things like fresh fruit, meats, items that don't come with a Nutrition guide? If I'm going to eat it, i weigh it, but I don't always know where to figure out how many calories are in 1 serving of, say, a banana. So I eat a 139g banana, where do I look to figure out how many calories that is? Not everything is in the…
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How often to recalculate TDEE?
As of this morning, I've lost 14lbs since starting to eat using my TDEE -25% as my target (1928 cal/day). When should I recalculate things? Every ____ pounds? Every ____ weeks? Every month?
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Losing my gym membership soon...
It's expiring soon and we can't afford to keep it up. I live in s.california and can easily walk outside most days, I don't have a bicycle but think that may be remedied soon, I do have access to DVD/Blu Ray player at home too. So cardio is mostly covered, I figure, at least for the point I'm at now. However I'm wondering…
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Regarding the idea of a weekly "cheat day"
I've seen them condemned with the rationale that why would you cheat and just make your journey longer? But then. A trainer I used to work with before I gave up the last time was a proponent of cheat days, saying it helped reset the body's metabolism. His line if thought was "your body gets used to X number if calories and…
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Need to lose 110, TDEE questions
So I figured my TDEE and am eating at -25% (1922 calories/day). I figured TDEE based on being "lightly active" but counting zero exercise for the day because a lot of days I get zero above and beyond my TDEE (which doesn't include any extra exercise anyway since when I calculated it I didn't DO any extra - but I went with…
