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Food to get the bowels working again
Not the nicest conversation topic but this is something that is beginning to bother me. I know it's normal for one to become a little less regular when starting a diet but I've gone from once a day to about twice a week. I started drinking coffee because it's the only thing that gets things moving but I don't want to…
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Increased Water Retention
A few weeks ago I quite suddenly put on 2 kilos and couldn't figure out why, then I realised I was urinating a lot less frequently (I normally go quite a lot) even though my fluid intake hadn't changed. My feeling is that I have a sudden increase in water retention. I try to drink at least 8 cups of water on top of the…
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Losing Momentum - how do you get back on track
I've started to lose momentum: It's been a couple of weeks since I've seen any significant movement on the scales. I twisted my ankle making exercising tough. The weather is turning cold and wet again making it a lot less appealing to go for runs or to do gardening. My appetite has increased and I'm not sure why. I'm…
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Green & Black's chocolate and feeling sick
I got a 70% Green & Black's Easter Egg - which I was pretty thrilled about. Unfortunately I've noticed I feel quite ill after eating small amounts of it. It's probably not a bad thing in the end as it means I'm going to throw out the egg but no other dark chocolate has this effect on me. Was just wondering if any one has a…
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Running and knees being weird.
I run around 5K about 5 days a week. I used to be pretty bad about stretching before and after but I've gotten much better at it. However, on days that I run, when I stop moving/walking around for any extended period of time me knees start feeling a bit odd. Not painful, or difficult to move, but there is this odd feeling…
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Running more difficult during the 'time of the month'
Time of the month is not exactly accurate for me - I have an implant which means I go months without a period. I got my first one since back running and I'm just finding doing my usual route so much harder! My normal route is about 4.5km and takes me about 30 mins. I'm still building up to 5km in under 30mins but I was…
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An MFP Diet plan - thoughts?
I'm 5'8 (or 9, I never know), 165lbs and in my late 20s. I'm trying to get down to 150lbs by the end of June - its that stubborn kind of weight that never likes to budge. TDEE = 2123 (light exercise) or 1850 (limited to no exercise) My plan: Week 1: set goal Kcal in MFP to 1200 (low, I know) but run every day using HRM to…
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Feeling queasy after snacking on nuts
My digestive system is super sensitive... Many foods cause sever cramps in my stomach so I steer clear of them. I recently started eating more nuts (almonds and cashews) as a substitute for other snacky food and have found that if I eat more than a handful I start feeling queasy. This only really seems to happen when I eat…
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Going on holiday - taking a break from weight loss
Me and my fiancee are heading to my home country for a holiday next week and food is always such a large part of my visits there (mostly because it's amazing and I can't get it where I live). Now I don't want to go crazy but I still want to enjoy the great dishes and restaurants from my childhood. How would you guys handle…
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Not telling about losing weight - Could use MFP friends
Could really use some MFP friends, I don't really have anyone in my life to talk to about food, exercise and weight loss. I'm not really telling any of my friends I'm trying to lose weight. I had an eating disorder when I was in my late teens and ever since my friends get really anxious when I start focusing on food again.…
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End of week two and no weight loss
I guess this is bound to happen every so often, but this week was really hard and for it end with no loss at all just feels like I kick in the guts. I know it wasn't a perfect week but I kept around my goals and even the one day I went significantly over I was still around my maintenance levels. My knee is better so I was…
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Week two and so hungry!
I am sitting at work fighting the urge to go down to the shop and buy a nibble that will be high in calories and just bad for me. But I am just so hungry and feel like I need something satisfying (not fruit in other words ... getting a little tired of fruit). Week one was grand - I think I had the balance right and felt…
