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Indian Culture Weight SHAME!
I am married to a man from India, and to my dismay most of the Indian culture (or those I have met) are really quite frank and forthright. My father-in-law actually told me during a skype conversation, 'you are looking fat.' Well thank you for stating the obvious. Has anyone else experienced this? I know they aren't doing…
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Holiday/Wedding Setback... Help me if you can!
Ok so last week I did alright on Thanksgiving. I was over some but not huge. Then I had my wedding on Saturday and was stressed on Friday and Saturday because of it and so I didn't get to eat breakfast which messed me up but wasn't too far over, then on top of that I traveled back home (13 hours) on Monday driving the…
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NSV: Hubby's Admiration
So this morning my husband looked at me and said, "Wow, your belly has really gotten smaller." That was so encouraging to me. I've only lost 7 lbs out of 100+ but that was an awesome healthy accomplishment for the amount of time I've been doing this. He told me he "admires my perseverance." I have exercised for about 3…
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Sodium Filled Meal!!!!!! What???
So tonight I'm having an asian dinner, however, the meat has been marinated and my friend has put around 25 tbsp of soy sauce in the meal which is a TON of sodium. What should I do? Will drinking a ton of water be enough to not get bloated?
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BIRTHDAY DILEMNA
So I have been doing really well lately with my eating and exercise, however, tomorrow is my birthday. My husband is taking me out to eat but I don't know where to go or whether I should just eat what I want and forget cals/carbs/fat for one meal. I've heard of people having cheat days. Is this one of those times this…
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Help!
So I started MFP last week. I have been logging in all my food, exercise, etc, but so far I haven't seen any changes on my scales. My wedding is on November 26 and I have to lose weight to fit into my dress, plus I need to lose more even after that (80 lbs). I love to see the "results in 5 wks such and such, but so far I'm…
