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YouTube Channels?
YouTube videos have been a HUGE inspiration/help to me on this journey. I've loved watching people change, hearing about what they've gone through and admired their confidence in putting themselves out there. I went ahead and started my very own channel this morning too. I'm totally new to vlogging and very inexperienced.…
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TMI - Bowel Movements after VSG???
I'm aware that diarrhea and/or constipation are normal after VSG for many folks. In fact, I had diarrhea in the hospital the day I was released, and again when I got home. It quickly turned into soft stool, not very much though - especially since I was on a full liquid. But since starting solids, I haven't gone. My last BM…
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Multivitamins - How To Take?
I've just had weight loss surgery and it is important that I take a bariatric-specific multivitamin, which I have been doing so diligently. The particular brand/bottle that I have says for VSG patients to "chew 1 tablet, 4x daily" So my question is, what is the best way way to be spacing these out to get the best…
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VSG Surgery Yesterday
I had my surgery yesterday morning. I'm in the hospital now waiting for my swallow study. I did so much research before, but experienced something I hadn't read about and that was hunger. Yesterday the gas & acid in my stomach made me feel like ravenous. It was so odd. I was worried. I don't feel like that this morning now…
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Nutrition Info for Wine?
I can't find any nutrition info for some wine I have. It's Gemma di Luna Moscato. I've searched around on Google and in the database and can't seem to locate it. So...what do you do in this situation? Take an average of other Moscatos and use the quick-add calories? Thanks!
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Two NSV in the past couple days!
First - we have an acre of land and a pushmower. Our yard is very hilly and some parts are quite steep. Normally it takes me up to 3 hours to do the entire yard, and I have to break it up into 45-50 minute incriments. On Thursday I managed to mow for 100 minutes straight and I mowed all but a very very small section of the…
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Omg!
10% of my body weight gone! Yeehaw! I've got a long way to go, but this is a great start! I wasn't expecting that number when I stepped on the scale this morning, and that makes me so happy. :)
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Strength Training at Home Without Equipment?
Hello! I'm good on cardio stuff, that's easy to do without having exercise equipment or a gym membership. We are on a strict budget as a one-income family of 5 and a gym membership is out of the question (hoping the parents will gift one at Christmastime!) for the moment. I am not going to let not having access to a gym or…
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Anyone Watch Naked & Afraid?
If so, did you check out last night's Season Finale? I will say, admittedly, that seeing someone on the show with more body fat compared to previous contestants was a bit of a shock, BUT, in order to participate, they are put through rigorous physical and mental testing. He made it through that, so obviously he was deemed…
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C25K get easier?
Hello! I did my first day of C25K today and it was so hard for me! Out of the 8 runs (1 minute each) I struggled with the last 3. I didn't do one of them at all and the other two I only did 55 seconds and 40 seconds, respectively. My lower back was just killing me! I managed to do 2.5 miles in 35 minutes but was so…
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"Fully Trimmed" Beef Brisket Question!
I have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. When a cut of meat is packaged as "fully trimmed", what exactly does this mean? I found a recipe on skinnytaste.com for a braised brisket with potatoes & carrots. The recipe calls for a 5lb brisket trimmed of all fat. It also states on the nutritional info for a…
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"Fully Trimmed" Beef Brisket Question!
I have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. When a cut of meat is packaged as "fully trimmed", what exactly does this mean? I found a recipe on skinnytaste.com for a braised brisket with potatoes & carrots. The recipe calls for a 5lb brisket trimmed of all fat. It also states on the nutritional info for a…
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Too Much Vitamin A?
Hi - not quite certain where to post this, so if I have to move, please let me know. Yesterday I had a LOT of Vitamin A. Well, I ate poorly yesterday anyway, but in the evening I had a massive migraine. One that made me want to throw up. Then I was thinking maybe I should check out my diary and see if I had too much sugar…
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Personal Trainer wants me to eat more?
MFP wants me to eat 1400 calories/day. I typically have been adding an additional 250 calories to that to make up for breastfeeding. However, I've been seeing a personal trainer for a couple months now and he wants me to be eating 1911 calories today and 153 grams of protein every day (days I don't exercise). I didn't…
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Bad choices!
Listen, I know fast food is not a good choice to begin with, but I need some help. The mornings are crazy for me! I was up on and off throughout the night because my 6 month old is sick (one of the things I don't like about being a single mom, no one to share that middle of the night stuff with). This morning I was tired…
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Can you help me figure out the calories?
I'm making homemade machaca for dinner. I can't seem to figure out how many calories it is in it's final cooked state. The recipe is as follows: 3lbs bottom round roast 2 small cans salt-free tomato sauce 1 T garlic powder 1 T onion salt 1 t cumin 2 medium green peppers (anaheim) 1 medium yellow pepper (wax) The amount…
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Hello Fitness Pal Peeps!
I'm new to this community...but not so new to the idea of weight loss. I gained a lot of pounds when I was about 14 and have really just maintained it ever since. Maintaining weight has NEVER been an issue for me, losing it has been. I just had my first child this year. I ended up being 10 lbs under my pre-pregnancy weight…
