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Back at it...!
So, long story short. I started using MFP in 2011 when high school me wanted to lose some weight. I stopped using it and got bigger. Flash forward to November 13, 2013, where I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. With type 1, you need to religiously measure how much food you eat so you can take the correct insulin. I used…
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Winter Storm Jonas and Fitbit: Anyone else experience elevated floor count?
Hi! I woke up about two hours ago, and my fitbit says I climbed 16 flights of stairs so far (when I only did one). I'm suspecting that it is due to atmospheric pressure changes due to Winter Storm Jonas but am wondering if anyone else is experiencing something similar. I feel like a fitbit geek. I ended up taking off my…
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Rinsing Can of Baked Beans?
This might be a really dumb question, but I am wondering how I will approach logging a can of rinsed baked beans. I threw in a small can of rinsed Bush's baked beans (primary ingredient is white beans but also has a ton of sugar in the sauce that I wanted to avoid taking insulin for) in my salad and do not know whether to…
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Some Foods I Loved Don't Taste as Good Now?
Hi! I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this after beginning their journey. I admit, I used to love Starbucks' salted caramel mocha frappuccino. I would have to get a venti every time I passed by a Starbucks. I gave no care about the nutrition, which explained why I gained weight in the first place. Things have…
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College Student -Lightly active or active?
Hi! My classes began earlier today, and I am having some difficulty determining my activity level. My campus is fairly large, and I am walking to all of my classes. I mapped my total distance walked today, which will most likely be an average day, and it came back at around 2.75 miles. I plugged that distance into an…
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NSV: Younger sibling's clothing fits!
I finally noticed last night that I have nothing to wear for my senior project presentation less than a week away. Even the pencil skirt that I got back in late November was very loose and would need to be secured with a belt. As the lazy person I am, I decided to raid my younger sister's closet (two years younger than me…
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Agh! Fast food rant
Of course, I was tempted by fast food and am now kicking myself in the rear end for giving in and biting off more than I can really chew. I first went to Chick-Fil-A and was pretty decent there. I ordered a grilled market salad with low fat berry vinaigrette, and it only came out to about 300 calories and 23 carbs. On the…
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Debating whether to eat lunch at school
It's a new semester, and my lunch time has switched from 12:15 PM to 10:40 AM. Due to the new time making it difficult for me to manage my diabetes, I am debating whether to really "eat" a lunch at that time. I cannot test after breakfast due to having classes then, and I will be unable to test after lunch, AND I now…
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1 month down, the rest of my life to go...
It has finally been one month since I found out I was diabetic (18 years old). Even though it has been a crazy month, I hope that writing this will help give me some closure on what happened and allow me to continue through the grieving process. I am very thankful for my guardian angel, my hairstylist. She was the first…
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Unexplained weight loss -Please get it checked out
About two months ago, I posted a thread here explaining my concerns about losing weight a bit too quickly (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1089131-unexplained-weight-loss-really-concerned) . Sadly, I did not really listen to any of the suggestions about seeing a doctor, and I paid the price for it. On Wednesday…
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Unexplained weight loss -Really concerned
Some time in February/March, I was weighed in at over 210 pounds, and over the past few months, I have dropped 33 pounds and weigh somewhere around 177. I have not been purposefully trying to diet and lose weight, but the pace that I am losing the weight is concerning me. I am averaging around three to six pounds lost per…
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How is this humanly possible?
At the end of last month, I bumped my calories to 1450, how much I need to lose for one pound a day, because of spring break, me reaching below 1200 for 1.5 pounds a week weight loss, and competitions in Florida. On the morning of April 4, two weeks after I last weighed myself, my scale said I lost four pounds. Went on the…
