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Mental Toughness for a Round 2
Anyone back in action on MFP for a second or third round? I had tremendous success last year and have wound up gaining back a third of my original weight loss. I've had months of intense stress and wound up coping with carbs and a lack of exercise. The only good news is that I stayed nicotine-free (I'm a 14 months free…
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NSV - 21 Days Without Refined Sugar & White Flour
Today I achieved my goal of 21 days without refined sugar and white flour!!! Though I have succeeded in weight loss and fitness at various times in my life, I never found the inner strength to go without flour and sugar. Even when I was powerlifting as a teenager, I had a massive self-control problem and enjoyed way too…
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Working Mom with Lots to Lose! :)
Hello, MFP Community! My name is Kelly and I'm a wife and working mother of five amazing little people. I exercise at home to DVDs and am marginal at eating good (I usually stay within my calorie goal but don't make the best choices). I would love to add additional working moms as friends and am sharing my story as an…
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Advice -- Recovering from Stomach Virus
Hi, MFP community! I have been progressing in my quest to get healthy these last couple weeks. Not perfect, but solid behaviorial changes that I feel good about and that require a fair amount of planning and discipline. Today I woke up with a raging migraine and a stomach flu that's taken a grave toll on me. I haven't been…
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Re-engaging After Losing My Mom to Cancer
2012 has been filled with highs and lows for me ... and it is ending just as it began, with a focus on getting healthy. At the beginning of the year, I kicked myself into gear and shed nearly 40 pounds by making the hard decisions - eating better and moving more. As a mother of five little cherubs, I had gotten my sexy…
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Tips?? - Weight Mgmt During Family Emergency
Hello, fellow MFP-ers! I need a bit of help. What tips do you have about how to manage weight loss while dealing with a family emergency? I have been religious in my approach to getting healthy this year and have lost 35+ lbs. Last week my mom was hospitalized and within 48 hours we learned she wasn't suffering from a GI…
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NSV - 21 Days without Nighttime Binge
Hello, MFP Community! Today I celebrate my 21st day without a nighttime binge. Over several years, I developed a horrid habit of consuming as much as 3,000 calories during the late evening and overnight - sometimes I was even asleep while I ate dozens of fruit snack packages, whole bags of candy or entire containers of…
