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met my calories but stomach growling...do I eat more?
So I've been eating around 1250-1300 cals (since I started on Sunday, I've lost 2 lbs already )and if I walk the dog I'll eat back most or all of the calories burned doing that (about 130 usually). Sunday through yesterday I've been good, great actually, but today I've been more tired and a little hungrier and having…
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PCOSer needing meal/snack plan advice
I was recently diagnosed with PCOS a couple months ago. I am taking metformin and have lost a total of about 14 lbs from my highest weight. I know the basics of what I should be eating (low carb and fat, high protein.) But I would like to hear what other PCOS ladies are eating that works for them. I got a little depressed…
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Calories in a Derby Roll?
My favorite place to eat is our local Japanese steakhouse. My husband and I sometimes go there for lunch and get soup, salad, and a sushi roll. My absolute favorite thing to eat (even over cookie dough cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory!) is their Derby Roll (Deep fried shrimp with cucumbers, avocado, topped with spicy…
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How much did you lose before people started noticing/comment
Just curious. I've lost about 12 1/2 lbs and not one person has noticed. Which is fine. I'm not upset about it. Just curious how much a person has to lose before it's noticeable to the outside world. Obviously this depends on how much your starting weight is and I'm sure that working out and building muscle will make you…
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What I'm looking forward to...
...my jeans to fit straight out of the dryer ...my jeans to be falling off straight out of the dryer ...no "muffin-top" around my wedding ring ...buying new clothes for work (so sick of wearing the same outfits over and over) ...going shopping and buy a smaller size (what I'm waiting on to get new work clothes) ...having…
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Daily Weigh-in Advice?
Every morning I get up, go to the bathroom and get undressed for my shower and that is when I weigh. I weigh in daily to both keep myself in check and catch myself when things are going bad before they get too bad and to motivate myself when the number goes down. I am aware that my weight will fluctuate daily. My question…
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30 Day Shred - Day 1 = What was I thinking?!
Got up early today (a little later than I planned but still a lot earlier than usual) and tried to do day 1 of the 30 Day Shred. Not the best thing to start with when you haven't worked out at all for a very long time! lol! I made it almost halfway through before I thought I was going to faint, puke, or die! I keep…
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October Challenges anyone?
I was thinking about starting some challenges for the month of October if anyone would be interested in joining me. Below are some ideas I had but I'm open to ideas from others. Trying to keep the challenges focused on things that might motivate us to do more or focus on the entire process more and not just weight loss…
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a small...maybe tiny success
This may not seem like a success, but I'm trying to take a bad day and find the positive and progress in it. Ok...so yesterday was yet another bad eating day. I did good for breakfast, morning snack, and lunch (except for the cookies...oops!) and dinner was good too. but then I had an ice cream bar for dessert and my…
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Starting over - can't seem to get in the right mind set - He
So I fell off the wagon a few months back and have only made half-hearted attempts to get back on. I don't want to weigh as much as I do but I have a hard time finding the time and energy to REALLY do something about it. I know I'm just making excuses to myself and I'm letting myself give in but what can I do to get…
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Anyone else trying to lose weight before TTC?
I have 2 beautiful daughters (7 & 4) and would like to try for a 3rd child (maybe a boy this time?) in the next year or so. I was a little overweight (5-10 lbs.) when I got pregnant with both of my daughters but now I weigh about 20-25 lbs more than that. I want to get to at least a healthy weight if not my goal weight…
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Losing inches instead of lbs. even though not much exercise?
I understand that when you workout you build muscle and muscle weighs more than fat so a person could lose inches and not lbs or inches faster than lbs. Thing is I didn't measure when I started this and keep forgetting to do it since starting. But this weekend I got into a size 12 jeans instead of the 14s I'd been wearing…
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I would feel so much better if I could just drop a size alre
How much does the typical person have to lose before they drop a size in clothing? I feel like it has to be about 10 lbs for me but I'm really not sure. I think I'm just getting impatient. I'm down about 4 1/2 lbs in 2 1/2 weeks so I feel like I'm doing pretty good. I just want to get to a double digit loss or drop a size…
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Healthy "Dessert" or evening snack (low cal)?
I do 3 meals and 3 snacks a day. I know what I have eaten or will be eating for everything today except my after dinner/evening snack. I usually try to make this something kind of desserty (i.e. sweet) so I don't feel like I'm depriving myself but I don't know what to have tonight....what do you do for small…
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Quicky Protein Snacks on the Go?
Any ideas for good sources of protein that are quick and easy to grab and take on the go (particularly if they don't have to be refrigerated but if they do that's ok too). I usually try to make my lunch to take to work the night before but sometimes I forget, I'm too tired, or just too busy. So in the mornings I try to…
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Lemon Verbena Recipes? Chicken maybe?
We just went to the greenhouse/nursery yesterday and picked up some veggie and herb plants for our garden and got them all planted today. We got a wonderful smelling herb plant called lemon verbena...smells just like lemon drops candy! Today we made some homemade lemonade and crushed up some leaves in and put them in the…
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Not that I'm complaining...
Does anyone else lose faster than MFP says you will? You know when you complete your food diary for the day and it tells you that if every day were like today you would weigh X amount in 5 weeks? I seem to be losing faster than that ever says, not that I'm complaining. Just curious why it's off by so much and if it's like…
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Cheaper alternative to BodyBugg?
I've thought about getting a BodyBugg for a long time but haven't due to the $$. I think I really need something like that though that will calculate how many calories I actually am burning a day. I have a desk/computer/office job but I get up and walk around the office a decent amount most days. I'm also a mom of 2 (7 &…
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What to have for suppper?
HA! I apparently can't spell "supper"! My husband is at work tonight and my kids will probably eat with their grandparents before I pick them up this evening so I need to come up with something quick, and filling for supper that's just for one. My eating plan consists of a protein, a green or fiberous veggie or low GI…
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Memorial Weekend and Family Get-togethers....what to do?
So I'm really looking forward to the upcoming long weekend (who doesn't look forward to an extra day off work!) I'm also going to get to spend some time visiting with my aunt and uncle from out of state that I lived with for about a year and a half when I was in college. I don't see them much anymore (since they live 1000…
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2 lbs could make a big difference for me right now!
I've been back on MFP for 3 weeks now (after a 6-8 month break...with very bad results, but that's another story). The first week I lost 3 lbs. The second week I gained 1.2 lbs. The third week ended with me back down 0.8. For a total now of 2.6 lbs. in 3 weeks. I am 2 lbs away from breaking a 10 lb. marker (out of the 170s…
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a HORRIBLE (diet) weekend!
I did HORRIBLE this weekend! Ate out twice yesterday and twice on Saturday and didn't make the best choices most of the time. :( I was hoping to be down another 2 lbs. by yesterday but instead today I'm up 2! So frustrated!! Around TOM too, so I'm hoping that's part of it but I know it's my poor eating this weekend. I'm…
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I have got to do better with certain things!
#1: Planning and Prepping my meals I'm on week 2. Week 1 I lost 3 lbs. Week 3 starts on Sunday and I haven't lost anything this week. Granted I've been sick (pretty bad chest congestion and coughing from allergies) but still. I have gone over my calories at least 2 probably 3-4 days this week. Mostly because I've felt bad…
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How do you set mini-goals?
Hey all! I was just thinking about how in the past I have set mini goals and rewards for myself and that seems much easier/less intimidating and the rewards (though smaller that a big reward for reaching my ultimate goal) aren't so far away that way. I have always set my mini goals as either losing a certain percent of my…
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I made it to halfway...and a little more!
I didn't get a chance to post yesterday but I was only 0.4lbs from reaching the 20lb mark and the halfway point for me (and according to my MFP ticker I was at 20 lbs)! Today I weighed in a pound less than yesterday! So now my MFP ticker says 21lbs lost!!! WooHoo! I don't know what I'm doing different lately but the weight…
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Nearly 20 lbs lost and I'm officially "healthy" :)
I'm down to my lowest so far and only 0.6lbs away from losing 20 lbs! Which will also be my halfway point! It has been at least 7 and maybe even 8 years since I was at this weight! People at work keep telling me how "skinny" I'm getting and I realized none of them have ever seen me when I was actually "skinny" and the…
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Confused about calorie intake and exercise calories
Ok, so I've been reading several posts where people mention "eating their exercise calories". I thought we did exercise to create more of a calorie deficit and therefore loose more weight? Why would you want to eat what you exercise? If you do that then what's the point in exercising in the first place? other than toning…
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I need help breaking this plateau!
I am getting really frustrated and feeling kind of hopeless here. I started my diet on Jan. 5th @ 165lbs. and was down to about 151 by end of March/first of April. I have since (finally!) broke the 15 lbs. mark but it's been almost 2 months and I'm only down (on a low day) 4 lbs!! In 3 months I lost almost 15 lbs and in…
