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Fingers
How many calories should I count for licking stuff off my fingers? My fingers are small, so maybe a teaspoon for each finger?
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Who here hates grapefruit?
Well?
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Best store to get fitted for running shoes?
SEE ABOVE.
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Dog food diet?
Has anyone had any success losing weight and eating their dog's food? The macros are broken down pretty good.
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When did you bump up from 1200 calories?
Alright guys--started here as 171 lbs first week of June. I am now 158. However, I only lost 1 lb all of August, and my measurements changed so minimally, my only valid loss was .5 off my neck (a weird place to lose, I feel...). I've been doing heavy lifting for three weeks, and I know it's near impossible to gain muscle…
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Calorie Deficit and Getting Sick!
So, I know it's that time of year where everyone and their mother is getting sick anyway... But I've been sick THREE times since October, which is super unusual for me (years of working with kids has made my immune system that of a robot's). I've read that extended periods of eating at a deficit contributes to lowered…
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The main forums and thyroid (again)
I'm pretty much making this thread to vent, and for everyone else to vent. I feel like, inevitably, any thyroid post on the main forums includes a link to this group... and someone going, "Thyroid is an excuse." One rather, uh, infamous girl from a certain state is one of these ("I though I was a special snowflake with a…
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People see you as overweight still?
Here's the long story: This is the second time I'm posting a (serious) topic in motivation and support in the last three days, so I'm going to preface everything with, "I think I'm suffering from serious hormonal mood swings for some reason, and I'm not USUALLY this crippled by insecurity." I ballooned up from cortisol…
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Numbers are killing me
I'm starting to go a little crazy here. I've literally been stuck between 157-158 for 2+ months... but I've lost plenty of inches, my clothes are all loose (not lose), etc. Great, great... I know the scale means nothing. But even when I plug in my inches to calculators across the web, my body fat stays pretty steady at…
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Fiber bloat D:
So I've been trying to up my fiber (to FIRM things up, if you get my drift... I have no problem pooping) and I've been adding two tablespoons of sugar free fiber (just processed wheat whatever) in the mornings. I am SO bloated. It's been about a week, and the, er... "residual" side effects are going away, but I'm still…
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Experience with fat flush?
I've heard about it, read about it, researched it... What is your personal experience with "fat flush": what did your body look like, how did you feel, is this even real, etc.? EDIT: I MEAN "WHOOSH." THE "WHOOSH."
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Dieting and Illness
Does anyone else find they're getting sicker more often since being at a deficit? I've been trying to shake things up with periodic maintenance (sort of), and I hit my macros and micros pretty good... but goddammit, I've been sick for the last two days... and a few weeks ago I was sick for a week...and before then... I…
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Rock Climbing/Bouldering calories?
So, until my girl Shelbyfrootcake jumps in with some input, do any of you have any... well, input on calories burned doing these activities? I'm going tomorrow and I'm going to where my HRM to see if that helps, but everything I've read online seems like CRAZY calories... it seems hard for me to believe that many calories…
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Door to door religious "salesman"
I hate them. That is all.
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Porking it?
Does anyone else... get a weird taste from pork? I'm not talking sausage or pepperoni or prosciutto (all of which sound amazing), but pulled pork, pork chops, pork roast, etc. I've made pork twice in the last two weeks and almost gagged from eating it because it... tasted so odd? Like an almost chemical taste to it? My…
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Am I Good????
Hey guys! I know Halloween is a hot topic for so many of us, because, hellooooooo, CANDY. I didn't want to contribute to this obesity-friendly holiday, you know, with the walking several miles a night in bad weather... how is THAT healthy? Candy is an abomination! So, I went and bought all the candy at my local store...…
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Hacking Rant
So I just need to share this while I stay on the forever Blizzard support wait time... Yeah, I was playing and literally got knocked off. Tried to log on, but my password had already been changed. When I quickly reset the lock and logged back on, my main had joined a guild along the lines of "xia xung zo." I was almost…
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HRM vs. MFP?
Okay, so I know MFP is notoriously wonky when it comes to the calories inputted in the system (specifically with cardio exercises). I've had not quite heart rate monitors for walking (a special type of pedometer) and for my bike that have always showed MORE calories burned than what's in MFP, but I generally averaged the…
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New detox! Really works!
Hey guys! I ate at an Indian buffet yesterday... it was REALLY spicy! Within an hour, I had coughed up any phlegm, dripped out all snot from my sinuses, and guess what happened this morning? That's right... BOOM. Super detox! Wow?! Who knew, right?! Support your local Indian restaurant today!
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Nauseous after eating?
Has anyone ever eaten something, and gotten super nauseous after the fact? I had some costwold cheese earlier, and I've felt so nauseous since. I made salmon and cooked millet for dinner and haven't been able to bring myself to eat it. I've brushed my teeth/had water to try and get rid of the cheese (which I, er, keep sort…
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The fight between eating and not?
So, I've dealt with anorexia since I was 12 (I'm now 23), which resulted in me being admitted to a psychiatric ward when I was 15, and a long recovery over the next years. I've been "recovered" for a few years now, but due to hormonal issues (I don't have a thyroid and my adrenals failed), I've gained quite a bit of…
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Why grapes are evil incarnate
DO NOT EAT GRAPES, EVERYONE. http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/hailstones-size-of-grapes-pepper-pottsville-homes/1582533/ If hailstones the size of grapes can cause so much damage, what do you think ACTUAL grapes will do... INSIDE YOUR BODY?
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Disconnect from main MFP forums
Do you guys ever feel like a major disconnect from the main forums? I'll read success stories for motivation, or read topics like, "How long did it take you to lose weight?" But then I get so dragged down. I'll be the same heights, weights, frames, age, exercise plans, diet, etc... but I will have generally lost half the…
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Lifting weights when sick?
Alright, I *feel* okay, just a little more tired than normal, but I've been sick since Wednesday (maybe even a little earlier). I saw a doc yesterday for an (unrelated) issue, and she was like, "Wow, your lymph nodes are huge!" (in my neck) But I don't feel that bad. And I've rested since Wednesday. I've read that "neck…
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To lift or not to lift? That is the question.
I woke up with a sore throat. Hasn't gone away in over an hour. Feel maybe a little bit tired. Should I push through and lift? I don't know if it's sickness, or sinuses. I really want to lift, but I don't want to whack my immune system or something and get even worse. HALP.
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******* mold
I just bought some strawberries. Kept in fridge. They are moldy. I had bought multigrain Kroger sandwich thins. They lasted for over a month. I bought the whole wheat kind--BOOM, mold in like three days. Idgaf if the multigrain is obvs. more processed, hence less mold. WHY IS MY FOOD MOLDING SO FAST. HOW CAN I STOP IT.…
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Testing on humans... better than animals
Do we all agree? I know chimpanzees have been known to exhibit the intelligence of a toddler, and elephants have been able to learn minor math, but I think testing is better suited for people. Besides, not even apes can hold a pencil as well as we do, so what would be the point in testing animals?
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Dealing with ED triggers on MFP
I've seen it; I'd been a member of ED "recovery" groups, all of which I left because there was hardly any support (or urging) for recovery. But I just came across a whole group of people on MFP (someone posted with an outrageous weight loss ticker and avatar, and it spiraled into me looking at a friendslist with usernames…
