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Weight loss in tall women vs short women
I'm frustrated. One of my best friends joined MFP not too long after I did and has been a machine! I'm super proud of her, but she irritates the hell outta me! I'm 5'11" and she is 5'3" and while I was about 87lbs overweight, she was 100+lbs overweight. I commend her on her accomplishments, but I'm irritated because they…
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Humidity affecting digital scale?
So this week my scale read that I had gained 3.2lbs, in disbelief I got off and back onto the scale and saw the same result! I got back off the scale...I've been working very hard the last several weeks to really stay on track but I had one bad day in the middle of the week and figured I would lose LESS but still lose.…
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Large Healthy Cookbook??
Hello All! Does anyone know of a good sized healthy cookbook?? My hubby will be doing a 15 month job out of town soon and I'm going with him, and will just be working a few hours a week online so I'm going to have a ridiculous amount of time on my hands. I just re-watched Julie & Julia and I think it would be a great time…
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Large Healthy Cookbook?
Hello All! Does anyone know of a good sized healthy cookbook?? My hubby will be doing a 15 month job out of town soon and I'm going with him, and will just be working a few hours a week online so I'm going to have a ridiculous amount of time on my hands. I just re-watched Julie & Julia and I think it would be a great time…
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Juicing?
So I just watched Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead, a documentary following two men who are over weight and on several medications who begin juicing and turn everything around. I did a little research on-line and it seems like this is a pretty common concept and lots of people are really seeing results whether it's weight loss…
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Southwest Pasta Bake -TOH Diet
Tonight I tried a new recipe from our Taste of Home Diet Comfort Food Cookbook and it was AMAZING!!! I thought I'd share it with y'all so you could enjoy it too!! So, ENJOY :) Southwest Pasta Bake - pg. 224 8 oz uncooked penne pasta 8oz fat-free cream cheese 1/2 cup fat-free milk 10 oz frozen spinach; thawed and drained 1…
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Fat Pictures!! :(
OMG! I have not felt so bad about myself in a long dang time! I was with my husband last night at a local bar supporting our friend who was performing. Our friend took some pictures and they are HORRIBLE! I've lost 30+ lbs and was feeling pretty awesome about that. Yes, I still have 50+ lbs to go but I'm on my way! These…
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Bad, bad binge....
Well, I have been having myself a rough few weeks... I have gained 4lbs in the last two weeks and honestly...this week isn't looking too promising... I can't tell you exactly what set this particular ball rolling but I've had a rough go of things from financial stress to serious work issues to food cravings and everything…
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"But you're tall...."
I HATE it when I say anything regarding the fact that I am overweight and people respond with "well/but you're so tall it's not as noticeable" WHAT?!?!?!?!? I was...WAS :) ....87lbs overweight! Not 8lbs, not 7lbs, EIGHTY SEVEN! How is that "not noticeable"??? Saying that is like saying, "Yes you're a cow, but you're a TALL…
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1 yr and 30lbs later...pics! :)
I started this little project on April 4, 2010 which happened to be Easter Sunday last year. I remember being at my husband's family get together and telling them we were starting a weight loss attempt and having very half hearted responses to help with my very shaky confidence. Here we are, a year later and I am down…
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Okay HRM users, what do I look for?
I just had this crazy idea that I may want one of these and whoa are there a lot of choices!! I THINK I'd like an arm band...but I'm not 100% Are they comfortable? I have a hard time with watches so I don't think I want one of those and I'm betting the chest band is like another dang bra LOL Also,when it comes to the bells…
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Dinner, party of one...
I have no idea how you single folks do this dinner stuff! I normally make 4 servings worth so that my husband and I both have one serving for dinner that night and then we both take a serving for lunch the next day at work. Well Thursday his work decided they needed him at a field job, three hours away, starting Friday…
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Changing scales??
So when I started this journey in April of 2010 I bought a regular ol' scale because, frankly, I didn't have a lot of faith in myself of keeping up with this and it was the cheapest one LOL NOW, every week I step on and off that damn scale at least three times to make sure I got the same number more than once because it's…
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Extra Skin?!? TMI worries
So I have been watching A&E's new series Heavy. This week the woman weighed quite a bit more than me, but she had a similar body type. She had, what I refer to as "the kangaroo pouch" or my "fatty pack," a large section of fat between her belly button and her groin. This is my most hated area on my body, and it was hers…
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PCOS, birthcontrol, and...how much is that copay?!?!?
So I decided to get off Depo. I researched PCOS friendly pills all weekend and Monday my doc prescribed a high estrogen pill for me. (that's what all the sites recommend) So Tuesday I went to my pharmacy to pick it up and they inform me that they had to special order it and it will be a $50 copay! That is twice my normal…
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PCOS, diet, and birthcontrol??
When I was about fifteen I had my first cyst rupture and thought I was going to die. I remember my mother driving me to the emergency room in a complete panic fearing the worse, and by the time I got there I felt fine. It took some time to figure out what had happened and continued to happen. As I met my now hubby and it…
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P90X without P90X nutrition?
I, like most of us here, have dieted on and off my entire life and have finally found something that is working for me. I ordered P90X to start an exercise regime and it comes with what it insists is a completely necessary nutrition guide. I am already counting calories and preplanning meals, do I really have to do their…
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Mederma Stretch Mark cream
Has anyone tried this? I keep seeing commercials for it but I'm figuring my marks are so large and plentiful it probably won't help anyway... Anyone using it AND having success?
