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Vegetarian snacks?
Anyone got any good suggestions for filling, savoury 100cal vegetarian snacks? I always struggle to think of good snacks - so many obvious ones are sweet and I always prefer a savoury snack during the day. :-)
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Has everyone seen this?
Was just browsing the success stories and saw this. What an inspiration! :drinker: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1434656-hypothyroid-success-story-123lbs-gone
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How do you hit your step goal in bad weather?
Just looking for some tips of how you meet your step goal in bad weather? Do you just walk on the spot at home? Or are there some better ways? :smile:
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Looking for some friends to keep me motivated! :-)
Hello! I've been lurking on here for ages (but not really doing anything) but over the last few weeks I've really started to take it seriously. My diary is open to friends and I like people who are quite active on here as they keep me motivated. I'm always posting and would like some more friends as I'm often looking for…
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Looking for friends!
Hello! I've been lurking on here for ages, not really doing anything, but over the last month I've really started to take it seriously. HOWEVER, I struggle with motivations (especially if I'm out with friends) and so I'm looking for some myfitnesspal friends to keep me motivated! Ideally people who post quite often as I'm…
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Tips for logging when you don't know the calories of a meal?
Hellooooo all. I'm off to a family BBQ on Sunday and I wondered if anyone has any tips on how to log food most accurately when someone else is making it? The family chef is great and is making lots of exciting vegetarian food (lots of us are veggie) so a lot of it will be vegetable based, but I imagine there will be a lot…
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How many calories do you eat a day to lose weight?
Just wondering how many calories you eat each day to lose weight? Does the TDEE method work for you? Or do you have to eat really low calories?
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Success stories from people on only T4 meds?
So I see loads of success stories from people with T3 as well as T4, or on Armour - but sadly in the UK they only give us T4. :sad: I'd love to hear some success stories from people that have lost weight on T4 only! I'm really, really stuck at the moment and losing motivation!
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Hypothyroidism and EM2WL
Hey, I'm just looking for some advice really! The whole ethos of this group makes perfect sense to me, and I'm really interested to try it. But I have hypothyroidism and so I'm wondering if all the calculations etc work? Is there anyone out there who has hypothyroidim and is having success with this method? My thyroid…
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Which birth control pill works best for you?
After a break from being on the pill I'm deciding to go back on it and I can't stand the acne and the implausible weigh gain! I always used to take yasmin, but I think they're trying to take people off it, similar to what they did with dianette. Just wondered what works best for you? My main problems are acne and the…
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Runner's knee - how have you fixed it?!
Hey, I've had runners knee now for ages. Physio didn't help, rolling my IT band didn't help, nothing seems to help. Basically, I can walk for about an hour without it twinging, but it hurts much sooner than that on stairs and hills. The physio said it was my weak quads...but I also have tight hipflexors - so not sure where…
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Low carb advice
Hi all, So the theme seems to be lots of people have success with low carb or gluten free diets. I'm not going to go gluten free but I would like to try low carb and see how it goes. My question is, on a low carb diet, how many carbs do you actually eat in a day? Any other tips or advice or good links about low carb would…
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What's your personal formula for weight-loss success?
Hi everyone!! So I've had an underactive thyroid for about two years. I'm on 100mg of Levothyroxine and at last count my TSH was 1.3 and my free T4 was 16.5. I mostly feel ok, but have the same kind of residual symptoms most of you guys have - fatigue and flaky nails most annoying! Oh, and of course the fact that it is…
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Lifting heavy for a beginner...
Hi, I've decided that lifting weights - in particular heavy ones - is exactly what my body needs...the question is, how do I get started? Ideally I'd like to do 30 minutes a day, most days a week. But I need some sort of exercise plan to follow - does anyone know of any online? Also, any general advice for a newbie to…
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Looking for support as fail when go it alone!!
Hi everyone! I've been a member for a while, but not been doing so well on my own - so decided to turn to you guys for support! I'm amazed at how much some of you guys have lost - completely amazing and it puts my efforts to lost 1 1/2 stone to shame! Anyway, I hope to see/hear from you all in the future. Good luck…
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Only a stone to lose but I can't get my act in gear! Help!
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and I'm looking for advise. I don't have a huge amount to lose, only a stone, but I find it so hard to keep on track. I'm great in the day then it goes wrong in the eve with booze and food! I exercise all the time and love it, but I undo my hard work with food. I think my problems are…
