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Zero Carb
Well here I am again, unfortunately been a very bad couple of months for me, and have put on nearly 21lbs since 16 July. Looking back at this year I decided to kick myself up the bottom, before I end the year back at my original starting weight and the plan that I felt best on has been ZC as I lost all cravings and this…
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Getting back on track
Have had a very busy and crazy few weeks - where everything has happened at the same time, so been full of stress and only just come out the other side in one piece, but unhappily my diet has gone out of the window in dramatic style. I have started the process to get back on track as it does seem to take me a while to get…
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Stomach problems
I have been suffering with pain in my abdomen after eating, my doctor thinks it is an issue in the duodenum and is possibly due to excess acid, and I have been prescribed Omeprazole again, I took it a couple of months ago and it did seem to help things, but this time I am still struggling - one of the things he has…
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Finding things tough going - OT a little
I am visiting my sister at the minute and she is a vegetarian and eats a lot of carbs - I am really struggling with my food choices this week - I am constantly hungry and totally not satisfied at all. I am feeling grumpy and finding her moods tough going. She lives on a remote island so it's not easy to just go to the…
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Zero Carb July
I have been reading loads after the last few weeks of struggle and have come to the conclusion that I need to aim for a zero carb lifestyle - so I am going to aim for a trial month of zero carb and see how I feel at the end - have found some great reading matter and spent the whole day reading about it and feeling so fired…
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People who don't understand
Have a friend who keeps trying to get me to join in with her way of eating- she works for Juice Plus and I do understand the need to get others interested when you think your way of eating is the right way but tried to explain that we have to find our own way - was told by her that my way of eating wasn't achievable long…
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been struggling
seem to still have a diet mentality going on, which is so annoying as I know LCHF works for me, but still trying to get a quick result - time to stop doing this and seeing this as a WOL rather than a diet - if I do things right for me, the binges stop and I don't even think about higher carb foods so why do I still keep…
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Good news
Recently had my blood works back - I had registered 4 months ago as borderline underactive thyroid so they wanted to do a full check up and also to check my hormone levels as I suffer with a lot of hair growth and they wanted to rule out PCOS and my thyroid is normal and my hormone levels are normal - they have found…
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Rapeseed Oil/Mayo
I am trying to keep away from Vegetable Oil and Sunflower Oil and making changes to Olive Oil/butter/saturated fats. I am in the UK and we don't seem to have access to the avocado mayo but have found mayo that is made with rapeseed oil - I do sometimes cook in this but wondered it this was a good fat or one I should be…
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Getting back on track
has been a very bumpy few weeks - my food binges came back with a vengeance after my holiday (wasn't able to stick to LCHF while I was away) and have struggled since then with stomach pain after eating - finally got to see my Doctor last week and have been prescribed Omeprazole as Dr thinks I have an inflamed duodenal…
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Really Bad few days
Have had a huge struggle these last few days well to be honest have struggled since I got back from Holiday about a month ago - I ended up eating many more carbs when I was away and haven't been able to get back on track properly since then, have also had a huge problem with pain in my upper left abdomen radiating through…
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Mayonnaise
does anyone make their own mayonnaise - if so what oil would you use to make it with - found a Jamie Oliver recipe online but its using vegetable oil and I don't want to use that
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Intermittent Fasting
I am really interested in doing this to help with my weight loss and have read the Obesity Code by Dr Jason Fung, is there any other great books to read to give me more information or is the information given by Dr Fung the best out there - have decided to start next week and I am going to be fasting 2 or 3 days a week at…
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Decisions Decisions???
Am a Yoyo dieter and have been for years, so thinking about changing my mindset and rather than focusing on dieting, trying to focus on strength and fitness - am a newbie Gym goer, and I have a lot of weight to lose, but it feels like an uphill battle sometimes. Hoping for some advice and wondering whether to ditch the…
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Newbie Gym Bunny
Just about to enter into the world of the Gym, I am starting to train for a Tough Mudder event next August and have a lot of work to do to get fit enough to do this, just wanted to ask what do you think I should aim to do workout wise at first, and where should I be building to -am intending doing weight training in the…
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Tough Mudder
I have the chance to get involved with this next year - and take part to raise money for a wonderful charity but I am seriously unfit and overweight at the minute - what tips and ideas could you give someone starting out on their journey - to make me fit enough to take part in this in a years time - I have plenty of time…
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Just Starting out again
New start for me, have used MFP before and looking at getting back on track - have been a YoYo dieter for many years and decided enough is enough, turned 40 this year and have recently been away on holiday and hated how I look in all the photo's have a lot to deal with in every day life but I now need to look after me…
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Still Struggling
have been struggling with controlling my eating so have made a change and decided to aim for 1/5 lb loss a week so my calories are higher for the day once I have that under control will then reduce calories down to lose 1lb a week - have over 100 lbs to lose in total but am breaking this down to 10lbs at a time - decided…
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Feeling Tired and Sluggish - to detox or not
I suffer with binge eating problems and have had a bingy week and put on all the weight I recently lost - but enough is enough and I am starting fresh - have bought all new healthy veg and am going to try clean eating for a while. Question is would anyone suggest I try to detox before starting this so that I clean out the…
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Not going to be Fat and 40
Am just starting another year of my weight loss journey - have managed to lose 2st over the last year but now have a year to go until I hit 40 and still need to lose 7st - have changed from Slimming World to a Calorie Counting diet which is based on the Eating Clean regime and going to try to treat myself with a lot more…
