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When to stop counting calories?
Alright, so for the past two days I have eaten whatever junk food has come my way. I work in a cafe so that means frappucino's, scones, panini's, cookies, brownies, definitely not low cal stuff. However I'm actually under my goal weight and realized I need to gain back a few pounds. I know this is not the healthiest way to…
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What is the secret?
Well, I'm at exactly a place where I never intended to be. I got to the weight I wanted at about 115-120. Then, because I was too freaked out I would gain it all back, and since the term maintenance is lost on me, I kept restricting and eventually got down to about 106. It did not look good on me. So, I got back up to a…
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My solution to a Binge...hopefully
Tonight I went with my friends to the Cheesecake factory. I snacked on the breadbasket, barely ate the salad I ordered, but ate part of my friends hamburger bun and some of his fries. Really, that's not a huge deal. Then the cheesecake came. I scarfed it down in no time flat while my friends barely put a dent in there's…
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Is my health actually in a dangerous zone???
Ever since I was a kid I was always just a little bit chubbier than considered normal. Nothing huge, but my largest was 148 at my 5'3 frame in high school. Well, frustrated that I was always about five pounds overweight, I decided to change that. I started to use this site and exercise more to lose weight, and I did. I…
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Rest day guilt...
Alright, so I've lost a lot of weight by counting calories, eating healthier things, and of course, exercising. I'm in maintenance mode right now but the fear that I'm going to gain it all back bothers me constantly. What keeps me sane is exercising. However, now I've found if I'm exhausted and drained and decide to take a…
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Eat Dessert Every Day
Or eat a food that you REALLY enjoy every day, a food within your calorie means, and you will STILL lose weight. I lost forty pounds in a year, and I was able to do it and still eat dessert. Every night for dessert I have something that I crave. Usually, its an orange and a few pieces of dark chocolate. Sometimes its…
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Hunger and Exercise
I have a question on exercise and hunger. Today I did some cardio for about 40 minutes (running and elliptical). While I was exercising I was getting hungry, but once I stopped my hunger completely diminished. I forced myself to get lunch because I hadn't eaten for 5+ hours and I knew I should put something back in my…
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Dorm room dessert?
Hi! So I'm a college student living in the dorms and I would love some ideas for small, low cal dessert treats? Normally after dinner I ALWAYS eat an orange and either a piece of dark chocolate, a fiber one 90 calorie chocolate bar, or two caramel candies or sometimes I'll heat up an apple with some chai tea. I know I need…
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Carbs and maintenance
This has probably already been asked before but I was wondering the significance of carbs from fruit in a diet to maintain weight? Today, I only ate around 1200 calories but had about 238 grams of carbs. Usually most of my carbs come from fruit (although today I did have two bowls of special K cereal, one at breakfast, and…
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How to tone flabby skin???
Alright so I have a question about toning. Over the past year I have lost about 45 pounds. I went from 148 to 110, and have successfully been maintaining it for the past two months. While I got much much thinner and generally toned, the weight loss in my butt came off so fast that it now looks flabby. At first I thought it…
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Continuous chest pain at 18...
Alright so over the past year I've lost a lot of weight (well, about 38 pounds). I'm 18 years old, 5'3 and currently weigh 110. While that weight is still in the healthy range of my bmi, I probably haven't weighed this much since I was like 10 or 11. My dilemma is that recently whenever I workout I get really bad chest…
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After you eat something you shouldn't have...
Alright, so tonight I had two pieces of a 2X3 inch square of plain cheesecake. I'm not quite sure what the calorie count for that is (I estimated about 470 total, though I might be off some) as well as an oatmeal raisin cookie (130 cal). While this only equaled out my total daily calorie count to be about 1550, I still…
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This could be the start of something bad...
Do you ever feel really guilty for eating unhealthier foods? Even in moderation? Today, I made a goal to workout so I could enjoy a dessert. Well, I went to the gym, burned around 350 calories, walked a lot in my downtown area, and now here I am eating the dessert I promised myself. I decided on a small piece of custard…
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Is this safe and/or possible?
I recently weighed 112 pounds and I want to maintain my weight between 110-115. Over thanksgiving I gained two pounds so now I'm at 114. What I want to know is is it safe and/or possible to lose 5 pounds in three weeks before I go back home for christmas break? I know I'm gonna gain some weight again over christmas, so I…
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Too much fruit???
Is the amount of fruit I'm eating in a day too much??? For example, today I had a banana, 3 clementines, 1.5 cups of honeydew melon, 1 apple, and 1.5 cups of cantaloupe. I know there's a lot of sugar in fruit but a lot of info I've researched says its okay because it's natural and the body digests it easier. I just love…
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This may or may not be a problem. Any advice?
Alright, this may not seem like a huge problem but it's starting to cause me some concern. I made a plan almost a year ago to lose weight. I started by exercising a lot more and cutting my calories to about 1500. However, after months of this regimen I only maintained my weight (I realized later it's because I ate back the…
