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Day one Pre-op prep..hell
Today I started my day one of a 14 day preop diet. It is 800-900 calories of ONLY their surgeons food. I should eat every two hours. I went 3.5 hours at one point between "meals" becaue I thought I had time to get pick up my son from school. Boy was I wrong. I got home I was hungry, had a headache and was so crabby. Man…
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Large frame success stories??
Yeah, I HATE when people say "Post with success stories using this...or using that" Irritates the tar outta me. BUT here I am ;) My issue is I visited my aunt, who has a PhD in exercise science. So she knows what she's talking about. She noticed my goal was at like 130ish pounds. I'm five foot even. She said Ash you wont…
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Michigan Medicaid?
I don't know how to search within a group to see if this was asked or not. I have medicaid in MI. Does it cover WLS? I am realizing I really do need to look into other tools for my WL journey.
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BMI GOING DOWN!!!!
Finished up counting calories and going to the gym for the second week! :) I lost 6 lbs so far. My muscles are sore as heck for squats and weights too! My BMI is officially out of the 50's (was 50.8) and is now 49.6 and is only going down!! I get my first "reward" after doing this for 4 weeks, and it's a new pedometer…
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Papa Murphys??? Estimated??
I have 740 calories remaining, I'm going to eat a piece of pizza and be done.. Papa Murphy's stuffed with chicken, bacon, ham, mushrooms, spinich, salami, peperoni, and extra cheese. But then I got looking/thinking...it's 369 calories for a 5 meat and the difference between that and mine is I don't have sausage or ground…
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*incert attention grabbing title here*
I joined a gym today with 5 girlfriends, we work together and carpool everyday. So, between the 5 of us, one of us will make us go. It will be like this, "I don't wanna go.." Too bad, your in the car and this car is going to the gym after work :P Anyhow, I was just looking for more friends on here to support and be…
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NSV...Wedding ring!
About a month ago I had to take off my wedding ring. It had been tight for a while, but this time it was too tight. I couldn't get it off easily. I was devastated. I teased my husband that I needed a new ring. But inside I knew I loved my ring, and it wasn't a cheap ring, I wanted to keep this one. I knew I needed to lose…
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Heart Rate monitor..what do you think?
I am looking to get a heart rate monitor. I don't know what one to use? I am looking for a wrist one, as I want to be able to easily take it off, and not feel all awkward with it on. Any recommendations? And why? I might like one that I can sync to myfitness pal, but that is def. not a priority, since I can read ;) If it…
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Atkins/weight waterchers/fad diets...aren't doing it for me!
I lost 4 lbs this week but cutting pop (I was drinking at least a 2 liter a day) and increasing my water! I made a plan to work in baby steps. Step 1. no pop and more water. When I say "no pop" I didn't mean NONE. I did have 2 20oz this week. Step 2. Track my food. And Step 3. Gym! So this week I consider myself successful…
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Active friends
I need some active friends...Someone who will be on and say hey no don't eat those brownies (it's killing me right now I had a "bad" day today so I'm like whatever, just eat them and tomorrow is a new day!)!!! I need communication with people like me :) I am wayyy over weight! Highest I've ever been. About 100 pounds…
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Working out in "fatburn" or "cardio" zones???
Ok, I tried to search the forum to see if someone else had answered this, but my search was unsuccessful. So, I have heard that if you workout and have a lot of fat to burn (5' 250lbs) you should stay in the "fat burn zone" on the tredmill/eliptical/whatever. I worked out and did an "experiment" with this. One the day I…
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Wedding anniversary :)
Today is my 2nd wedding anniversary. I've been with my husband since I was 17, I am 24. When we started dating I was 100lb lighter. He was about 50lbs lighter. I have decided to not be the wife who gets bigger. My goal this year is to just lose weight. No specific goals. I will be thrilled when I am in the 100's and when I…
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1200 Cals?!?! Should I eat my exercise cals?!?!
Ok, So I am set at 1,200 calories a day. I make it a goal to eat back all my exercise calories b/c the body needs at least 1,200 calories to go on. But, is that net calories or calories in general? If my goal is 1,200 and I exercise 200 I automatically eat 1,400. Is that how it should be??
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W1D1.What am I thinking.Speed & Dist. included. Thoughts?
First off, this is a direct copy/paste from my blog. So, if we are friends I'll warn you they are the EXACT SAME. :) Save you some reading time! Wow. I am so tired. It was so hard. Trying to keep going when I wanted to stop was the HARDEST. I started out at a walk of 3mph and a job of 5.5mph. After 2 rounds I had to cut my…
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MEN AND MAN BOOBS? (POST FOR MY HUBBY)
So my husband has gained weight, and in his chest too. He hates it. He hates having "boobs" more than his stomach. Will they go away? I am told he's always had a bit of fat there (he's never been a SMALL person) but nothing like now with the weight gain. I just was wondering if any of you men have had man boobs and if they…
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Start tomorrow..I will suck...Friends to encourage???
So here I am. I weight 240ish pounds and am 5 foot tall, and only 23 years old! :/ Shame on me. MY goal weight is about 120. Well, I joined a program at my YMCA and it's 150 days of wellness. Pretty much a health compitition. You get points for certain things, such as weight loss (max of 50 points/pound so if you lose more…
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21years old, 5" tall, 240lbs want to be 120, friends?
I want some more friends on here! I need more! :) I want some who are around my height, same starting weight, same age, trying the c25k, or anything in common. So a little about me first if you wanted to know that. So here I am. I weight 240ish pounds and am 5 foot tall, and only 23 years old! :/ Shame on me. MY goal…
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FITBIT???
My husband and I are considering getting a fitbit. One question I have is does it have a HRM on it. Sorry if that's stupid, but ppl have said that it underestimates insanity workouts. So, could he make it be a HRM for the hour he works out with insanity?? Also, so you like your fitbit? Anything you want to add is helpful!!…
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Couch 2 5K and elliptical?
I have been working out this week with the elliptical. The past 5 days I've gone 3x and do an hour each time on the elliptical. I was wondering if anyone has done the couch 2 5K program? I am considering doing the half hour tredmil on that program, then doing my half hour on the elliptical. Any opinions?
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Am I doing this right?
I am 23 year old, who weighs 245 pounds. For the past 3 days I have dilligently been using MFP to track my food intake. I am consuming roughtly 12-15 hundred cal. However, 2 of the 3 days I burned 650 on the elliptical at the gym. I am not hungry but I am worried that I wont lose weight b/c I am burning too many cal?? Does…
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Ashley :)
My name is Ashley, I am "new" to MFP. I say new because I had an account one year ago exactly. I am back and here for awhile. All the time I say, "I"m going to lose weight! I will!" And I never stick to what I"m doing. Well this time it's different. I can feel it! :) Today is my 3rd day and I have lost 4 pounds by simply…
