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I'm here.....AGAIN
The last time I was here, I lost roughly 30 lbs and although I was still at least 20 lbs from my minimum weight loss goal, I was quite happy about what I accomplished. I was eating quite clean - not perfect but clean enough ;) Almost no gluten, little dairy (except for cheese which I refuse to give up lol) and no added…
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beginning Whole 30! advice??
I start the Whole 30 one week from Monday. I plan to use a combo of meal plans from Stuff I Make My Husband and Once A Month Mom as well as my own recipes. I sadly am unable to afford the book It Starts with Food - disabled and on a very fixed income. So I plan to make an effort to eat as much grass fed and organic meat as…
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looking for real food, whole food, clean eating friends!
I love my mfp friends but I don't have many that eat the same way I do. About a month ago I adopted a whole foods diet. I eat 90% fruits, veggies, meat, nuts, seeds, beans, dairy but there are a few minimallly processed foods that sneak their way into my diet that I'm just too lazy to make myself (I'm not making my own nut…
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Success on your journey???
How successful have you all been so far?? I REALLY am struggling with weight loss. It's not a question of "knowing" what I should be doing....because for the most part I do - it's a question of putting that knowledge into practice. There are a lot of reasons why I'm having trouble (I suspect all of you have HAD these…
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I loooovveee foooddd!!!
I have been looking at the eat more to weigh less pages a lot - intellectually they make complete sense, intuitively not so much. The last 3 weeks I have tried so hard to stick to eating above my BMR. It's not hard for me to eat ABOVE my BMR but it is soooo easy for me to eat way above my daily goal. I just know that I…
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How often do you eat meat???
Just curious to see what drove you to adopt a flexitarian lifestyle, was it a conscious decision or do you just like vegetarian dishes? How often do you all eat meat and what factors into when you are having it? I started for environmental/health reasons. I'm an environmental scientist and know the impact commercial…
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JUICING!?! Help please....
My doctor wants me to start juicing. I have the juicer.......but I have no recipes and don't know where to begin :ohwell: It's a Jack LaLanne (sp??) power juicer which I got for free (thank you wonderful members of freecycle!) I don't have the money to buy one of those super duper fancy contraptions juicing die-hards want…
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Let the bloodbath begin....
I was reading another forum post where everyone was bashing the OP for wanting to log an activity that no one else seemed to deem as exercise. Am I one of the few on here that realizes that llllooooonnnnnggggg before there were gyms, people did chores to keep themselves fit?!? There was no such thing as an eliptical and…
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I am a unique and precious snowflake....
:laugh: Sooooo a question to all my eat more to weigh less buddies. This one is a toughy (I think) but maybe you all won't think so. I'm F, 32, 5'1", 200lbs. I've calculated my BMR to be between 1550-1650cals and my TDEE (sedentary) -15% is ~1850. No problems with the calcs, no problems understanding the science behind it.…
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A little inspiration???
Soooo....I'm frustrated. Who isn't, right? Anywho just need a little inspiration! My story is a long one so I'll try to sum it up as best I can. I'm 32 and have had chronic neurological lyme for 20+ years but have been battling it bad since Feb 2009. I ended up bed bound for several months and then have been using a walker…
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Why oh why???
Why is it that when you are trying to lose weight you always lose inches from the places you don't need to first???? This is not meant as a complaint, necessarily. I'm certainly happy the numbers are going in the right direction, albeit slowly but healthfully! I'm also glad my double chin has done a disappearing act!…
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Birthday Minefield???
Uh oh....this is officially my birthday weekend which can of course mean big trouble for so many of us, especially since it seems that my friends enjoy celebrating MY birthday for about a month! lol Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely blessed to have such wonderful family and friends that want to share my birthday with me,…
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Need Advice
I have been quite ill for the last few years and my fiance has been my primary caregiver during this time. Not only do I have neurological problems, but these problems have lead me to gain weight and get Type 2 diabetes at the ripe old age of 31. He's a cook by trade and makes all my meals. I can't cook for myself so I…
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Christmas guilt???
How many of you are waking up this morning with that post-Christmas eating guilt....again???? How many of us are waking up this morning with the thought, I ate, drank and was merry! Enjoying the weekend does not mean I failed....it means I enjoyed myself and it's out of my system and today is a new day! Hopefully we were…
