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Plateau after only 4lbs?
Fellow MFPers, help me out here. I've lost about 4 lbs so far, and I'm guessing it's probably just water (since that's what you lose first, right?). I'd say I have about 30 to lose (I'm 5'9", started at 189. Would like to be at a very reasonable and well-muscled 160). I have my goal set at 1lb/week and hit that for the…
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Calling all artists
*sigh* sad but true
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A calorie is not a calorie
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22735432 Translation: Even if you eat the same number of calories, what makes up those calories matters.
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Eggplant rolls aka "Involtini di Melanzane"
This is a copycat recipe of an appetizer at my favorite Italian restaurant -- I asked the chef for the recipe and he gladly obliged. I love eating this as a main dish, but you could serve it as canapes for a party. It's low cal, healthy and delicious and in no way tastes like "diet food". You can modulate the calories by…
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what do you do when the scale hasn't budged?
Hi MFP community....I'm having one of those "down in the dumps" kind of days. I started this process all full of hope and promise, but the scale hasn't budged one bit. I stick to my daily MFP calorie goal, and I get there by eating clean foods and drinking only water (save for my morning coffee). I exercise. I've been…
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weight loss after being heavy all your life?
Hi all, I've been a member for a little while but have recently started making a serious effort again to count my calories and reach my goal, since I just realized that I've ballooned up to 189lbs from my usual 175lbs again. I've lost some weight by counting calories in the past, but never made it below 165lbs or so -- my…
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Always heavy and finally lost it? Tell me about it!
Hi all, I've been a member for a little while but have recently started making a serious effort again to count my calories and reach my goal, since I just realized that I've ballooned up to 189lbs from my usual 175lbs again. I've lost some weight by counting calories in the past, but never made it below 165lbs or so -- my…
