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The fast diet and artificial sweeteners
Has anyone tried this? Does it work? I watched that British dude's documentary on PBS and it appeals to me on a number of levels. I've been thinking of combining this diet with simply working harder to add plenty of fruits and vegetables to my diet. My kids and I have been doing the "eat a rainbow" plan and it's really…
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Experience with intermittent fasting
I am trying out intermittent fasting. I've read that there are a number of benefits to this and I'd like to see if they'll work for me, particularly in terms of the good it does one's digestive tract to have rest periods. My plan is to fast on Mondays. I ate dinner on Sunday night. Is it "too long" to wait until Tuesday…
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It's driving me MAD
I clearly have a sign on my forehead that says, "Please disapprove of my method of weight loss and while you're at, I'd love to hear all about how yours is far FAR superior." Why can't people just say, "good job"? Instead, I'm forced to hold my tongue while subjected to a treatise on how drinking 8 glasses of water WASHES…
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Slow weight loss success
Okay, I'm not a doctor...just a lowly writer...so I could be WAY off with this observation -- but I was thinking about why losing weight slowly seems to work out better in the long run. I have been losing weight fairly steadily over the past few months at a rate of 1.5 pounds per week, give or take a half pound. This past…
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How often do I need to re-calculate my BMR?
So MFP has me on a calorie goal of 1430 calories. The BMR calculator I just used says my BMR is 1774. So, let's suppose I up my calorie total to 1774 so that I don't damage my metabolism. It can't stay that forever, right? Do I recalculate at every weigh-in to make sure that I'm not over-eating?
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How often do you weigh yourself?
I know people say to weigh yourself every week, but I'm finding that this practice discourages me a lot. Has anyone tried weighing themselves just once a month instead? I'll tell you why I ask. I've been lifting weights. It's actually the first time I've tried this when I'm trying to lose. I would never in a million years…
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How do you handle the shame/embarrassment?
So maybe I'm alone in this, I don't really know. For years and years I've been bogged down with the humiliation and embarrassment of being overweight. Of not having clothes fit properly, of not looking the right way, of the bullying that accompanies being fat when you're a teenager. But this is the first time that it hit…
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Can I combine Alli with MFP to boost weight loss?
Okay, no net-yelling at me. :) Here's my situation. I have lost 34 pounds so far. I started with Weight Watchers, but their food database drives me completely insane, so I switched to MFP. I currently weight 230 pounds. I am not losing the ascribed 2 pounds a week at the moment. MFP put me on a base 1200 calorie diet. I…
