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KFC - Startling Realization!
Despite the fact that I packed on 50 extra pounds in the last few years, I didn't do it by eatng fast food. I am not a fast food affictionado at all. Fast food is pretty much a last resort for me. Anyway, my eight year old daughter was telling me the other day that two kids on her bus were talking about KFC and how…
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NSV: Stopped eating before the plate was empty!
I am a "clean your plate" kind of person. At home, it is fine because I can control my portions. Restaurants are terrible for me. In fact, since I've been trying to lose weight (a year now), I've tried to stay away from restaurants as much as I can. I went to a place called California Tortilla with my 9 year old daughter…
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Summer Clothes - NSV
Last year around this time, I was busting out of a size 16. At that time I was at Kohls, I was looking at all the cute shorts and bermudas that would just NOT look good on me. I was on the precipice of having to wear plus sized clothes and just not happy at all with what I had let myself become. At that time, I told…
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Eat this - not that
I knew today was going to be a busy day, so I had originally planned to surprise my girls with lunch at Chik fil A. I was thinking of ordering a spicy chicken sandwich and carrot salad. No fries. How bad could it be? So I looked up the calories this morning: sandwich 490 calories and carrot salad 260 for a medium. That is…
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Can't eat rich food anymore!
I've been using MFP since June 2012. In my house, I do the cooking - so everyone eats what I cook. So, in essence, everyone in the house has been on a diet the last year. Last night, we went to a local seafood place. Normally, I would eat the fish and chips (fried white fish and french fries) but since I am watching what I…
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Still Lying on my Driver's License!
I just renewed my driver's license on line. They have you verify your height and weight. The weight that has been on my DL is my goal weight (15 pounds to go!). However, I didn't change the weight to my current weight when I renewed today. Oh well, I know I'll be there soon and won't be lying anymore!! I was more than 50…
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Refrigerator Oatmeal - BLECH! - What am I doing Wrong?
I made refrigerator oatmeal on Tuesday and Wednesday. This is what I did on Tuesday: 1/3 c oatmeal - old fashioned 1/3 cup vanilla greek yogirt 1/3 cup lowfat milk 2T ground flax seed It came out pasty and nasty. It was all I could do to finish it (and I'll eat anything). But I didn't give up. The next day I tried: 1/3/ c…
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How Many Pounds Until People Notice?
I've lost around 7 pounds so far of the 50 pounds I need to lose. I haven't really told many people that I am trying to lose weight. I am waiting for people at work to start noticing. I'm wondering about how many pounds it takes until it is obvious to people that a person has lost weight. I'm thinking it will be around the…
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Can't Build Muscle while at a Deficit - Revisited
Instead of hijacking another thread, I just decided to start a new one. The conventional wisdom around here is that you can't build muscle while eating at a deficit. I work out 6 times per week - normally three cardio sessions and three weightlifting sessions. I keep a log of my workouts. I was doing a workout last night…
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Yearly Exam Tomorrow
So I have my yearly exam yesterday. Last year, I got "the lecture" and lots of questions (do you exercise, do you eat fast food, have you had your cholesterol checked etc). Well, I'm not anticipating a lecture tomorrow - since I'm 33 pounds lighter!! YAY me!
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How to Find Good Workouts on YouTube?
Does anyone have any tricks to finding GOOD workouts on youtube? Plus, I have a hard time weeding out the "promos" - the "workouts" that are only 3 minutes long. Plus, how can I tell if someone is good or if they will make me injure myself? I want to find some good kettlebell workouts but I want someone who really talks…
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Maually Increased my Daily Calorie Allotment
I'm relatively small (5'3") and MFP has me set at 1210 calories per day. It didn't bother me much before since I exercise most days and eat the calories back. However, this week, I have not exercised as much and have tried to stay within the calorie guidelines. And I now see how ridiculously low it is! Plus, I did the BMR…
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Bye Bye Size 16s!
I cleaned out my closet and put all my size 16s in the give-away bag. I did not buy any size 14s but was waiting until I got into a size 12 for more clothes. I think it is going to be too expensive to buy each and every size along the way. Because the 16s are two sizes to big, I felt safe getting rid of them. No looking…
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Kettlebells - WOW!
So after reading about how effective Kettlebells were for the core and calorie buring I bought some plus two Paul Katami videos. I did (part of) one this morning, "Build and Burn." I have been doing exercise videos for years (Cathe Fredrich is my fave) and thought to myself "I hope this video isn't too easy." HA! All I can…
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Kettleballs Good for Core?
I was at Target today and perused the exercise equipment aisle. I love strength training using dumbells and barbells and had always thought that kettleballs would give me the same overall benefit as traditional weights. However, I saw a poster that compared various forms of exercise and t claimed that kettleballs were…
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NSV - New Underwear!
So, like all other dieters - at some point your underwear starts getting loose. I didn't want to end up like the lady who posted here a while back about her underwear falling off. So I decided to get some new underwear at Costco while I was there today. Suffice it to say - it is not like the granny underwear that I…
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Caveman Did Not Have a Long Life Span - Why Eat Like One?
So this is something I've been curious about. I think I need to just read the book. Some people swear by the paleo diet. However, the lifespan back then was about one-third of the lifespan today. So why is it a good idea to emulate that diet? Plus, another thing I wonder is - people lived all over the world with very…
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Cupcake **Really** 500 calories?
My admin got cupcakes for boss's day. Of course I had to eat one - didn't want to insult her. So I went to enter it and got that it was 500 calories! Can that be true. It seems like a lot. It wasn't even that big. It was your standard store bought cupcake...
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Athlete's Foot... on Breasts...?
I haven't seen anyone talkng about this - and, of course, I can't talk to anyone IRL about this! But I seem to be getting athlete's foot on my boobs. They are on the large size (DDs) and I keep them buttoned up tight in a bra all day. I use an exercise bra while working out and a normal bra during the other times. I can…
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My New Wahoo HR!
I just got my Wahoo Heart Rate Monitor. It is a heart rate monitor (chest strap) that interfaces with your smartphone. It saved me a bundle of money since I didn't have to buy the wristwatch (I was glad because I can't remember the last time I wore a watch anyway!!). The Wahoo cost about $80. Some reviews say that it is…
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Cathe Fans - Calories Burned??
Since MFP does not "count" calories for strength training, I have not been entering my workouts or counting any calories burned. For the most part, I eat back half to all of my other exercise calories - but since I'm not counting strength calories, I don't eat those back. I have been on a major plateau the last three weeks…
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The "Why bother I'll Just Gain it Back" Mentality
How do you stop the negative self talk that says: why bother losing the weight? You've lost it in the past and always gained it back...? Truth is, I've lost weight numerous times in my life and I'm always very successful at LOSING it but I' ve never been very successful at KEEPING IT OFF. And since it is a lot of work to…
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Can't Wait to Unsubscribe...
... to Woman Within catalog. Right before finding MFP, I had to break down and finally admit that I need *ahem* larger sized clothes. I ordered some stuff from Woman Within (very nice stuff, by the way. Great prices). Now they are sending me daily emails reminding me that I wear "plus sized" clothes. I can't wait until I…
