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50 lbs lost milestone!
I've been overweight since the third grade. You could see the easy difference between my second and third grade pictures, how I just blew up like a balloon. I never got taller and thinned out, like I've seen happen to others around me. I just continued to gain more and more weight. Well, a recent discussion with someone…
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Exercise Equipment vs. Calorie Burning Calculators
Typically when I use exercise equipment, I just go with what the equipment tells me. Like when I use my treadmill, and I burn about 150 calories in a half hour, that's what I put in. I completely ignore calculators (though they're pretty close together in numbers anyhow). But I used a stationary bike, and it told me that…
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Being obese means you can't give advice!
I'm obese. There's no way to get around that fact. And I've always had problems losing weight. But then I found the strength, motivation, MFP, and I've lost 6lbs. I haven't been doing anything special, just living, but in a better way than I was before. Different choice of foods everyday and making sure not to go over…