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What skill has made the biggest difference?
For me it's eating everything slowly, mindfully SITTING DOWN! My hand was going up to my mouth standing in the kitchen almost automatically more times than I would have dreamt. Becoming more mindful of what and when I eat led me to reduce the volume, and make it easy to accurately log
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Fitbit, to start with a baseline or just get active
My fitbit has just arrived. I'm torn between two options. (1) start with a baseline, and continue my regular activities but don't try to be more active, and then in the second week try to be more active or (2) just start being active and then try to increase the activity as I'm able. I want to be able to say that I…
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Changing my life... the scales will follow!
This isn't a weight loss story. But I hope it will be soon. I accidentally have been maintaining my weight by trying to lose weight slowly, cutting my calories by 300 a day and exercising. But I needed to cut them a little bit more. The good news is, I found my maintenance calories, and they weren't leaving me too hungry…
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Weight loss/fat loss question
Hello, I'm eating 1500 calories a day (I weight 69.5kg and my height is 166cm), I swim 30min - 1hr 3x a week. I usually eat my exercise calories back. Over the last month, I have lost about 1kg. I want to lose weight slowly and steadily, and keep it off, for life. I'm tempted to drop my calories to 1200 but I really don't…
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Beck diet solution book
Hi everyone, I've used the Beck Diet Solution (BDS) before and had great results with it. It helps with the mental aspects of dieting, such as resisting cravings, stopping sabotaging, staying on track. I think it will help me again, the reason why I stopped it was I thought "I'm fine now" and ignored my weight entirely and…
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Calling all swimmers!
I'm a 32 year old kiwi who has taken up ocean swimming after having a break from swimming for a few years. I also have Scoliosis, a curvature of the spine for which I've had two major surgeries, I now have 4 rods in my back and countless screws. So I'm titanium enhanced. Weight is a struggle for me as I am an emotional…
