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Weighing vs measuring food
Why are people so stubborn? Every day on here, there's someone complaining that they aren't losing weight. Immediately the first thing I do, is check their diaries - and time and time again it becomes clear - they are counting the calories, but in imprecise measures. Cups, slices, "1 small fruit", "1 small onion". When…
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A bit of a rant about "plateaus"
Every single day there's at least one or two new complaints on here from people suddenly hitting a plateau. I've been watching this for weeks now - when I see a new thread, I can already tell exactly what will be in there - it's usually a woman who is either on a 1200 calorie or less diet or is on more calories, but ends…
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Wine drinkers out there
http://www.leangains.com/2010/07/truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle.html ^^^ I just read this. I'm a fairly big wine drinker (by UK standards, I'd say more moderate) and I have put most of my weight gain down to the drinking and associated eating. Drinking a bottle of wine and then tucking into a delicious restaurant…
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Next steps
So I've been strictly calorie counting since June and I've reached the top-end of my goal. I'd be happy if I stay this weight for life, but I'm not done yet. Firstly, I set my goal slightly lower than my "original" target, so technically I've reached it, but I'll keep going just a bit more. But, I've got another 7.4kg (16…
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Stop trying and start doing
So I was reflecting earlier on the last few years of my life - I've once before lost weight and got myself down to a healthy weight and then ended up putting it all back on. At the time, I did pretty well, it wasn't a crash diet, it was a proper process of healthy eating and some mild exercise (nothing where I ever broke…
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Daily weigh ins
Since starting MFP, I've been obsessing so much that I couldn't stop myself from weighing in every day. I was worried that maybe I wasn't committed enough and if I didn't weigh myself every day, I'd stop MFP altogether after a few days, so I just kept on doing the weigh-ins, despite knowing that it's not a good thing. Some…
