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Can standing up a few hours in a row burn calories? (housebound for a few weeks)
Hi! Currently housebound due to medical reasons. Staying at home is driving me nuts and one of my concerns is gaining weight as I had to cut out jogging. While I'm housebound I want to avoid staying the whole day seated/laying down. To keep busy, I'm doing DIY projects (mainly sowing) so I do this standing up in front of…
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Lowering calories to offset yesterday's binge?
Yesterday I ate 2500 calories worth of blueberry tart, ice cream and chocolate (on top of 1000 calories of protein & veggies). My last binge was about a month ago (PMS related cravings) but otherwise I'm on 1200-1400 calories per day (mainly low carb/protein+veggies+dairy). Would eating 500 calories the next 2 days offset…
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Hangover after Sugar/Carbs binge WTF?!
Yesterday I went all out on desserts and chocolate at a family get-together. Ate 1200 calories in mainly protein and veggies through out the day and then released the kraken and ate about 2500 calories worth of blueberry tart, icecream and chocolate. I had planned to go on a dessert binge at my family dinner so I don't…
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Recovering from Surgery: not hungry?
Four days ago i got my first ever surgery: removal of a lipoma (size of a golf ball) from the back of my thigh. Since then I'm just not hungry at all. I'm wondering if it has to do with the pain killers. Im only eating 500-600 calories a day, is this temporary ?
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Getting back into shape after gaining back half of weight lost: How to stay motivated for Round 2?
Hi folks, how do you guys get back in the groove and get back that motivation? I need to vent a bit: I've been overweight my whole life (combination of overeating, had no idea about 'adequate' portion sizes and would never exercise)- 2 years ago had enough of my weight so for the first time ever started counting calories…
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Offended people because I didn't take a chocolate
I just got some dirty and wtf type of looks cause I said no to the free piece of chocolate with the coffee I ordered ... the people behind the counter stared at me like I was an alien and were like "omg but its free!!!!!" . What is it with the obligation to eat something cause its free ? Its that type of mentality that…
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2 months sick (flu-like) and Undereating = messing up metabolism?
Short version is that I finally quit smoking (cheers! :smiley: ) 2 months ago. When I quit I decided I wanted to go back to being healthy and was afraid of gaining some weight: registered right away to the gym and went back to eating right (1,300-1,500 calories daily). However in Month 2: I started to get some nasty…
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Uh Oh PMS Cravings: really really want to grab a dark chocolate covered marzipan bar from the pantry
Already ate over calorie allowance today and had some junk food and naughty carbs... Watching a tv series in bed with some tea and trying not to crack.
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what do you guys do with leftover yummies from Xmas :(
There's a massive box of chocolates opened at my family's dinner table... I know there are many other sweets, more chocolates in the cupboards etc... I'm back at day 1 of respecting the calories and eating right... If it were up to me and I was spending holidays alone I would throw out that box of chocolates (or give to…
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Losing holiday weight quick? (bread and chocolates)
Love and hate the Christmas season... came back to my home country looking thin/fit and happy with my progress... and now its been almost a week of around 2,000 calories daily (I try to keep it between 1,300-1,600 in my everyday life) I think i gained 10lbs... feel so heavy and puffy and bloated... I just can't resist that…
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Nutritional deficency/ies in my diet/regular eating habits?
Since June '12 been in general sticking to 1300 calories daily and so went from 72kg to 54kg (height : 161cm). I've been overweight most of my life and so still adjusting to new sensations with my body: one of those being Pre-PMS cravings... 1 to 2 weeks before my period I usually have some sweet/chocolate/junk food…
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Messed up weight stats: New scale underweighing by 3kg
Hi... I've been studying for 5 months abroad. One of the first things I did there was buy a scale to monitor my weight loss. However, now that I'm back in my home country, and using my regular scale again, I was shocked to find that the scale I was using abroad was underweighing me by 3kg (I did a test with another scale…
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Gaining some weight. Feeling sabotaged by family
Hi everyone... I need to vent as I have just come back from a week of travelling with my relatives. To my horror, I stepped on the scale and gained almost 5lbs in just a week of not following my regular eating/exercise habits. Basically I have been travelling with relatives and in the circumstances, we were eating out for…
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I'm eating way less but still feel energetic. Is it healthy?
hi everyone! Background: My current bmi is of about 21 (5'3" for about 118lbs) after starting at a bmi of almost 29 over half a year ago. Calorie counting (1200-1400 daily) and exercising helped achieving this. However, i'm noticing that since I'm under a bmi of 21.5, my apetite has diminished and so I'm eating between…
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Not used to my new body yet... Still feel awkward
Hi everyone. Right now, I kind of feel lost and upset with my “new” body. I’ve read some posts about the difficulties of the mental aspect catching up with the physical aspect of weigh loss, which helps to understand this process, but I really need to vent. 6 months ago, I started to turn my life around (going from a BMI…
