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HUGE goal.......for me
It's official. Its been a long hard trying dramatic year (a month over a year) Ive tripped and fallen and got up and tripped and stumbled and got up. Ive struggled and learned and caved and cried and whined and pitched fits BUT....... I HUNG ON TIGHT.......... A male poster here, when I first started said to someone else…
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Pickles?
I love pickles breakfast ...lunch...dinner...snacks...etc I LOVE pickles. I shy away from sweet pickles or bread and butter pickles because of the "sweet" in them (Im diabetic) I love cucumbers just as much as a "pickle" What I question is if a dill pickle has virtually NO calories to speak of...........HOW can a fresh…
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Pain and It's Implications in Losing Weight
Im realizing more each day how stunted I am in working out. I dont have immediate access to a pool or a gym so Ive been trying to do a circuit weight training thing at home with various weights of dumbbells and various floor / chair exercises just to keep moving. Little did I know how it'd flare my cervical and lumbar…
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My Only Success..
....so far is the 70 pounds that I swear I cannot really feel or see. I do see a little in my face and have had people remark how stunning my complexion is now and how the puffiness and dark circles under my eyes is gone. My skin has this "tone" to it...I swear the color has changed. I do notice in my jeans of course...but…
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Things Im discovering ..
Anger is an awesome motivator... ..........because it pisses me off to know how much weight I have to lose and I refuse to doubt my ability to lose it Ive discovered I REALLY can eat healthy Ive discovered I REALLY can eat less Ive discovered I REALLY can move more (just gently for now) Ive discovered I REALLY can eat less…
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Please be careful
.........for those of over the age..of.....well............lets just say over 45...and have been a couch potato for a long time. Be careful when you start working out or changing routine. I can not stress this enough. If you start to hurt..........stop and think and if it continues... quit it and pay attention to your…
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COMEON MFP!!!!
FIX THE FREAKIN PROBLEM already........or at least let people know whats up and what the ETA is on it. We're all thinking its us......that we did something wrong. By the way..does MFP ever ban people or use a time out procedure for obnoxious or rude posters? (not that there are any here or nuthin)
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I dont get it..
........so Im here whining. Please bear with me and lemme whine (then ya can blast me for it) Ive lost like 60 pounds since July.. I read a post here a bit ago that said to try and carry something that weighs what you've lost (poster mentioned something 25 lbs because thats what she'd lost). I cant imagine picking up…
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do We Set Ourselves up to Fail?
Ive done it myself.. Ive seen many many others here do it to themselves.. "We" set ourselves up to fail........when we believe "we blew it" by over eating either in calories or by indulging in a food we feel we shouldnt have eaten. I think if it happens "enough (???) we will fail. We're creatures of habit and as such dont…
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My SMALL NSV for the week
I need...........I dont know.........something.........so Im posting a small NSV Im type 2 diabetic for 13 years now. It's always been in total control (as much as it can be for a diabetic) I took some pride in my A1C never being over 6. In July when I got sick my A1C was 8.9 !!! OMG I flipped a nutty...........welll.....I…
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I need to Strengthen my Back
How do I do this? My back has been broken twice....across the shoulders...and in the very low back about waist level or lower. Ive spent years having this repaired and learning to deal with it. Obviously the extra weight isnt helping so Im on that journey and have lost 50+ lbs in the last 60 days. Ive started a circuit…
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WTH were you thinking...
.........damnit people..........we're in this weight loss thing together. WHY are you sniping at each other.?? STOP IT...STOP IT NOW!!! Do you think about what you're saying to others BEFORE you say it? Do you stop to think if WHAT you're saying to them was said to you---would YOU LIKE IT? Probably not. Then for gawd sake…
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So, now you're losing weight.....
You make the decision....you simply have to lose weight. You want to start exercising and losing weight, create and maintain a whole new lifestyle.......something you can life with forever. Now you find yourself losing weight. OMGunness, you feel great. You're proud of the weight your losing......so proud in fact that NOW…
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A Giggle.....
because Im a cat lover and this is cute..........
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Weight Lost = Doing "Normal" Things
How many of you (US?) cant wait to lose "the weight" to be able to do the most simplest of things....things most people probably dont even notice? Granted most people will list things like using the steps instead of the elevator without huffing and puffing....or running....et al But how about: ....my personal…
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My NSV this week
So Ive been eating healthier, watching portion sizes, working out a lil and generally adjusting to this new lifestyle. As my ticker says, Ive dropped about 35 pounds since July 12...maybe a lil more, I havent scaled laterly My first NSV were the difference in how my tight jeans felt, and my cute lil baby-doll type blouses…
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Sleep and Exercise
I may take flak for this but Im gonna ask anyway. I've noticed since Ive been working out (even as lite as it is)........that once my workout is done, I take a nice shower and then a couple hours later SHOULD go to bed. I get up incredibly freakin early..... like 230--3 a.m. without fail. However, since Ive been doing my…
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To My New Found Friends..
:heart: I just wanna say this...as polite and nice and friendly as possible. Please dont take offense. But I gotta tell you, if we're sharing our open diaries and exercise routines and I see that you're way under , or way over your calorie counts, or you're eating tons of junk and things you maybe shouldnt....I refuse to…
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Does Anyone Else Notice....
That since they've been eating healthy, exercising and losing weight they have more energy and are less tired overall?? Im an early riser and have been for years. When I say early....I dont mean 5 or 6 a.m.. Im talking 130--2 a.m. That being said I tend to hit the bed kinda early....by like 8p.m. usually. Since Ive been on…
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Question.........
I have questions for you fitness people. Well, people who do it more than I do (which is prolly everyone) but anyway. Bear with me please.... Im over ....ummmm.....aaaaaa......errrrrrrrr..........aaaa.... 40 :blushing: :blushing: well, kinda over 50 a lil even. Ive been busted up big time over the years (including a broken…
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Help me Choose
.............To start off...........Im diabetic. Its always been easy for me to control this and Ive done good. Well, til the last 2 months when I got sick with some damn systemic infection and landed in the hospital for a week. I battled that and with the help of some killer antibiotics Ive gotten over it---sorta. What it…
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Im Exercising every day and it hurts like hell
.................AND I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. granted those first few minutes in the morning when I hafta do that wall walk thing aint real cool.....but I love the reason for it. Now I know it's not much compared to what a lot of you are doing...but its HUGE for me. Even 15 or 20 minutes for me makes me hurt but it seriously…
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Im in a bad place and need ___________?
.....to stop me from eating everything I get my hands on !!!!! Got a lotta stress happening and Im not handling it well so of course I wanna eat every fu@king thing I can find. I KNOW better. I Do............I KNOW it wont solve a damn thing........the stress will just be compounded because I ate crap I knew I…
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Who else loves _________?
Pickles? OMG I am so hooked on pickles. ANY kind of DILL pickle or cucumber (not sweet pickles) Ive recently discovered that if you have a jar of good pickles and they're all gone leaving you with a half jar of pickle juice.....take a fresh cucumber, wash it good then slice it kinda thick and put em in the jar of pickle…
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Do you tell?
Who have you told about your weight loss plan, thoughts, etc? I havent told anyone exactly what it is Im doing other than my fiance' (Who by the way I have convinced to join MFP and jump the bandwagon of weight loss and getting healthier) YAYAYAYA us huh? But seriously....have you told all your family and friends or are…
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It's so difficult.....
...........to do any kind of exercise or workout, even walking when I hurt sooooooooo bad from just one day. I cant be the only one. Please.....tell me how y'all forge ahead and do whatcha gotta do for exercise or workout. How do ya muster through the pain. My problem is I have so damn many titanium pins plates and screws…
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I just need to know........
FWIW...........the pic over there is of my Lil Diva.........Killer... Im not doing real good posting here. I just had a big long post and it disappeared. Lemme try again. The thing I need to know is this.........is it too late to even bother losing the weight? What I mean is at my age.....54 (OUCH!!! That hurt) I sometimes…
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Look at My Food Diary
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Advice and Suggestions--be gentle please
Im kinda new to this site. I need the advice and input of others here for various reasons. Here's the scoop: Im female....a tad over 40 ::::koff koff::::::..just shy of 6' tall with a sedentary lifestyle owing to major health issues (read this as, among other things, I have several titanium steel joints, pins plates and…
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Another New Member
Just wanted to take this opportunity to intro myself as a New Member here. Not new to the whole weight loss thing but new here. I just spent a harrowing week in the hospital that allowed me time to reflect and realize that NOW would be a good time to get real serious about some mega weight loss. I have some health…
