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Looking for some new supportive friends!
I was very active on this site for a few months almost a year and a half ago, but unfortunately I fell off the wagon, as I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with. This past month I have been through a pretty crazy health scare, I thought I had a migraine for almost two weeks, then Bell's Palsy for a week, but was having a…
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Eating exercise calories back when you're very overweight
I know the verdict is still out on eating back exercise calories. I know everybody has a different opinion on it. My thought is that it makes a big difference how much weight you have to lose. I understand if you are already pretty thin, not eating back your exercise calories can really sap the energy out of you, you have…
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People with a lot of weight to lose? 100+ pounds!
I appreciate all of my friends here on MFP, but I wouldn't mind have a few more who have a LOT of weight to lose like me, or have already lost that much and know what I'm going through. I weigh about 300 pounds now, so I still have around 150 to lose. I find it helpful to look at diaries of people who are still eating…
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Fat people stereotypes?
I'm sure you've all heard some! Some are super offensive, like the stereotype that fat people smell bad. Um hello?! I still shower! Some aren't so bad though, like the stereotype that fat people have better personalities. We can't rely on good looks, we have to actually develop a personality and be a fun/nice person to be…
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20 years old, 150 pounds to lose!
Hello there! My name is Meghan, I am 20 and about 310 pounds. I am starting to get serious about weight loss after a lifetime of struggling with my weight. I have never been able to experience being young, thin, and confident in my own skin, and I want that chance before it is too late. If anyone else can identify I am…
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No motivation
I just feel like I have no motivation lately. It's not just with my diet, it's with my entire life. I've been skipping class like crazy, because I can't even get out of bed. I barely go to the gym, I avoid doing homework, I do the bare minimum of everything. Dieting is the easy part - it takes very little energy to not get…
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Your calories before vs now??
Just for fun! I don't know exactly what I was eating before (because I was way too scared to every count), but considering I used to drink 2-3 44 oz. Mountain Dews a day at around 600 calories each, I know it was way more than now! I was probably topping 3,000 calories! Now I'm down to about 1,900 a day. Has anybody else…
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Just having a blah sort of night!
I don't know what it is, I have been feeling so awesome lately on my diet until tonight. I think the school work is finally starting to pile up a month in and I have a new volunteer training meeting at a hospital on Saturday that I'm super nervous about, and I'm just starting to feel really stressed and freaking out about…
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Your "problem spot"
I was talking with a friend about how she would love to lose weight off of her butt, and I realized I don't really have one "problem spot" that's much worse than the rest of my body. I just need to lose weight all over! For vanity reasons I would like to get rid of my arm fat I guess, I can't even wear anything sleeveless…
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Overweight and feel awkward at the gym?
Does anybody else have this problem?! I am starting a weights for women class at my school's rec center tomorrow, and while I am excited about getting back into working out and learning how to use weights the right way, I'm nervous about it. I feel like I will stick out like a sore thumb among all the skinny sorority girls…
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Crunchy snack ideas?
Every so often I just crave that crunch when I eat. Most of the stuff I eat on this new diet is soft - chicken, dairy products, cooked veggies, fruits, etc. Not a lot of crunch! Anybody have any good healthy crunchy snack foods? All I really can think of is a small amount of pretzels and some kinds of veggies (though those…
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Trouble beating yourself up if you have a bad meal/day?
The salad place I was going to go to for lunch today was closed, so I went to the only other place nearby - a bagel place. Not nearly as healthy! I tried to pick the best options I could but still ended up with a pretty hefty meal, and now all I can think about is how I had such a bad day, even though I had a protein bar…
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Entertain yourself while working out
Hello there! I want to get to exercising more, but my problem is that I become very bored while working out. I can only go about 20 minutes before I feel like I'm going crazy and want to stop. This is especially bad with just walking. Soon I will be going back to school and I will have access to the rec center where I can…
