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Looking for friends who have pituitary tumours
Hello, Are you keen to lose weight, despite having a pituitary tumour which impacts on your hormone levels and makes weight gain easy? We can support each other, to reduce our weight when the odds seem stacked against us. Add me as a friend to make the weight loss journey less of a battle.
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Does anyone follow Paul McKenna?
Hi I got the book and DVDs last year but was too weak willed to do anything other than have a quick flick through the book. Have you tried his methods and do they work? I'm not following a specific diet and instead, I'm reducing portion size, only eating when I'm hungry and exercising, so I figure now that I'm motivated,…
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When did people start noticing your weight loss?
Hi I need to lose a lot! I figure because I'm so big, friends and family probably won't notice any weight loss until I hit the 28 lb mark. To those who have more than 100 lb to lose in particular, how much did you lose before people started noticing?
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Pedometer recommendations
Hi I've had a couple of pedometers but one slipped of my waist band and fell down the toilet! The other one doesn't record any steps which is a bit disheartening when I've been on a walk. Can you recommend one, or should I just do without it?
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Shocked by the calorie content
I had a packet of Walkers Deep Ridged crisps, which are thick and crinkle cut in appearance. I was shocked to find out these contain 256 calories!!!!! I have no plans to have a packet again. What food product due to the calorie content has caused your jaw to drop and your eyes to widen?
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Weight training
Hi Do you know why MFP only calculates calories burned for cardiovascular training and not weight training. I work out for hour and roughly divide the time between cardiovascular and weight training but the way it appears on MFP it seems only the cardiovascular seems to count for calorie expenditure. I was under the…
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What item of clothing would you like to wear again?
Hi I have a pair of Levi 501 (button fly) jeans, UK size 14 which I used to wear in the early nineties, with a wide leather belt. They were all the rage in the mid eighties due to a certain tv ad but I couldn't afford to buy a pair back then. It is definitely my intention to wear them as soon as I have lost sufficient…
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Help me make sensible Dim Sum choices
Hi I'm going out to a Chinese restaurant for Dim Sum tomorrow, food which I am not familiar with, Can you recommend low cal, low fat choices?
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This looks like a fab site
Hi everyone I have a lot to lose 80 kg to be precise but I want to make a permanent change to improve my health and to keep up with my children. I'm aiming to lose 19 kg by Christmas but I would be happy to lose just under a kilogram per week. I've joined a gym and had my first session today. I intend to go twice a week,…
