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Weight Loss Buddy Needed
I'm 42 years old and about 310 pounds. I'm tired of having my weight define who I am - not to mention pending health considerations - and I need to get it off. I'm looking for someone to be a weight loss buddy - for mutual support and accountability. I live alone and don't do a weekly weigh-in anywhere and I think what I'm…
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Weight Loss Buddy?
I'm 42 years old and about 310 pounds. I'm tired of having my weight define who I am - not to mention pending health considerations - and I need to get it off. I'm looking for someone to be a weight loss buddy - for mutual support and accountability. I live alone and don't do a weekly weigh-in anywhere and I think what I'm…
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Frustration
I started low carb 3 weeks ago. The first two weeks were great - lost 10 pounds total. Third week - nothing. Fourth week - I just started but I **gained** half a pound already. How can that be when I'm in ketosis (according to the strips) and I'm keeping my carbs low (under 20g most days). Yesterday I had under 30 carbs…
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Great sugar substitute - Zsweet
I just have to share because I was impressed. Being new to low carb and with Thanksgiving coming up, I was looking for a sugar substitute to use with my pumpkin cheesecake recipe. I ordered the granulated version of Zsweet from Amazon. I was skeptical - they said it measures and tastes like sugar. I tried it today in some…
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Question: Calories on MFP when you exercise
I noticed that when you exercise, MFP adds more calories to your daily total. Are you supposed to eat up to that new amount? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of burning calories through exercise? I think the calorie total they have for me is high anyway as far as what I normally burn in a day (2,800 or so) - I'm assuming…
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Hibiscus Tea - Carb Question
This is my 2nd day on phase 1 of Atkins. Day 1 went well - I thought - until I looked up the nutritional value for hibiscus tea. For a year now or so, I've been drinking 1-3 glasses of hibiscus tea a day to lower my blood pressure (it works very well!). I drink the organic, loose leaf dry leaves (unsweetened). The bag I…
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Label Confusion
I'm just starting my low-carb lifestyle. I actually cut out sugar, flour and other carbs years ago but have never been serious (or strict) about counting to make sure I'm not going over my carb goal. I have a lot of weight to lose - over 150lbs - and I'm hoping that by adopting a truly low carb lifestyle will help me get…
