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Little Miss Fruit Cup
I know this totally doesn't matter, but I just have to say it: I am so tired of that smug little Miss Fruit Cup on the home page every time I sign in to MFP! I'm tired of her dumb hair and her seasonally-inappropriate thermal top (it's 104 F here - it hurts to look at that thing)! Also, I know fruit is pretty and colorful,…
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Only losing 2-3 lbs. a month?
I've been at this since Thanksgiving, and my progress has been really slow. With fluctuations, I net about 2-3 lbs./month lost, going from the high 150s to mid 140s. I'm 5'8" and turned 30 last year. At first I stuck to 1500 cal/day, and about a month ago went down to 1310, which helped a little. I doubt going any lower…
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Sedentary + Every Activity or Lightly Active?
I've been using MFP for a few months now, and after about 10lbs of initial weight loss, have settled into a frustrating cycle of 2-5lb. gains and losses. I've tried zig-zagging calories, but that has stopped working too. Currently, I'm at 1500 cal./day, Lightly Active, but I'm not sure this is right. I have 2 jobs. One is…
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Mental Energy as a Workout?
I teach college art classes, normally 2 hours at a time, MWF. Because I'm an overloaded graduate student in the middle of qualifying exams, sometimes this is the most "exercise" I get in a week. I've noticed that after I teach, I'm completely exhausted and starving, even if I had a good breakfast! While I do spend the…
