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Diverticulitis
Hi there, Does anyone here have experience with the disorder? In simple terms, it is an inflammation or infection in one or more small pouches in the digestive tract. It is also a chronic disease. I was diagnosed with it last Friday after horrible abdominal pain and a CAT scan. I was put on Flagyl and Cipro antibiotics, x3…
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Please help me with a question I have
So I just got off a week of stalled weight loss. Before that happened, I gained a pound or so, and it wouldn't leave. Eventually, I got frustrated and decided life was too short to be stressed. So I proceeded to eat like I was starving over Easter and that continued Monday. Today I saw that I was down 3lbs?? I checked two…
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My weight chart over the last 4 years
is pathetic. I don't know how to do maintenance. To me, losing weight is intuitive. There's restriction, rules to follow, exercise a whole bunch and so on. Only when it comes to maintenance, I haven't got a clue. I need a lot of help with that. How does one do maintenance? I'm approaching that particular time now. I'm 158…
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High Fat Macro
Often when I eat a lot of healthy fats, such as nuts, avocado and goat cheese my fat can end up being about 40% of what I eat or even above. I'm not sure if that's ideal or not. My dairy is open. I'm a vegetarian, so a lot of protein sources have fat in them. I don't eat fast food or fried foods or anything like that. I…
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Guesses on this phenomenon?
Hi there! Okay, I'm a 36-year-old male, 5'10" about 165 lbs right now. I want to lose about 15 more pounds or so. Then I might try to gain muscle. First things first, however. For about six weeks I ate 1250 or so with a cheat day once a week. I lost 20+ lbs doing that. However I was starving, so I decided to up my calories…
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Plateaus and Calorie in and Calorie Out
So I'm trying to reconcile these two phenomena with each other. Last week I hit a plateau, after losing weight at a steady pace. I had recently increased my calories so I would lose weight at a slower rate but I didn't want it to stop. I was warned a plateau or even a gain might happen, but it was still disconcerting. I…
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Changing from losing 2 lbs a week to .5 lbs a week
I just changed my weight loss goal from 2 lbs a week to .5 lbs a week. I decided it's time to take a less aggressive approach after I lost 20 lbs in about six weeks. I have about 15 lbs to go until I'm BMI 22, and I would like these pounds to stay off. I have heard, the slower I go, the less chance I have of gaining it all…
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Women, what should a man eat (or not) on the first date?
Hi- I'm going on my first date with a new lady and I don't know what to order. I don't know exactly where we are going, but I'm asking not necessarily in regards to calories but more in regards to what I "should eat." Like what looks better- a salad or a burger? Thanks!
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Mental Block Problems concerning calories
So here it is, on the second or third day of January, I started a diet and so far I've lost 18 lbs. That's good, right? It is, but I'm worried that's too much. I'm now at a so-called healthy weight of 170.8 at 5'10". (the avatar is no longer accurate) I still want to lose another 20 lbs to get to 150 lbs which is where…
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Running 10K everyday to extreme?
Hi, I've done this before, I know it's not impossible, but that was 30lbs ago. This last year due to surgery and other stresses I've gained a bunch of weight. It feels just wrong on my body, so I have a lot of motivation to exercise. I'm wondering if I start running 10Ks again every day if I'm going to destroy my knees or…
