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When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies
I was recently reading When Women Stop Hating their bodies, and as the title suggests, it's about how weight obsession is taught to women to distract them from actually important things, and to create a sense of inferiority in them. Weight obsession is also one of the first ways women learn to not trust themselves, by…
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I've become cocky and kind of lazy
I still try my best to exercise and I still keep very good track of what I eat, but have I been working to stay out of the red and within my daily allotted caloric range? Nnnnope! I have become a bit cocky. I lost 41 pounds and I know what works for me. So each day when I eat a bunch of candy or two dinners, I say, "That's…
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Did you give up processed sugar? How?
I have been trying to stop my processed sugar cravings for a few months. I definitely eat less than I did before (of course, anything less than 5 candy bars and handfuls of cookies a day still isn't necessarily "good"), but I still have really, really intense cravings for sweets. Desserts have always been a huge part of my…
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When do you stop using My Fitness Pal?
Do you ever plan on not using My Fitness Pal? I've used it for over a year now and I feel like I still don't know a good portion size when I see it. It seems like I may have to use it forever! Do you think you'll ever learn to look at a plate and know how to count the nutrition facts without this site, or are we here for…
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Just ate a bunch of cheetos without even thinking about it!
It's bound to happen, of course, but I just ate a bunch of cheetos and didn't even realize I had done so until I looked down to find an empty bag. Kind of dejecting, but tomorrow's another day, right?
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The Big Skinny by Carol Lay
I recently read a graphic novel (comic book, if you will) by Carol Lay, a woman who has been struggling with her weight her whole life. It's called The Big Skinny: How I Changed My Fatitude. It's part coming-of-age story and part how-to on counting calories and working out. I thought it was fun and interesting, and she had…
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Better to enter right away, or at the time?
Is it better or more accurate to enter food as I'm eating it, or can I do it in morning before I even leave the house because I know what I will be eating for lunch? Same with exercise: Should I put it in as a I do it, or if I know I'm going to be walking 15 minutes now and 15 minutes later should I just put in 30 minutes…
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Denise Austin - kinda creepy, totally works
I haven't posted anything on the forums before because there's not much I can say that hasn't been said already. I started trying to lose weight in December after I saw a few unsavory pictures of myself. I joined this site, reduced my calorie intake, increased how often I exercise, and nothing happened for the first three…
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I can't believe it. I have 2 scales because I can't believe
When I started on MFP back in December 2010, I was certain that my weight-loss journey would take years. I was over 200 pounds, and I was so used to seeing the needle jump to 200+ every time I got on, that this morning I was in total shock when I saw that I'm now in the 170s (I even bought a second scale because I thought…
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Been here 3 months - time for an introduction
In my mind, I still have the same body I had in high school. Last December, wearing a dress I could pull off 10 years ago, I saw pictures of myself and realized that all the free food I was given in college wasn't free. I'm 6'0" and was somewhere around 202-207 pounds in December (depending on the day), and that was the…
