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Ladies!
Hi.
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Artsy fartsy peeps?
No, not like the easter candy. I was wondering if there are any artists on this here forum and if so, what your art is? I hesitate to call myself an artist because I've still got so much more room to improve, but I draw sometimes, digitally. I did an amethyst study recently that I'm fairly proud of you may view here if you…
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Bloated and uncomfortable after eating.
It generally happens ten or so minutes after I've finished eating, and it can be anything that does it from cereal to bison sausage to a protein smoothie. My cousin suggested adding yogurt to my diet but that didn't seem to help when I did. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks.
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What else can I do?
Hi guys, I feel like I'm in a bit of a pinch. I realize that I've been making a lot of topics lately. I'm just scared that I won't be able to lose the weight I put on. I originally started in 2012 and was able to lose 26lbs using MFP with moderate exercise, but was institutionalized and put on medication a few months…
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What do you do when you get mood swings?
I don't think this is because of my hypoglycemia. It could be my depression. I don't know, and don't really care I just want it to stop. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for handling mood swings? Thank you.
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Anybody on meds?
Hey lovelies! I've been unable to lose weight since february last year when I was put on antidepressants and an antipsychotic. I have since gone from 190 back to 250, gaining back all the weight I lost after becoming discouraged. My medications have since changed to abilify and lexapro (I am also on synthroid). I am hoping…
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9K in october
I'm interested in doing a 9k in October but am not sure how to train for it. Currently doing the c25k podcast and will be hitting the weights at the gym maybe twice a week. Is there anything else I could/should be doing?
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Rest day or nah?
I just started c25k again and jumped straight into week two with little problem. Yay! I've done the program two days in a row this week and am wondering if I should go for the third day today, which would put me at three days in a row. I'm not hurting very much. The sorest part of me are my heels which are blistered. If…
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At what age did you first move out?
In this day and age of soaring living expenses it can be a little hard to establish yourself outside of the nest. Even so I feel like a bit of a putz continuing to live at home at the age of 23 even if I'm paying my mom rent, giving her money need be and paying for groceries half the time. She doesn't want me to move out…
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Medication induced hunger?
I feel like I'm starving all the time. My stomach cramps and feels empty continuously unless I gorge myself into submission-something I absolutely do NOT want to do. My psychiatrist thinks this is because of my medication, abilify to be specific and is therefore something that's largely out of my control. I've tried…
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Hows this for some straight up BS.
I think I would shank a guy. "After a deployment in Afghanistan, Brandon Harker returned home to Washington last week, only to discover that his dog went missing. The friend he left his beloved 2-year-old yellow Labrador, Oakley, with said the dog had been given away. Devastated, Harker has turned to Craigslist hoping…
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Squats, leg press....same exercise?
Noob question here. I recently started going to the gym and right away went to the squat rack, starting with nothing on the bar and eventually working myself up to ten pound weights. I ascertained I could not do the squat with correct form, and had to wait forever to do the next one in my set, because I got too dizzy doing…
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What do you do on your off days?
Looking for some ideas. c: I do the beginner body weight workout over on nerdfitness ( http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/ ) and ride my bike for a little bit. You?
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I think my medication is holding my weight loss back.
I'm on three medications right now, abilify, celexa and synthroid and have been on the former two since February. This is when my weight loss petered out. I've been able to only lose weight upon starving myself and even then it's only been a meager three pounds. I've been able to gain weight ironically enough. I was eating…
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Help! Wanna eat all the time???
It doesn't matter if I'm actually hungry or not...I can even be painfully full and I'll still want to eateateat. This is a very recent phenomenon. It could be celery, or crackers or it could be greasy fast food, as long as it's food I want it. Does anybody else have this problem? Any advice on how to 'cure' this? Thanks. :c
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Super dizzy after?
So I just did day one and I'm so happy! BUT I noticed I was super dizzy afterward. I have reactive hypoglycemia and hypotension but I have doctor clearance to do as much exercise as I like so I figured I wouldn't have a problem with it. I made sure to eat before my run, a piece of bread with peanut butter and banana on it…
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Not sure I'm ready for Ct5k but...
Idk, I know that so much of it is mental but I can't even jog ten minutes straight...with music! I have to walk for half of it. I know that couch to 5k is for beginners but is there a different program that's for, say, a less-than-beginner? My plan right now is to try to do at least ten minutes a day, or twice a day, to…
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Knee strengthening help?
So I got a bike recently and it's been a couple of years since I've ridden (last bike was stolen....damn punks!). I noticed right away that it sure isn't as easy as it used to be and hills HURT like a beyotch. Likewise I have a bit of a bum knee and it was stiff and sore for an hour after just a twenty minute ride at a…
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What to do?
So I've been having trouble getting my heart rate over 150bpm lately. I jog at around 10/12kpm on my stair stepper with two three pound weights for 25 mins at a time (usually I try to do this twice a day). I can be sweating like a pig with everything dripping but the most I'll get up to lately is 160. I have tried to get…
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Munchies! How do you curb'em?
I feel like I've been smoking too much weed because The Munchies are now a regular part of my life! The urge to nom everything in sight is just about insatiable and I can't stop thinking about food. Soon I'll probably become hangry. v.v So what do you guys do to staunch your urges? How have you cured your Munchies?
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Frustrated with myself
It feels like I'm spinning out of control. Every time I eat now since I plateaued a few months ago I feel guilty, like a failure. It got to the point where I was eating little enough to drive me straight into starvation mode, according to a dietitian I saw. She laid out a meal plan for me on what to eat but the feelings…
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What is your personal definition of 'Fat'?
After reading through a few posts I've come to wonder about this a little bit, that people would say that 'sure you're overweight but you're not fat'. I get this personally all the time, people telling me that while I'm overweight it doesn't mean I'm fat (which is silly because...I am.) Which has made me curious, because…
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Going to see a dietitian! What questions should I ask?
I know that I want to ask her about my BMR and TDEE but that's about it and I don't want to waste this meeting. Any suggestions?
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What would you do to the person above you?
:O?
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Can't do the shred...suggestions?
So I was doing the 30 day shred but I've been having problems with hypotension and its just killing me. I literally feel about ready to pass out half way through. Or throw up. BUT I've gained ten pounds in two weeks somehow and need to find exercises that I can do when my BP is as low as it has been. I went to the doctor…
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What weather is the person above you?
Be it rain, sun, cloud or snow, what weather phenomenon does the person above you remind you of?
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Feel guilty about eating.
So I'm trying to eat 1400 to 1600 cals a day, the latter being my BMR, while on the 30 day shred (day 2!). I ate a little over 1400 calories yesterday and today I'm so miserable I'm crying about it. I understand that this guilt is irrational but it doesn't stop me from feeling it. My case worker wants me to stop worrying…
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Stiff knees...stretches?
So getting into the zone on my stepper has been really difficult because it hurts quite a bit right now, as my knees have been very stiff. Just standing in place for a few minutes makes them burn in a bad way, and stairs have been making me very lethargic. This is more likely than not a side effect of new medication, and I…
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What book character does the person above you resemble?
Any book (though an explanation may be necessary), fairy tales and graphic novels included. gogogo
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Lose more weight when I don't exercise?
I usually eat back at least half of my burned calories but I notice when I exercise my weight loss slows to a crawl, and when I don't exercise or do so very lightly I lose two pounds a week? Is this unusual? It strikes me as very weird! Is my body just retaining more water when I exercise or something? I've been drinking…
