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2012 Mileage Totals
Bike: 3093 miles Post yours!
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Maintenance Diet
I read an article yesterday in the most recent issue of Bicycling Magazine that said something very interesting about the maintenance diet. On average, one needs 10 fewer calories per pound lost once the goal weight is reached. In other words, lose 10 lbs, and you need to reduce your maintenance diet intake by 100 calories…
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Thanksgiving Tips
OK, MFPs. Thanksgiving is tomorrow and for most of you that means gorging yourselves on turkey and all the trimmings. (For me, it means gorging on my turkey substitute and all the trimmings :-).) I thought I would provide a few tips for anyone who is wondering how they will get through the feast without completely blowing…
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Advice needed: Bariatric Surgery
I have a friend who has struggled with his weight for all of the 23 years that I've known him. He has tried every diet out there, including Weight Watchers. He has recently lost 40 lbs, but needs to lose about 180 lbs. He has been considering surgery for a LONG time, and the topic has come up again. From my own experience,…
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50% of Americans will be Obese by 2030
This was in today's news. Very alarming. Anthony Bourdain made the point that it will be hard for folks to serve the country in the military, though the same should theoretically apply to many others as well. Obesity is a major problem on a personal and societal level. I am grateful to MFP for helping me learn how to…
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Goal in sight
So if you tap on Complete Diary at the end of each day, the mobile apps give you a projected weight after 5 weeks, right? Everyone with me? Well, for several days now, my projected weight in 5 weeks is BELOW my goal. After hitting my goal (180 lbs) I may still drop another 5, just to really bring out the washboard abs and…
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Plateaus
Well . . . after being skeptical about plateaus--I mean it's just a calories eaten v. calories burned game, right?--I seem to have hit one. I am hovering at 199-201 and have not broken through at my usual 1-2 lbs/wk pace. I re-did my settings and it reduced my calorie intake to 1790, which seems like it's getting low. I…
