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Not your usual transformation pic - so proud :)
Hi everyone I'm a Japanese teacher and today was Japanese Day in our International Languages Week. I wore my yukata (a summer kimono) and just for a laugh got the kids to take my pic in front of the same backdrop as last year. Put the pics side by side, and well..... yeah. So incredibly buzzed out by this - To me this is…
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Dissatisfied with slowing progress...
Hi everyone I've lost 22 of the 30 kg I want to lose. My gut feeling is that my ultimate goal weight will be too low for me but it's technically my 'ideal' weight so I want to see what it looks like and decide from there if I want to gain a little. I was trucking along nicely at 1kg a week, then it moved out to 1 every 10…
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guess it had to happen sometime.... oops
nearly 8 months in and I've had what I class as my first big screw up. Before I rant I don't see this as failure, I don't think I'm somehow gaining back all the weight and I know it's only 4-500 over each day so it's probably about maintenance. I was trying to lose all the weight (I have another 8 kg) without cheat days…
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New wardrobes....what do you do with your old one?
I'm onto new wardrobe number 3 or 4 since I started losing weight, and I've been just rolling newer smaller (cheap - this gets expensive) clothes in and out every few months. I find it a huge motivation to clear out the old big clothes and usher in newer smaller tighter ones. I went through what I don't want and was…
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At which point do you consider the TDEE-20 too aggressive?
Just wondering this - as of today I'm down to initial weight - 22 kg, which puts me 3 kg away from my initial goal weight and 8 kg away from my ultimate goal weight. I'm thinking maybe get past the initial goal weight then raise to TDEE - 10%. I've been doing TDEE - 20% for months but the progress is starting to slow.
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Fave no-cooking meals?
What do you love to eat when you don't want to have to cook? I feel like something different to my normal fallbacks (Subway, sushi, premade salad etc) and need ideas :)
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'you're fat therefore you were eating too much food'... NO
I'm so sick of seeing this 'logic' splashed over the boards. I ate less when I was big than I do now. I just ate different, more calorific food. When people say they are struggling to get to calories it's sometimes because they are genuine about doing this and they have restricted themselves to lean meat, veges, and not…
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the 'this is never gonna be over for me!' moment.
I'd say we've all had it. And it sucks! You've been working your *kitten* off, eating well being careful, seeing progress, then out of nowhere you get this 'whats the point anyway';is it ever gonna end' blah blah negative mindset. So rant about it with me, would ya? :)
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how much does breast size affect body fat %?
just wondering, really....
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not liking gym classes.
The lady at my new gym today thought it was very odd that I prefer not to take classes at the gym until I explained why.... I'm a teacher: I work with almost 800 people. They make demands on my time and energy. In the gym, it's all about me. It's not about anyone else. As soon as I start a class, it becomes about other…
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Happy NSV day to me!
- I tried on a pair of pants in a size that I 'know' is too small for me and they fit perfectly except for being too short lol. I've gone from a NZ 18 (American 14) to a NZ 12 (American 8) in pants (I think) - the thin shop girl asked me how I got my stomach flat and best of all, my physio told me that of all the patients…
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Spine (hypermobility, winged scapula etc)
Hi all. I dislocated 13 bones in my upper spine a few years back, which was a follow-on from a childhood dislocation of my cervical spine. My spine has played up recently and so I'm in physio and it turns out I have a hypermobile skeleton, and (again), my shoulderblades have winged out to the side, which is where the pains…
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Lowering goal weight - site question
If I wait until I hit my original goal weight before I change it to the amended one, will the ticker thing reset? I want it to show the whole 30 kg lol not 25 and then a lil 5 kg one.
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Psyllium. . . yay or nay?
so I'm taking a psyllium/prebiotic/probiotic and I'm thinking I should stop.... I started taking it because my digestion was messed up and now it seems to be the thing messing it up..... who takes one? Who doesn't for the same reason I'm considering quitting? Stories, anecdotes etc welcome....
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NSV after a dodgy couple days...
...two days of being constantly starving, pinched nerve in my neck, two days of not wanting to really eat.... Felt better today so retail therapy.... and I'm delighted! these are a much smaller size, and a much different style, and I don't look totally ridiculous! SO STOKED :D t
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suddenly starving...
I've coped fine on my cals, barely getting hungry, for months. The last two days I've been starving and eaten up to maintenance both days and been looking for more. I'm pretty much writing it off as the first two days of the hols and my routine changing, but is there another reason hmmmm. Have you been through this?
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Excuses, excuses...
Since I started MFP I have heard SO many 'reasons' as to why other people 'can't do what I'm doing - lose weight and get healthy. Given that I have several better reasons why I shouldn't be successful - but am anyway - I find these hard to take.... What excuses have people made to you? - too busy - too hard - too expensive…
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nearly 200 days without going over cals...
... but I slipped today. Still wound up under but only coz I'd done a heap of exercise. MAN do I feel ill... won't be doing this again in a hurry! Am probably only 500 cals over what I normally eat but ugh. :(
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80% of the weight = gone.... (pic)
Trying to remind myself how far I have come since Xmas 2012, so I'm posting this because I think it might help me with that!
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Naturopathy . . . :S
. . . I went to pick up a supplement yesterday (dealing with a symptom of my thyroid disorder) and the woman basically started listing things she could 'tell I needed' by looking at me. Went on to say I was too stressed (duh, I know that) and that because I have A+ blood I should be a vegetarian. Now I'm all about a bit of…
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what i love about this site....
.... is that no matter what the thought in your head is, someone gets it. Sure there are the a-holes who bag you for it, but there is always someone who understands you. So thanks :)
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Re-evaluating your goal weight....
I'm closing in on my goal weight (lost 20 of 25 kg and smaller than I thought I'd be at this weight) but I'm starting to think about revaluating my goal weight even lower. It's almost a 'how low can I go and still look like I want to' thing. My goal body type is athletic- curvy if that makes sense and I'm nearly there now,…
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BOOM 20 kg down :D
...5kg to go to initial GW but I might be recalculating that. My goal clothes are getting loose, so now I'm working on goal weight :) Tomorrow is day 185. SO STOKED.
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Confused about all the 'rules' for weightloss?
Don't be. It's trial and error. People all have different lifestyles, metabolisms and ways of looking at weight loss. Most people have different goals, different start points, and different things to fit into the equation. So try a few things, do whats working for you, don't get too down if any one thing isn't clicking.…
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Taking psyllium - have a fibre intake question
Hi all I'm taking a psyllium/prebiotic/probiotic supplement because my thyroids meds changing has messed up my digestion pretty badly. My question is.... do I need to be as particular about my fibre intake as I'm being? I've been going out of my way to make sure I hit 25g a day, but the supplement website says something…
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wanna share your latest YAY from your journey?
then do so! Mine is that I went work-pants shopping today and came home empty handed. Why? The 14s (American 10's) were falling off me...and the 12s (American 8s) were fitting, but not quiiiiite well enough to wear for work. So today, I farewelled the 14s. Can't wait until the next month or so passes and I can fill my…
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May I brag for a moment?
>> the pic is me, today. Ín the pic I'm wearing my goal jeans. They are kinda loose. I've lost 17 kg / 37 lb in 149 days (so far) and I've met my first goal of getting back into my old wardrobe, and now working on my second goal of losing another 8 kg / 19 lb. SO FREAKING HAPPY ATM!!
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becoming 'unsingle'...
I reckon there are people here who can relate to this so here goes... I'm 32, successful in my career, doing quite well at this recreation of self thing (15 kg down since dec 26) and financially secure ish. I don't think I'm horribly ugly or whatever and I no longer think I'm fat. But I'm struggling with how to 'become…
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Necessary medications screwing with progress :(
Just a general whinge, but my levels of my necessary-for-staying-alive medication (levothyroxine) got messed up when they changed my drug and now my formerly in-control metabolism is out of control and I'm stuck on 15 kg lost. It's frustrating as all get-go. I'm still doing the right things and if I stay the course surely…
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Tall girls, a lil help please? TDEE/BMR/CALS
Hi taller ladies Just to give me a ballpark, could you share please? I'm trying to figure out if my stall is as suspected due to the change in my thyroid meds and my body readjusting, or is a plateau. I'm 5 foot 8-9 (can never remember which) or 175 cm tall. I weigh 90kg (about 200 lb). My TDEE range is 2300-2600. My BMR…
