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HDL/LDL/Cholesterol Won't Budge
I'm looking for any suggestions for any dietary supplementation ideas people might have above and beyond what I'm currently trying. Here's the situation. Last year at my physical, when I was about at the high point of my weight and worst point of my diet and exercise (or lack thereof), I was at about 200 pounds, my total…
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Am I in the smallest group around - LGBT over 50?
I've been on MFP for quite while, but just started participating in the forum recently. I'm glad to see there is an LGBT group here as well. One thing I've noticed on the main forum is that, although there are some of us there, there aren't too many of us 50+ people on MFP. And I'm in an even much smaller subset of that…
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Is it even possible for a 58 year old guy to have a 6 pack
I've had a remarkable 2013. I started the year at 203 pounds and over 30% body fat. Now, 6 weeks before the end of the year, I've settled and maintained about 155. I was using the onine bodyfat calculators over at Fat2FitRadio.com to get a good idea of my body fat and was coming up somewhere around 17%. But yesterday, I…
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Would someone please fix the email notification system
Sorry for the rant, but this thing is driving me nuts. Can someone from MFP tech support \PLEASE fix the email notification. I keep getting emails when someone posts a reply to something on my newsfeed but no messages. And when someone posts after them I get the new notification and all the ones before it. Please????
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Dear Penis
I don't know if the mods will let this one stay up, but a friend sent me this clip. It has gone viral over on Youtube (I'd say 10 million view is viral). I think it is hysterical. Especially for men of a certain age. But I think it's hysterical. And no there is nothing obscene about it in any way. Only if you get offended…
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Pictures prove it -- body weight isn't everything
I was training with my trainer today. Towards the end of the session, I realized that I was wearing the same clothes I had worn months ago when he had taken a progress picture of me. The clothes felt a lot looser now. So he pulled them up on his cell phone. OMG. That doesn't begin to describe it. I remembered the before…
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National Prescription Drug Take BAck Day - 10/26/13
I'm not sure the best board to post this on, so if you think it belongs on another board, please feel free to copy the info: For those of us with extra prescriptions that we have left over and want to get rid of, and either don't want to or really shouldn't dispose of in the trash can or in the toilet, the DEA Office of…
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National Coming Out Day
To any one who is coming out today, October 11, I just wanted to say I'm proud of you, and we've got your back here. Be proud and know that you are cared for more than you can imagine. Happy Coming Out Day.
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I'm not sure they're getting the right mesage from this
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Pat Robertson: Low Carb Diet Violates God's Principles
I don't know how long this will last, but enjoy the humor of this one while it lasts. All of those of you on low carb, Atkins or ketogenic diets, just know you are all going to hell for violating God's principles. At least according to the all knowing, all-seeing Pat Robertson. "You get all kinds of problems where you ache…
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I'd call this a success for me
I'm a newly 58 year old guy who has spent 2013 getting in the best shape of his life. Thanks to MFP, the support of the incredible friends here, the amazing personal trainer I have and a lot of hard work and commitment on my part, I'm down almost 50 pounds. I've lost almost 9 inches on my waist , over 8 inches lost in the…
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OMFG -- Please tell me this is a joke
Did anyone one else have this little beauty in an ad at the side of their MFP pages? A link to selling Robo-Pong? As a great fitness device. Better than going to the gym. I couldn't watch more than a few minutes, but it's a full half hour video. And for almost a thousand bucks, you too can have one. Are they nucking futs?…
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New to Maintenance and could use a few hints
Hi all, My first post on this thread well, because, I guess I've reached the point where I don't want to go much lower. Well at least for now anyway. And I could use a few comments from others who have been here on MFP and in maintenance for a while. I think it's great that MFP finally has a maintenance thread. My biggest…
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"Site Is Down For Maintenance" messages???
It seems in the last couple of days, I'm frequently getting a "Site Is Down For Maintenance" page when navigating around MFP. Sometimes it's going to recipes, sometimes to a forum page, sometimes to my food diary. It's been to all parts of MFP. Is it me? Is it my browser? Or are others seeing the same sort of problems? Any…
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Any other TKR patients here?
This isn't so much a request for friends (although I'm always happy to accept more). But today I got a request from a fellow Total Knee Replacement patient. My first one besides me. So I was wondering, are there others out here in MFP-land. How about Total Hip Replacements (because I've had both of them done too). Just…
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How Far Would You Go
You have a very good friend on one coast. You live on the other. You only get to see each other a couple of times a year, max. He has a job assignment on your coast for a couple of weeks, but it isn't in your town. His work and your work would make a protracted visit impossible. How far would you be willing to travel (be…
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The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth
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Anybody else calculate their TDEE from real data?
I was just wondering if anyone else uses the data they enter here on MFP (food diaries and weight check-ins) to calculate what their actual TDEE is? I've done it few times and it is normally pretty close to Scooby's numbers but I know that what I calculate is reality because I log everything, whereas Scooby is more…
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I certainly think this is true. what about you?
Hell Yes.
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Who Wears Short Shorts (well not me anyway)
I had a little NSV this week. I'm not one for wearing shorts too much (besides gym shorts which I live in). You know, the cargo shorts, button and fly type. But I was going on vacation so I put the shorts I wore last year in the suitcase. I knew I would need a belt because they were a bit tight last year but I've lost some…
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A Mathematical Oddity
I was just wondering if anyone has ever had this happen to them on MFP before. Today was a first for me. I've been using MFP for 5 months now. It's been great. It's helped me lose about 35 pounds (now how do I stop is the problem -- I'm having to ramp up drastically). But I entered all of today's food in my diary. After…
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Stop the Weight Loss. I want to get off.
Slightly different take. I've gotten down to about what I think is a really good weight for me. In 4-1/2 months, I've dropped 35 pounds, 11% body fat, 7 inches on my waist and hips, 3-1/2 inches on my thighs, and added and inch or two to my chest and arms. I had been at about 1300 gross calories a day for that entire time,…
