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1200 calorie minimum
I've always heard about the 1200 calorie minimum and "going into starvation mode". With my focus on losing weight, I interpreted this to mean that my metabolism would slow down and I wouldn't lose weight as quickly. But I never thought about it in terms of body health. I know the body keeps reserves of glucose on hand, so…
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Listen to Geneen Roth this Thursday
Geneen is one of my favorite food gurus. She really "gets it" in a way that I haven't found in many other places. She is all about learning to eat when hungry, and how the only way out is through. She's going to be speaking live in a few weeks and if you're curious, I highly recommend that you sign up and tune in. I…
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Loving vs Hating the body to it's ideal size
Geneen Roth says in her book Women, Food and God, "... I have never met anyone for whom years of rejection and hatred suddenly and miraculously turned to love, even after a face-life, Lap-Band surgery, liposuction. When you love something, you wish it goodness; when you hate something, you wish to annihilate it. Change…
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Exercise calories on MFP
I like logging my workouts on MFP, but I don't like that it subtracts out of my daily calorie count. Is there any way to change this? Does anyone know? I just feel that if I keep adding calories to my day for "walking across the parking lot" or other random acts, that I will lose sight of the fact that all of life is…
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Quote of the Day
I love quotes! They inspire and motivate me. Feel free to share your favorites too. Here is one that I found on top of my fridge this morning when I was cleaning. What saves a man is to take a stop. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it. ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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Feeling Good - how to keep motivation high?
I am still in the first week of my commitment to myself to find a happier size. From this vantage point, high atop the runaway train of solid belief, it appears that anything is possible. I am losing a little weight every day, I'm not hungry at all and my motivation is so high it feels drug induced. This scares me a…
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Positive Only
I woke up this morning ready to go. I decided nearly two weeks ago that I was going to begin my journey today and I am excited about it! I already know that it's going to happen because I decided. I'm not hoping, I'm not looking miserably to some distant land and HOPING that I can get there. I've decided, and truthfully,…
