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Constant eating
I am a college student. I eat constantly. Every time I come back to the dorm, I feel obligated to eat something. I always have something to snack on while studying or doing homework. I always eat more than I'm hungry for. Today I realized that I was in such the habit of eating that, although I was very full and had no food…
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BC and weight gain?
When I first looked into birth control, my doctor told me there was almost no evidence that bc caused weight gain, although she did see a high proportion of women who went on hormonal injections gain significant weight. A month ago I started on the nuvaring, which is the first hormonal therapy I've ever gone on. I've been…
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Tough Mudder
Hey all, I'm getting ready to do a Tough Mudder race in November, but I've never run a race before. Right now the most I run is maybe two miles two or three times a week. Other than that I do strength training (4x a week), yoga (5x a week), karate (2x a week), and I bike everywhere, so I consider myself pretty fit... just…
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Ups, downs, and men.
Hey all, I could use some support right about now. I will admit this is going to sound tremendously like the whining of a hopeless teenage girl, for which I apologize. :embarassed: Has anyone else experienced highs and lows (with mood/eating) due to the presence of relationships in their lives? Recently I began a tentative…
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Want real peanut butter for fewer calories?
Some people may already know this trick, but here's what I've done: 1 cup of your favorite smooth PB 4 cups of Greek Yogurt mix together, plus 1 tbsp vanilla extract and some spice (such as cinnamon, allspice, or whatever else you feel would taste good!) I store it in a glass bowl in the fridge and use on celery,…
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The Legend of Gym Girl
Once there was a college student called Gym Girl. Gym Girl was very, very active. She had a tendency to over-eat on random snack foods while studying, then head to the gym late at night for some weights and/or cardio action. She did this about 5-6 days a week. She also taught yoga classes at that gym twice a week. One day…
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Light-headed
Not sure where to post this... So the last few days I've been going over calories by a lot. This morning I woke up feeling so full the thought of food made me gag. I drank an iced coffee with sugar free syrup and some soymilk to get me through class. A while later I started to have really awful 'must-get-to-toilet NOW'…
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Universities Utilizing MFP
I recently discovered that North Carolina State University is utilizing Myfitnesspal.com for its dining halls. I think this is an amazing learning opportunity for students and faculty, many of whom I've encountered that don't know much about nutrition or calories (I'm a fitness instructor and a biology major, so when I…
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We're All Still Kids Inside
So MFP-ers, what are some childhood hobbies that you're still privy to? Movies you still love after years and years? Tendencies you haven't stopped? Favorite toys you can't part with? Do tell!
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Recovering, adapting
I'm kind of struggling with quite a lot right now. Stress levels are through the roof. I spent 4 days in a hospital, and over a week on bedrest. I'm using crutches, can hardly exercise at all, but I have been overeating by around 1000 calories every day. I've gained even more weight. Every time I start to be able to…
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Hospital weight gain
I'm in the hospital for a few days, unable to walk on my right foot due to an infection and without full range of motion of my right arm because of an IV drip. I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to avoid weight gain while on bed rest? I've already lost a lot of physical fitness because I've been on bedrest for…
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Fitness and aging
I see people posting motivational pictures of young, thin women striking poses in flattering lighting constantly. Everyone is saying "That's the body I want!" which is great, but here I want to observe the long-term benefits of healthy habits. There's this stigma out there that getting older equates getting weak. Because…
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4 day countdown
4 days until I go to the beach. I've been attending classes, working two jobs, and binge eating daily for over a month now. Tomorrow I work from 8am-9pm. The good news is that it'll keep me from binging (bingeing? I can never figure out how to spell it...) The bad news is that I can't workout. And I NEED to. So, over the…
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Product nutrition
I compared the generic Harris Teeter package of dried lentils to the organic dried lentils. HT: 70 calories for 1/4 cup. Organic: 150 calories for 1/4 cup. Otherwise, same protein/carbs/etc. What? They look exactly the same! Is this false labeling, or does the product nutrition really differ THAT much? If so, then why such…
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Need some motivation?
Nothing motivates me like watching people workout in awesome locations to the tune of music with a good rhythm. I found this while procrastinating via Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTLJjoW867g&feature=related And now I'm off to kick my own *kitten* at the gym. Some day, when my calf is healed and I don't have…
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So much exercise, but it's never enough
I binged again today. I'm going to the gym now to spend 100 minutes on the adaptive motion trainer and 45 minutes strength training. Even then, plus the walking I did between classes, I'll still need to burn close to 700 calories in order to break even (well... that's not true. I put some of the calories as 'spillover' for…
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Raw Food Challenge
Ever wanted to test out this raw food thing, but never had the courage because of a, b, and c? I'm sure most of us are familiar with the health benefits of raw food diets. Let's start with better skin, easier weight loss/maintenance, higher energy, better mood, and numerous long-term benefits. I've read a book, articles,…
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Bloat
I didn't just blow it today... I massacred everything. I ate upwards of 2,300 calories in ONE sitting (had already eaten breakfast, lunch, and snacks till that point and stayed perfectly within range). I didn't even realize how much I'd eaten until I stood up and tried to walk... didn't work. I had to bend over to walk, my…
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I was doing so well... until I wasn't
So here goes: I struggle with binge eating this year. The last 4 years it was anorexia, but now I've come to college and things changed. It's the worst when I return to my parents' house for breaks. I went home for a 2-week break earlier in the month and gained 6 pounds! I came back to school on monday determined to change…
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Definition of Meat
I would like to know if there's any logical reasoning for people not counting fish as meat. I cannot fathom it. Here's the definition of "meat": From Wikipedia: "Meat is animal flesh that is used as food.[1] Most often, this means the skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also describe other edible tissues such as…
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Open diary
I'm doing something a bit different from the typical MFP-er: generally I'm aiming for between a net 1300-1530 cals for maintenance, with my goal being 1300. My eating patterns are sort of all-over-the-place, so aiming for under calories off-sets those days when I go way over. However, on an average day, I'll naturally be…
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I'm a broken record...
I'm home from college for Spring Break. When I come home, I tend to--scratch that--I ALWAYS over eat. I used to be severely underweight, so my parents still freak out if I don't eat a regular meal. But my eating habits have been so piss poor lately that I'm eating unhealthy foods in gratuitous amounts (cupcakes for…
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Support for binges
I'm a college student. Home for spring break, with no mode of transportation. Whenever I come home I always overeat an insane amount. We're talking more than should fit into a human's stomach. In college I just keep the fridge empty or filled with non-binge items to avoid overeating, but I don't have that option with my…
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Burger joint angst
I think I have a date tomorrow (wonder of all wonders) but it's at a burger place called Melvin's. I haven't seen the menu and I can't find it online. I don't like just getting salads when everyone else is getting a burger. Especially on a date... it would seem awkward. I do like veggies (real ones, not fried potatoes).…
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Has this happened to you?
The snack bag. It shouts 'Only x Calories!'. You trustingly purchase the snack and happily scarf it all down. As the food digests in your stomach, you contentedly look down at your 'low calorie' purchase and read the fine print... 'Only x Calories! .... per serving' and upon flipping the bag over, you discover that you ate…
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Has anyone successfully maintained?
I'm always either losing or gaining weight, but I can never maintain. Has anyone who's reached their goal weight successfully maintained that weight by abiding by the calorie consumption recommended by MFP? Is it too low? Too high?
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It's not a cheat, it's a binge
I binged on cinnamon almonds today and it's impossible to burn the excess off at this point. I'm 505 over. I'm thinking that tomorrow I'll just not eat back my exercise cals. Or aim for 500 less than usual. What would you do?
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What lifestyle am I?
Most people would call me active because I exercise every day... but for the purposes of MFP, what would I be? I enter the activities that I do separately from my day-to-day requirements into my exercise log, and if I'm not exercising I'm sitting in a chair to study, sleep, or eat (aside from the occasional 5-minute walk…
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What do you do when...
... you eat too many calories early in the day?
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Stomach expansion is killing me
I don't get it. I ate breakfast, lunch, and snacks, but still consumed twice my caloric needs at dinner. I never used to have hunger like this. Over the last three weeks, though, I've been eating probably upwards of 2500 cals a day... sometimes nearing 5000. Today was my first day away from home, and by the time I came…
