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"Why are you single?"
On a recent episode of Tough Love they had speed dates - they were given literally one minute to talk and most of the people asked the other "Why are you single?'". I kind of liked the one guy's answer: "Because I'm a *kitten*." But the rest just squirmed and lied and minimized...one guy uncomfortably admitted to a couple…
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What's your relationship style?
According to the Attachment Theory, we all fall within one of the following four quadrants: Here's a 5-minute quiz: http://www.web-research-design.net/cgi-bin/crq/crq.pl At the end it'll give you a little graph to show where you are within the quadrants. I am in the upper middle of "Dismissive" which comes as no surprise.…
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Well why the @$&# did I do that?
Ugh, was just on Facebook and in the "You may know this person" section popped up the smiling face of my last boyfriend, with an equally beaming girl in a white dress. WHY did I have to look? Why did I have then go to their wedding web page and read about how they met, and how he proposed, and where they honeymooned? Now I…
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How many calories did you eat yesterday?
I'm just curious as to how many calories MFP members ate on a random Tuesday (or Wednesday for those on the other side of the pond). No judgments, no explanation required, no "but I netted ____" - we won't know if it was your fasting day, your cheat day, if you ran a marathon or if it was just a normal day so please be…
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Lazy!
My yard needs weeding so I hired a guy who's been out there all day toiling away while I'm in the house basically doing nothing. I'm considering taking a nap. Please tell me your lazy story so I don't feel so bad. :happy:
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Just a tiny little NSV...
After losing 20 lbs I've been retreading the same 3 lbs (198-200) on the scale since May and let's just say that reaching "Onederland" is great, but after about the tenth time it's not so much of a thrill. :/ However, today I tried on a pair of jeans that I bought without trying on about a month ago and couldn't even…
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Interesting study about calories burned - whole/processed
http://www.foodandnutritionresearch.net/index.php/fnr/article/viewArticle/5144/5755 Put simply, this study found that people burned the calories of processed foods at nearly half the rate that they burned the calories of whole foods. Both groups reported feeling just as full because they all ate cheese sandwiches - one…
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Oneder-Land!
Well, after 15 weeks on MFP I have reached my first mini-goal - 198.4 lbs at weigh-in this morning! It's been a slow process, as I'm 47, don't formally exercise and cheat more than I should, but I hope I can help inspire someone because I've sure relied on the MFP Success Stories section for inspiration myself. The weight…
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So what's different for you this time?
If you're like me, you've tried to lose weight before. Maybe many times before. The last time I made a real effort to lose weight was in 2011...I cut back drastically on my eating, ate 800-1100 calories a day and was hungry from the time I woke up until the time I went to sleep. Constant, gnawing hunger. I lost only 17 lbs…
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What does your LBM weigh?
According to my nifty new scale, my lean body mass weighs 107 lbs. I'm 5'7" tall and 47 years old. I have no idea if 107 lbs is good or bad...but I suppose that means when I get down to my goal weight of 140 lbs I'll be about 25% body fat which is where I'd like to be. That's assuming I keep all my LBM, of course. I'm just…
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Success Story - 12 lbs lost! B & A Pics too!
Here's my dog Hammy when I first got him - he was living with an elderly lady who fed him too much and never walked him. 30 lbs! (His name was Cisco but I nicknamed him "The Ham" and it just kind of stuck) Here he is 9 months later, 12 lbs down. His regime consisted of raw food, salmon oil and lots of trips to the dog…
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Wishful calorie counts on MFP?
Often when I'm searching for foods to add to my log (and sometimes when I snoop and read other people's diaries) I see calorie counts that are just so obviously wrong. For instance, I ate an avocado yesterday and found several potential entries on the MFP list...the first one I clicked on gave a calorie count of 90. For a…
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Junk food or nothing?
As I'm sitting here, stomach growling but apparently not hungry enough to eat any of the healthy foods I've stocked the house with...I found this article about scientists who offered rats both healthy and fattening foods: http://www.scripps.edu/news/press/2010/20100329.html "They always went for the worst types of food,"…
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Photographic Height and Weight Chart
Have any of you guys seen this? I find it really interesting to click around and see what people of different heights and weights look like. I don't think they're posting any new photos - I sent mine in a long time ago and it's not there. Still pretty fascinating, though!…
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Just joined!
Hey all! I'm Elizabeth, 47 years old, in the Seattle area. I think I'm overall a pretty healthy eater but I have serious problems with portion control. :/ And a bit of a sweet tooth. Most of my life I've been between 120 and 140 lbs...not without quite a bit of effort because I tend toward weight gain but I managed to keep…
