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New to the group
Hi all. I just had the Lapband procedure done this past Tuesday, the 24th. I'm definitely still recovering from the procedure, but its becoming easier to get up and sit down everyday. I look forward to the big change in my life. I had to go through a pretty lengthy process in order to have my procedure done through my…
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My first NSV!
I'm starting to notice I'm losing my butt, in the mirror, and obviously in the clothes I wear. YAY! So far, since I've started on May 26th, I've lost 24 pounds and almost 2 belt sizes (can go down 2 sizes, but just a wee bit tight).
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Weight loss...but only in water weight?
In the past calendar week, I've lost 4.7 pounds after weighing in at my dietician's office. What I'm seeing, though, is my fat percentage not going down the past couple of weeks, but up, from 54.3% to 58.1%. Now, prior to the past couple of weeks, my fat percentage went down drastically from 60.5% to 54.3% in ONE calendar…
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Low carb foods?
Hi all. My dietician has restricted my daily carb intake to no more than 100g a day. Before, I was alloted 100-150g. With this new restriction, I find it hard to stay within it. I mean, I love cereal, but I see that 1 cup of Mini Wheats is a whooping 45g in carbs--that's almost half of my daily restriction. At that rate,…
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New to MFP!
Hi. My name is Brian. I live in California. Pretty much, I've been big virtually all my life--from 6, to my current age, 27. In the summer of 2002, I managed to lose around 30 pounds just from walking in the summer heat (I'm sure other factors contributed to that, as well, but I couldn't tell ya what =P), and I was down to…
