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Weight Lifting and Weight Loss
I lost 30 pounds last summer, and feel like my weight loss is at least somewhat predictable, (i.e., I generally know that if I stick within a specific calorie goal, I can expect to lose around x pounds per week). This time around, I'm trying weightlifting, alongside cardio. I've been lifting weight at the gym for a few…
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How to make sure this time is different?
I'd tried to lose weight before, with no success. Weight loss is always hard, and PCOS (for some people) changes a lot of the 'rules'. About a year ago, I saw a bariatrician (weight loss specialist, not a surgeon), She prescribed a regimen that actually worked! (It included just 1300 daily calories, which is substantially…
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What if I *don't* skip a day...
How bad would it be? I just finished week 4 yesterday. But since I still weigh nearly 250 pounds, and until four weeks ago I haven't run in more than 15 years, I'm trying to be self-disciplined in taking it slow, to hopefully avoid injuries. But sometimes when I finish a run, I really want to keep going. And sometimes on…
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Question about hunger
I've been at this several months, and have figured out how to meet my doctor-prescribed calorie and macro-goals (though I'm a little short on calories today). But I have this new issue... about ten minutes after I finish eating, whether it's a snack or a large-ish meal, I've been feeling hunger. Real, physical hunger. It…
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Lopsided worry...
So I noticed that both of my dog's right feet have shorter claws than their left feet, and it occurred to me that this is because we always walk facing traffic (on the left side of the road). I live in a rural area, and all of the roads slope away from the center for drainage. So essentially, I'm walking tons, and nearly…
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Hubby Trouble
I'm trying to have an upbeat, productive day. I'm on-track with my food and exercise, and I'm getting things done. But honestly, I'm super-tempted to binge right now. Because my husband is in a foul mood and is being jerky. He's having one of those weeks where nothing goes right, and I've tried to be pretty supportive. But…
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Head games?
I saw a post in another forum where a woman resists the treats people bring into work by imagining the food has a hair in it or the preparer didn't wash their hands I use a "not now" trick: I stopped telling myself "no". Saying "I can't" have dessert feels like deprivation, and turns it into some sort of battle of…
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Question about calories burned walking...
MFP's walking calories are divided by miles per hour. But doesn't someone who's 5'2" expend more calories walking 3.0 mph than someone who's 6'3"? And doesn't someone who's 300lbs burn more calories walking 3.0 mph than someone who's 170lbs? When I walk, I try to make sure I'm too out of breath to sing along steadily with…
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I've discovered something amazing...
Maybe I'm like 36 years late to this party, but I've just discovered that omelets may be the greatest food ever for those of us aiming for high protein and low carb. I'd always thought omelets were kinda gross, because I'd only ever had ones with slimy eggs and gloppy cheese and sausage or ham thrown in....too heavy. But…
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Is my bariatrician nuts?
I saw my bariatrician yesterday, and she wants me to drop from 1500 to 1300 calories a day, with between 80 and 100 grams each of carbs and protein. And no adding exercise calories. I read all kinds of things on the forums about how 1200 calories is low enough to essentially slow your metabolism. I weigh 270 pounds, so…
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Is my doctor crazy?
Is anybody here on a medical weight loss plan that does NOT involve surgery? I saw my bariatrician yesterday, and she wants me to drop from 1500 to 1300 calories a day, with between 80 and 100 grams each of carbs and protein. And no adding exercise calories. I weigh 270 pounds, and that seems extremely low... waaaay below…
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Expecting too much?
So I've been doing mostly okay, slogging through and generally staying under my allotted calories. I've been methodical about tracking food and avoiding processed carbs. And I seem to be losing about one pound a week. But already growing a little weary and my energy is kind of low.. I read posts by people who are so…
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Ooops....
I was so excited yesterday. I was low on calories for the day, so I got to have a serving of Ben and Jerry's at the end of the day. But today, I ate the rest of the carton and went waaaay over my allotted calories. Oops. I'm going to try a fresh approach though. Instead of letting this setback throw me into a spiral of…
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My first little success!
I can't believe it! I've lost ten whole pounds! The first five were water weight, but the last five were actual hard work. I've tried before and always gotten so discouraged. But I feel like I've found the right combination of supplements for my body, and some of the right nutritional strategies for my body. Now I'm…
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My secret weapon for sleeping trouble...
In the last few weeks, I've talked to no fewer than three people who have a very hard time falling asleep at night. One was prescribed antidepressants for it, one takes an over the counter sleep aid, and one just suffers through and is tired all the time. IF the reason you can't fall asleep is because your thoughts race…
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Low Carbs?
I saw a bariatrician for the first time two weeks ago. She said for the first month: Stay under 1500 calories. Do some kind of cardio for 20-30 minutes five days a week. Drink my eight glasses of water. Use MFP to log everything. And "keep carbs low". I'm doing fine on almost all of these, but I didn't ask what "keep carbs…
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What to do with hunger....
Before I started dieting and exercising, I would eat a meal....say a pork chop with a cup of steamed veggies and a cup of basmati rice and a glass of water....and I'd feel fine for several hours. Now that I'm on a 1500-calorie diet, and getting 30 minutes of cardio every day, I'm hungry all of the time. I can eat the EXACT…
