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A virus making you fat???
I came across this written by Emily Yoffe is a columnist for Slate.com and the author of What the Dog Did (Bloomsbury). Just thought I would put it out here and see what you all think, not sure what to think myself to be honest, found it on the Oprah website while doing my usual bounce around the internet with morning…
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why did I gain so much so fast
Hello all, I am asking for serious opinions, not to be slated and told impossible... twice now I have gained 21lbs in 3 weeks, yes I was gaining 1lb a day and no I was not eating 5000 calories a day when it happened... I have tried to find out without any success why my body chooses to only lose weight under 1000 cals a…
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help me please have IBS and struggling to lose weight
Am looking for advice for IBS constipation and weight loss, no matter how much fibre I have and water I drink I stay constipated, even have swollen ankles now, I can drop a few pound but then they come back, I have lost inches and body fat percentage, but the scale will not acknowledge the hard work, it is disheartening,…
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Water
I have heard the mantra drink 8 glasses of water or 2lt of water, latest one half your body weight in water. Does anybody have the scientific proof that we need to drink large volumes of water, where is the evidence, who wrote it, who tested it, what was the study etc... I am not saying we should not drink water in any…
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I need advice as to why calorie deficit doesn't work for me
Every so often I will lose a couple of pounds just to see them come back a couple of days later, it seems no matter how much exercise I do, if I eat between 1000 and 1800 calories a day I gain weight. It seems my body had decided 1000 calories is my maintenance level, to lose weight I have to go to 800 calories, it does…
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Does pasta make you hungrier?
I find when I eat pasta I tend to want to munch through my entire body weight for the rest of the day... It does not matter if the pasta is wholegrain or white... I still want to eat and eat and eat for the rest of the day... I am wondering if anyone else suffer this way? How do you deal with it? At the moment I am…
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Rest days???
I hear this term rest days and am wondering how many I should have in one week? II have watched all sorts of weightloss tv shows from biggest loser to a year to save my life... they all push exercise everyday, no rest days... Jillian Michaels, Insanity programmes like those push you to train hard six days a week... I am…
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Looking for people to inspire me and support me
I am a 44 yr old single mum of two teenagers... I am struggling to lose weight due to meds making me gain so fast.... I have no support system and I can only do so much by myself... my kids aint interested, in fact they are bored by this challenge and would rather play computer games or chat to their friends... this is a…
