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High Protein and sleep problems/headaches
I have begun trying to increase my protein intake and reduce carbs. Protein sources mainly greek yoghurt, nuts, eggs, canned tuna and roast chicken. Still learning how to eat differently and if I can't think of/didn't plan a meal I'm defaulting to omelette. Diet is also quite high in fat noe because of yoghurt/eggs/nuts,…
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140 Days 'Til Hamilton! Can I lose a stone by then? Let's see...
I've been on here... a while. And yet I am as big as I've ever been except when pregnant. I have always had a problematic relationship with food from a tiny child, but I lost control of my eating in 2018 after traumatic bereavement. I never really got it back in hand. I am now 14 stone, about 4 stone overweight. I look it.…
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Trying to give up ultra-processed food
Hi all! I've had a bit of a damascene conversion re UPFs since listening to a particular podcast and starting to read around Tim Spector. I binge eat UPFs all the time, I can never just have a little - think multipacks of crisps, whole bags of donuts, family size chocolate bars etc. So I know if i can get them out of my…
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So. Frigging. Close.
Oh man, there has been a LOT of waiting and striving and falling off the wagon along the way, but today the scale said 9 st 8.5 lbs - just one and a half pounds from goal, and almost 2 stone down from my heaviest (11st 7lbs)! I'm feeling like crap today (serious cold, aches and pains etc) and want nothing more than to curl…
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Any pregnant ladies out there who'd like to lose the baby weight with me?
Hi all, So I'm back on MFP with a whole new goal - to have this baby (due date 16th Jan) and then to lose the pounds of blubber she has brought in her wake! If I had one piece of advice to give aspiring mothers-to-be, it would be to work out like a ninja BEFORE you get pregnant. Seriously, I should have trained for this…
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A very much scale victory
So I'm not nearly at goal yet, but today is still a big day for me!! 10 st 3.5 lbs on the scale today - the lowest weight I've EVER been in years of dieting on and off. This is really actually WORKING! And it's not hateful! I actually feel full all the time! *skips through the meadow* 10 stone, here I come. And after that,…
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I cannot cook this Dukan ruddy oatbran galette!
I've tried about three times now, followed the instructions to the letter, but all I keep ending up with is scrambled egg! Someone tell me what I'm doing wrong!
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Hello again
Hi MyFitnessPal! So, one way and another I've been hanging around here trying to lose weight for about two years. It's been... up and down :pensive: I hit close to my goal on my 30th birthday, crammed into the party frock I'd been dreaming of for months.... and then hit the birthday-Christmas-New…
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Handling compulsive eating - carrot or stick?
(or carrot sticks, haha...) OK, so, I have an ongoing problem and could use some advice. I have been having real success with exercising. I've been going to the gym every weekday for about 20 mins of cardio and then 20 mins of swimming; I've been doing the 30 day shred religiosly every day (Level 3 today, come on Jillian,…
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Weights virgin - advice?
Hi all! Basically, I have been hanging around the forums a lot recently, mainly on the Success Stories side for inspiration, and the message I am getting loud and clear is that all the cardio in the world will not help me - if I want to lose weight, I need to lift weight. All the most impressive 'After' photos are of…
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Logging weight training on MFP - help!
I am (slowly!) psyching myself up to apporach the weights section of the gym. But I'd like to be able to log what I do on MFP, and am not sure I understand the entry system; with cardio it's so simple - tell it what you've done and how long you've done it for, and it spits out a calorie count. What is the process for…
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Someone finally noticed!
I only started on MFP when I was 11 stone (154lb), but that was after I had come down from 11 stone 7 (161). Since joining MFP I have lost another 4 lb, but due to bad behaviour I have not moved for a long time and was feeling pretty discouraged. BUT THEN.... On Saturday I went to a barbecue (the torture!!! Why is summer…
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Is there such a thing as a Non Scale Defeat???
for the last few days when I've been whacking on my bra, I've noticed a certain.... looseness. I've blamed it on the age of the bra, the time of the month, my own imagination, but finally, I have to admit it.... my bosom is shrinking. They lurk in the bottom two thirds of my bra where once they spilled over the top. The…
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Hi all
Hey everyone! I'm new here, and I'm already finding the food diary a massive help - you don't realise how MUCH you're eating until it is all there, in black and white. Love the way my exercise 'wins' me calories as well - very motivational! I hope I can make some friends and we can support each other through the bugger…
