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What is the Most Healthy WOE?
I'm 290 pounds, was 350+ at my highest 8 years ago. I lost that weight by graduating university and grad school (10 years) and becoming slightly more active. I was also no longer eating fast food 3 or more times per day. I do have health issues (ulcertive colitis, hidradenitis supurative, RA, Osteoartritis and likely…
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Tipping Scale at 300 Pounds (again...)
I've been off MFP for over a year, and even when I was popping on, it was not consistent. My highest weight was 350 pounds in April of 2011. I have got down as low as 275, but my weight just comes back on and stays. I'm now struggling to stay under 300 pounds, but the scale was teetering at 298 this morning. My issues: A…
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Does Anyone Notice The Rampant Negativity Here?
I've been on this site for over 4 years, and it's really starting to bother me how negative a lot of responders are to people's questions/comments. It hasn't always been this way - I assure you. I remember several years ago, posters would ask any manner of questions and were met with kind, pleasant and encouraging…
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Obesity, Guilt and Shame
Hello I'm Lindsay. I've been an MFP'er for several years, balooning up to my all time high of 346 pounds 3 years ago, steadily decreasing to 268 pounds and now back up to 288. I'm 35 and have suffered with depression for the majority of my life, and now find the guilt and shame associated with my weight to be more severe…
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Low Fibre/Low Reside Diet
hello, I was just wondering if anyone here has to follow this type of diet? I have UC, IBS and IBD and this diet seems to go against everything I've been taught about healthy eating. I have to strive for under 10 grams of fibre per day, but looking at the options for what I can eat, It's hard not to get depressed about the…
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Grandma Died - Fell off the Wagon HARD!!!
My grammy passed away 2 weeks ago, and I had been steadily losing for the last year, and most recently had lost about 20 pounds going wheatless...but i fell off the wagon hard, basically binge/stress eating and stuffing my face with whatever I want...gained 6 pounds, and managed to lose 3 since I got off of berevement…
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Husband's Stress Causes me to EAT!!!
I've been wheat free since march 15th, and everything was going awesome/ i was feeling healthy, happy and lost 20 pounds. over the last 2 months, however my husband has been incredibly stressed because of work, and the last 4 days I've fallen off the wagon hard. Friday - Tony roma's bunless burger with fries and gravy.…
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Hello, I was just wondering if any of you suffer from IBS? I'm in the midst of testing for Colitis, Diverticulitis, Chrons and a bunch of other things, but my doctor has said that it may all boil down to stress, axiety and IBS. I've just been through a 5 day cleanse (most awful experience, other than the colonoscopy and…
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HELP! Trying to find a cartoon!
Help! Looking for a funny cartoon I saw a few years ago. It has a white gingerbread man-looking character and when stuff happens to him, he puts his hands over his mouth and his lips turn into a red "O" and he goes "oooooooooh" in a high pitched voice. Anyone have any idea what this cartoon/sorta claymation series is…
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Gardening and Crying
So hubby asked if I could pull out the weeds in the loose stone border of our walkway. I hate gardening. I have osteoarthritis in my knees and don't like to bend down, or rest on my hands and knees, but I have lower back issues as well, so bending over to pull them hurts as well. Anyhow, I got on my gloves and my padded…
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Destined to be Fat Forever? (Ranty)
Note: This is just how I feel. I'm prepared for all the comments so feel free to be honest. This is just what goes through my mind most of the time. My husband (who is also a compulsive over-eater) and I had a pretty good workweek this past week. We ate very healthy, got in a bit of activity and were feeling pretty good.…
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Yesterday was BRUUUUTAL
So, on Tuesday, my partner and I decided to re-ignite our weightloss and aim for a more paleo/primal clean eating lifestyle. This coming from someone who for the last 6 months has miraculously maintained my weight with an iced cap, donut and breakfast sandwich nealry every day, indulging in fast food, treats and ice cream,…
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Recommitment to My Health
Today my partner and I have recommitted to our health. We've had a hard time over the last few months and this weekend both had a major carb binge. We woke up this morning, several pounds fatter and decided to pledge to get back on track. We will be starting off small, following a healthy lifestyle, along the lines of…
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Off the Sauce, Now Craving Sweets!
I was at a plateau of around 292-295 for the last 5 months...I used to smoke pot on daily basis [save the judgement, I'm in Canada and to be perfectly frank if it didn't cause me to eat like crazy I'd still smoke it daily] mostly for pain and osteoarthritis, but, let's face it...it was fun too...but I knew that if I wanted…
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Touched Rhubarb now covered in Hives!
Ahhhhh!I grabbed some rhubarb out of the garden on Saturday and I'm pretty sure it was those sour little buggers that left me covered head to toe in hives. anyone know of how to get rid of them? Itchy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Motivated to Lose....Not Motivated to Work Hard
I've been hovering around the 290-295lb mark for the last 6 months. I want to lose weight, but I'm tired all the time, I got in a car crash 2 months ago and am finally feeling back to my old self, but I have little to no motivation to exercise and the temptations of eating poorly are too much for me to break through. I…
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50 pounds down - Posting for Motivation
I started to lose weight in April of 2011. At that point, my highest, I was at 346 pounds. I had just finished graduate school and knew that I hated the way I looked, felt and how I perceived people to be reacting to me based on my physicality. I moved to a new city, my hometown and felt renewed and at home again. By…
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Mental Aspect of Weightloss
I'm just wondering if any of you have any tips for dealing with the mental aspect of weight loss...i.e. the negative self-talk, depression, denial, excuses, fear and so on. I've had some success over the last year, about 50 pounds lost, but that was just from making an effort to cut down on Fast Food. I'm now looking to…
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Falling off the wagon ... hard
It has been almost exactly a year since my highest weight of 346 pounds. In my adult life, through a myriad of diets and "healthy lifestyle" plans, I have been as low as 250. I would lose some, gain more, lose some, gain more and so on. In April to October of last year, I made some changes to my eating habits. I was in…
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Calorie Question for Morbidly Obese
Hello all, I'm Lindsay. I'm 32, 342 pounds and looking for some advice. I have been trying to find out how many calories I should be eating in order to lose weight, and holy moly are there conflicting theories and answers. My BMI is 55.5 and according to my height and weight, in order to maintain, I need about 2800…
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It's not easy being me (long)
I'm morbidly obese. I'm 5'6 and 340 pounds. My main/only realy exercise daily is getting around walking, as i use public transportation. I've been overweight my whole life. It's not easy being me. It's not easy having being fat be your entire existence. for example, here are some of the things I go through mentally on a…
