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I messed up.
Hey. So I lost about 30 pounds between August and December of last year, and then my weight loss slowed a lot. I was still logging, but I was cheating more and measuring less. Anyhow, back in May I fell off the wagon entirely, stopped logging, and went back to the way I was eating before I started dieting. And you know how…
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Bad week...
My calorie goal is 1330. Today I was at 1,901. The day before that, 1,607. On Saturday, at 1,597. I wince typing this, but I've only made my goal four times since Thanksgiving. The thing is, I KNOW what's going on. I have to go get my gallbladder out Friday and I'm nervous about the surgery -- not unduly so, but enough…
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Exercise for Busy Mom?
Hi there. Back when it was nice out, it was easy for me to fit in a half-hour walk almost every day. Now it is cold and dark when I get home from work, and my motivation to exercise is dropping fast. (As is my rate of weight loss.) Details: - I work 8:30 to 5:30, three days a week. The other two days I have the mornings…
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Good News & Bad News
The good news: I'm below 200 pounds for the first time since 2006 or so. This is awesome and I'm incredibly proud of myself. 16 more pounds and I'll be where I was when I got married. The bad: I was diagnosed with gallstones over the weekend and they think I'm going to have to have an operation. Honestly, this freaks me…
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MFP Cut My Calories :-(
Hey guys, So I'm down to 201.6 (yay) and, because that's more than 10 pounds, MFP wants to cut my calorie allotment (boo). The cut is from 1330 to 1260. I know 70 calories is nothing in the grand scheme of things and it's a little silly to be this bothered by it, but the truth is I don't think I can go that low without…
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Scale Woes...
So I am trying to decide if I should buy a new scale, or just stop overthinking the numbers. I have a digital scale that's probably 10 years old. It has always been finicky: I can "gain" or "lose" two pounds just by stepping on and off or moving it a few inches. Normally, I don't care about this because when I'm not trying…
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PIlates/Yoga?
Does anyone know why MFP gives such a low calories burned count for Pilates and yoga? It doesn't make sense to me that half an hour of killing my abs along with a Pilates video burns fewer calories than a nice half-hour walk. I checked other calorie counters, and they give far higher counts for calories burned by Pilates.…
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Looking to Lose 80 lb...
Hi, Just wanted to drop in here and introduce myself. I'm 34, live outside D.C., and have a girl starting first grade and a 2-year-old boy. I was always a relatively healthy weight until I had some shall we say "issues" with depression and overeating in my 20s. I've moved on and am doing a lot better --- but the weight's…
