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Any feel their head has shrunk after weight loss?
This may kind of sound crazy, I do know I've certainly gone down a shoe size, but my old hats no longer fit me too well, they no fit tight and they sometimes fly off, like they are now all too big for me now.
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Unexplained Weight Gain
This is my third year on maintance, I've battled my way at my happy average weight with the usual slights up and downs/from flucations. But this month, i've been a kg or two over-average, and last week, it became apparent, this is weight gain, so I cut back this week, and also kept myself very active, like working…
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Whos Developed bad logging habits over time?
I no fan of logging but always still do to maintain. But from years ago when joining, I used to log everything immediately after biting it, weight food, calculate every possible excercise activity, gets food brand descriptions, and logon here and log 7-8 times a daycorrectly, etc. etc. 3 years later, i'm still logging, but…
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Anyone finding their 2nd year of maintaining harder than the original?
I'm wondering, I'm well into my second year of maintaining, and the year before I know I did a great job, and even lost some more weight I didn't think I could lose. I've learnt the second year, things don't get any easier, still get those urges of feeling like eating everything in sight, etc. And almost everyday I find…
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Skinny Miserably?
Is there such a thing? And How do you know your nearly dangerously there? I mean I'm very happy with my weight, i'm just below half in my ideal weight range, far from underweight according to my BMI (or w/e) , but lately I've been getting cranking at everyone and angry at things more than usual. I mean I know I was once…
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Did you lose weight for yourself or somebody else?
I been thinking, i'm sure most ppl lost weight for themselves, I mean I use to hate myself from appearance, and how hard simple tasks were such as walking to the shop or trying to get a good nights sleep, now I'm much happier. But can't understand why someone would just lose weight, just for somebody else, how miserable.
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A lot of weight gain after surgery?
I'm just recovering on 1 day surgeory to repair a hernia just above my naval, which I would never of noticed hadn't I lost all this weight in the first place. Now despite a slight decrease in appetite, a lot of pain, unable to hardly excercise, my weight has skyrocketed over 10 pounds, in only 2 days, my scale is looking…
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Just a few beers make me feel so drunk
Would this have anything to do with my weight loss? I'm nearly half the person I used to be, yet i've been avoiding my old habit of drinking beers for a long time because they are so high in calories, yet today, because it was nearly christmas, I drunk 4 beers, feeling so different, can't walk straight, yet I feel like a…
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Ways to gain weight besides just more food.
Hi, I thought I've never have to post in this subforum ever but I know i've lost too much weight and I need to gain for a while, wondering, I just can't keep affording more food, I've been maintaining on an average of 2,300 cals a day asince april I just still kept losing. I now set myself to huge 2,700 a day to gain .5kg…
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How to stop weight flucations bothering me so much?
I'm a daily weigher, I feel I'll lose control if I wasn't, because of annoying flulications, ive lost a lot more than my goal weight of 75kg, I've happily been on 68-69kg for quite some time, but yesterday unexplainly I was 70kg, feeling of guilt, today I ate much less and saved 700 calories in attempt to reduce my sodium…
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Seriously considering at stopping the logging.
Just to think, logging food and keeping records is really only for beginners, I mean I really needed the information when I started 10 months ago, but these days, I just estimate what I eat, know what foods to avoid or eat less off, And I only now log everything at the end of the day and never find myself going seriously…
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Still losing on 2,500 calories a day?
Ive been on 2,500 calories a day for quite a while, 300 more than MFP recommends to maintain, I started at my goal weight of 75kg, I got it to stall at 72kg for serveral weeks, upped them when I seem to be losing, now im suddendly 69kg, this week I seem to be losing half a pound a day, the same speed when I was in weight…
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Confused on Apple sizes
Today I had a Large Granny smith apple, it was only 95 Calories, later on I only had a Medium sized granny smith apple, but what, 97 calories?! How can medium be more than large for the exact same species of apple, I feel ripped-off here. The results of large and medium granny sized apples are in my dairy
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How long do you think you can keep up with your Maintaince?
I'm gonna try for the rest of my life, i'm exactly in the middle of the 'ideal' weight range for me (59kg to 79kg), I'm 70kg, and couldn't wish for a better weight, but according to MFP I can only eat 2,200 calories a day to maintain my weight, for a medium active guy like me, always feeling hungry and cold, having to…
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Thin people that are never cold.
I enjoy being thin like other people now, but puzzles me, I always have to dress very warmy, in fact i'm always cold 24/7. Yet very early in the morning I see thin people get on the train, in just shorts and t-shirt, and here's me with jeans, leather jacket, beanie, just trying to stay warm on my way to work. Will the…
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How much does weight flucatations bother you?
They bother me a lot, as you can't tell the difference between fat gain or just water weight.. Makes me feel shameful and guilty the next day, so I eat less, then 2 days later I find out it was just water weight, the scales drops down I've lost too much weight. Due to these reasons i've lost more weight than I planned, I…
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Maintaining but always feeling hungry all the time.
The last 2-3 months I've done well, I've kept my hard earned lost weight off, but everyday I felt more hungier and hungier. I naturally increased by calorie limit everyday, but can't go up much higher, I dont know how much longer I can keep up with this torture lifestyle. If I return to eating "normally" it will be…
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Saggy lose skin?
Will saggy lose skin ever go away? I don't hardy have it on the belly but I have it on my upper arms, thighs, etc. and pretty much everywhere else..
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Wishing I hadn't switched to maintaince
Me getting to my goal was a great effort, a got there with little problems, but the last 2 months after switching has turned out out to be a complete failure, I began on 2200 (a big jump from 1500), but I slowly seemed to gaining, 2 weeks later I switched to 2000, then soon it was obvious i'll never see my goal weight…
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Any Other Zero calorie drinks besides Colas?
I'm looking for an alternative besides Coke Zero and Pepsi Max with zero or almost zero that I can just drink mindlessly, because they are destroying my teeth, of course there's water and green tea, I drink that also, but it's isn't great for entertainment purposes. Anything in between like orange juice I stay far away…
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can't log food any more? blank pages?
Not happy, cannot log anything, can't barely even read the forum without getting nothing but a blank page. I tryed clearing cookies, everything. Without being able to log anymore food is a disaster, MFP got me to my goal weight and now I'm been on maintenance, how am I supposed to maintain without being able to log my food…
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Maintaining Weight and Quit Smoking
Now that I have reached my goal and showed myself I can successfully maintain, I like to try the final step for a healthy lifestyle, But too sure how to go about it, I don't want to put on all the weight i've lost just because i'm not smoking, should I take of 250 calories of my limit since I heard smoking burns about 250…
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Weight loss just wont stop or slow down
This is the start of my third week of attempting to maintain, but despite uppering calories every week, the scale continues to drop faster than ever. I decided to stop at 78kg, but now im 76kg. I'm eating to my calorie limit, usually slightly over, eating back my excercise calories, today I upped them by an extra 200, I've…
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Anyone lose 100lbs without hitting any plateau?
Curious, I feel like one of the very lucky ones, before I started, I heard everyone eventually hits the plateau, so I was prepared to expect one on my 100 pound loss journey. I had a few stalls, but they didn't last longer than a few days.
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A site like MFP but focuses on quit smoking?
Is there a site like MFP but focuses on Quit Smoking, I would like to log my days without lighting up, and know how much my body is benefiting from it.
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Can too much weight loss cause chest tightness?
Now before you order me to see a doctor, I been and had a couple of tests like an ECG and it's results have been negative, which so far so good that it's not my heart, i'm yet to get a blood test. But question is, I don't like the amount of weight i've lost of my chest, I can easily feel my rib bones, and that bone that…
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Is the Ideal weight over exaggerated?
I reach the ideal weight range a week ago, but instead of enjoying it, I felt like nothing but skin and bones, tightness in the chest, constantly feeling cold all the time, and generally feeling quite ill. I feel if I maintain at MFP's ideal weight range, it will eventually kill me, for this reason I decided not to lose…
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From Severely Obese to Ideal Weight
Ok, I didn't want to get ahead of myself and did plan of posting when I reached my goal weight of 75kg (165lb), but my weight loss has stalled at 78.8kg, and I just can't wait any longer! Quick Summary: I wasn't fat all my life, it was just in my 30s that I just blew up like a balloon, I didn't think any diet was possible,…
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Can weight fluctuate up to 7 pounds?
Okay im a scale freak, but the last 6 months I was doing excellent, tuesday I weighted exactly 80kg, looking great, only 1kg from the ideal weight and 5kg from my goal weight, until I thought It wouldn't hurt too much to have a cheat day drinking lots of beer with old mates and eating a lot more than usual the next day,…
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Harder to maintain than it is to lose?
Didn't ever think this day would could but, 'm getting so close to my goal weight of 75kg, and now gotta start thinking about maintenance mode, trouble is, I've trained myself to eat less, I feel full quickly and despite eating a bit more on some days, the scales countinues to drop. I know maintaince mode requires you to…
