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Scale is creeping up...
I have not seen a loss in over a week! I weigh every day - I know, bad me, but it isn't something I am likely to change. I have come to grips with the fact that their are fluctuations and don't get thrown by gains on most days. Right now though, I feel like I am doing everything right. I have really worked to increase my…
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Went shopping today...
and bought lots of stuff to help with my MFP program. First, I got a Polar F6! I was so excited about the possibility of finding out that I was actually burning more calories than I thought. Turns out, that wasn't the case. :grumble: But at least I am being more accurate now and that is a good thing. Second, I got a…
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Feeling a little down
So, 17 pounds so far. Twelve of them have come off in the last 6 weeks. I should be thrilled, right? I'm really not. I feel frustrated that I ever got to where I was (my highest was 267) and even more frustrated that I still feel so fat where I am now. I think I feel even more fat now than I did 50lbs ago because I am…
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People are starting to notice!
I went to vote on Tuesday and a neighbor always works the polling place. Last time I voted she didn't know who I was... this time she told me I looked great! She even told my mother that she has a beautiful daughter later in the day. Then tonight, I went out to a bar with friends I haven't seen in a while (by the way, I…
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Lunch Ideas
I am kind of picky when it comes to lunch foods... Don't like mayo, cheese, or mustard. I end up with really naked sandwiches! My standards are PB&J, lean pockets, reduced fat blueberry muffin or a bagel with peanut butter. I want to try and stick to around 300 calories for lunch. Any good ideas? I am just soo bored!
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Not losing inches!
It is so frustrating! I am closing in on the twenty pound mark and haven't seen any dramatic changes in my body yet. My face looks thinner and my legs are more toned, but my stomach really isn't shrinking! I checked all my measurements from a year ago and nothing else has shrunk, either. My grand total was a 1/2 inch,…
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Pad Thai
Is my absolute favorite food lately... problem is that I have NO idea how many calories it is. I get a pretty standard version from the local thai food place. Any one ever guessed at it? I would really appreciate it. :drinker:
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So excited!
This month I really worked hard at sticking to my calorie goals and exercising regularly. In just a little over a month I have lost 10lbs on top of what I had lost earlier with MFP. I am feeling great! Yesterday, I decided to give drinking more water a chance and had my full 8 cups. It totally worked! The scale was down by…
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HRMs
I bought a HRM a few months ago. It is a Sportsline watch. I noticed someone posted about being able to enter their age and weight into their HRM the other day. Mine doesn't let me do that. I thought it was odd that it wouldn't let me enter my information when I first got it, but I have been relying on it since I started…
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Good Website
I am sure other people have figured this one out, but I just did! www.myrecipes.com It has recipes from a lot of the cooking magazines with NUTRITION FACTS! :bigsmile: That is gonna save me sooo much time logging. Some are a little vague on serving size, but I am definitely going to be trying recipes tonight. Also, not all…
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Getting discouraged...
So the number on the scale has been sliding up over the past week and a half. I decided to take my measurements in order to find some sort of progress to keep me going.... turns out I was almost exactly the same as a year ago. Only lost 1/2 inch off my waist. It is getting hard to talk myself out of eatting crappy food…
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Fell off the wagon...
... and may have bumped my head! :laugh: I had a really stressful week. My job has all of a sudden picked up and we are getting slammed. My schedule has been so hectic. On top of that, I got a call on Thursday that my dad had a small heart attack. He is doing well now, but it was quite a scare. Thursday was a bad day as…
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Scared...
My dad had a small heart attack today. I am a mess. I am terrified and I have no idea how to deal. I already drowned my sorrows in McDonalds French Fries and I don't particularly care about about messing up my calories today. What I do care about is that this was a huge wake up call for all of us. I don't want anything to…
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Not feeling happy about weight loss..
I have lost 12 lbs so far (and am hopeful that a few more will come off soon). I am only 4 lbs above my lowest weight that I can remember in junior year of college. I felt great then! My tummy was smaller, my figure was looking curvey, my face was thinner... I looked good! I remember getting a ton of new attention from men…
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Fluid fluctuations
...are driving me crazy! I know I have to deal with them to a point, but 5 pound gains in one day are messing with my head. Any ideas on how to keep these fluctuations from being so dramatic? Does drinking a lot of water help with this? I'm terrible with water b/c I drive for work. :flowerforyou:
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Shopping!
So I have been in plus sizes as long as I can remember and am currently in a size 18. Lane Bryant and Torrid have been the only stores that I can find clothes that I like enough to wear and are pretty much the only places I have shopped. I can't wait to be in smaller sizes (hopefully a size 10 some day) so that I can buy…
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Kinda scary!
This may not make sense to a lot of people, but does anyone else find that losing weight can be scary for them! I have been overweight since I hit puberty and can't really even remember being a normal weight. As I am approaching my lowest weight that I can remember, I am feeling a little overwhelmed by this. I start going…
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Calories or working out?
Which is more important to you? Staying within your calorie limits every day or going to the gym? I know that the best thing is do both on a regular basis, but sometimes you have to prioritize. I believed that I needed to be at the gym like 5 times a week to lose weight, but I haven't been able to make it there yet this…
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Tummy just won't go away!
I have lost about 8lbs since I started here, but I am 223 now so I imagine it doesn't show as much as I would like! I had two minor break downs with clothing this weekend. From what I can tell, my waist hasn't lost even a 1/4 of an inch yet. I can fit into my "skinny jeans", but they push my tummy up and I look terrible in…
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Giving blood?
Has anyone donated blood while using MFP? I think I might need to up my calories a little bit to cover the fact that I donated. I was planning to workout today, too. I think I am going to wait and see on that. Might need to skip it for the day.
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Not feeling successful!
So I all of a sudden dropped three pounds yesterday, which was probably a least a couple weeks worth of work on my part. I hit my 10lb milestone and I am now at 220, which is really exciting because I am one pound away from the 210s! The problem is that after I thought about it for a little while, I really wasn't feeling…
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Yay!
:bigsmile: So I got on the scale today and found out I am down three more pounds since yesterday! I was retaining fluid and the scale finally caught up with me! I am sooo excited! :happy: I have finally hit my first milestone of ten pounds and passed it! Now I only need to lose ONE more pound to get out of the 220s, which…
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Calories for cleaning?
I feel like I earned them today! I vote for calories for cooking, too! Anyone ever tried to cut up a butternut squash? Better hope the apple butternut squash soup tastes amazing, heh. Do you usually count them?
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Family Events
... are just wrecking any chance I have of staying within my calories! Friday, we had an engagement party. I didn't have time to eat dinner before we left and ended up eatting the little friday appetizers for dinner. Last night, we watched baseball and played games with my parents and my brother. They made dinner. We…
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New thought...
So I have been struggling lately. Yesterday I left an appointment where I spent a lot of time discussing my weight and drove right to a store to buy lunch. Somehow I ended up with a donut, ate it in the car, and had powdered sugar evidence all over me! Ugh! Lets just say the rest of the day didn't get any better... I know…
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Bad Food Day
I didn't plan well for my work day today and ended up getting really hungry before I usually do. So I got a reduced fat muffin (had I stopped there, it wasn't too bad), a three musketeers bar (thinking this was the best way to get my chocolate fix) and a small can of pringles. 910 calories just for lunch and a snack...…
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IBS
So I have IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) and I am always trying to eat around it to avoid getting sick. I was just wondering if anyone else has it and how it effects their diet. I find it has actually been a blessing in disguise at times. I can't eat fried food, pizza, ice cream, most italian foods, anything spicy, or…
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Sick!
I got this really lovely cold at the end of last week and went into hibernation this past weekend. I literally could not get off the couch on friday. I finally got out today and I am feeling much better. But... I am so annoyed that I had to miss a weekend of potential gym days! I just started get back on track with the gym…
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Questions...
Ok, so I just came home from a great workout that will no doubt hurt tomorrow and realized I had a few questions about how to enter it into my log to get my calories right. If anybody can help I would really appreciate it! 1) When you are using a HRM, do you subtract your resting calories from the ones it records during…
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I don't think I can dance...
... but I do love that show! I just finished watching the first part of the season finale and it is so inspiring! I danced for 10+ years, from the age of 4 to about 14. I definitely have the dancer gene in me. It is my one true love, as far as hobbies go, and I never have been able to recapture that feeling of being on…