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I know you'll understand
Today I got weighed and since starting MFP I have lost 38lbs. I have a lot to lose so it's not really showing yet. The only comment I've had was negative. I told someone that I'd lost 38lbs only to be told, 'Well you have a long way to go.' Yes I know I have a long way to go but I need to celebrate 38lbs. So I'm asking you…
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Craving foods when ill
I've got CV (pretty mild attack thank goodness). I always crave extra or different food when I'm ill. Usually it's something like oranges or protein. This time I'm craving fats and carbs. It's not the normal type of craving when you fancy something to eat but if you wait the craving goes off. I've tried fighting it but…
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Saboteurs
I need to lose a lot of weight and to do that I need to avoid/limit certain foods i.e. refined and sugary products. It’s OK at home because my husband needs to lose weight too so we’re supporting each other. My problem is other people; most of whom have nagged me about my weight for many years. Why, when they know you’re…
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What puts you off exercising and how do you get passed it?
I know it's human nature to blame someone else for our shortfalls but my fear/dislike of exercising dates back to school when a superfit PE teacher humiliated me in front of 60+ girls. I wasn't the thinnest of teenage girls. I wasn't huge (UK size 14/16) but bigger than all the other girls and I really wasn't very good at…
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Exercising for the first time...what should it feel like
I'm very overweight. I have just started doing a beginners abs and upper body exercise programme. It's only 15 mins a day but more than enough for my almost atrophied muscles :( . I have a problem/query I'm hoping someone here can help me with. When I exercise and afterwards I feel the burn in my left side more that my…
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Not weight loss but a massive success for me.
My husband persuaded me to try badminton at our local leisure centre. We just had a knock about for an hour but omg I had so much fun. I was at school in the seventies when PE teachers took sadism as part of their training course. Overweight kids like me were a target and of course because I was picked on by the teachers I…
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How do you intend to get through the feasting season?
All the Christmas stuff is on sale already and in the past I would have been 'testing' mince pies etc. Now I keep telling myself that I can have that for a few days from 21st December. Why then....well we're taking the children to Cadbury's World and they give you an empty bag as you go in and gradually fill it with free…
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Change of mindset
I know people usually post on here about weight loss but I've just had an experience that I feel is a great success and need to share it. I have to admit before I tell my story that I'm not the slimmest person in the world and my self esteem is particularly low so you'll understand why I feel it's a success worthy of this…
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Exercise
I find it very difficult to get enough exercise as I have agoraphobia so going out alone is out of the question. Most days my husband supports me so I can go out for a short walk but that's really to get me out of the house and into the fresh air. We go to dance class once a week (ballroom, jive etc) and we try to cycle a…
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Just saying hi
Hi I started lchf last week and up to now it's been amazing. I still can't believe I can eat so much nice food and still lose weight. It's the first diet I've ever been on that hasn't left me hungry or craving..
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Painful wrist
I think I've discovered a new medical condition. I'm calling it cheese grater's wrist. It came on after I started to grate huge quantities of cheese for this lovely lchf diet. lol I think I'll have to treat myself to a mechanical device as I love grated cheese and for the first time in my life I can eat it without worry or…
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Just saying hi
Hi. I'm 54 and have had a terrible relationship with food all my life. I think that just about sums it up lol.
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Just discovered LCHF
My husband has terrible IBS which affects his life. He tried the high fibre stuff from the doctors but it made him worse and he didn't fancy a life of pill popping so we looked around for other methods of controlling his condition. We discovered the LCHF diet and although we only started it 5 days ago the early results are…
