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The turtle has crossed the finish line!!
The turtle has crossed the finish line!! Slow but steady I hit my goal, nothing fancy. I can honestly say I was never grumpy, deprived or discouraged (dear husband says that's the truth!). I had been a healthy BMI until my 40s when I started to get a little overweight and in my 50s I was over the edge into obese BMI. In my…
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안녕하세요 Is anyone there??
I can't be the only kdrama fan around here. Jump up and let me see you!
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secret of my success... kdramas!
I came looking for a group of kdrama fans - this is the only one to pop up, but it seems like it may have gone dormant. I've lost 20 lbs. so far - when people ask how I'm doing it I say " I owe it to MFP and Korean dramas". Sometimes they've heard of fitness pal but I have yet to meet a single person who knows about Korean…
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Is BMI really higher for older women
I've read several articles, including the new one today on MFP "5 Ways to Cope with a Slowing Metabolism", that indicate a "having a protective amount of fat is a good thing, especially when we hit an older age, which is why adults aged 65 and older are advised to maintain a BMI between 25 to 27, instead of the 18.5 to…
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The last 15 pounds...
I started with MFP 11 months ago, my first ever effort to lose weight. I'm 5'2", 60 yo. I've gone from 178 lbs to 148 lbs - my goal is 133-135 lbs. I like weighing myself everyday - don't want to miss seeing a new "low" number! I'm on the treadmill for at least 60 minutes everyday (the length of a Korean drama episode) and…
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So how do you compare to the weight on your drivers license?
It probably been about 20 years since I originally applied, and I know there is sometimes a bit of fudging on the weight ~ maybe 5-ish pounds. And only my address was updated when we moved 10 yrs. ago. But the weight was creeping on... Finally today I remembered to check my drivers license and amazingly enough, today I…
