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Is It Over Yet? The Perimenopause Thread
So I'm in a very weird place. Specifically, it's called perimenopause. I feel like this category warrants its own thread, since technically, we have not achieved menopause (12 months without a period) but we never know what's going to happen, when...and we only loosely why. (Or is that just me?) So, who's on board? Get on…
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Weigh Same, Measurements Smaller?
So I started more intensively working out (weight/resistance) about a month ago and my weight is up a pound (so effectively, about the same) but I noticed my measurements are down in some areas. My bust is down by a quarter inch and my hips are down three-quarters of an inch. I am 100% sure of where I'm measuring because…
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Period of Time For Weight to Go Up? and a TMI
So I'm still worried about this, and wondering whether this program is for me or perhaps I'm an outlier for whom it just won't work. Still at 1700-2000/day, usually closer to 1700-1800 this week. It has been just about three weeks for me. Weights 3X/week, walking 4-7 days/week in addition, and a regular lifestyle in the…
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Can't build muscle in deficit Q
So I have heard you can't build muscle in a deficit but I'm not sure I'm remembering that correctly. Does this mean you can not be in any deficit at all, as in, under TDEE, or does it mean not under one's BMR? Or...? Thanks for any help.
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I Quit
Just no. Folks, thanks for being kind but I can't keep doing this. I am "obese" again. Keep gaining. AND measurements are up. If others can eat this way and lose or at least not gain, I am sincerely glad but I am an outlier. Thanks again for all the input and everybody hang in there.
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Light Weights Daily?
I am really frustrated with my weight loss efforts - see my diary I'd you want to see what I'm doing. I am doing up to 8 lbs. (each hand) 3X/week, 30-45 minute workouts. That probably sounds like nothing but as a beginner I definitely get to exhaustion of the muscle this way. So *for me* it is strength training. Anyway, I…
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I Need Help :(
Help... :( I have been dieting since 1978. I was skinny before that (age 11) and suddenly ballooned. I did start eating more at that time...I remember that. I would eat while my mother was at work. She had been very controlling of my food. I got some freedom and took it. Weirdly, it wasn't as if I'd wanted to eat MORE…
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Good News
So I started off such a whiny itch on here that I thought I'd share some good news and encouragement. I've been on this plan...well, it's not a plan exactly...what would you call this? Anyway, I've resolved to feed myself and work out for a little over a week now. And in that time: 1. I gained a pound, or thought I…
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Silly Albuterol Question
So...I believe Albuterol is a steroid...is this correct? I was just prescribed this for bronchitis. Does it have the potential for water retention/weight gain temporarily? I'd love any experiences. Thanks!
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Don't Have Access to Machines
I've been doing some light weights for a while now. I would be glad to heavy lift but I can't afford a gym membership at the moment. Any recommendations on what to do? I keep seeing this stress on heavy lifting. I'm not being lazy or cheap; if I could I would be in a gym. Thanks for any help!
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Really Scared. Out of Control
Help. I have lost 60 lbs. This is in the space of a year and a half. I was able to keep up with this. The occasional overeating business but, yeah. Got right back on track. For the past few weeks I have been out of control. Out of nowhere. My husband swears it's some hormonal thing due to large weight loss, or else a…
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The Funner Side of Social Media
So now that we've all whinged relentlessly (and by "all" I mean me and...I don't know...a couple people...okay, just me) about Facebook, how about the lighter side? Is there anyone or any organization you "follow" just because it is/he/she is fun? I thought of this today because I was stalking: Very Lonely Luke on Twitter…
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The Last Damned 30
So...anybody trying to lose the last damned 30? I am down 60, want to get to low 120s. I am NOT loving how low I need my calories to be at this point so I'm at a snail's pace. Anybody else in? It was a lot easier when I was gigantic and could, ya know, eat.
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The Thinner I Get, The Fatter I Look
Okay, just...what the hell? 60 lbs. ago, when I started losing weight, I thought I was starting to look quite good! Ooh look, I'm getting a waist, oh my face looks better, blah blah. But lately I think I just look frickin' fat! I feel like a blob. It's kind of like...bear with me. When I was really big but losing, I looked…
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I'm Overweight! Happy Dance!
Haven't been on the forum in a while but I just wanted to check in and say...as of this morning, I am no longer obese. I'm overweight! Happy dance! This is my first non-obese moment in 11 years!
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Arghhhhh! Wrinkly Neck
Oh my God, you guys. I have lost 50 lbs. so far, have another 30 to go and all of a sudden...I have a wrinkly neck. :( I mean it's out of nowhere. I get that a woman my age can expect some wrinkling to begin but I had nothing there whatsoever at the beginning of 2016, when I re-committed to losing weight, and now, bam, I…
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Bat wings/arms?
Oh great Caesar's ghost! I was just doing my hair before going out and I saw that I am getting saggy/droopy cottage cheese batwings! I have lost 32 lbs. so far and have been working out, including arms, but perhaps not very heavily on the arms. I have been doing all this at home. I am joining a gym next month. :) But in…
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So Much Smaller Working Out v. Not
This may not be a revelation to the next person :D but I am amazed that, right now, I am back down to my low weight last year...but SO MUCH smaller. I mean the jeans that I wore last year at this weight and were very tight, are actually baggy on me this time around. The single change is working out. I walk daily, but in…
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Help...Cals for Jillian Michaels 6 Week 6-Pack?
Hey, so I have no clue how to enter this. I've been doing Jillian Michaels' 6 Week 6-Pack program on Level 1. It's technically HIIT, according to her. I am 48 years old, female, 5'1", 201 lbs. I searched the Exercise database here for HIIT, for "interval training," just for "interval" and also under Jillian's name, as well…
