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Getting back in the saddle....!
Hello fitness pallers! I kind of want to kick myself, as I lost so much weight, then went from an active job in hospitality to a sedentary office job. I was working nights in hospitality, so I do feel so much better working days, but I've also become very lazy in comparison to how I was. Sadly, I've put back on about half…
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Losing weight/toning up without the tummy sag! Heeeeeelp
Hello and happy 2017! I was feeling initially happy last October (2016) after having lost about 95 lbs over 2.5 years and probably got a bit carried away with diet shakes (terrible and full of sugar, I know) and just sometimes not eating to speed up the weight loss. I was working nights for a long time and didn't have much…
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Under 200 lbs at last!
Just had to share my surprise and delight that I am finally under 200 lbs. This was my next mini-goal to myself. I started my MFP journey at 286 and have now lost 91lbs. Still have a way to go (and several more lbs to lose) but I am now less than 50lbs to my goal weight, yippee! Never thought this day would come. Good luck…
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The weird feeling you're disappearing (in a good way)....
Hiya Just wondered if anyone else has experienced or is experiencing this. It's so odd, my brain can't adapt to the smaller version of me. I will go to put my hands my my sides and my sides will not be there. I am literally clutching at thin air. It is such a strange sensation. Do you get used to it? Will it take as long…
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Getting used to a different you?
Hello. Just wondering if anyone else has been really happy about losing weight but also unable to quite realise it? The sense of sometimes still feeling like a much bigger person is strange. I have lost 5 stone now, over 2 years. I see myself in a mirror and it sort of fills me with disbelief. My brain can't adjust to how…
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5 1/2 stone lost
At a point I never thought I would be but it feels good, and it feels even better to think that my goal of being healthy and no longer overweight is now not such a distant dream but getting closer each week. Still a long way to go, but over halfway there now, hooray! Never give up and remember all the little losses and bit…
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Never lose hope. You can do it. (5 stone lost-hooray!)
When I started MFP back in Spring 2014 I was just hoping to lose anything at all in a bid to improve my health. I was very unfit, partly due to a bad knee injury, and had got into bad eating habits. Ironically I often wasn't eating enough which I think really messed up my metabolism. I think it is all too easy to fall into…
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The half way point...
A few lbs ago I got to what was probably the half way (half weigh?) point. From 288 lbs to 218 lbs. I have done it pretty slowly, because I wanted my body to have time to adjust and also because I have to try and stay balanced as if I get too worried about losing weight, I tend not to eat properly and I've been really…
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Healthy weight depending on build?
Hi I am part-way through my fitness/weight-loss journey. I have now lost 60+ lbs but still plenty more to lose. Having been overweight for many years, I have not been a medically healthy weight so I am unsure where to set my goal. I have based it on getting to a healthy BMI. Is this a good plan? Health websites seem to…
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Weights/exercise to tone/streamline without bulking up? (Female losing weight).
So I'm probably not the first to ask this, but I'd be really grateful for exercise advice with a view to toning up but not bulking up. I think I was once told that lower weights and more reps would tone without bulking- is this correct? I'm in the process of losing a lot of weight and have nightmares of ending up losing…
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No room for treats at all.... (gain, sigh...!)
Does anyone else find that if they have even 1 day of eating unhealthy foods, they have a gain? I have put on 4 lbs in a week. Had a bad day this week eating cakes and a jacket potato loaded with butter and cheese. Also had a few chocolate biscuits during the week. Felt like I'd had an okay day today but haven't had chance…
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35 lbs lost in a year! Slow and steady.
Just wanted to say, that some weight loss is slower but it is still weight lost and reduced risk of of weight-related illness. My focus is my health and it's now quite a bit better. I am also no longer morbidly obese, something I haven't been for years now! I hope this will inspire others that have a lot to lose and busy…
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How much protein...?
Okay, so I have read that the reference intake for an adult woman for protein is 46-50g, but I've also read that you need 0.8g of protein per kg of body weight. I am currently way overweight, so MFP has given me a really high protein target, which I often struggle to meet? Do you think it's okay so long as I get above…
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SALT- Questions...
Hello Fitnesspallers, 1) I just wanted to know, if anyone knows why the daily salt allowance doesn't go up when you earn exercise calories? I go over, often wayyyy over, on the salt. I eat pretty healthily, but I love adding salt to food, especially pastas and salads. I also love tomato juice, but it's sooo salty- a few…
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Can't balance my nutrition- please help!
Hello Fitnesspal people, I am a newbie here and I was hoping some of you might have some advice on balancing my nutrition. I keep ending up in the red minus numbers for carbs, fat and sugar, but still way in the green on calories and protein. All the proteins I eat seem to be high in sugar and carbs! (Alpro fruit yoghurts,…
