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104lbs down, but my brain hasn't caught up!
It's been a wild ride! I started this leg of my journey at the end of April 2023. I weighed in at 300lbs and went into a PANIC. I didn't know how I had let myself get that heavy and to be honest, I knew I was big because I've always been big. I was chunky at two weeks old and stayed that way my entire life, and I'm still…
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70lbs down! Don't give up!
I just want to let anyone who is struggling or feeling defeated know that it's perfectly normal to have good days and bad days. There were times that I plateaued and got angry (and I know I will plateau again, but I need to remember how far I've come.) There were times everything hurt because exercise was hard on me and I…
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Gaining Weight on Wegovy
Please don't be mean, I've been struggling with weight for my entire life and know this isn't a miracle drug, I just have some questions. I just lost 23lbs taking Phendimetrazine, Metformin and Acarbose over the last few weeks, but I was doing a very low carb diet, under 30g a day and after a few weeks of that meat and…
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My feet are hurting on the treadmill!
So, I walked a mile yesterday and a mile today (I know that isn’t much, but I started at 300lbs and haven’t exercised in a while) and I tried two different pairs of shoes, but my feet and ankles end up hurting so bad. My legs are fine and I could keep them moving if my feet didn’t feel so broken. Is this just because I’m…
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Disney-obsessed not-so-new re-newbie, but if you're a theme park nerd, please add me!
Hi everyone! I've been on and off of here since around 2011 and now I'm back and on a different path since I started Wegovy a couple of weeks ago and all the friends I had hadn't logged on in years so if anyone wants to send a friend request to my weird self, I'd appreciate it. :smiley: I'm a big Disney nerd and we try to…
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30 lbs down! Can't stop, won't stop! Progress Pictures.
I know it's not a dramatic amount of weight loss to be posting in success stories, but I feel like it's a success, personally! I'm not stopping any time soon and I can finally see results, which just motivates me to keep going! I'm hoping to start the Couch to 5k thing soon because we have a company FitBit Challenge coming…
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What are the best exercises to start with besides walking?
I am just starting over again and I was wondering which exercises are the best to ease into besides walking. I've made time for walking in the mornings before work and I was looking for other exercises to do on my lunch break (since I work from home) that would be most beneficial until I build up to something more fast…
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I'm back again, but lost all my MFP friends. :(
I just need a few more new, active friends. I took a bit of a long break, unfortunately and now that I'm back, my friend feed is pretty dead. A little about me and what I'm doing: I recently went back to the diet program doctor. I'm on a loose "bariatric" plan aided by Phentermine for 12 weeks and then no more pills. I'm…
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43lbs down with pictures. :)
So, I feel the need to post this more or less to remotivate myself, haha. I have had a terrible week with poor food choices due to freak food incidents and this is after I turned down half of everything that was offered to me. This usually doesn't happen... in fact, it never happened before this week. Anyway, I'm back on…
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Favorite motivational quote?
So I was perusing the internet at work when I should have been working for motivational quotes to place around my office to keep me inspired, but I didn't have time to find any really good ones, so I was wondering... What is your favorite motivational quote?
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I can paint my toenails now!! Haha! NSV win!
This is absolutely ridiculous, but I needed to clip my toenails this morning and noticed that for the first time I can actually bend my leg close enough to my body to reach them for clipping and painting!! I used to have to stretch my leg out in a weird curved way to reach them because if I tried to bend my leg too close…
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When you say "cheat day", what *exactly* do you mean?
I have a question. I know that there are a large number of MFPers who consistently take "cheat days" to say on their diets. I'm wondering though, when you say "cheat day"... do you mean only allowing yourself one thing that you've been craving or do you just eat whatever the heck you want one day a week and not log it?
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Exercise Day 1 NSV
I'm really proud of myself today. When I first started my journey back in October, I tried walking the three hills on my street... I live in the country so it's a pretty long street. The first time I tried, I could barely make it up the first hill. I was out of breath and my body felt so heavy I couldn't go any further.…
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Anyone else losing sleep?
It seems like the more weight I lose, the more sleep I lose. Back when I was nearly 30 lbs heavier, I needed about 10 hours of sleep... and it stayed that way until this week. I'm getting around 3 hours a night and I have no idea how I'm still functioning and not sleepwalking through the day. Has anyone else had this…
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How do I make my family understand?
I'm so sorry I got a little long-winded! Ok, so here is the problem I am having. I started back on MFP a few weeks ago and each week I've learned something new and made adjustments, albeit small ones for now, but I'm working on it. When I started, I was going to a "diet doctor" and taking phentermine and getting weekly…
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Fingernails and Nutrition...help!
Hi everyone, I'm not sure if I'm posting this topic in the right forum, but here it goes anyway. Since I've been dieting for the past three weeks, I've noticed my fingernails are becoming increasingly brittle to the point where they're just peeling off. I've always had thin, flat fingernails, but the peeling and cracking…
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What am I doing wrong?
Hi I was wondering if anyone could take a look at my food diary and tell me where I'm going wrong besides not eating 1200 calories every day. Last week on day 7 I had lost 9 lbs and this week my scale hasn't budged at all and I'm on day 5. Thursday I go in to my doctor's office to weigh in, have my bp checked and get my…
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Best Easy Workout Program to Start With?
Hello lovelies! I was wondering which exercise program is the best to start with... I tried Turbo Jam to start, but it was just too much to finish. I was tired and too winded to carry on just after the warm-up because I am horribly out of shape! I need something a little less strenuous that I can complete before moving on…
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Vlogging
I'm not sure if this has been brought up previously, but do any of you make vlogs to help hold yourself accountable? Today I started my own vlog on YT and I'm hoping to update it weekly. I invited all my family and friends to view it so if I screw up, there's a lot of people who can help me get back up. Have any of you…
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New/old Fad Diet Rant...
Okay... Why is it that as soon as people find out you're dieting, whether you tell them yourself or they see the results, they feel the need to tell you what they think you should be doing? "Cut out all carbs! Protein only!" "Eat nothing but fish!" "Say no to fruit!" "Drink nothing but water!" "Never eat anything out of a…
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I'm not new, but...
I fell off the wagon! I left for about 6 months and now I'm back and ready to be active again. I don't remember if I introduced myself the last time, so I'm re-introducing myself this time... I decided I couldn't play around with being this fat anymore when I was recently sent to the ER from school where we were doing…
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Talk to your kids!
I'm sure many of you have had discussions with your children about health and nutrition and why it's important to eat healthy and exercise, etc... but please make sure to talk to them about how everyone is different and not to make fun of anyone who may be larger or smaller than them, even if it is unprovoked and don't…
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Mean people suck!
Why are people so mean when you start losing weight? I don't even get the whole jealousy thing because nothing stops them from eating healthier and exercising too besides the fact that they just don't WANT to. I'm not mean to them because they don't want to try harder, why are they mean to me because I do?? For instance,…
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George Foreman
I just bought a new mini George Foreman grill... Does anyone know of any good recipes for that? I'm not a great cook and the only thing I can come up with is grilled chicken with italian seasonings, lol.
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Rhythmically challenged!
So... I decided to give some workout DVDs a chance today and I have learned that I am severely rhythmically challenged! No matter which form of exercise I tried doing... cardio dance and Turbo Jam... by a few minutes in, I had given up and started flailing around doing my own "moves" trying to keep up with them!! Even in…
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Calorie obsession...
I just had a moment of clarity! Never in my LIFE did I think I would be one of "those people" who are obsessed with calories, but tonight just took the unobtainable sugar/carb/calorie-free chocolate cake! I lost internet. I couldn't log my calories. I must have stomped around for a good hour. (I should log that in my…
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When did you know it was time for a change?
For me, it all started when I went to the doctor and had to be put on blood pressure medication at 30 years old. You would think that would have been enough to make me change how I was eating right then and there, but unfortunately it wasn't! Also, let me say that I have always been chubby/fat. I was a fat baby, a fat…
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Low willpower! Help!
I have had the most amazing willpower since starting my diet 5 days ago and have lost 7 pounds! Tonight, I almost broke down. The ONLY thing I asked of my boyfriend was not to eat fattening anti-diet foods around me because I didn't trust myself. I know how weak I am. Sure enough, he sits right underneath me with…
