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Third time's the charm?
So I started my journey ages ago, but have been back and forth. This will be my third time really bearing down and getting to work on myself. I was making great progress last time, but then divorce and all that spiraled so that I just couldn't get motivated and gained everything back and then some. Well, I'm motivated now.…
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Once more, with feeling!
Hi, I'm Shannon, and I have a lot of weight to lose. I'm starting over on MFP because the best success I had was when I was logging everything, getting 10,000 steps a day, and was active on this community. Long story short my life went to hell for a while but I'm back in a place where I can focus on my own well being.…
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What would you call them?
They have never used the word 'zombie' in the show. We have walkers and biters. Shamblers is good, but hubs and I like "rotters". So in the event this happens, we're calling them rotters. :glasses:
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I need a good mid-afternoon snack
I work from 9-6, have breakfast when I get to work, lunch is at noon, and then I don't get home until about 6:30-6:45 at night, then I have to make dinner so there are nights I don't eat until after 7:30. So at around 3ish I start getting sluggish and hungry. What's a good snack I can get that will help me get through the…
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Biggest mistake I made at the gym today...
I forgot my headphones. Usually, not a big deal, they have TVs and music and whatever. Then, there was THAT GUY. THAT GUY who does the free weights, and does bicep curls. That isn't a thing at all, but, THAT GUY wasn't exactly versed in gym etiquette. I'm ok with grunting. I do it myself sometimes. However, THAT GUY, who…
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Well that was disheartening...
Let me preface this with yes, I'm a big girl, and have never lifted before in my life, aside from an 8 pound kettlebell and some girly 3 lb dumbbells. So today I was going to start Stronglifts 5x5. I was really excited about it! I got up nice and early, got to the gym at 5:30, got to the squat rack, and... couldn't lift…
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Nothing sounds appetizing
I have lost nearly 20 pounds so far, but I have run into a dilemma: No food sounds good. Some days it feels like I'm forcing myself to eat 'something' because nothing at all sounds remotely appetizing. Sometimes food I normally love sounds absolutely disgusting. I just don't *want* to eat. I don't get it. Anyone else run…
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How often do you weigh/measure yourselves?
I've heard it across the board from "Never, just going by how I look and fit in clothes", to "once a week so I don't go crazy", and "every day just to see how the weight loss process works". I have a digital scale, and I step on it every other day. While I'm happy to report that I'm doing a slow downard fluctuating trend…
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I need chicken breast recipes!!
Ok, here's the deal... I love chicken. I do. Always have. My husband, who is Navy, got tons of chicken on the boat because it was cheap. So he wants NOTHING to do with chicken. The compromise is I make him and my son what they want for dinner, and I make my own healthier option. So the other day I bought several chicken…
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Let's try this again...
Ok, I've had a MFP account for a while but started really logging on the fifth of this month. I have a lot of weight to lose, and could use all the support I can get. My mom used MFP and lost 160 pounds. So, now it's my turn. I'm on a doctor-prescribed and monitored 1300 calorie a day food plan, plus I've been doing…
