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lost weight, feeling worse? gastritis?
So its safe to say that my diet had had a major makeover, i'm eating much less more often and a lot healthier. unfortunately for the past few days ive developed horrible stomach pains that wont let me sleep, exercise, and just go about my day. my mom swears it is gastritis and suggests i go on a dairy-full diet to…
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cayenne pepper?
no im not talking about that stupid lemonade and maple syrup thing!!! so i've read in various places (magazines, online, etc.) about adding cayenne pepper to foods can boost your metabolism by making the body heat up and then burn more calories by cooling it, i dont want my food to be spicy when i taste it so ive been…
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lbs vs. inches ??
ive lost weight and people notice, but when i measure myself im at the same measurements i was when i started. how is it that i weigh less, i look skinnier but aren't actually? its really frustrating, what should i be focusing on more the weight or the inches
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i dont understand
okay so we've all heard about low carb diets and such, but i don't get how they make any sense. our bodies are made to process 3 kinds of things: fats, proteins and carbs. on a diet its obviously dumb to eat a lot of fats right? that leaves proteins and carbs if you cut out a lot of carbs (which actually include good…
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SPIKES
Is anyone else experiencing that they lose say 8lbs and wake up the next day and find they've gained 4lbs literally overnight having done nothing wrong?? needless to say it is discouraging and when you're on that scale the only thing you want to do is throw in the towel and spend the whole day eating nothing but chocolate…
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i can't seem to meet my calorie goal! any advice?
i eat every 4 hours sometimes a small snack in between, i pay attention to every bite and stop when Im full. im trying to fit more exercise into my life so far 1-2 times a week is working 1 hour long a combo of cardio and weight training. MFP tells me i should be eating 1200 a day somedays more when i excersise, but i…
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LET'S DO THIS!!
just done with my freshman year of college and of course : the freshman 15 happened. i was already a bit overweight to begin with. its summer break and i had to go home, so now there is no friends to distract me but ive also gotten a little lazy. i joined to try and keep myself motivated by reading success stories and…
