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Just do it !!!
We have a great site here in MFP, full of motivational and successful people who have lost weight. My advice, just log in every day even if it is to read a tip or someone else sharing their weight loss success - just log in - JUST DO IT !! It is such a fantastic data base of foods here at MFP, I can't remember the last…
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New habits take two weeks to establish themselves
13 days in and an update on my personal progress. Eating habits completely changed, logged food everyday, keeping under my calories everyday. This has been helped by nearly 20 miles of walking over the same period. Result so far 7 lbs down. I am happy. This place works if you want it too!! Just get through the first two…
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Share your tips !
One of my tips is to fill your food diary out first thing in the morning, or even plan a few days ahead and fill a few days out. Always include a few treats so you feel you are not depriving yourself, or on a diet. After all, we are not on diets we are just changing our habits for life. If you find you are over your…
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What do you do if you start to go off track ?
I thought with the new year starting when a lot of us put weight loss at the top of agenda and after maybe the first couple of weeks you start to let your best intentions drift after maybe a bad a day or two, what do you do to get back on track quickly. Maybe it would be good to share a few ideas for when the demons…
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Well if this isn't motivational !!
Just thought I would share some good news in the hope that it may inspire !! After just 3 days of doing what I shouldn't have put off doing last year due to finding excuses again........, just 3 days of food logging together with some exercise spurred on from using the great endomondo app I saw advertised here and I have…
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New Year, New Start, New Motivational friends
I have used online logging sites in the past with great success. I lost 7 stone in 2008, but took my eye off the ball and now find myself with 5 of those stone back !! So, making a new start and am going to make sure this year is a better one. I am looking for for new friends to add for motivation and support. I am from…
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How fantastic is MFP
This site really has gone from strength to strengh for us UK visitors. In the couple of years since I have found the site I now very rarely have to manually enter anything, the data base has grown so much, even some quite obsure things. I think it is this ease of use for logging that has helped get me off to a flying start…
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Your weight loss tips !!!
Sometimes it can be so daunting to take the plunge and decide you are going to set aside some time and devote it to your own body in getting back into shape and some level of fitness. To a certain extent you may feel selfish because you are going to devote some time to yourself especially if you have family to consider,…
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Calorie Information
I do think a lot of the food outlets are to blame for weight gain by not displaying calorie information clearly at the point of sale. Although on my weight loss journey I have learn't a lot about judging portion size at home and also on the whole being able to make the right desicions outside of the home, it is sometimes…
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Your three top weight loss secrets
It is amazing when you speak to people how many different tips you can pick up when trying to lose weight, so if you fancy sharing your top three tips or secrets, there might just be something we post that might help others who are struggling :- Here are my three:- 1) Keeping an accurate food and exercise diary, and it…
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The Most Important 5 minutes of my life
Just a thought to share with all the people that may be struggling with their weight loss, as I have over the last 12 months. Three years ago I used a similar site to this to lose 7 stone over a period of 12 months, I was nearly 20 stone to start, and had been overweight for best part of my adult life. At that time, during…
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1st Month Success
After losing 7 stone in 12 months using a similar site back in 2006/7 , over the past year I gained 1 1/2 stone back due to a stressful period in my life. Well, knowing 100% that food logging and increasing exercise does give weight loss results, I trawled the internet again and found this place, and as this site is free…
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Does anyone drink Oolong Tea ?
I drink it while trying to lose weight. I don't know whether it is phycological but I do find it helps me to lose weight. Does anyone else use it, and do you find the same. This is the official site from China where I first learnt about it http://www.oolongtea.org/e/health/04.html Regards Paul
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Hi, I am Paul from Salisbury UK
Hi, I am Paul from Salisbury in the UK. I used an online weight loss web site three years back to lose 7 stone in one year. I have relaxed a little over the last 18 months and have regained 1 1/2 stone, most of which is in the last year after illness and death of my mother - yes, stress played a big part in my battle with…
