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Keto and Intermittent Fasting but not losing
I have been doing intermittent fasting while following a keto eating plan. In the last month I have followed this and the eating plan extremely closely for appprox. 3 weeks and have lost nothing. I thought that by going back on keto I would at least lose a couple of pounds in a 3 week period but I haven't. I also thought…
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Working out after shoulder injury
I fell at work in January and tore the labrum (cartilage) in my shoulder. I have gone through PT and have been officially released, my doctor has lifted my restrictions (with the caveat that I still shouldn't reach behind me or do things that hurt my shoulder......!?!?!). I will not do anything that hurts myself obviously…
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Getting back to this way of thinking
My weight loss is stalled. Actually it's been stalled for over a year then I went through some severe family stress and gained 15 lbs. I'm down 5 lbs and have 10 lbs to go to where I was stalled before. I've tried eating where I was (about my BMR), I've tried drastically cutting my calories (but increasing veggies so that…
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For all the handymen/women out there....
We found water pooling in our furnace/water heater room and also saw water stains on the ceiling and walls. Further investigation found that my daughter's closet, along the wall and about 2-ish feet out is soaked (carpet, padding, etc). We know that our upstairs neighbor's water heater was leaking--water in her…
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Am I doing this right?
Ok....so my wonderful husband got me the BEST Christmas present ever....a BodyMedia!!!! This arm band is awesome and I barely know it's there!!! It tracks my sleep (definitely don't get enough in quantity or quality), my steps and my calories burned. I'm calculated my BMR, TDEE, etc. before using all the calculators but…
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Calling all vegans......
I would love some tried and true holiday vegan recipes. Especially main dishes!!! My parents are vegan and I want to respect their dietary choices but also be able to make them a dynamite meal instead of their salad, roasted veggies, etc. staples. For Thanksgiving I made them creamy vegan mashed potatoes (they were really…
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Doing something wrong
I have to be doing something wrong!!! I started EM2WL, was eating the way I was supposed to, exercising my 3-4 days a week and following everything to the letter and I wasn't losing weight. FOR MONTHS!!! Then over the summer I increased my calories to 2000/day, with exercising which is a little under my TDEE (because I was…
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Single serve molten lava cake--104 cals
Yep it is!!! Mine was 125 calories cuz I added some chocolate chips in the middle. And I splurged and put ice cream on top!!! http://www.recipebridge.com/g/221/9526938167/single-serve-chocolate-molten-lava-cake It was yummy!!!
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What would you do?
Female Age: 37 Height: 5'4" Weight: 167 TDEE: 2329 BMR: 1502 No weight loss in the last 8 months. Have tried (all for 2 months at a time) 1500, 1700, 1800 calories. Did a metabolism reset over the summer @2000 calories for 8 weeks. Gained 3 lbs. I thought maybe I could shock my system after the metabolism reset and dropped…
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What would you do?
Female Age: 37 Height: 5'4" Weight: 167 TDEE: 2329 BMR: 1502 No weight loss in the last 8 months. Have tried (all for 2 months at a time) 1500, 1700, 1800 calories. Did a metabolism reset over the summer @2000 calories for 8 weeks. Gained 3 lbs. Dropped to 1300 calories lost 3 lbs in 3 days and nothing since. Started…
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At my wits end!!
I need suggestions thought I will put this out there.....I do not believe in fad diets, crash diets or restricting whole food groups (low fat, low carb, no sugar, etc). I'm trying to lose weight in a healthy, long term sustainable way. But I'm at my wits end. I'm 5'4" and to even be in the healthy BMI range I should be…
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Canned Salmon Recipes Needed
My mom just gave me a bunch of cans of salmon. I've never used this before and have no clue what to do with it!!! Please share your best recipe that is lower calorie for canned salmon!!! Willing to be adventurous and try something new!!! Thanks for helping me out!!
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Trying to wrap my mind around this
So I started eating 2000 calories this week. I'm also still working out but making sure I don't burn so much that I drop below my BMR. I think I'm understanding this so far. I guess my question is this.....How does EM2WL differ from eating at BMR and eating back your exercise calories? That's kind of how it seems to be now…
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Not losing....can someone help me!?!?!
I've been on this site since the end of July and am at 311 days logging in. For the first 6 months I did 1200 calories/day while eating back exercise calories and lost around 30 lbs. In those 6 months there was a total of 3 months worth of weeks that I lost nothing. So around Christmas I went from 2 lbs/wk weight loss to 1…
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Ok......I'm in......and scared`
I've read the sticky topics, I've done the research and my hubby is telling me the same things you all are. I need to up my calories and get my body burning and working the way it is supposed to. But I have some questions. Some of the reading is a little confusing so I'll just ask my questions and would love some answers.…
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I may be a failure.....but in that there is success
I don't know if this is the right place to post this but it could help someone the way these realizations have helped me... As I sit here watching Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Addition they keep talking about how she is going to have her first taste of failure and gains 7 lbs in Ireland on her honeymoon. I have come to…
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I've stopped losing.....help!!!!
I've been on this site since the end of July and am at 295 days logging in. For the first 6 months I did 1200 calories/day while eating back exercise calories and lost around 30 lbs. In those 6 months there was a total of 3 months worth of weeks that I lost nothing. So around Christmas I went from 2 lbs/wk weight loss to 1…
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My newest MFP friend
Ok guys.....This is not the first time I've posted this but now it is in honor of my newest friend on MFP. She is the most amazing woman I know--wife, mother of 2 (her oldest has Down Syndrome), athlete and now she and her family are adopting a beautiful little girl from Russia who also has Down Syndrome. They are awaiting…
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High protein meal/snack options
Ok everyone.....I'm really trying to get more protein in my diet. My goal at the moment is about 109/day. I have 20 more to reach this for the day and it looks like that will be for my evening snack. I have 200 calories to play with. Give me suggestions please!!! (I'm over on fat by a little but I'm not tracking that as…
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Not losing but I think I'm doing things right. Help me!!!!
I gave up my scale for Lent and got it back yesterday. Through research on BMR and TDEE I figured out that my calorie limit should be around 1500 to lose weight. Since I had given up my scale I set it to 1430, which was upping my calories, and thought I would be safe. I workout 2-3 times a week burning over 300 calories…
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I need to vent so I don't snack!!!
I'm very sad and frustrated!!!! My 1 time a month (okay just the last 2 months but would love it to be monthly) cheat/spike meal was supposed to be tomorrow (a workout day) with one of my friends. My hubby said that he might be working late but would try to be off early enough and that should be guaranteed. Now he's saying…
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Look what I treated myself to
I have lost over 32 lbs on my journey and have about 20lbs to go. I have not been good at giving myself mini-rewards so I decided to give myself a reward for being more than halfway done!!! Tell me what you think (blue=my son, Purple/pink=my daughter, green=my angel baby)
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NSV Check-in
I don't know if it's the weather, the fact that spring is coming or (worse) that summer will be here soon but so many people are getting hung up on the scale and the numbers!!! Let's remember that this is a journey to getting healthy and that the scale doesn't always tell the whole story. So let's share our NSVs and…
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How to log middle of the night food/water
How would you all log food/drink in the middle of the night? I've woken up the last 2 nights feeling incredibly thirsty (around 3 am) and drank a bottle of water. Today I woke up also feeling hungry, didn't trust it and went back to sleep, then woke up later and was dry heaving I was so hungry so I ate a graham cracker…
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Fruit and Yogurt Smoothie Bags
I found this link on Pinterest and it seems like this would be cheaper than the prepackaged ones at the store and you can control what goes into it!!! So have to try these!! http://onceamonthmom.com/fruit-and-yogurt-smoothies-bags/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fruit-and-yogurt-smoothies-bags
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Need advice from those of you who know
I'm trying to figure out measurements!!! I started my journey at the end of July and focused mainly on diet. Then I decided to challenge myself and from September to October I did Jillian Michaels 30 DS with some decent results. In November I did some other DVDS and my elliptical to keep moving and burning calories.…
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My NSV of the Day!!
I love the new "shape" of pants at Target and I'm not apologizing for being a Fit 4--Mid Waist and Curvy Hip. I also bought a Fit 1--Sits Just Below Waist and Relaxed Hip. The Fit 1 I was able to get in a 12 (woo hoo) and it's still a little tight in the tummy because all my excess weight and skin (thanks to my beautiful…
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Please consider helping out!!!!!!
I'm trying to reach as many people as possible and since this isn't "health" related I'm putting it here. Please feel free to repost these links and my friends' story!!! This little girl needs to come home!!! I'm calling all my friends and family to help out some good friends of ours. They are adopting a beautiful little…
