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How a vegan diet could affect your intelligence
I'm really curious as to what you all think of this article on vegetarianism/veganism, essential nutrients and deficiencies. My view on it: It seems to me that it is a far, far more balanced take on the issue than the title implies. It's an in-depth look into the nutrients that are either unavailable or less available in…
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RIP Favourite Jeans
I'm not looking for advice here or anything of the sort- I just needed a space to be annoyed about a thing! So y'know how it is. Often the sign that your weight is A Problem isn't when you look in the mirror. It's when you pull on your favourite pair of jeans and, well, getting that button closed is... a stretch. Followed…
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Fitbit tracking weights sessions vs entering them after?
So I've been using a fitbit for the past week, and I've noticed something a bit odd- Last week I did my Monday morning weights session at the gym, and the fitbit told me I'd burned about 500 calories in the hour, with an average of 7 calories per minute. Grand so. This morning I went in for a really similar session- I had…
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Has anyone successfully lost weight while taking mirtazipine?
Hi all, Basically, it's what it says in the title- I was put on mirtazipine around a year and a half ago. Have gained A LOT since then. I didn't weigh myself for most of the year but I stepped on a scales at the start of the week and, well. I've gone from being maybe a kilo or two overweight to being... I'm just gonna say…
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Just hit a healthy weight range!
I AM SO FLIPPIN' HAPPY I CAN NOT EVEN HANDLE IT! So, I got to within 2lbs of healthy range towards the end of November. Of course, then the holiday season slowed/stalled my progress and when I stood up on the scale at the start of January it looked like I'd put on another 2 lbs. No matter, says I, I'll just get back to…
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Back on the horse- throw some motivation my way?
So, after three months of logging and 12 pounds down, three weeks or so ago I... fell off the horse. And not just stumbled. That horse threw me off, I rolled down a hill, into a ravine, fell into the river and over the waterfall. Or, in less dramatic terms: three weeks ago I changed from being someone who works at home to…
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Trouser-based structural integrity issues
Of all the problems I did NOT expect to have when I started working out and losing weight, this was.. well, this was one of them. So there I am, workin' away, trackin' my food, gettin' to the gym, cheerfully seeing those pounds disappear from the scales and the belt loops inching their way in. All going well, right? Now,…
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Workout tracking app recommendations?
I'm looking for something fairly specific from a workout tracking app, and I wonder if anyone could give me some recommendations. Here's the deal: I work out at the gym, I've got different plans for each day (I go five days a week- 2 cardio and 3 mostly strength training). Because I was bored with my workout, my trainer's…
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Logging roller derby training?
Hi all! I've a Q for any skaters around (or any of you who do similar sports). I'm returning to roller derby training today after a few months away, and there doesn't seem to be a way to directly estimate calories for my training sessions on MFP. What I figure is: I've a two hour training session but I want to subtract the…
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Back on the horse after a holiday...
....and ohmyGAWD, I'm hungry like it was the first week all over again! Before my week away I was feeling great on my 1300cals-plus-exercise (normally about 1500-1600 a day), not hungry all the time, normally with a spare hundred calories or so at the end of the day for a nice glass of wine or a cookie or two.. and after…
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Advice for a trip away?
So I'm six weeks into MFP- six pounds down and 1/4 of the way to my goal. I'm going to be on a work trip with a few days holidays to Germany next week, and I'm a bit worried about losing track. I do really well with my goals when I'm home and can track everything I eat, but I've noticed that even when I'm just away for a…
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70cals left and I'm soooo peckish!
Right all of you, I need your brains! I'm having such a hungry day today. I've eaten three lovely meals (and even gotten my protein macros in BOOYEAH) and a snack and now it's 9pm and I've got 70 calories that I'm giving myself for today's exercise and... I'm still feeling really hungry! Normally when I get to this point…
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Gaining on 1230?!
Hi all. So I know that there may be a perfectly good explanation for this- and if so, PLEASE tell me! I'm only on my second week of measuring everything I eat and working to lose weight. Things were going really well the first week, I lost about a pound. But this week it seems to be going into reverse?! I'm still being…
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Least-bad drinks?
First- I know I've started a bunch of threads since joining here. Hope I'm not sounding too spammy! Here's the deal. It's Friday night (FINALLY) and I'm planning on meeting a few friends down the pub. I've had a long week, and I've saved a couple hundred calories today and yesterday so I've got a sweet 300 to play with…
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Help! I'm hulking out!
Hello everyone! Okay, here's my deal: I'm one week into a plan to lose a little over a stone, and I've shed a nice sensible pound over the past week. I'm doing my best to eat well- sticking to the calories goal, loads and loads of lovely fresh veg and eggs, nuts, seeds and legumes for my proteins (I'm veggie, too), some…
