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Staying focused when you can't change your environment?
Hi everyone! I'm feeling so defeated and need some help/encouragement/friendly advice right now. Some background info: I live with my parents. I make a decent income but am crippled by student loan debt, so that's going to be the situation for a while as it has been the last 2 years. When living on my own, I lost 100 lbs.…
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What I learned from the MFP community
Hey everyone! I just wanted to write a little love letter to the MFP community. I am so thankful I joined these message boards earlier this year. I have lost 80 lbs and have 60 to go, and know that I will be successful. One of the reasons I appreciate the MFP community compared to so many other forums on the internet is…
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Wine Tour calories?
Hey there everyone! I'm trying to figure something out- I have a wedding week coming up and part of it involves a wine tour. I'm letting myself go over on my typical calorie deficit for the special events, but I still want to keep some kind of log about what I'm consuming even if it's inaccurate. What kind of calories…
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A letter to those who are upset when others don't compliment their progress
First off: I'm really not trying to be passive-aggressive here, I promise! This is a sincere post as a response to the numerous postings of people on MFP who get frustrated or upset when their loved ones and acquaintances don't notice or say anything about their efforts and achievements. A lot of this is my own opinion,…
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Finally in onederland!!! 199 lbs this morning!
Hey everyone! :) So I've hit my first major "mental milestone" today. I have lost about 61 lbs and weighed in at 199 lbs this morning. I think the last time I saw this number on the scale it was 6 or 7 years ago. There's something so crazy about being 100-something lbs instead of 200-something lbs. To be perfectly honest,…
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For those who take measurements- where do/did you lose inches slowest? The fastest?
Hey there! I started taking measurements at one point to give me another objective parameter to focus on as I lose weight. I wish I had taken them at my highest weight, but didn't think future me would care. :/ Anyway, I measure myself every 5-10 lbs lost or so, and it's kind of fun to see the numbers change. I'm so…
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Weighing frozen food
This is a potentially silly question, but after joining MFP I've come to realize how important weighing food is. I couldn't find the answer elsewhere on the boards (I might have overlooked it). So far I've been religiously using measuring cups and the like, which frankly has been working just fine- likely since I still…
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Getting rid of large clothes with an emotional attachment to them? (Kind of a sad post)
So I'm going to be moving in a couple of months and desperately need to go through my closet and start getting rid of / donating clothes that are too big or I don't need. Usually that's can be a pretty emotional endeavor on my own, but this is a little different for me and I'm not sure what to think / how to go about it.…
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Question about the whole CICO thing in regards to counting the calories "out".
Hey there, I tried to find a sticky or something on this but haven't found any that address exactly what I'm looking for. So far I really have the hang of being as accurate as possible when counting calories going in my mouth. I understand about energy expenditure and using the equations to figure out approximate calories…
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Lost 51 lbs and have quite a bit more to go! Let's do this!
Hi there! I kind of wanted a community to talk about my weight loss, since I don't really like to talk about it in real life. I don't want it to end up being the topic of every conversation and don't want it to be something that defines me, but I still want to share experiences with others with the same goals. I'm a woman…
