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It's nighttime and I want my dessert!
Someone please tell me not to eat dessert. I'm just starting to get back on track with my eating and logging in mfp, and already I'm thinking about ways to treat myself because I "deserve" it. Like so many other people, I'm so good during the day but it's so hard to resist the temptations at night! Tell me not to open my…
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Should I be eating back exercise calories?
Should I be eating back exercise calories? I'm trying to lose weight gradually since I am a nursing mom. But if eating back exercise calories means no weight loss at all, then I won't do it. Thanks!
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I'm back
I'm back on mfp after a long hiatus due to having a baby. I lost 28 pounds 2 years ago eating low carb and tracking my food and exercise using the mfp app on my phone. But now I am starting all over again! I'm excited for the challenge though and I know it will take time and consistent effort. Last time I also found that…
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Working out when sick?
Should I push through it and exercise? Or could I end up setting myself back by making myself even more sick? How do you know when to rest and when to work through the pain?
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9 pounds in 9 weeks?
Do you think I can lose nine pounds in nine weeks? Let me clarify, I've been on this journey since March 1 of this year. There have been weeks when I haven't lost anything and weeks where the weight has melted off. For a variety of reasons, I'd like to reach my goal by the end of the year. Do you think it's possible or…
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I think Fall is my downfall.
I haven't lost a pound since Labor Day. And I know exactly why: I can't resist fall treats! Between pumpkin beer, salted caramel bars, Halloween candy and other fall themed foods, beverages and baked goods, every weekend has been a festival of food! I keep trying to get back on track and failing miserably. Granted, I…
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Hopped up on prednisone and puffing up quickly!
Has anyone else been prescribed prednisone and gained a bunch of weight? I'm battling a severe allergic reaction and my doctor prescribed prednisone. It's helping but I'm already bloated and puffy!! Does it get any better?
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Should I be adjusting my calorie intake as I lose weight?
I started at 1600 calories a day, have lost some weight, and just came off a month long plateau. I'm trying to anticipate my next plateau (haha) and I'm wondering if I'm supposed to decrease my calorie intake as I lose weight. It makes sense right? As you lose weight you need less. Just wondering when I should do this, by…
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Sitting around in my workout clothes! Need motivation
Someone please tell me I need to get up off my butt and go work out. I am feeling tired, hungry and not at all motivated.
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Cheese! Good or bad?
Hey everyone. I've been low carb for almost four months now and I love it. When I started this diet, I was eating a good amount of cheese (probably two or three pieces of string cheese as part of my lunch or a snack and then some crumbled cheese on my salad with dinner) in place of all the graham crackers and granola bars…
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15 pounds off!
15 pounds lost since March 1st! This also mean: 2 inches lost from my bust 3.5 inches lost from my high waist 2 inches lost from my low waist 1.5 inches lost from my hips 0.5 inches lost from my thighs (yeah they're stubborn) 0.5 inches lost from my biceps It's been slow progress but steady. And more importantly, this is a…
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Feeling frustrated
This is just a general rant, but I'm feeling kind of down today because, despite eating healthy all week, I seem to have gone up a pound or two (NOT going to enter this weight gain on MFP or let it show on my ticker b/c I'm determined to lose it and then some, damnit). I did a boot camp style workout on Tuesday night and…
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Just ate a piece of fruit and now I feel like I'm crashing??
I've been doing low-carb for the last week or so and it is already going well. I've been able to stick to around 50-60g of carbs per day, and cheated a little Saturday night but got right back on track Sunday morning. So this afternoon, I'm sitting at my desk and I decide it's 3pm, I'm going to eat an orange, that's…
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Having a bad day, all I want to do is go home and eat!
My day started out fine but some bad stuff has happened at work. Nothing too bad, just some frustrating things that seem to keep happening one after the other, and it's only noon. When I got a phone call with some bad news about fifteen minutes ago, my thoughts immediately turned to skipping the gym after work, going home…
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Why are you losing weight?
When I'm tired after a day of work, or hungry and don't feel like working out, maybe it'll help me to remember why I'm trying to lose weight. I'll share my reasons with you and hope that by putting them into words on MFP, I'll reaffirm to myself my reasons for trying to lose weight. Since I got married two years ago, I've…
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How many carbs per day to lose weight?
Hi everyone! I'm in my first week of eating low carb. I got inspired last Saturday watching the Pioneer Woman on Food Network (not usually the poster child for healthy eating), who was making a "low carb burger" and saying how she lost 10 pounds in six weeks by cutting her carbohydrate intake. Well anyway, without much…
