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Weight loss scams and how to spot them
Here is a list of warning signs that should alert you that a product is too good to be true: Warning signs The weight loss scheme or product: * lacks scientific evidence or demonstrated links between the result and the effects of the program, food, supplement, gadget or process being promoted * is sold outside normal…
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Stretching and massage don't help muscles
"Stretching Does Not Prevent or Treat DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) Reviews of the scientific literature show that stretching neither prevents nor treats DOMS (Cochrane Database Syst Rev, July 6, 2011;(7):CD004577; Br J Sports Med. 2011;45:1249-1250). It did not prevent the muscle damage induced rise in plasma-CK,…
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4 years using MFP - 12 months losing 80 lb then 3 years keeping it off
Well done you, reading threads in MFP Community! This community has been a huge part of my success. Here’s a bunch of things I’ve learnt here that have been very important and helpful. Make friends with and learn from successful people. Use the Help Section and the Most Helpful Posts in General Weight Loss, Getting…
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Whole-of-Life Challenge
Sometimes I get a sense in the challenge threads that people are struggling to get by by only managing one aspect of progress in their lives. Other times, I see familiar faces in multiple threads, and feel there are a lot of us trying to thrive overall. It’s good to work on making small changes one day at a time. I’ve…
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"The most important thing you can do to lose weight"
In addition to our own @SideSteel 's helpful thread on logging accurately ( http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10012907/logging-accuracy-consistency-and-youre-probably-eating-more-than-you-think/p1 ) comes James Fell with another educational and helpful article.…
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Body Recomposition Pic! Scale weight doesn't matter
This is Kelsey Wells: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIVJquZAghL/?taken-by=mysweatlife Full text of her caption: "SCREW THE SCALE || I figured it was time for a friendly, yet firm reminder. YOU GUYS. PLEASEEEEEE STOP GETTING HUNG UP ON THE NUMBER ON THE STUPUD SCALE! PLEASE STOP THINKING YOUR WEIGHT EQUALS YOUR PROGRESS AND…
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October Check-in
1. The aim of this thread is to have a weekly weigh-in check for some accountability and support. 2. Copy the form below by copy-pasting and edit to suit your personal schedule, then fill in your information and post each week. 3. Have a successful month, whatever your maintenance/health goal(s) may be!! Name Age: Height:…
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5 Years Logging on MFP
My 5 year MFP anniversary was on April 11. I've been pretty loopy but euphoric recently, and it's been part of my long goal. :) After years of anxiety I started walking more and counting kilojoules in 2015. I got to my goal weight in a year, losing 35kg/80lb. I've started loads of threads on MFP, including several in the…
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Vegans, what did you eat today?
Let's share ideas, people! I'm naturally a follower of The Planetary Diet, which is semi-veg (a few meat-free days a week, mince maybe once a week, cuts of red meat once a month). I'd love to transition into vegan if I can keep my current perfect full blood test results. Always disliked being bullied to eat red meat; was…
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My brain when I was overweight
I’d wake up thinking, “I’m too fat, I’m not going to eat anything today”. I’d be starving myself all day and had no energy to tidy up or learn to shop or prepare food wisely. I was depleted of glycogen all day, so my brain was in low glucose mode and hangry, and ended up looking for sugar and quick carbohydrate input so as…
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What are your 2019 exercise goals?
Make them something you're going to love training for and keep working towards!
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Overweight partners, NEAT, and the division of labour
I don't want to sound like I want to insult my beloved (I'm certainly not trying to), but fit and healthy people do actually feel tired sometimes, especially after a trying day at work. And when anyone is tired, we can feel or sound resentful and grumpy. I've got a lot more to say about NEAT and the conflicts in an…
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Self-Care Challenge
“Self-care” is about doing things that help you feel less anxious, more Zen. Self-care is something everyone needs. Check in here to get ideas from this list and share how you’re working on feeling better about life. Reading posts from others also helps us learn ways to thrive. Firstly, some suggestions for when we’re…
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Lactose or Dairy Intolerance
My sisters and our kids and I recently discovered our whole family is lactose or dairy intolerant! My older sister and her daughter knew about themselves, and my younger sister knew about herself and some cousins. My son has been diagnosed with IBS which hopefully is just due to lactose/dairy which he always knew about.…
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Weight loss and maintenance charts April 2015 to August 2019
I took some screenshots and thought it might help newbies to see a bit of what weight loss and maintenance looks like over 4 and a half years. Here's some pics from the app I've been logging daily in since April 2015. It's an app called Happy Scale. A typical month of weight loss, October 2015: See all the days it looked…
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Starting running when you're around 50 years old
Has anyone else become a regular runner in their forties or fifties? I started running about 4 years ago aged 48 when my regular walk just didn't feel fast enough. It's a bit rough when all the other women your age have been running for years and have built up speed and endurance over 30-40 years! :smiley: After…
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Less Alcohol - June 2019 - One Day at a Time
Do you want to drink less? Do it because it's a lovely thing to do for yourself! I bet thinking a day off is a sort of punishment hasn't been working. Be kind to the person you will wake up as. Join us in drinking less (whatever that means for you) one day at a time as we continue to support and learn from each other. MFP…
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June 2019 Self-care Challenge
“Self-care” is about doing things that help you feel less anxious, more Zen. Self-care is something everyone needs. Check in here to get ideas from this list and share how you’re working on feeling better about life. Reading posts from others also helps find ways to thrive. Firstly, some suggestions for when we’re…
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The Origin and Meaning of "Woo"
"Woo" is short for "woo-woo", which means pseudoscience, BS, urban myth, derp, etc. http://skepdic.com/woowoo.html https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/woo-woo https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woo-woo I first heard of it back in the early 2000s in reference to all the New Age, paranormal beliefs a lot of…
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April 2019 Self-care Challenge (Guys, don't think self-care is girly stuff!)
“Self-care” is about doing things that help you feel less anxious, more Zen. Self-care does not equal spa treatments and makeup, as much as the beauty industry dominates the media with articles implying that in order to sell more of that stuff. (Not that spa treatments and makeup are not OK if that’s what makes you chill…
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Less Alcohol - April 2019 - One Day at a Time
Do you want to drink less? Do it because it's a lovely thing to do for yourself! I bet thinking a day off is a sort of punishment hasn't been working. Be kind to the person you will wake up as. Join us in drinking less (whatever that means for you) one day at a time as we continue to support and learn from each other. MFP…
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" I ate 100 grams of sugar for a year"
https://youtu.be/D9YdBfR299s Great new video with good data! (Approximately 15 minutes long.) Brandon Wadas lost 30 lb in 11 months while still eating over 100g of sugar daily. He says in the comments he ate a lot of cereal. The video shows that US sugar intake has decreased the last few years but obesity is still rising.…
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Running, resting, and injury
I know hundreds of runners from all over the world and I can currently think of 7 runners who probably need to understand something, having been like that myself. Anyone else learnt or learning the hard way? ;) <3
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Use the word "calories" and everybody loses their minds
I often forget how far I've come in the 3 years maintaining weight since I lost 80lb. At home and at work people have slowly got used to me not eating every single thing I'm offered due to sometimes not having enough calories left in my daily/weekly limit. I sometimes forget how so many people freak out when you mention…
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Period tracking - game-changer!
I've been using MFP and Happy Scale to log food and weight daily for nearly 4 years. I've also been using the iPeriod app to log menstruation cycles, so now I have a record of how long each cycle was, and how many days and how heavy the flow was. iPeriod recently did a big update and now you can also log/sync weight from…
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Arguments in the Supermarket
Food preferences Budgeting Special diets Binge foods Impulse buying Child tantrums "Fussy eaters" How to please everyone at dinner Decisions, decisions, decisions! Thought we might need a venting thread! :s :D <3
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Less Alcohol - March 2019 - One Day at a Time
Do you want to drink less? Do it because it's a lovely thing to do for yourself! I bet thinking a day off is a sort of punishment hasn't been working. Be kind to the person you will wake up as. Join us in drinking less (whatever that means for you) one day at a time as we continue to support and learn from each other. MFP…
