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So cold I feel like I might freeze to death!
White woman in my 40's living in the mid-west USA (winter here now). Lost ~75 pounds over the last 1-2 years (CICO) and am just this month able to say I am in the top of the normal BMI for my height and gender. Yay! I have been cold since about half way through my weight loss. I had my thyroid checked and it was normal.…
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Clothing Size 18/2x
I have some professional clothing I need to pass along. I am a women in my 40s. I know losing can mean needing smaller clothes every few months. If anyone local can use this clothing - I would be happy to meet up.
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Advice - Rate of Weight Loss
I started logging 3 months ago. Over the first several weeks I learned quite a bit about accurately logging and staying in my goal. I am 42, female, 5'5.5" tall, and starting weight was 228.5 pounds. I set the calorie goal for 1 pound a week weight loss. I am sedentary (less than 3,000 steps most days) and very rarely…
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ONEderland!!
I have been logging my food on MFP for 101 days in a row. I have learned so much from this group and about the best choices for myself on this journey. I am sure I still have much to learn in all respects - but today I am less than 200 pounds for the first time in years. So excited!! I have lost just shy of 29 pounds over…
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Rate of weight loss.
I am a 41 yo women standing 5’ 5.5” tall. I have been following MFP for 2 months. I am set as sedentary and to lose a pound a week. I have a food scale and weigh most of my meals. I get little exercise but have been walking the dog more making my total daily steps 3,000-5,000 most days. I always eat within 10% of my weekly…
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Kitchen Scale
Bought a kitchen scale. So now I know my mandarin was 58g instead of the 70grams “medium” size I have been logging and my hard boiled egg was 60grams instead of the 50grams listed as one 70 cal serving. So now I should adjust the log to reflect 1.2 eggs to get up to the 60grams I ate? And decrease the mandarin serving…
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Emeals
I use the “Quick and Healthy” emeals recipes for majority of our family dinners. They do provide nutrition info per serving, but I have to type in the calories or adjust to the provided calories. For example, if chicken taco meal with 385 cal per serving - I will just pick random chicken taco meal and then adjust serving…
