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Re: No weight loss exclusively breastfeeding!
I did lose weight nursing, without trying. I nursed my 10-pound newborn to being 28 pounds before she was willing to eat much solid food. I effortlessly got down 10 or more pounds below my pre-pregna…5 -
Re: Is there an ultimate diet for health, energy and disease prevention?
Humans are opportunistic omnivores who can survive and thrive as a species on almost any diet. It's what allowed us to move populations of our species into almost every ecosystem on earth. The idea t…5 -
Re: What terms/phrases wind you up about losing weight?
Speaking as someone who has worked on research projects that try to match data across government databases? SO MUCH THIS. SO MUCH. There is no overarching database that allows the government to put t…17 -
Re: Eating healthy on a very strict budget.
Meal planning. I'm feeding four people, including teenagers, on about 600 a month and we eat well. You need to plan what you're going to eat and stick to it. And you need to cook for yourself and awf…5 -
Re: Healthy weight: My definition or theirs
I think very often in weight discussions, 'The perfect is the enemy of the good.' You start experiencing notable health benefits at just a 10% weight loss. For you, that was 37 pounds. There are cont…19