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| Weight Loss |
How much do you trust your scale? |
Jul 05 2009
02:48 (UTC) |
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I have two scales. One a 15 year old spring type, and
the other a modern digital. The old one weighs correctly,
and the digital agrees with the old one after about five
minutes of getting on and off, and coming and going.
At least I get some additional exercise testing it out. |
| Young Calorie Counters |
1500 cals? Too much |
Jul 04 2009
14:18 (UTC) |
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Enter everything you eat in your food log for a day or so and
see how many calories you are eating. You can't beat knowing
instead of guessing.
Looking up foods here may take some getting used to since
some things require adjustment as to weight or servings, and
not every food is listed. You may need to enter some manually
in the Add It Here section. Just try at least to get the calories if
nothing else. You don't have to enter everything if you don't know
or are intimidated by the form as I was at first.
It can be done, so don't be discouraged. |
| Weight Loss |
How do I set my mother straight? |
May 27 2009
03:10 (UTC) |
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Probably been said by now, but you're her baby. If you weighed 1,000 pounds
she wouldn't see you as being overweight.
Moms are always right. Don't argue, thank her for her support and let
her know how much you love and appreciate her, frequently, cause one day you won't be able to do that anymore.
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| Foods |
Carbohydrate percentage - Too high? |
May 12 2009
16:58 (UTC) |
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A thought, gals and guys.
CC's analysis is based on food weight, not calories.
You can have 50% of your daily calories in carbs, (good carbs.)
So, on a 1200 calorie diet, you could have 600 calories
in the good carbs.
On second thought, I probably don't know what I'm talking about:)
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| Foods |
Carbohydrate percentage - Too high? |
May 09 2009
15:49 (UTC) |
5 |
Don't make the mistake of chasing these numbers around.
It will drive you crazy. If you have been here a while, check
a range of time, say the 28th to the next 28th to see what
your average is. I think it is just a reference and should not
run your life. And I read that 40% is considered a low carb diet,
so 69% is not that bad :)
-Jerry
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| Health & Support |
Low Heart Rate & Low Blood Pressure |
Apr 05 2009
00:37 (UTC) |
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Ok. Thanks for clearing that up.
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| Health & Support |
Low Heart Rate & Low Blood Pressure |
Apr 04 2009
23:32 (UTC) |
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Original Post by jenny2682:
I just wanted to give you some advice. Push the issue with your doc. I was in the hospital for 4 days last year because I was losing my vision, getting clammy, feeling weak/nauseous sometimes while standing or walking for long periods of time. If you have these symptoms please call your doc or go to ER immediately! I am F 125-135 and 5'10'. It would hit suddenly and would go away after sitting for a few minutes. They kept me because of LBP. they were trying to figure out why and still haven't decided if it is because I have MS or my weight. I lost about 50 lbs in a year so they sent me to a nutritionist. I also have to take a water pill, salt pill (both prescription) and Zoloft to up my BP. Get to wear prescription stockings too to keep the blood by my heart and brain (not cute!!). LBP can be very serious if untrreated which I didn't know. You could have a stoke, heart failure, heart attack, ect. Please for your sake talk to your doc and either get help or ask them ways to try to up your BP. Salt, soy sauce, peanuts, ham,sunflower seeds were recommended to me! Please take care of yourself!
Jenny,
Just wondering why you need a water pill, since that should lower your
blood pressure as well, though I guess it's because of the salt intake?
-Jerry
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