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Food Jornal HELP!
When I started using MFP I felt that the calories they told me I should intake were way too high, so I altered it myself. My problem is that I am not even able to meet the calories I set for myself. I simply am not hungry. It keeps giving me a notice that I should be consuming more calories and that I may be putting myself…
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Who is losing with the help of Phen?
Is anyone using Phen to help lose weight? I have been since August 23rd and I could use some help. Phen is a different type of diet and there are rules. lol What I would like to know is What are the GOLDEN rules when using Phen?
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I need help
Im a 18 male and Im wondering what are good tips you guys can tell me to keep me focused. I need to loose 100 pounds but every diet I did before, I loose focus and start binge eating. Im SOOO tired of doing the same diet that I end up breaking. Can some of you guys please tell me some tips!! add me as a friend if you want!
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Extra Skin after Weightloss- Curious
I'll be 24 next month and I've got over 100lbs to lose, I was thinking about how I will probably have extra skin hanging off me after I reach my final goal weight. What I was wondering is there any way (I know losing slowly lessens the amount) to tighten that skin up or will my body since I'm still young be able to handle…
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AnyoneHave Info on Becoming Certfied Personal Trainer In Can
Would appreciate any help :)
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Does anyone else have a "modern living - Body fat & Hydratio
Because I brought one and it didnt have instruction booklet in the box (it was on sale and box was a bit battered).... I am trying to figure out which symbol is for Hydration and which is for fat??? The reason I am curious is, when I used it, it said 50+% hydration and 30+% fat (or so i thought...) but for my fiance and a…
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Baby weight in the stomach driving me crazy!
I had a baby girl in Feb and I have gone back to my original measurements from before I was preg. except in my waist which is the only place I gained any baby weight! So now I am really struggling to get the weight off and its driving me crazy!! I know that you can not target any specific area but holy man I need help,…
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Beautiful Blues 9/13/10
So excited to be back on track, and am planning on doing things nice and slowly this time. What are your goals?
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Beautiful Blues 9/27/10 NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
Sorry/ duplicate post.
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Fast Food Im no longer loving it
You cant completely blame fast food for making America fat but you can start with them. Warning this may offend some fast food fans and this will contain links to pictures just because im being to lazy to embed them. So 2 weeks ago i was up early and driving around we had to drop my mom off and hang around to pick her up.…
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Inquiry
Just curious. How many of you all have "cheat" days? For those that do, what food does ur "cheat" days consist of and how bad or good do you do as a result of it????
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I'm still young...
I know everyone is entitled to their opinion and I'm not bashing anyone for that. However I get seriously upset when people start telling people what to do instead of making suggestions. Let me elaborate. I come from a HUGE family. All of us know how to cook. (with the exception of my younger brother, he would just rather…
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Doctor’s Orders: Eat Well to Be Well
This is a great article about a doctor who is actually doing everything he can to promote healthy nutrition (REAL nutrition, not fake diet food nutrition) and combat obesity. He sets an excellent example! http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/dining/22doctors.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all A few select paragraphs from the article…
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I'm starting over...again
I've been trying to lose weight for a while here on My Fitness Pal. I love all the success stories, and they do encourage me to keep going. Unfortunately I had two episodes of severe stress (life and death) involving my mother's health, each time causing me to just eat whatever was quick and available since I was taking…
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Spicy Steak, Corn and Bean Chili Tonight
So in honor of it being Autumn and getting to be a bit cold outside me and the wife are making Chili. Actually almost everything in it is leftovers so it also helps to get the stuff out of the refrigerator. We had steaks last night so we cut up 2 of them into it, we also had some left over corn added that. Added some beans…
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body composition -fixing the goal weight
İ acheived my goal weight of about 70kgs back at the end of June but got lots of negative coments about how thin i looked and almost ill. The target was set by a dietician and was based on my frame and muscle mass being average for a 47 year old. Since then i have put on about 5kgs and people still think i look thin but in…
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Fell off the wagon
Hey guys, Many of you guys here will have noticed a distinct lack of activity on my part for the last few weeks.....I started my job and it means I am home very little and if I am it often is just enough time for me to have a shower and go to bed. Anyway, diet has therefore suffered a lot....I missed two of my periods and…
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Need Help!!!!
Hey guys, I am getting married April 16, 2011 and need help to lose 15-20 pounds by then, I am doing everything and am not getting the results that i want, i see on the page alot of success stories and i would love all the advice you guys have out there so through it at me!!!!! Please please please, i would love all the…
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Yesterday was not good
b/c of certain family situations, there is one day a month where I know that I'm going to end up going over on my calories and I know its going to be extremely emotional and I'm an emotional eater. Nuff said on that. Needless to say yesterday was that one day for me, compared to other times I did good, only over 450…
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Failure Weekend
Well, I am back. After diligently keeping track of my calories on Friday--we were going out Friday night--we attended a hockey game (pro--it was my first and it was great fun). I had 400 calories for popcorn. We went out to eat later. Actually I had only about 100 calories left for the day by the time we arrived at the…
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Making Goals?
Okay so its finally hit me that im gonna do this! Im motivated and im ready! Im ready to give myself some time and to actually get moving! My thing is, is what goals do i make? As of now im weighing in at 190. My first goal is to actually get into 170's, even if its 179... and to stay there... I have not been in the 170s,…
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Weightloss problem
I workout 5 to 7 days a week. my caloric intake is to be 1200 a day before exercise. I stay under the 1200 and will exercise 400-800 calories at the gym using my polar F6 watch and heart monitor. The first two weeks I lost a pound. The third week I only lost..2. This is really frustrating me because the program stated that…
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Uk MFP's only lb's v kg's
Hello all UK mfp's Ive noticed that those in the UK tend to weigh in lb's and a few go down the metric route using kg's I go skiing annually and they allways ask me how much I weigh (for ski hire binding realease settings) I only ever know in stones and lb's, so last year i decided to join our European neighbours and go…
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being overweight is like getting picked on by the schoolyard
Bully ! Everyday that your overweight your self esteem is being picked on, This reminds me of the schoolyard Bully. SO WHAT YOU GONNA DO ? I will tell you what you need to do...... You need to push back ! then he will get a little surprised and back off a little bit for a second. Then he will think to push harder ,so now…
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Coffee Question and impact
Hi I was wondering for peoples opinion. I drink 12 glasses of water a day faithfully. But do enjoy 1 or 2 cups of instant coffee a day. I've done some research and am some what confused. 1. Does this affect weight loss and weight maintenance? 2. Should one only drink Decaf, as I don't care about the caffeine and if so I'm…
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MPF Calories Vs. Body Fat Scale.. Please help?
I brought a new scale yesterday... Its pretty nifty! The original Sticker price was $100.00, it had been reduced to $70 then was on sale for 1/2 price!!! Bargain!! $100 scale for $35!!! Gotta be happy with that!! Im telling you this to let you know I brought a pretty good one...not a cheapie! Now... it has posed me a bit…
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Finding my size in stores -- any advice? (a topic for bra-we
So, I've always had trouble finding bras. I was a 36 DD when I started, and those didn't fit that well. Now that I've lost weight, I'm at a 32 DDD (and the sister size, 34 DD, doesn't fit). Is anybody else in a similar situation with a rare bra size? I'm looking for bras that aren't too expensive, but I don't really know…
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Bra question? Guys enter at your own risk! LOL
ok ladies. is there a sports bra that when you are wearing it under your clothes it looks like you are wearing a regular bra? i HATE HATE HATE the way sports bras look. The whole uni-boob thing is disgusting. I wear a 36 D so I have to have quite a bit of support but I would like to have some shape too. TIA.
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Bra question for girls...
When I jump rope and do jumping jacks I feel like I'm going to get a black eye from 'the girls'. I've tried doubling and even tripling my bra to hold them down, but they still bounce quite a bit and it *hurts*! 4 pregnancies and breastfeeding have done a number to them and right now I'm in a (insert super huge number)DDD…
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Rewards??
A friend mentioned to me that I should set rewards for myself when I reach mini goals. The problem is, I do not have a lot of money right now so am having a hard time thinking up cheap or free rewards for myself that I can look forward to. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks. :bigsmile: