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Should I Eat?
Just found this website, and started entering in my fitness stats in an effort to start maintaining a more healthy lifestyle. I'd like to lose 35 pounds, and I entered a goal of losing two pounds per week. This puts me at ~1,700 as my target daily number. Factoring in what I've eaten and burned today, I'm still 500…
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need hints on keeping it off
i guess im lucky in the fact i can drop the weight very quickly i can easily drop anywhere from 5 to 10 lbs a week seriously but i cant keep it off esp if my mom is in town i swear all my she and my dad want to do is go out to eat and eat and eat lol of course both of them are slim and can eat anything i had dropped 20 lbs…
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Delighted :)
Well ive been going to the gym a few times a week, swimming a few times a week and ive changed from snacks like well full of calories to weight watchers snacks :) and im delighted weighed myself after just over 2 weeks, thought great ive lost 3lbs! but didnt check it properly so later decided to weigh myself again to get…
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Craming our Brains, NOT our Faces. Weigh in Week 4...?
Hey guys, I need to head off to school soon so I figured I'd start the thread. Starting weight 262 Last Week: 228 *friday I was 227.6 I'm going with Friday because I was very bad this weekend. I'm nervous about this coming week because OSAP has yet to come in so I'm having Mac and Cheese this week. Yummy but very high cal.
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zig zag diet help
Hi I went to a zig zag calcualtor online and it said I should 1832/1466/2199/1832/1649/2016/1832 But I'm wondering if this should be my net or gross caloric intake for the day?? I do a lot of exercise each day and I don't want to mess up myself again like during the summer when I only netted around 300 calories. If I had…
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The Final Meltdown 9.25.09
Did not get a workout in lastnight, but I did stay under my cals. I am in for the water challange today. Not sure what my weekend hold with DH being off work because of his arm
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Treadmill Workout...
So since saturday night, I increased my workout from 30 minutes to 45 minutes and from walking the whole time to walking for 3 minutes and running one. On monday night after the workout, my right knee was hurting everytime I would either walk or run. How long should I wait to work out again?
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A Macrobiotic Approach to Good Health
This article is from a website newsletter I read: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/a-macrobiotic-approach-to-good-health.html A Macrobiotic Approach to Good Health posted by Delia Quigley Sep 23, 2009 3:01 pm So often the meaning of good health is equated with lack of sickness. According to Macrobiotic principles, health…
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Share your tips for fitting it all in when things are hectic
I work for a ballet company, and we're about to start our Nutcracker season. That pretty much means that all hell is about to break loose in my life. :noway: :laugh: What are your best tips for fitting everything in, meal planning, etc? What I have going for me is that my partner and I are splitting the cost to put a dorm…
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Post-workout soreness question
Is there a good way to deal with the pain and stiffness that follows either a tough or new workout? I'm on day 10 of making the cut... and it's a rest day thankfully. I have to work today...work in a library and am considering painkillers just to shelf books!! Any ideas? do I need to stretch a LOT more after the workouts??…
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Protein Powder
I am considering trying a protein powder. I've been working out a lot more lately and i find that i amhungry after a workout and i'd like to start using the protein drinks to help me find more energy and to supplement with after a workout. i am a fairly petite female at 5'2" and 127 lbs. can anyone recommend a good protein…
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Dr. Oz
Does anyone watch his show? I always liked when he'd be on Oprah. He has a lot of interesting topics, many of which would be helpful to most of us here. Today's topic was calorie burning tips and what to do when you lose a lot of weight and have excess skin. You should check out his show if you haven't already! :smile:
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maybe some of you can help!
I've been having some issues with weight loss since I came back from vacation in May. Before I went I was doing so good! I had lost 15 pounds all together before I went and didnt gain any when I was there! Now I'm home and I keep trying to keep myself motivated but when I see bad numbers on my weekly weigh in it drives me…
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TOTALLY AWESOME!!!
So a couple of my friends and I are going salsa dancing tonight in downtown Denver. For the first time I'm not going to be the fat friend....I'm gonna be the skinny one!! Then to top it all off I was trying on dresses last night to figure out which one I should wear...well the only dresses I own are from when I was tiny. I…
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Losing weight...but not "going" TMI!
I haven't had a BM in 2 days! But my stomach feels like I should be having diarrhea (cramping, tons of gas, etc). But I've also lost over .6 pounds in two days (My ticker doesn't show it because I zero it out every week and yesterday was the end of my "week".) I really don't want to take a stool soften because those mess…
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Rock bottom
I think I've reached it,rock bottom. I'm beyond sad, and discouraged. I was just looking at a picture of myself and it finally hit me that I've stopped trying. I've gained about 10 pounds over the course of a couple months, thanks to yo-yo dieting. I just want to sit in a corner and cry, I feel like I want to give up. Of…
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5 day newbie - need help calculating recipe nutritional info
Hello everyone! I'm thrilled to be on this site and so excited to be on this weight loss journey with you all! I am wondering if there is any way to figure out recipe nutritional information. I have some old recipes, many from weight watchers, for example with points values that I love to make and have no idea the…
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Newbie: About Me and wanted tips and advice. Thanks!
Hello. I am a 23 year old wife, mother, and student nurse. I have been struggling with weight since I can remember. Even when I was 150 back in my teens I was still thicker than most girls for my age. Now of course being 150 now as an adult would be great. But yes, I have come to that point where I now need to renew myself…
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parents..
Hey everyone :) I've been having a bit of a problem lately (a long time actually) and hoping for some advice :heart: My parents, dad especially, loves to cook for me and they're the kind of parents that like to make me eat large amounts of unhealthy food. Think of their homecooked food as a combination of BurgerKing and…
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Ugh,... Bad Day
I thought I was doing good today, but apparently not, I was 41 calories (over) I have 30 grams of carbs still, so that was ok, 13 grams of fat (over) 12 grams of protein (over) 816 mg of sodium (over) but 9 grams of fiber left still, so out of all that I was only 2 things under my goal, meh, I guess tomorrow is a new day…
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Rock bottom
I think I've reached it,rock bottom. I'm beyond sad, and discouraged. I was just looking at a picture of myself and it finally hit me that I've stopped trying. I've gained about 10 pounds over the course of a couple months, thanks to yo-yo dieting. I just want to sit in a corner and cry, I feel like I want to give up. Of…
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get paid $1500 to lose weight
There was an advertisement on the side of the screen that said get paid $1500 to lose weight. So, I clicked on it, and I entered my information to see if I qualify. It said, Your BMI is: 20 WARNING: Your BMI falls within the high risk range. Reducing your BMI may reduce your risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, or other…
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The Final Meltdown 9.24.09
Good morning all! I have been traveling incognito for a while, but am trying to get back into the swing of things. I have been reading all of your posts every day, but not taking the time to post. Have a busy day planned today - right now I'm off to work at school, followed immediately by trying to catch a volleyball game…
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2 months and only 10 lbs..HELP
I got laid off from my work 2 months ago. The very next day I joined Planet Fitness. I had been losing weight and hit a plateau but couldn't break the funk. So I figured now with all my free time now I could hit the gym hard. I do everyday Monday thru Friday. I do 60 to 90 minutes of cardio. I switch up the type of cardio…
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ok--- too low calories???
I just started this diet on mon, its thurs, and ive lost 5 lbs. yay!! im trying to lose 80 pounds.... and im currently 188... and 5'6''. im not hungry... so thats good! :-) but im only eating like around 90-100 calories a day. like in the morning i eat 4 oz low fat yogurt, half a cucumber for lunch, and half a chicken…
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I'm confused
So I went and looked at past posts about eating exercise calories but now I'm more confused. At the start with the goals I said I would exercise 3 times a week for 30 minutes, do I log this and eat those calories or do I log the extra exercise I do. Yes it takes a little bit longer for me to understand things, sorry.Thanks.
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High resting Heart Rate?
Hello. This is probably a weird concern, but is it bad that my resting heart rate (according to my heart rate monitor) is in the upper 70's to early 80's? This seems REALLY high to me. I should be as skinny as a stick if this is normal! Could my heart rate monitor be off? When I am just walking at a moderate pace my HR is…
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Calorie Question
At the start of my day this site allows me to have 1300 calories, but when I exercise it gives me more, today after I exercised I have about 1800 for my daily goal, (instead of 1300) this sounds silly, but am I eating to many calories? I've had about 1700 today, and I still have about 100-150 cal left, 1) is it ok to eat…
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Uh-oh
I was a bad boy just now :cry: I had a few Oreos, they're just so good, one the chocolate goodness hits your palate, you can't stop. I'm going to sue Nabisco for putting crack in their cookies. DAMN YOU NABISCO!!!!! :explode:
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Its cold therefore I cheat
So...for the past couple days its been absolutely freezing in Colorado and even snowing. Unfortunately the furnance in my house is broken so we are without heat. Even though I am wrapped in blankets and layers of clothing and socks I'm still cold (and I'm a native!). Its that kinda cold that only goes away when you have…