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Where have I been?!?!
I've been gone for over a week. My schedule has been so hectic I haven't been logging anything in. I know I haven't gained any weight, but I haven't lost any either. I'm getting back on track and doing this like I was before. I'm outa here for now, I've gotta bust my butt and get in gear. Just thought I'd share with…
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Tea Debate
Okay I have a question. Being a heavy iced tea drinker I want to know if it counts towards your hydration or not. I mean the side of the Lipton tea box says it does, my doctor says no because it has caffeine, and I've heard it does because it's made with water. So which is it? This drives me crazy and I need to know since…
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IF YOU TAKE HYDROXYCUT YOU MUST READ!!!
FDA warned consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences, Inc. Hydroxycut products are associated with a number of serious liver injuries. Hydroxycut products are dietary supplements that are marketed for weight-loss, as fat burners, as energy-enhancers, as low carb diet aids, and for…
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Losing weight/maintaining weight
I have 9 more lbs. I'd like to lose, but I'm not in any hurry. Would it be good for my metabolism in the long run if I stick to 1500 calories/day for a week and then "maintain" the following week (sticking to 1800 calories or so)...and then 1500 calories/day the next week, 1800 calories/day the next week and so on? I've…
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Okay, how did that happen?
I am working on the last ten pounds and I have seriously bumped up my exercise routine and been very strict about my calories. My weigh in was this morning and I have lost 5 pounds since last week. I am happy about that, but am not sure if it's accurate and don't know if I should take credit for it. I know at the beginning…
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SugaR!?
How much sugar are you supposed to consume in a day? or is it different for everyone? i think ive been taking in waaaay too much
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P90X?!?!
What in the world is this?! I've seen it all over so many blogs!
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For those of you that want to try or already like the KFC
Grilled Chicken............ Copy and paste this link for a free 2 piece meal. Compliments of Oprah!! http://media.oprah.com/sterm/KFC_Coupon_OprahWebsite.pdf
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meal today
did great again today, it is hard though! fruit ww cheese sticks veggie salad broiled fish and shrimp shreaded wheat and blueberry cereal home made raw salsa with 1 serv blue corn chips 2 egg white and cheese omlete tons of water
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Maintenance Woes (yes, this is somewhat of a whiney thread
I wrote this in my blog today, then thought maybe I'd post it here too. Guess I'm kind of wondering if this is normal. If other people in maintenance ever feel this way. What do/did you do? I'm just feeling so frustrated lately with the whole eating right and exercising etc - something that at one point was fun and…
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Muscle Does NOT Weigh More Than Fat
I found this article because I see is so many posts people saying that muscle weighs more than fat. A pound is a pound, no matter what the 2 items are that are being weighed............. Muscle takes up less space as you can see from the picture below:
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Calorie needs - I have a question
I currently weigh 142 and would like to get down to 133. I have Googled several weight loss calculators and they all pretty much say the same thing...that to lose a pound a week, I should be consuming around 1500 cal/day. I then found a 'calories required for maintenance' calculator. I entered my current weight and was…
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What should be the Game Plan???
I am 25yrs old,Weigh 155Lbs & 5'5" tall. So I want to loss 30Lbs. I joined MFP few days back & I can intake 1200 cal/day in order to loss 1.2 lbs/week. But I want to lose more. So please tell me what could be the best way to reduce my weight atleast 2lbs/week. Like excersing & dieting????How much calories should I take &…
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Do any of you NOT count calories?
I don't have the patience to sit down and enter my food, so I keep a "running total" in my head during the day. I don't want to have to do this forever, obviously. I am hoping that once I reach my goal weight, I can stop and instead weigh myself every 2-3 days to keep a close eye on any gain so that I can nip it in the…
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Questions about earning more calories
hello! I am new on myfitnesspal. I have realized that once I log my workouts I "earn" more calories. I have never heard of that before so could someone please explain..... Thanks!
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Asking for advice
Good morning! I have been sitting here reading through the topics regarding "what to expect", "reasons you're not losing weight", etc... I am hoping that you all will be willing to give me some advice based on my situation and what I have experienced so far. I started on MFP on March 26th. I am 5' 6.5" and weighed 136. I…
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Explains It Well
Ran across this while surfing the net and thought it explained BMR and calorie deficits pretty well, as I know we ALL get confused on this, myself included!! Calorie Calculators & Calorie Calculations By Tom Venuto The first step in designing a personal nutrition plan for yourself is to calculate how many calories you burn…
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how improtant is it to stay within the limits of protien
I have been staying within my claories for the day but there has been days that i have went over on my protien. So im just wondering how that will effect my weight loss. I do normally stay within on all the fat and carbs but not protien. Does anybody have any idea how this will effect my weight loss?
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Sizzlin Summer Slimdown 05.05.09
So Happy Tuesday--Happy Cinco De Mayo, everyone - it's gonna be a great rainy day! We need the rain in the South so I am glad to see it - everything is so green and healthy looking - gotta love spring time!! I officially joined the gym that's a couple minutes from the house yesterday - I started to pay up front for the…
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Jillian Michaels' New book on Metabolism
Hey there! Has anyone purchased her new book? Or did anyone go peruse it? I'm curious about your thoughts on it. I really enjoyed Makign the Cut.
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food log -- is it recording fat grams or fat calories??
Shoot, i thought it was fat grams in the food and now, i see that the milk entry i used is showing fat calories....is that right?
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Moderate Exercises for Severely Obese?
Hello, just wondering if anyone has any tips for some moderate exercises i can do... i'm currently walking 30 minutes a day (which is killer on my knees and back, but i do it anyway)... here are some things that i know i cannot do (yet) lunges squats running heavy lifting pushups cycling if you have any ideas other…
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Weight loss tricks
I got this via e-mail today. The 3 paragraphs below were in the e-mail that led to the link below. Check it out. We all already know about the Hydroxycut thing but the others on the link were kind of interesting. Some of them are no brainers but others were new for me anyway. Hydroxycut, a widely sold herbal supplement…
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question re BMR and exercise
Hi there. My BMR is said to be 1232 cal/day. So to lose weight i have to consume at least 500 cal a day less than that or exercise x-amount of calories off of that intake, right? but everyone says not to consume less than 1200 cal a day....? Or do i not understand the BMR concept? thanks for any help.
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OH NO PLEASE HELP
I need help, i am starting the go back up. I need motivation, I know I can do it though. Can someone please just tell me to get back on track?thanks:flowerforyou:
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funny body fat estimation
i've tried all sorts of online calculators as well as real life machines and each time they say something very different, no matter i did them perhaps several hours apart... however, this site that i just found http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/pi.shtml surpassed every estimation and difference i've ever seen in my…
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What are your thoughts on this?
MFP works, don’t get me wrong, but if I don’t exercise every day then some days it is extremely hard to limit myself to the allotted calories, which is now 1200. I am so hungry at that level!! I have looked at some online calorie calculators and found that if I weighed 135 pounds and wanted to maintain that weight I should…
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Who knows the answer?
:happy: I walk/jog 3 miles every morning, is it better to do one or the other? I know as long as your doing something it is better than nothing, but I want the best results. Should I walk the whole 3 miles, or jog? Or is it ok to just do both?thanks :flowerforyou:
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GRRRRRR!
So I got woken up by a 4am phone call this morning. I hit ignore on my phone and went back to bed. It rang 4 more times, and then finally I looked and saw it was the office manager calling me now. I picked up - turned out there was an emergency at work so I needed to drive in. Finally got back to my apartment around 7am,…
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arms...
Shortly before I started with MFP I began to notice how big my arms had gotten and became very self conscious about them. Since I've dropped a bit of weight they have gone done, they are by no means the size I want them to be, but their tolerable in the meantime. I know I need to start working on them more…