Acronyms and Terms for New MFP Members v. 5

Original topic: 08/16/2012, updated 05/07/2013. This is the eighth update, with new additions to the list. If anything is not clear, feel free to ask or use your Google-fu. If anything is incorrect, please let me know and it will be updated in the next re-post.

This list is limited to health and fitness and MyFitnessPal-specific acronyms and terms. For generic internet acronyms, such as SMH, WTG, TTYL, etc., you can go to one of many internet acronym list sites, such as http://www.netlingo.com/acronyms.php.

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30DS: 30 Day Shred: A cardiovascular and plyometric exercise program. Developed by Jillian Michaels.

BodyBugg: From the website: the bodybugg calorie management system is a proven solution in weight loss management. The bodybugg system works by keeping an accurate daily record of calories consumed vs. burned making it easier to stay informed, make decisions and more effectively manage your weight. (http://www.bodybugg.com/)

BMR: Base or Basal Metabolic Rate For TDEE and BMR, please read this awesome post here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Bump: A message of BUMP is placed in a thread for a user to come back and read later. Making a post of "Bump" causes it to appear in the user's My Topics list. *Please see more below about BUMP- someone always argues with me about this particular term on MFP.

C25K: Couch to 5 K: A running program designed for beginner and non-runners to get them from the couch to running a 5K. Some are 8 weeks, others are slightly longer.

ED: Eating Disorder. There are several kinds. Go to www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/information-resources/ for more information.

ESE: Eat Stop Eat. A type of Intermittent Fasting diet plan.

EMTLW - Eat More to Lose Weight

DOMS: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: From wikipedia: Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), also called muscle fever, is the pain and stiffness felt in muscles several hours to days after unaccustomed or strenuous exercise. The soreness is felt most strongly 24 to 72 hours after the exercise.

DYEL - Do you even lift?

Fitbit: a small electronic device attached to clothing to monitor steps taken and movement throughout the day. http://www.fitbit.com

GW: Goal Weight- Related to the following:

UGW- Ultimate goal weight- The final weight goal a person wishes to attain
SW- Starting Weight
CW- Current Weight

HIIT: High Intensity Interval Training- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-intensity_interval_training

HRM: Heart Rate Monitor

IF: Intermittent Fasting is a pattern of eating that alternates between periods of fasting (usually meaning consumption of water only) and non-fasting. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_fasting)

IIFYM: If It Fits Your Macros- See Macronutrients.

IPOARM: In Place of a Road Map: From the MFP page: "In Place of a Road Map is simply a way to get your metabolism functioning at max capacity while eating as much as you can and getting the results that you need.
This is also a Fat Loss program.
Never confuse Fat Loss with Weight Loss."
The IPOARM topic can be found at: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/937709-in-place-of-a-road-map-ver-3-0
The IPOARM MFP group can be found at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/8017-in-place-of-a-road-map

Macros: Macronutrients- the large categories of nutritional ratios of Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat.

MFP: My Fitness Pal

Net Calories: number of calories eaten minus number of calories burned in exercise

NROL4W: New Rules of Lifting for Women- information at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/119-new-rules-of-lifting-for-women-nrol4w-

NSV: Non Scale Victory a dieting and weight loss term for noticing your weight loss success off the scale. This includes smaller clothing sizes, measurements, compliments, etc.

OP: Means "original post" or "original poster" of a forum topic. Example: "The OP was clearly talking about carbs instead of fat."

P90X: A high intensity, 90 day cardiovascular/plyometric fitness routine. Created by Tony Horton.

Paleo: From Wikipedia: "The paleolithic diet (abbreviated paleo diet or paleodiet), also popularly referred to as the caveman diet, Stone Age diet and hunter-gatherer diet, is a modern nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various hominid species habitually consumed..."

PCOS: Polycystic ovary syndrome- Polycystic ovary syndrome is a condition in which a woman has an imbalance of a female sex hormones. This may lead to menstrual cycle changes, cysts in the ovaries, trouble getting pregnant, and other health changes. Weight gain and obesity is common in women with PCOS. Losing weight can help treat the hormone changes and health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, or high cholesterol. Read more at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001408/

Primal: From Wikipedia: "The Primal Diet is a carnivorous, low carbohydrate raw foods diet, pioneered by Aajonus Vonderplanitz. It can also be considered as a Paleolithic diet with the addition of raw milk products."

QFT: Quote(d) for Truth- QFT is used when a previous or quoted post is so on point and correct, you "QFT it" for emphasis and agreement. (Author's note: This is a very generic web acronym, but because it is used so frequently here, I have decided to include it, especially after being asked to do so on the last several iterations of this list.)

TDEE: Total Daily Energy Expenditure

TLDR/TL;DR: Too Long Didn't Read.

TOM: For women- "Time Of the Month"- The monthly menstrual cycle. Important in terms of fitness because of the uncontrolled body changes and water retention that can affect weight loss and fitness goals and plans.

Vegetarian/Vegan/Pescatarian/Flexitarian: Go here: http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/tp/TypesofVeg.htm

VLCD: Very Low Calorie Diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-low-calorie_diet)

YMMV: Your mileage may vary. Basically means that if you try what the poster recommended, it may not produce exactly the same results.

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*Here's why I do not reference BUMP as the acronym "Bring Up My Post":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_(Internet)
"To bump a thread on an internet forum is to post a reply to it purely in order to raise the thread's profile. This will typically return it to the top of the list of active threads. It has been suggested that "bump" is an acronym of "bring up my post";[1] however, this is almost certainly[original research?] a backronym and the usage is entirely consistent with the verb "bump" which means "to knock to a new position".[2]"

and a "backronym" means (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backronym):

A bacronym or backronym is a phrase specially constructed so that an acronym fits an existing word... (Italicized emphasis mine.)

The word is a combination of the two words 'backward' and 'acronym', and has been defined as a "reverse acronym".[1] Its earliest known citation in print is as "bacronym" in the November 1983 edition of the Washington Post monthly neologism contest. The newspaper quoted winning reader "Meredith G. Williams of Potomac" defining it as the "same as an acronym, except that the words were chosen to fit the letters".[1]