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Workout routine (beginner)
Hello, I am currently having trouble with figuring out what exercises to include in my workout as well as how many reps/sets to do. I’m currently just doing 30-40 minutes of cardio. My goals are to lose weight and build muscle (mostly my lower body).
Where do I start?!
I really want to start weightlifting... But I have no clue where to start. I can do the machines but should I focus on one muscle group at a time? Ugh I feel so lost.
Creating my own blue zone.
Hey y'all, I hope you are well in these quickly changing times. I rescue canines and have a soft spot for severely malnourished large dogs. A couple of years ago I joined a powerlifting gym specifically to strengthen in case a dog suddenly yanked out to get a pesky squirrel on a walk. My wife and I have had four rescues in…
Crushing it at 46!
Getting back into tracking food after taking a break for the last several months. I love weight lifting and wellness and if anyone is looking for partners on this journey, let me know! Excited to be back here!
Why don’t the calories burned showing in my watch, also show up in MFP?
Hey everyone, so I’m on this amazing health journey like so many others! I have been wearing my Garmin Vivo Sport watch for months and it seems fairly accurate. I connected it to MFP about two weeks ago. I see the calories that I burn being counted properly on my watch, yet it will show like 4 calories burned in MFP?!…
Hey guys, can anyone give me some tips to gain muscle mass and weight, I am an underweight
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Love Olympic lifting and outdoor sports but at 50 and major changes in life things changed but my heart and passion haven’t. Hi, I’m Yvonne. Learning to respect my body from the inside out. I’ve overcome adrenal fatigue and have been slowly working my way back to fitness. Walking the dogs and working out again. Life is…
Add Orange Theory Input
I work out at Orange Theory and your app does not let me log in really good exercise information from my workouts. Without this information I am losing critical information pertinent to my health fitness journey. If you can't add OTF as a partner, then please allow your app manual input to add the information.
Howdy!
I’m new to Fitness Pal, which my daughter (PhD OT), highly recommended as I begin my journey with our Y’s new diabetes prevention program. This program requires a full 1 year commitment! My biggest hope is that I lose weight and, at long last, keep the weight off!! I’ve lost 50 lbs with Noom twice. While I still think that…
Need routine ideas!!
Hi guys! For some context, I'm female, 25, 5'1 and currently 113 lbs. I used to be focused on slimming, got down to 100, but it was so hard to keep up I gave up and I'm just fully leaning into the fact that I gain muscle more easily. Now I've never really tried to gain muscle before so I really have no clue what I'm doing.…
How to stop obsessing?
Hello! I'm not new to the calorie tracking, and it's actually one of my biggest fears. I was diagnosed with anorexia about five years ago and still struggle with food noise. I've start picking up lifting (starting May of this year) and my goal is to gain muscle. However, I still freak when I get over 1200 calories. My days…
Build muscle stay lean
I lifted, lost weight...maintained and then in sept decided to cut some more. Lost 13# now at 142#...looking to build muscle. Nervous as increasing calories to get back to maintenance... which is necessary to build muscle but always conscious of fat. Just looking for chatting with others with same concerns, journey
Introduction - The Discerning Latino
Dear MyFitnessPal Colleagues, I am genuinely thrilled to have the opportunity to work alongside all of you and I look forward to meeting many of you in this space. I thought I’d add a bit of personal color. I’m the youngest of five sons in a migrant farmworker family and have been fortunate in many ways. I’ve had the…
Weight lifting
Any suggestions for beginner weight lifters?
High Protein low fat
Any suggestions on how I can keep my fat low but Protein high , seems to be quite challenging...
What gym workout app do you use?
I have a gym membership and have a few group fitness classes there that I enjoy. I would like to build consistent, progressive workouts for days when I'm not taking classes. There are a few machines at the gym that I'd rather not use. I'm having trouble finding an app to build a workout while allowing to swap out some…
D. Denell Lifting Big Dumbbells, Hello from California👋🏾
Hey now, I hope all is well with everyone. My name is D. Denell, I’m a communications specialist and real estate consultant based in Los Angeles, CA. Lifting large circles and walking regularly became the most therapeutic self care solution that I didn’t know I needed. I restarted my journey and began taking my health and…
IF and working out in the evening
Hey all! I've been thinking about hopping on the IF wagon. My problem is.. I workout in the evening after work. I get to the gym at 4:30 and workout for an hour then I usually eat a protein bar. The problem is, I usually want to stuff myself after a good workout. I'm not usually home to cook/eat until 7. I just don't know…
How does one connect with others and make friends with this app?
Hi, I'm looking to make some friends here but can't figure out how to do it. I'm 61 and just looking for support and to support others who are trying to become their healthiest selves. I am a Christian and enjoy good discussions, trading ideas and success stories and just having fun!
Trying to maintain and build.
Longtime user but never used community
Hello, I'm currently on a 509 day streak since I started MyFitnessPal in May 2023. Been on an eternal bulk, started at 120lb in January 2022 and now 206. I plan on cutting a little after I reach 211.
Hello from downunder!
I'm new to this forum, but have been using the myfitnesspal app for about two years. It's great and has really helped me stay on track with my diet and nutrition. Back in August 2023, I woke up in hospital after collapsing at home. They did every kind of test known, thinking I'd had a stroke. Turned out to be a TIA. Made a…
Hello! Looking for inspiration from other athletes
Hey! I'm Marilyn and have used MFP on and off through a couple of decades. I've weighed between 140 and 150 lbs for most of my life. That's really big for a NCAA Division 1 distance runner! And yet - I was 🤣 I still run about 40 miles per week, lift a couple of times, swim and bike and backpack and take walks, etc. I'd…
New here
Hi all, I’m new to community discussion boards. I’m trying to stay motivated. I’ve used my fitness pal to stay slim but now I’m focused on building muscle particularly, leg and glutes. I’ve been doing google searches and using muscle gain calculators to try to figure how many calories/protein I need to consume. It’s kind…
What name does the MyFitnessPal app use for "power snatches"?
Hi all, so I'm using the MyFitnessPal app to build a workout routine. When I go to add an exercise and enter "power snatch", I get no results. I thought this was a super standard exercise! Maybe I'm using the wrong term? I see "power clean" and "snatch" and "hang snatch" but no "power snatch". For an easy visual / video of…
Not New, but Back on Track!
Hello mfp peeps! I'm definitely not new to mfp but I am new to the community section! My current weight recently skyrocketed, to 201lb. I'm 5'5, 23, moderately active at work and at home. Getting into weight lifting. My SW was around 170 in 2016. My GW is 140. I'd like to lose 2lb a week for the first 5 months back on my…
Not new, but haven't used MFP in years
It's been awhile since I've used this app, but I'm definitely looking for more encouragement. I use Instagram a lot as a way to stay keep myself accountable. Would love more friends to stay encouraged.
Varying calorie goals by day
I’ve been learning about best practices for maintaining muscle while losing weight and I want to check my understanding… So if I have calculated a deficit of 300 calories, I’m wondering if I should eat at a higher calorie goal on days I am lifting weights. MFP does not attribute as many calories to non-cardio exercises (so…
App for logging strength training
There so many options out there to log (strength training) workouts, but my requirements are quite specific (I think)... The thing is that I have two different barbells and two different sets of (adjustable) dumbbells. Since the empty dumbbells and barbells have different weights, I'd like to be able to distinguish them…

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