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  • I would love to add some others who are really active on MFP so we can motivate one another!
  • I've been trying to use my heart rate as a training tool for exercise, and the "fat burning" heart rate zone is well within the confines of a walk. In fact, I often find I have to slow my walk down a little bit to stay in that range! It's great exercise. Slow and steady wins the race.
  • I have the world's worst sweet tooth. Until I started doing this I've never even attempted to moderate my sugar intake in my entire life. I finish a meal and I have to have something sweet; I sit at my desk and crave cookies. And fruit just doesn't do it for me. So instead of just suffering and feeling insane/binging by…
  • There's this totally incredible website called Budget Bytes that lists very good and wholesome meals at totally affordable prices. It breaks down the cost for the meal and per portion, some of which are as low as pennies per serving of food. My go-to healthy foods are the same as those listed here, but I don't cook…
  • I've been trying to replace big, calorie-heavy meals with smaller, lighter snacks throughout the day, and making sure to eat a solid 200-400 breakfast and 300-600 dinner. I end up eating a high-protein breakfast, grazing on low-cal snacks about every two hours, and then enjoy making myself a small portion of healthy…
  • I have sciatica in my lower back, and I have a toddler meltdown every time I try to do the prayer stretch the doc assigned me--my fat gut is too big and I can't do the stretch correctly. Tears and yelling every time.
  • Just got my Charge HR this week! Already this thing is running my life--in the best way possible! I was just running up and down my stairs to get the last few steps in today, haha! I'm obsessed with it!
  • Hey! I'm 20, I actually work at the college I was attending now. I've got about 50 pounds to lose, and boy, it's easier said than done!
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