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I need to talk about how stressful vacation planning is. Last time I attempted a trip, it was pre-pandemic, it got cancelled. This time it might get cancelled again and I just wanna cry. I haven't been on a proper long vacation (so not a city trip of less than a week) is 7 or 8 years ago and I NEED to go but I can't handle…

@KeriA Meal planning is so great, it saves so much money and helps with nutrition. Sounds like a good plan. I've done 6 weeks of 2200-2400kcal a day based on weekly average for a 1kg a week loss when I just started tracking because I didn't know. I thought that loss was too fast so I've been at 2400-2600kcal a day based on…

The scale said I only lost 0,5kg in the past 4 weeks which is a bummer but also not possible. I've been eating 100kcal below my sedentary tdee and I've been exercising 5 times a week ánd the tape measure showed progress so I'll assume it's waterweight from feeling sore or some kind of sneaky recomp going on and I'm not…

@ Keri my mum is doing similar unemployment stuff and I see how much effort it takes her, especially because they require so much stuff and every place wants it uploaded differently. Just wanted to say I think it's very cool you're doing all that and have all these stressful things going on and keeping up the weight loss…

My ankle feels much better today ánd the class at the gym was largely shoulders/arms. I only changed bear walks into dead bugs for my ankle but otherwise I could do everything. Before exercising I decided to measure myself and while my upper body was bigger than usual (with my arms measuring its largest ever number: 39cm!)…

I feel so good right now. My ankle was okay today but the workout was mostly shoulder and arm stuff anyway. We had 15 min to find a heavy double power snatch. 2 or so weeks ago I managed a 40kg snatch when we went for a 1RM but it was fear, not lack of strength, that was holding me back from going heavier. But now that…

In our gym it's very normal to put the plates back in the right spot so I've never in my 9 months there seen them misplaced. However our kettlebells and dumbells are kind of a mess but that's more a space issue than a laziness issue and there's still some method to the madness. But none of the people who I consider to be…

I hurt my ankle back in late 2018 and it took a year to regain all function but it's remained a little unstable since then and I re-hurt it a little last december or so. I am seeing a physio therapist and it's been getting better but today it just started hurting a lot in the middle of my workout. I walked a lot on tuesday…

I hate getting praised for weight loss too. I get that people think I look better now than I did 20lbs heavier but where were the compliments when I was this weight and gaining? It makes me feel dirty and ugly and just gross. I'd rather get praised for my weightlifting progession and even then only by people who have seen…

My ankle started acting up a minute into today's workout so in 15 minutes I only did 10 down-ups, 27 box push ups, 18 strict knee raises, 9 manmakers minus the push up part and on my knees, 30 hang power snatches with the empty bar. Then I had an hour long pilates class where I tried my best to listen to my body. Today was…

I get hungry very quickly and I get full very quickly so usually I will have a pretty big breakfast (due to time constraints because I can't wake up early) but my other meals are stretched out throughout the day, especially lunch. "Lunch" typically takes me 3 hours to eat as I'll have a piece of fruit, feel full enough,…

I've only lost 20-25lbs so far since late january but throughout I had loose skin in several places. I lost weight first off my legs/hips/butt so after a few months I noticed that I had loose skin there. And the tape measure agreed. But from one day to the next it disappeared - or so it felt. It was probably more gradual…

I am still sore from murph on monday. Yesterday I had a work thing all day so it was supposed to be a rest day but we walked all over this quaint little town for about 2,5 hours total. Today we did a 15 minute amrap (as many reps as possible) of 5 deadlifts at 70% of your 1RM 10 hand stand push ups 9 calories on the ski…

Hi all, I'm new to this group though I've been reading the posts for a few weeks now. I'm still getting to know the community aspect of the app. My June goal is to keep going the way I have been. Maybe I'll lose 4lbs, that'd be nice. I don't own a scale so I only weigh myself sporadically. My current weight should be…

I have this blouse that's supposed to be loose fit but has no stretch. It's always been loose and lovely around my chest and shoulders but I could only fit my belly, lower back (where I carry a lot of fat) and upper hips in when wearing jeans under the blouse, as jeans typically hold me in. Today I put on regular nice work…

Drmwc I love reading about your adventures. As I'm both scared of heights (I can go up a thing but not down) and caves, I know I won't ever experience it for myself (probably) but I love reading about it and the pictures are great. Dives seem equally terrifying and great

Today was Murph day because it's the US equivalent of Dodenherdenking today iirc and I was dreading it. I've only been doing xfit for about 9 months now so it's my first introduction to Murph ánd we rarely do hero workouts. The og Murph is run 1 mile (1,6km), 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 air squats, run 1 mile, for RX…

I don't like loose leaf black tea and think the tastiest black teas are the cheapest bagged ones. Usually I go for earl grey, sometimes english breakfast and once a day a fruity flavoured black tea, like strawberry or forest fruits. I drink all my black tea with a dash of nonfat milk and a sweetener, I think sucralose? No…

I've had great luck with the communities at the gyms and sports clubs I've been a member of, they've always been a main place I make friends. But I know not every place is like that. One of the first times I trained here someone made a comment like "you're not going heavier than that? Really?" to another guy who was…

They haven't and I'm happy for it because I haven't asked. The coach only wanted to make sure I wasn't undereating so I told her I averaged 2500 cals for a 0,5kg per week weight loss pace and that pacified her. I'm not looking for advice on losing weight or logging or food. And I'm not going to the gym to lose weight. My…

I'm 99% sure they meant their calories and fiber are unchanged from the numbers they were before (and therefore aren't likely the cause of the digestion issues), not that they think calories = fiber

Today after our training session I hung out on the floor in front of the fan with one of the coaches because it was nice to feel a little cool and she commented on how much my sit ups had improved because she remembered that when I started at the gym I needed to put two 20kg DBs on the floor to stick my toes/feet under to…

I hit my old 1RM front squat today!!! I am so happy. And then I did one that was 2,5kg heavier too! After that we had to do 40-30-20-10 alternating DB snatches and sit ups. I used a 12,5kg DB and it took me 12 min 7 seconds. The snatches were kinda light, I ended up doing the first 40 unbroken, then 16-14, and the 20 and…

I put losing weight because that's what's happening right now but that isn't actually my fitness goal. I've always been active and got to 300+lbs while very active so they're unrelated for me as well. I like to exercise because it's fun and it feels good. My long term fitness goals are being able to do pull ups and…

I hate cycling :( but maybe that's because it's been my primary mode of transportation all my life and I'm just tired of it. It's not super tiring and it's efficient and good for the environment and I'm actually pretty good at it but I'd rather walk places if I don't have to wake up extra early to do so, because I hate…

The app updated and the new front page is so confrontational about the amount of calories you ate (I went over goal by 137 today and it tells me 137 overweight, like what?) and it also confronts you with your last logged weight when you scroll down a bit so I hate it, yikes. Anyway, for the NSV: I was staring at myself in…

Thanks for the warm welcome:)

Hi, I'm new to this group and started my mfp journey back in late january. I'm 26 and have been overweight all my life. Throughout my childhood it was only by a few kgs so never into obesity territory but all my memories from childhood are related to needing to diet. Everyone around me was so obsessed with my weight and…

Today was one of those days that the workout I did and the workout everyone else was doing are unrecognisable as the same thing, that's how much I had to scale it. But that's okay, because those just identify the areas I need to work on. The original workout was a 12 minute amrap (as many reps as possible) of 10 toes to…

I was a bit apprehensive about exercise today but I had no negative consequences from my period tonight ánd my twisted ankled healed to where it was before I twisted it, which is still not 100% fixed but much, much better. At some point in the past - yesterday? Last week? Who knows - I convinced this random dude at the gym…