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Yeah, figure out your BMR. I was getting that message and lost 30 pounds, but then I hit a hard bottom and had to increase my calories to start making progress again. I rarely go below 1200 any more because for me it does cause starvation mode and halts my progress. If you do it for long, you'll start to feel the need to…
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This happened to me when I kept going under 1200 calories a day. I kept eating more and then exercising even more to knock the net back. My daily weight graph started to jump around up to 5 pounds a day. I finally figured out that I was in starvation mode, even though I felt great and didn't know it. I took a week off from…
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Find a way to make the exercise fun. Treadmill by itself is a gloomy prospect for the rest of your life. Here's what I've done to make myself look forward to it: 1) Set up an elliptical in the garage and I started watching Breaking Bad on Netflix and I only watch it while on the elliptical. Sometimes I hate having to wait…
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Wow!! And judging from your son, it looks like you did it pretty quickly!
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I use mine religiously. I have an Excel spreadsheet that helps the most engineering-minded out there with the tough task of figuring out how much is in a serving of a home-made dish. For example, you know all of the ingredients that went in to a lasagna, but what exactly is in the 300g portion you just ate? if you're a…
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3500 is accurate - it's the number calories in a pound of fat. It's the 2000 part that varies - the amount you burn at rest. Bigger people burn more. Active people burn more. People with large muscles burn more. But there's no doubt that you burn more than zero, and you have to throw an additional 3500 on top of that to…
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Amen. Nothing has ever motivated or empowered me like MFP.
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All of the magic pills and powders scare me. Look at what happened to the people who succumbed to the allure of phen phen. No thanks. IMHO, exercise is the best way to kick start your results. It might be a hassle at first, but within a month of regular exercise, exercising starts to feel *really great* and you can drop…
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I use the X-Box Kinect to exercise. I started with Dance Central 2, but then discovered that I could get an upper-body workout by boxing with weights in my hands and it's so fun that it's hard to stop. That's what I want - exercise that is so FUN that I look forward to it and hat to stop. Computers and consoles are both…
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I use my Blendtec every single day, and it does well when adding ice to the mix. I've never tried ice alone. They have them for $379 at Costco with an eight year warranty. It was spendy for sure, but that only motivated me make sure I got my money's-worth. On youtube there seems to be a PC vs Mac sort of battle between the…
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I just purchased a Polar RS 100 and it's been a real eye opener for me. Not only are calorie counts for things like MFP and XBox sports / Dance Central, but I was training too hard before and not getting the most benefit for my effort. The polar calibrates each time you start exercising to determine the perfect zone to…
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Guys that do that are so immature that they, believe it or not, are actually hoping to get somewhere with you. Flipping him off was probably a good move, otherwise dudes like that are likely to continue to pursue you on the outside chance of having sex.
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It does has something to do with your looks and also your age. Even in a red neck town, it doesn't happen to everyone. For those who never get that kind of attention, it would probably be a little embarrassing, but welcome. For those more regularly objectified, I would expect a bit of resentment.
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Fantastic! Thanks for posting pictures, you really look great!
