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Same and same on both accounts... Also: - I MUST lick the yoghurt off the lid. - Toast must *never* be burned and must be hot enough to melt the butter. - I can't have two carb veg in one meal, ie. no potatoes + corn, carrots etc. Only one carb per meal. - I looooove spanish onion in almost everything but it HAS to be…
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Just discovered cottage cheese and WOW. What a super food... 12.5g protein for just 102 calories per 125g serve? And at the Aldi near me a 500g tub of the stuff is only $2.20.... That's pretty cheap, awesome protein IMHO :D
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Preach!
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I started New Rules of Lifting For Women (NROLFW) as a *complete* novice, lard-*kitten* just over a year ago and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Biggest tips: - Form, form, form, form, form. Get it right when you start so you never develop bad habits (and hurt yourself). Watch loads of youtube videos and perhaps even…
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I like the one I get from my old gym (in Australia) but I'm pretty sure they don't ship O/S. I've heard very good things about Dymatize, though :)
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Celery sticks (with or without peanut butter) are great. Especially when you're in one of those *I can eat all day* moods... you can go through a whole bunch of celery for pretty negligible calories (without the peanut butter). Also like Jack Link's Teriyaki Beef jerky for when I know I'm going to be out of the house...…
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I'm weird about tomatoes, too - cannot *stand* them raw (even on a pizza), they make me dry retch, but I absolutely LOVE tomato sauce and tomato soup. Very odd.... And the other one is pork. Bacon is probably my favourite food and I could eat it with *every* meal... but I get very queasy at even the sight of a pork chop or…
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I can relate and I've only lost 25 of my 70 odd extra kilos... apparently the first place I lose from is my boobs which is pretty crap as they were the only thing I had going for me, really. That being said, I checked out your picture and I think you're overlooking some possible options. You have *killer* hair. Hair can be…
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SO unfriggingbelievably inspired by you, Jenn. I relate to 99.99% of everything you've said and started pretty much *exactly* where you were (we have very similar body shapes). Your progress is phenomenal. Looking at those pictures, you can see it so very much....especially in your calves, belly and shoulders. I've soooo…
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The machines in my gym are calibrated for an "average" person... I managed to find what these stats were once and it turns out it's for a male, 6'1", 185lbs. It was no surprise then at a short, fat female... the numbers were all wrong. It also stuffs with the calories burned count if you take either of your hands off the…
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I can totally empathise with you right now. Two weeks ago my beautiful dog (who is like my baby - am a complete dog fanatic), was diagnosed with cancer. There was literally one week between getting the diganosis and me having to put him down (just 5 days ago). Needless to say, as soon as I ended up in the emergency vets…
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Obviously eating a LOT of fruit isn't a great idea (eating a lot of anything isn't great... but fruit is really high in sugar)... that being said, I definitely don't count sugars from fruit towards my daily sugar intake. I also subtract my fibre total from my sugar total (that's a tip I learned from a diabetic... the fibre…
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Haha! That's a pretty good idea! :P
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Zumba instructor.
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Lips! Great shape!!
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I relate, relate, relate!! AND... I'm on an almost identical daily calorie limit, and I, too am doing cardio + weight lifting. I tend to find I need a solid breakfast (either eggs or oats) so that after a morning snack (yoghurt or beef jerky or fruit) I'm not actually that hungry at lunch. So far my best tip for the…
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Firstly: GOOD FOR YOU! :flowerforyou: It takes a lot to find your motivation and unfortunately, it's often found after the darkest of experiences. For me it wasn't a breakup but a house foreclosure, that ripped me out of my own little bubble and forced me to confront what I'd been doing to myself and what I wanted my life…
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Errrr... I call BS :happy: I have 100lbs to lose, 52 of which I've already happily released and I've done so eating between 1900 and 2300 calories a day. Granted, I lift heavy weights, but even on a cardio-only exercise programme... at your height and weight *I* personally wouldn't *dare* eat less than 1600 calories a day.…
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FANTASTIC progress! You can reeeeeally see it around your shoulders and across your lower back. You must FEEL really different - I'm not too dissimilar, shape wise, and I know how much easier moving was after I lost some tummy / back weight! You also look *happier* and more open in your face, which goes to show you're…
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As a fatty who was always told 'JUST RUN, YOU FATTY' I call giant BS on this. Sure, one dilweed got a little bit over-zealous and said "IF YOU DON'T LIFT YOU'RE A WASTE OF SPACE" or some crap, but that doesn't mean the few thousand people 'lifting heavy' on MFP are all twats. I wish someone had screamed that at ME 5 years…
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Bread is *fine*. There is absolutely no reason to cut out bread - you just need to limit your intake, which you've already done, so you don't have a diet problem - you have a psychological one. The problem with COMPLETELY removing *anything* (even soda, lollies, chocolate etc) from your diet is that you will eventually…
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Single life is awesome :happy: I fill my 'extra' time with classes (learn a language), volunteering and walking my dog. There's never a shortage of stuff I could be doing. :drinker:
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HAHAHAHAHA. i love you.
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Firstly - open your diary. If you're eating under 1400 calories a day, you're not eating enough, simple as that. Secondly - don't spend all your workout time on cardio - start lifting. Lift *heavy* (I recommend New Rules of Lifting for Women or Stronglifts). Thirdly - Get GOOD scales. If you can afford them, get some body…
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MFP calories burned values are NOTORIOUSLY ludicrous. What you may think is an 'underestimated' burn could be significantly inflated. Best bet is to get yourself a heart rate monitor that is customised with your personal stats - height, weight, gender, age, and go exclusively on what that says you're burning. When I first…
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It was *disgusting*.... :frown: The packaging and write-up seemed so appealing... high protein, low carb, "rich, chocolatey taste" etc. It was pretty much like cardboard. And feet. Yep. Cardboard and feet.
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If you're on a *diet*, it's CHEATING... If you've changed your *lifestyle*, it's LIVING LIFE . If you've set your eating up so that you're never allowed a single, unplanned / craved morsel, you're not really basing your food consumption on long-term, sustainable reality. I don't ever ever want to stop my new way of living…
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SO freakin stoked for you!!!!! I have similar starting stats to you and (I think) am a similar age so your post has just been a huuuuuge inspiration. I can't wait till I get to Onederland - AMAZING milestone!! Thank you so much for sharing and HUUUUUUUGE props!! :flowerforyou:
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If red is sexy why aren't rashes getting people laid? Surely this study should prove that people with really bad eczema / acne are at the very tippy top of the sexual attractiveness food chain :tongue:
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Wash it, wash it, wash it. Particularly if you wear it swimming or you sweat a lot - I wash mine after every second workout or the readings are off / not picked up. I think it's something about the salt build up interfering with it. If you wash it (according to the instructions) and it still doesn't work you may have a…
