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I have be doing LCHF for several months with great success. Cheat day is only a set back. Cheat days once a week are for those that do intense exercise to replace large amounts of glucogen back into muscles. For normal people it is just a set back. Body builders call this carb cycling. If you are tracking at the beginning,…
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Welcome back fellow cheesehead. I am glad you were successful before and you can be again. Add me if you like
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Us men always have a way with words. My guy friends ask me that a lot and notice 5 lbs. I have 1 blunt female friend that has no problem but other women don't mention a thing.
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Sure, not ashamed of myself at all. Been on a nude beach in Jamaica without a problem.
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It is rough sometimes but if it isn't that only means we settled for who we are and no longer trying to improve. I am just getting back into lifting. Haven't done it since my early 30's. I get frustrated when I recall what I used to be able to lift as I struggle with half that weight now. You are right though that it is…
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Ladies at my gym have a "Guns and Buns" group. Nothing wrong with muscle definition. Your profile pic looks great.
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MFP is just a tool and how you use it will be up to you. Just like a knife is a tool, you can use it to chop up some veggies and cut up some bacon. It does have that social element like FB and others that can draw people in. If you find yourself getting addicted to the social aspect maybe avoid the forums and stick with…
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You live in Las Vegas so I am assuming some technical college or other place has some beginning cooking classes. Find something that focuses on healthy. We all have to make a choice of convenience or health. I skip breakfast a lot not big deal to me. I could easily put some egg beaters on an English muffin with a couple…
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From Cudahy (Milwaukee suburb). I'm doing great. Feel free to add me too.
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At 5' 6" not the shortest guy in room but usually close to it. Wouldn't mind being taller but since I work with computers, crawling around under desks has its advantages when short.
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The more you move the better. You don't have to go hard every day since muscles need time to recover. But with conditioning and good muscle recovery strategy, 6x/week is possible. Beware getting burnt out and derailing yourself though.
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BMR calculators are guestimates at best. Many factors play into your BMR that a general calculator can not cover. One significant one is genetics. Some people have a naturally high metabolism and some have a very low metabolism. The calculated BMR might be artificially high for a very slow metabolism. Thyroxin is a hormone…
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Yep I used http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ and got 1785 for BMR so you are not meeting body's basic need. Your body burns glucose for energy. It will change fat and protein (muscle) into glucose to meet this need. After a bit your body will think you are living in a "famine" area and start to conserve as…
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So many of us have gotten to that point somewhere (some many times) before we decide to take ACTION and CHANGE our behavior. Is it easy? NO! Is it worth it? Hell YES!!! You don't have to take on everything at once. Start small and change things 1 or 2 things at a time. Set some healthy goals like trying some veggies with…
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My purpose are my kids but it doesn't help coming home from work and see mom got them fast food again. Last night boxes of Little Caesars Pizza. I cooked up some nice tostados with corn tortillas baked and only fat free refried beans, some hot sauce, onions, lettuce and a bit of cheese. I will show them and myself that a…
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I try to vary my routine. I don't know if you do same thing over and over but interest wanes and motivation fades as an exercise gets "boring". If this is your case take a break and find a different way to burn calories. If running is boring go for a swim. If swimming turns stale hop on a bike. Just can't stand putting a…
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It happens. For our 1st child I was home all day (about 7 hours) with him and then dropped him off at sitter after to go to work 8 hours. After pulling a 17 hour day libido just not there. It happens in lots of marriages after a child is born when so much physical and emotional energy gets directed to the child. I can't…
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Kidneys can filter around 30 ozs of liquid in an hour give or take several ozs. Beyond this water starts swelling cells including those in brain which causes the deaths. Space out your drinking and you will be fine.
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I got mine near end of January. I love it and wear it everyday. It recommends you only wear it 23 hours a day at most to let your skin breathe a bit. It was several weeks before I noticed an off-body edit feature on the activity manager. Go to the calorie burned drop down and it will be in top left of graph if available.…
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You will be treated the way you allow yourself to be treated. Take control of yourself and how you feel and BOOT HIS *kitten* TO THE CURB!!! He is manipulating you and that isn't the type of man you should want. Once you get rid of him expect lots of manipulation to get you back under his control.
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Thanks eating better and saving money by not snacking is very positive. Will help cutting out fast food day and sodium that restaurant love to add. SO going to try to stay positive and nice weather coming up so time to break out mountain bike. Maybe this is a blessing in disguise because being tethered to a phone for 8…
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My gym owner (an Anytime Fitness) was so proud to inspire us with this video. It is an amazing story. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlsK_YPRvXY
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It sounds wonderful. I am guilty of this too. I can't stream video at work without network security coming into call center but will check it out when I get home. Thanks for the mental motivation coe28! :)
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About 10 years ago I was exercising regularly and riding my bike to work. I was my smallest ever at 175 lbs. My waist was a 33" which made me happy and while I had a bit of a belly rest of body was tight. I had about 150-155 lbs LBM and 20-25 lbs fat. Now I have around 138-140 lbs LBM and like 60 lbs fat. I want more…
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My ex-trainer does core strength classes and she challenges them to hold it for 1.5 minutes or 2 minutes. It is hard for so many people. 1 minute is really good right off bat.
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I really care about others and I'm starting to care about myself too.
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I have got a tiny addiction lol. So many wonderful people on here and Facebook has turned me off so much. I just started the social aspect on here and have like 20 friends so far. Feel free to add if you like.
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Great going so far. I can relate that you don't see it in mirror. That before/after profile pic is amazing. May I suggest putting up a before and current picture on every mirror to remind you of what a wonderful thing you have accomplished so far.
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I am going to start it soon along with a weight training program. Just need to get wife's permission to buy some good running shoes. My current pair about 14-15 months old and support gone. Legs were killing me. A lady from my small group training class at gym did C25K. Never heard of it before and she did really well. She…
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Cudahy, Wisconsin oh yes you know it. Home of the BACON!!
