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I'm a 36H, so I feel your pain! My absolute favourite bra is the Panache Sport (underwired version) -- it's the first bra that allowed me to run without pain or bouncing, and it got me through a half-marathon comfortably. I've now got a sizeable collection because I love it so much! You can get them at Bravissimo,…
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"just toss them directly into the trash because life is meaningless." Beautiful. This is why I don't even bother with paleo (that, and being a paleo vegetarian sounds like a recipe for even less fun). I'll have all the carbs and cheese over here, thanks.
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Wow, amazing work!
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I'm three years into a doctoral thesis (with attendant teaching responsibilities), and I 100% relate to this. Like PeachyPlum above, I find that I can cut down on my decision fatigue most effectively when I have a relatively restrictive routine -- both for exercise and for food. I tend to eat the same thing for breakfast…
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It's a rest day for me, so no "real" exercise, but I did get out in the sunshine and walk for an hour and a half!
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Hi all! Currently live in Oxford, have lost a little less than half my goal (48 of ~112 pounds) with MFP over the last year and a bit, and am a vegetarian - always happy to have new friends! (Especially if you're local; there's no such thing as too many exercise buddies!)
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Mine's syncing again, as of about an hour ago. Hopefully that means they've sorted it out now. (FWIW, mine was making absolutely no calorie adjustments on MFP, when I know it should've given me about 500 cals from walking; the step counter on MFP also said I'd taken 233 steps, when I'd walked something like four and a half…
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I'm having the same issue - steps/calories not syncing with MFP. This happened around the same time last year because loads of people got FitBits for Christmas/started with their resolution and it crashed the servers for several days, so I'm wondering if it might be that again...
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Frame size and muscle/lean body mass will play a big part - there's simply no way I could fit my *skeleton* into size 4 anything, never mind my actual body, but every individual is going to have a different combination of factors. Bodies are weird like that!
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I'm 5'8 and large-framed (my wrists are almost 7" around!) and very muscular, so I'm aiming for around 170 pounds (about 12 stone). I was a fairly serious competitive athlete with those stats, and I was around a US 10-12 at the time (UK 14ish).
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Definitely haven't attempted the challenge (my half-marathon training is eating my LIFE), but I had a pretty good reboot this weekend - three hours of workshops, including an hour and a half of Suhaila-format drills. My first actual dance class since April, so not too shabby, I think! ... though I suppose I could go for…
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Lots of great suggestions here, the only one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned is cottage cheese - it's one of the most convenient protein sources for me. (I also adore halloumi, but that has a higher calorie cost by a long way :-p)
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It took about 35 pounds (from 280) to really need a smaller size - my clothes were better-fitting at 20 pounds down, and loose at 25. So I've lost nearly 50 pounds but have only lost one dress size, as wild as that sounds. I think it's at least partly because there's more wiggle room between larger dress sizes...
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Ha, strangely enough, dance boots are on my list for the next time I go skate-shopping! And I'm considering taking up with the local social ice-dancing club just to see if I like it.
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What an amazing transformation! Massive respect for all the hard work you put in! And your stats (well, height/starting weight) are almost the same as mine, and my goal is similar to yours, so it's nice to see that it can be done :-D
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I live in a pretty old and interesting city so if my date isn't familiar with it, I'll often do a little walking tour, hit a museum, go for lunch or coffee if we're having a good time, and round it off with a walk around one of the local parks before looping back to the train station. For local dates, wandering round…
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This was great! Thanks for sharing! (I didn't know John Oliver had a new show, either - double thanks for that!)
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What an amazing transformation! I'm so impressed by your dedication! Congratulations on a job well done!
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Oh man, that is one thing I do not miss about the old days - boot break-in season SUCKS. (Un)fortunately, I don't get the chance to skate very often anymore, but it does mean my skates last for ages! But yay! for new boots anyway - what've you got, if you don't mind me asking?
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THIS THIS THIS. A friend of mine who did a 5k after only a week of running "experience" decided on a similar whim to run a half-marathon like a month later... and injured her hip joint to the point that her doctors forbade her from running for 9 months. Whereas I, who have gone the slow and steady route, have had…
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I started running at around 265 (I'm 5'8, currently in the 230s) and this is all pretty good advice. Build yourself up with a C25k, but don't be afraid to take rest days, go slowly, or repeat days that you find tough. And make sure you always warm up, cool down, and stretch, even on days when your runs are short and don't…
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I'm 25, and have logged almost every day since I joined last fall (minus a few days I was on a cruise over Christmas!). My diary's not open, but I'm pretty active on my own and other people's newsfeeds!
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Usually about 6 pounds - starts to creep up 2-3 pounds in the two or three days before, is 5-6 up for the five days I'm actually menstruating, and it all vanishes two days after I finish.
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Fifty pounds down and I've gone from a 40GG to a 38H/36HH - so the actual volume hasn't changed, my band size has just gotten smaller. If I get down to a 34 band, I hope I lose some volume too... just because the J+ territory is pretty barren :-(
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Either a fourth set of lobe piercings (I have just enough lobe left that I should be able to squeeze them in!) or I'll start on the helix. Haven't decided yet. I don't have any tattoos (yet) but my father passed away at the end of April and I'm considering getting his name (in his handwriting) and dates. I just need to…
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I'm 5'8 and quite broad-shouldered/large-framed (and muscular, which compounds the problem). My highest weight was 281 pounds and I'm aiming to weigh about 170-175 - since that's the weight at which I was a competitive athlete and had visible ab definition! - and be approximately a size 12 US (UK 14-16ish).
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When I was a 2-sport athlete and dancer at 16, I was 176 at 5'8. I wore a size 12 (misses) or 13/14 (juniors) and I thought I was hideously fat. (Probably not helped by my doctor telling me I should lose weight, that a teenaged girl my height should weigh 125, 130 tops... even though 176 is not hugely overweight and I…
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Sorry, haven't been around much the last few days and didn't see this! I think early on I was netting around 1900 calories, down to 1840 by the third month (I'm now netting 1600) but I usually ate at least 2200-2400. My current intake is usually somewhere in that range, occasionally up to 2800 depending on my exercise…
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Wow, what a fantastic change! Great work!
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Your loss seems pretty good, actually! That's about the rate I was losing when I started with similar stats - 5 or 6 pounds a month. (Now I'm only losing about 3 per month.) It just feels slow because goal is so far away still!
