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I'm up for the challenge!
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donate to Goodwill or other charity, get a tax receipt and NEVER keep your fat clothes around "just in case." Not fitting into my winter clothes from last year really kicked me into gear, and i refused to buy new in a bigger size! (well, I did buy 2 pair of hideously ugly fleece pants at wallyworld for a trip and that only…
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Drooling just reading the options. Who needs a DQ Blizzard when you have these?
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Oh no- I'm not RedTeam anymore! Well, it's nearly st Patrick's day so I can learn to say Go Green! Hello new teammates!
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^this. Notice "with good form" on those last reps--if you can't keep good form, it's too heavy today...by next week, may be fine. The beauty of lifting heavy is it's always a new challenge and you can see quantifiable gains frequently
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...pretend that if I didn't record it I didn't eat it. Also I would have started keeping a paper & pen diary with the best of intentions but lost track of it within a few days. with MFP on my phone it's always there for logging and helping me keep myself honest!
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^This!
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I plan to keep my morning coffee habit forever! I drink 3 cups (ok, the cup is about 16 oz) every morning, black, and only before breakfast. I do drink other caffeine during the day and find it helps me avoid mindless munching. I feel the urge to eat when I am tired, and by drinking something with caffeine I get a…
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I have it too and have for a long time, only now it's my "Meno-Pot" and it was the main motivator to get me moving again. Clean eating and regular workouts are helping--it has shrunk 3 full inches since Jan 3! But it's about the same size as my hip measurement so I poke out in 2 directions. And what I hate the most, and I…
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PW: 152 CW: 152 Sorry Partner and Red Team, no loss this week. My stupid scale is stuck again, so I am savoring each NSV as it comes--this week I am wearing another pair of pants that I could not fasten in January! and I am FINALLY losing some of my "meno-pot" too, my gut is down 3 full inches since we started 9 weeks ago!…
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with my mexican dinner I used the LC Light Mozzarella with Sun Dried Tomatoes & Basil spread on toasted Flatout brand whole wheat flatbread. nice!
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Saw this in another post and have been doing these at home--good ones! I've had 3 knee surgeries due to major damage when I was 18 and regular squats and lunges are hard for me; I can do them, even with weights, but just go down as far as I can without pain. Against the wall with the ball behind my back works good, once I…
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Thanks for the link! Bad news for me is I'm at 29% BF (BF is NOT my BFF! but it could be my "big fat fanny" LOL) but the good news is that I have an ultimate goal of 20% BF, so that gives me just 14 lbs of jiggly fat to lose. As long as I protect my lean muscle and continue to build it, I'm only 14lbs from my goal! As a 56…
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IMO, you'd do better to separate your upperbody work days. You show 2 days in a row, and you may need more recovery time. Try alternating upper/lower body focus days. and be sure to go heavy as you can. Instead of using the same weight, start out with a moderate weight for 12 reps, then increase the weight for 10 reps,…
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yes, this is how it goes for me too. I am thinking that I tend to stay up later on Friday night, and even though we are just watching a movie at home, being up longer means I drink more water and go to the bathroom more and use more calories than if I went to bed like normal. I weigh every morning and the day-to-day…
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and don't be surprised if your minor lapse (this was not anything close to a binge, IMO) triggers cravings for a couple of days--that's what happens with me. But you're back on track, and that's what really matters in the end. One off day every few weeks really isn't going to hurt you unless you allow feeling guilty to…
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what a clever idea!
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MFP has the very handy feature allowing you to enter your recipes and it counts up all the nutrients for you, making it easy to enter from the My Recipies tab. Since you're new to counting calories, just remember that everything counts. Enter every bite that goes into your mouth--even celery! if you have a smartphone MFP's…
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good advice already posted, so I will just add to search thru the Blogs and spend some time reading. You can learn a lot plus get motivated. maybe you even want to start your own blog? thats a very public commitment that will make sure you come back to MFP frequently. Oh, and force yourself to take "Before" photos and…
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yes, I MUST eat carbs to fuel my workouts! since switching to whole grain and other whole-food carbs (and almost eliminating all the white sugar, flour, potatos and rice) I don't have the hard sugar cravings like I did before. For me, more than just a little sugar throws me into a cycle of wanting more, eating more, which…
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PW-153 CW-152 Hoped to break 150 this time, but hoping won't get it done! Only 4 more weeks to reach goal-yikes!
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When she had worked out and gotten more muscular for Tomb Raider, that's when I think she looked her best--sleek and toned yet powerful--THAT's something to aspire to! now, if I could just trip and fall on my face just right, maybe I'd get those lips too! *sigh*
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I understand the house full of tempting treats! My DH is underweight and has a hard time eating enough to maintain, let alone gain weight! :noway: He is also the cook around here and has a bit sweet tooth. Here's what I had to resort to: 1) told him after Xmas that I wanted him not to cook for me until my birthday (march…
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for me,cutting out sugar and the notorious "white" foods (flour/rice/potatoes) has almost eliminated my sugar cravings. Now if I feel ike eating that candy or whatever, it's not the intense gotta-have-it-now feeling, more of a wistful nostalgia. I rarely eat the pre-packaged meals anymore (SmartOnes, Lean Cuisine, etc)…
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oh, yeah! definitely digital scale, and I've even gone to grams instead of ounces for more accuracy! My husband gives me the eye roll too, but at least he has started handing me a box or can and askiing if I would eat this (he's the cook). The other night he made gumbo and left the expty containers on the counter for me to…
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IMO, protein shakes are a good supplement but not meal replacements, mainly beause your brain has a harder time registering what you drink as a "meal." A PS with veggies and complex carbs would be a decent lunch, and PS are valuable before & after a weight training workout to supply vital nutrients fast. I like AdvantEdge…
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Any Biochemists out there, here's a question: would this chemistry still be valid in women, both pre-menopausal and post-menopausal? Estrogen production exceeds testosterone in women, but the ratio changes somewhat after menopause. Any ideas on what happens with estrogen thrown into the mix?
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so far no one has mentioned it so I will: it's way easy to overestimate the calories you are burning, so when in doubt estimate low. I've seen lots of posts that say MFP tends to be high on estimated calories for various activites. For example, sometimes I see where people post that they burn over 1,000 calories cleaning…
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Good post! I too have an "awkward food relationship" and can easily get into a sugar binge if I allow myself to do it. Apparently sugar hits my brain like cocaine does a junkie's--it's really tough to have a high-sugar treat and then stop. I allowed myself to eat the dozen gourmet chocolate dipped strawberries I got for…
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Remember Red Team's Week 2 challenge of 100 daily ab work exercises? I've gone back to that and also increasing my cardio. Taking advantage of the improved weather to get some sunshine on my poor winterized body!
