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Chia breakfast "pudding"
Has anyone made some version of this? I use light coconut milk, chia seeds, mashed bananas, vanilla extract and some cinnamon. Let it sit overnight. In the morning I top with strawberries/some other fruit and some walnuts. It's really yummy and satisfying -- so much so that I feel like I'm missing something. I've logged it…
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Machines for legs instead of free weights. Thoughts?
I've had a nagging lower back issue over the past few years and this summer went to a chiropractor for the first time. I am an active, 40-year-old woman and the back pain is really frustrating. I am trying to lose about 20 pounds to see if that helps and have lifted (off and on) since I was 18 after first learning…
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post-pregnancy body?
So having a baby does a number on the body. Any success stories out there of getting back to a pre-pregnancy body? I am basically at my pre-pg weight, but stuff DEFINITELY does not fit the way it once did, and this is just so discouraging. Today I put on jeans that fit easily before I was pregnant and they were so tight;…
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Moms: What were you glad you did/wish you did while pregnant?
Forgive me, I've got babies on the brain. I'm TTC (Trying to Conceive) and one thing that's really been on my mind is what will happen to all my hard work over the past year. I'm inching eversoclose to a standard "healthy" BMI (as of today, I am 3.3 pounds away from that distinction) and I'm feeling really great,…
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The more I lose, the more judgmental I am
Like many around here, I followed the "ignorance-is-bliss" mantra when I was heavier. I avoided mirrors, and pretty much avoided looking at myself in general. Now that I've lost, I can see how far I've come in pictures, which is really great. But I am also looking at myself more--in the mirror, in the shower, etc. and I've…
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What was your BMI when you got pregnant?
My husband and I are going to try for a baby! I'm a little worried about my weight, though. Right now I am 6 feet, one-half inch tall. I weigh 191 pounds. For my height, a healthy BMI is 187. Try as I might, I've been hovering between 190-194 for a while, down from 208 last August (still very happy about the loss, though!)…
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Describe your Whoosh Fairy visits
So I have temporarily stalled. I'm frustrated and annoyed as I've spent a ton of mental and physical energy on losing weight. Anyhow, I know I am doing this right. But I've stalled nonetheless. Then I remembered the magical whoosh fairy. Weight loss is not linear. I took a look back at my weight loss chart and noticed I…
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BMI vs. WtHR
That is Body Mass Index vs, Weight to Height Ratio I am six feet and a half inch and I weigh 191.2. That puts my BMI at 25.6, which is "overweight" by widely accepted standards. My waist is 33 inches, which puts my WTHR at 45.52 and "slim and healthy" by those standards. I carry my weight in my lower half, thus accounting…
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Decision fatigue via dieting spilling over into life
Holy smokes! I just read a post by @sidesteel on strategies for non-tracking eating methods and I realized why I am struggling. And when I say struggling, I don't mean losing weight. That is going fine. But I'm mentally exhausted from thinking about food all the time--how many calories in this snack? How many calories do I…
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Weight lifting and the scale
I started lifting heavy at the beginning of April and I've really stuck with it. I've worked hard at eating well, too, which I do most of the time (although I'm not perfect). Also--I started trying to make changes in my diet last August, but didn't really start the heavy weight lifting until April, although I had been…
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I get close and then I can't get there
One of my goals is to be in the "healthy" BMI category (Yes, I know BMI is an imperfect measure, but I think being in the healthy range is a safe goal). Anyhow, I have come thisclose to getting there, which is 187 pounds for me. I got down to 193 and I'm thinking "Yes! I can do this!" But weight has gone up up up since…
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Women: What does heavy lifting mean to you, literally?
I have really gotten into lifting, and I like to think I lift heavy, but maybe there is some special distinction between weight lifting and heavy lifting. I generally do three sets of 10 on my various exercises at a weight where that third set is hard. I have increased my weight over the 7-8 months I've been doing this…
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I think this dress is hanging on me differently?!
The image on the left was the reason I started. When I saw that picture I was shocked at how I looked. The image on the right is 15 pounds later. (209 lbs to 194 lbs, (94.8 kg 87.9 kg). I am 6 feet, 1 inches tall (184 cm). Also, today at the gym I benched three sets of 10 with 25-lb weights on each side of the barbell. I…
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30-day shred or heavy weights?
I've been lifting heavy weights-- mostly upper body-- as part of my workout. I've got a big event in July in which I will be heavily photographed (wedding) and I'm trying to decide if I should continue what I'm doing or switch to the shred workout. Any thoughts? I know a lot of people say the DVD is good for beginners, but…
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Fellow foodies?
Looking for some fellow foodie-types for friends. I know a lot of people eat protein shakes and other types of 100-calorie snacks, or popcorn for dinner and it works. I am a "foodie" ( I actually hate that term, but I don't know what other term to use), which means for me that I cook a lot, appreciate complex flavors and…
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Exercise more... But eat WAY more
There is really interesting research on the relationship between taking up exercise and gaining weight. Not muscle, but fat. An excerpt from a New York Times piece on such research: "At the end of 12 weeks, the women were all significantly more aerobically fit than they had been at the start. But many were fatter. Almost…
