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"Build Your Own HIIT Routine"
OK, I'm a pretty seasoned gym-goer and I have my home strength workouts down pat...but I realized something yesterday when my routine got out of whack because of a cancelled spin class; I haven't strength-trained on my own without a trainer or group with me at the gym in FOREVER. I froze up and reverted back to "omg this…
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I'm VERY Confused on Why the BMR & TDEE thread was Stickied on the Announcements ?? :( :(
Help me out, guys. On the Announcements, there's that post called "Most Helpful Posts - General Diet & Weight Loss Help (Must Reads)," there's one discussion entitled "BMR & TDEE Explained for those Needing a Guide" or something along those lines. Read through it, and then read my comments on page 19 and then get back to…
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My first Success Post w/ Pic
Pic on the left is from 12/20/14. Pic on the right is from 4/20/15. It takes a lot of guts for me to post this, LOL! I still have a long way to go, but I'll get there! MFP, and everyone in the MFP Community, you've all changed my life!!!
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Impromptu Banana-Split-ish Thing I Thought Of!!
I love ice cream...and I am working on my self-control. Bad combo. So, last night, instead of watching my skinny hubby practically devour a whole carton of ice cream while I nibbled on my 2 spoonfuls of it to equal like 250 calories, I had an epiphany! And this is what I came up with: -I cut up a Weight Watchers Snack Size…
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What do you do realize you've totally blown it early on in the day?
On Easter morning, I'm pretty sure I went over my daily calories by like noon. lol. I felt so GROSS, but decided to at Easter dinner anyway knowing my intake would probably end up being WAY over...like double. Question: What do you guys do when you totally blow it early on in the day? Do you tone it down and eat better…
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Which Strategy for Changing my MFP CICO Settings Would You Recommend?
I've hit a "plateau" (which is 100% due to the fact that my CICO calculations are off). I'm playing around with my calorie settings, and I'm just looking for a little advice. I work a desk job, but I walk or jog on my lunch every day that I can (weather permitting), and I'm a total gym rat, and I know I burn hundreds of…
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Question for when Weighing Food isn't an Option
Obviously, in a perfect world, we would all be able to prep our meals in advance 100% of the time, have the money to afford multiple high-quality food scales to bring everywhere with us to be able to weigh every single thing we eat to the gram, and all of our time management skills would be 100% perfect. Well...only some…
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Husband Rant
So, I'm down 13lbs (since the end of January) and I've been busting my A** weighing and counting everything and hitting the gym after work and on the weekends 5 days a week and doing a home HIIT circuit the other 2 days a week. I push myself beyond the limits I thought I had, and I'm FINALLY having success and feeling…
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Medications Hindering Weight Loss?
I suffer from panic disorder and hormonal imbalances, and am on Zoloft and birth control. Every time I start feeling good, I go off the birth control, wean down on my Zoloft dose, and end up losing the weight. I get a few bouts of debilitating panic or emotional problems and go back on the meds. I then start feeling well,…
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Hi! :-)
Re-re-re-re-re-starting MFP. I'm a yo-yo-er and I've had enough. My heart's gonna give out from all the ups and downs...80 lbs up and down is a huge yo-yo. Anyway...I'll be 30 in June. I'm from Upstate NY...and I want to get my excess chubbiness off FOR GOOD! I need friends! Add me!
