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Goal 2: Accomplished
I joined MFP on Feb 17, 2015. Three months ago. When I joined, I had several goals. Goat 1: I wanted to be able to get back into a certain waterproof-breathable cycling jacket. I bought that jacket in 2011, and it fit me nicely then. But by 2012 it had started to become a little bit snug ... and by mid-2014, I couldn't zip…
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OK ... this question might be a little out of the ordinary ...
I'm in the midst of perimenopause. Yay. And of course one of the multitude of annoying symptoms is hot flashes ... sweat everywhere, nausea, irritable, really horrible-feeling hot flashes. One of the things that seems to trigger a hot flash is exertion. For example, I climb stairs as part of my exercise. Yesterday I was…
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It must be muscle
Is the idea .... muscle weighs more than fat, I've been working out a lot, I've gained a little bit of weight, perhaps the weight gain is muscle ... ever true? Is there actually a time when that can happen? I know that after a hard workout, it is normal to gain a little bit of water weight, which will go again in a couple…
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Achieved one of my 2016 goals. :)
I used to be an active long distance cyclist ... ultra distance. Randonneuring, audax, 24-hour races and things like that. If any of the cyclists here have heard of the Paris-Brest-Paris 1200 km event ... I've done it and 3 others like it. Long distance cycling is definitely the type of cycling I enjoy the most. :) Then a…
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Weightlifting & Increasing the Weight
Are there guidelines for how much and how quickly to increase the weight in various weight lifting activities? For example, I've been increasing the weight of my bench press by 2 kg about every 2 weeks, and that seems comfortable, but I'm wondering if I should do more or could do more. Meanwhile, I've increased the weight…
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Occasional Food
How do you log food that you only eat occasionally? For example, I just had my Christmas lunch, and the food served is not something I eat every day. In fact, chances are, I won't eat anything like that again for the next several months, or maybe a year if we go back there again next Christmas, or maybe never. The food was…
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Thinking about ... a year ago ...
As we're coming to the end of 2015, I've been thinking back to where I was and what/how I was doing a year ago, so I thought I'd ask the questions: How were you doing ... a year ago? What has changed in your life since then, over the past year?
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What did you add?
When you went to maintenance, what did you add to your diet? I'm still about 1.5 kg from maintenance, but getting close! I understand that I should add about 100 calories for the first couple weeks, and another 100 calories for the next couple weeks, and so on ... but I'm debating what to add. I've got my current diet down…
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What is the difference between "recomp" and weightlifting?
I am pretty close to my weight goal (<2 kg to go) and have reached that goal through a combination of diet and exercise. My exercise has consisted of a combination of brisk walking, stair climbing, cycling, and relatively light weightlifting 2-3 days a week. When I reach my goal ... or even starting now, for that matter…
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Abs exercises ... but not planks
I am looking for a list of ab exercises ... but not planks. I discovered that I cannot do planks because I have arthritis in my right foot and balancing myself with my feet as shown in "how to do a plank" photos is agonisingly painful. I also can't do push-ups for the same reason. So, if you know of some good websites with…
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Progress Pics
We might not be quite at "success" yet (or maybe some of you are) ... but we're making progress, even if we don't always feel like we're making progress. And sometimes the pictures can tell the tale. So let's see the progress you're making ... :) PS. I see some of you have progress pics in your profiles. :grin:
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Low Blood Pressure
For years, when I was slender, my blood pressure was a little on the low side ... 110/60 and in that range. That was normal for me. Then in 2009, I slowly started putting on weight, and my blood pressure increased a little bit to about 125/75 or so. A new normal. Now I've lost weight and I'm back down to slender again, and…
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Your Little Successes This Week ...
Many of us have big goals for weightloss, fitness, etc. ... but this thread is for those little things that make us smile along the way. ~~~~~~ For example ... Today, I am comfortably wearing a certain pair of capris. These capris had always been loose on me ... until I went to try them on last December, and to my shock,…
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Supportive partners/spouses/SOs/families
Tell us one (or more) ways your partner or spouse or SO or family in general has been supportive in your process of losing weight. :) Little things or big things they've done to assist.
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Your favourite low-cal French Toast recipe
I've been thinking about French Toast for a weekend morning brunch lately. And I'm thinking that something like this, below, wouldn't be much different from one of my usual weekend breakfasts: two pieces of toast + two hard boiled eggs. A couple pieces of bread A couple eggs A splash of milk Spices like cinnamon, nutmeg,…
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Rings
My wedding ring has suddenly become too big. Apparently, I've lost a lot of weight in my hands. :) Right now, my knuckle is just large enough to keep it in place, but I got a bit of a scare when I was swimming last weekend. My hands were wet and cold and I just about lost the ring. I can't resize the ring because it is…
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Interesting Side Effect of Losing Weight
I feel taller. I'm not sure why, but by the time I had lost about 12 kg, I started feeling taller. I'm down 16 kg and I feel even taller yet. I'm sure it's just a perspective thing. When I was heavier, I perceived myself as dumpy ... sort of short and roundish. Now I don't feel as dumpy ... so maybe that's why I feel…
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Exciting Times This Weekend
On Friday, my husband and I brought 5 bins of clothes upstairs, out of storage. About half of them are winter wear, and it is high time I brought them out and started wearing them. Winter is half over! But about half of them are clothes which were too small for me. I wanted to try them on to see if I could add any to my…
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Cream Cheese
I have cream cheese in the fridge. It expires mid-May, so I need to do something with it. Back before I went on this diet adventure, I had in mind that I would make a cheesecake. But of course, cheesecake is not low-cal. So here's my question ... what can I do with cream cheese that is still relatively low cal? I need…
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Kidney Stones & Water Retention?
Have any of you had kidney stones and experienced a little bit of water retention with them? It's nothing major, but I'm downing buckets of water and feeling just a bit ... puffy.
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Toughest Times of the Day
What are the toughest times of the day for you ... the times when you're most tempted to eat a little bit more than usual? For me, there are 2 times ... 1) Lunchtime: my coworkers start making their lunches at about 11:30 am ... and the place fills with delicious smells. I don't take my lunch until later. 2) Right after…
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Do you feel more hungry when you're tired?
I've had less sleep than usual most nights over the past couple weeks, and I've also been so busy and a bit stressed for the past couple weeks. The last couple days I've noticed that I'm more hungry than usual. I'm almost always a little bit hungry since I started here almost 2 months ago. But the last couple days I've…
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Slowing the Weight Loss?
Have any of you reached a certain point in your weight loss journey where you have increased your daily calories in order to slow the weight loss? You still want to lose weight ... but maybe not as fast as you have been? I hear people say that a slower weight loss is a more effective weight loss ... that there's a greater…
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I forgot about the Easter bunny
My work has a hot-crossed bun tea on the last day of work before the Easter holiday. Yesterday I looked up how many calories were in hot-crossed buns and determined that I could have half a bun. :) I figured I was all set. And then the members of the social club (including me) were all presented with large chocolate Easter…
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A few random observations ...
I'm just beginning my weightloss adventure. I've been on MFP for 26 days, have been logging regularly, have been staying under my recommended calorie intake, have been exercising my butt off ... and have lost 5 kg. In that time, I've observed a few things ... 1) One thing all this tracking is forcing me to do is to really…
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Why are you/we here?
Why did you join MFP? What are your goals? :) ~~~~~~~~~~~ I used to be really active (ultra-distance cyclist) and could eat whatever I wanted. I struggled to keep weight on and was often in the underweight BMI category. Then my activity level dropped to about 2/3 of what it was because of a change in my life situation, I…
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Weekend Breakfast Suggestions?
I'm on a mission to lose some weight. Not a huge amount ... but I've slowly but surely crept up out of the "normal" range into the "overweight" range and I want to return to the "normal" range. So I've been faithfully logging everything I eat on MyFitnessPal, and also logging my exercise. And I have been keeping my net…
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Walking with Arthritis
I have arthritis in my right foot ... in the joint that connects the big toe to the foot. I also like to walk and have covered 180 km so far this year. But it hurts to walk. And on weeks where I walk more than 20 km, it hurts all the time. Yeah I know, the obvious solution is ... if it hurts, don't do it. But I like…