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What to do in Denver?
Hi friends! I'm going to be in Denver soon visiting a friend. Unfortunately, that friend will have to work a lot of the time I'm there, so I'm looking for suggestions for (affordable) things to do around the area, that I can get to by public transport! I've never left my home state and I live in a smallish town, so…
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Weight-related shows?
Do you have any favorites? They're my guilty pleasure and I'm looking for recommendations!
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Still a work in progress - a mini success
Hi folks. I wanted to share this kind of "mini success", halfway success, dunno what to call it haha. I'm 22, and 5'4" August of 2014: I was around 165 pounds at that time, and wearing a size 13 juniors jeans. Sorry for the not-great picture, it's the only one I have of my full body on my phone from that time. I was also a…
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Super nervous about getting a trainer
I'm a member at Anytime Fitness, and want to start lifting. A while ago I had started Stronglifts but I wasn't confident in my form and didn't continue with it after getting sick for a couple weeks (and tbh I didn't love the program). I'm thinking about getting a trainer to show me around the free weights section at the…
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Question about "losing inches but no weight"
Okay so, please forgive me if this is a dumb question and the answer is glaringly obvious. I'm hoping someone can explain how this works to me because I don't understand it really. With some reviews for programs such as the 30DS, T25, etc - the shorter-term exercise programs - I see people saying sometimes that they lost a…
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Need help with starting to weigh food please!
Just jumping into the world of food scales and accurately logging food, aaaaand I'm a bit lost on how to weigh certain things. Like eggs, would I weigh them before cooking them or afterward? Same question for stuff like chicken and fish. And for liquids and things like olive oil/vegetable oil, is it better to use measuring…
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Question about losing weight and bridesmaid dress alterations
Hi all, been seeing a lot of threads about upcoming summer weddings and I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm a bridesmaid/maid of honor for my sister's wedding in July. This is my first time actually being IN a wedding, not just attending as a guest, so I have no idea how this dress stuff works. A couple months ago…
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Eating healthy on a major budget, starting to weigh food, and meal prep
Hi MFP folks, looking for some help/guidance/advice here. I eat a lot healthier than I used to, cutting out a large majority of overly processed foods. I used to log my food (on a different app, not on here) but have never weighed it. It's always been by 'serving size' or a guesstimation. I'm buying a food scale soon…
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Pole dancing?
I've wanted to get into pole dancing for a really, really long time. It will be a while yet before I even get a pole (gotta save up dem $$$, and nowhere near here has classes ((I think the closest place is like 2 hours away)) so doing it at home is kind of the only way) but I want to hear from people who pole dance! Some…
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40 lbs to lose - looking for people with similar goals!
Hi folks, I'm 5'4" with a goal of losing around 40 lbs. Starting weight was 157, current weight is jumping around between 154-155. Goal weight is somewhere around 115. Feel free to add me if you have similar weight loss goals!
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Just started Stronglifts 5x5, question about weight increases
Hi all, dunno if any of you have seen various threads I've made on here about wanting to start using weights, wanting to do things at home because I'm self-conscious about using the weights at the gym, etc. But a lot of people have given the advice to start with a structured program, so last night I finally bucked up and…
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Question about the shape of my hips.
So, my hips look like this: (hope the cropping made it forum-appropriate). I hate that indent between my pelvis and my thigh. There's not a ton of fat on that area of my pelvis either, so I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to round it out? Fill out the indent? Lol hope that isn't a dumb question. I thought I saw…
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Does this strength training routine look okay?
Hi folks. I had posted a thread a little while ago about starting squats. I did them once at the gym and loved it, but am still feeling iffy and self-conscious about using the weights at the gym. I know I shouldn't be feeling that way, but yenno. I do want to have strength training in my plan, though, and have been looking…
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How do you deal with people discouraging you?
My entire family is all pretty much overweight or obese. At my lowest weight (around 140...I'm at 152 right now but the same size I was back then, go figure) I got a lot of comments from my family "oh you're too thin you need to eat more you're going to blow away in the wind" etc etc. I wasn't even thin, but anyone who…
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Women: What did you start squatting at?
Idek if that's the proper way to phrase it, lol. I touched the weights for the first time at the gym tonight. My experience with any kind of strength training is body weight stuff, or what you'd find in 30DS and things like that. Needless to say, it was hella fun and I'm looking forward to doing it again :) I'm wondering…
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Starting squats?
Alright I'll try not to ramble too much, and hopefully this doesn't sound hella stupid. Basically my experience with squats is the stuff in 30DS and other videos like that. My butt is droopy and unattractive and I feel like I'm not going to get the Dream Butt by just doing stuff like that, and wanted to start REALLY doing…
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Battle of the Fitbits (and other such devices)
Hi folks! I don't have any kind of activity tracker thing and am looking to invest in one when I have the money. I've mainly been looking at Fitbits, but eyeing over some of the cheaper alternatives as well. Right now I'm heavily considering the Fitbit Charge HR because I do want something that monitors heart rate and I…
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ASMR, anyone?
Anyone here on MFP into the ASMR community? If yes, who are your favorites? What are your triggers? How did you get into it?
