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I picked the worst week to start this.
I'm usually on medication for my ADHD, and those meds make me basically not at all hungry all day long. If I eat, it's out of compulsion or desire, not actual hunger. It's well-known in the ADHD world that going off of said meds makes you gain weight because you suddenly feel hunger again and crave the weirdest things.…
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Exercises to slim down calves?!
Hey all! I can't be the only one out there with the syndrome known in the medical field as "Really, unusually big calves that don't fit in to any of the cute knee-high boots at the mall"! They're not muscle-y, they're just fat-y and completely un-toned. I'm looking to fix this as I go on this journey (Ten pounds down! Yay!…
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Favorite motivational quotes?
What are some of your favorite motivational quotes, either for life or weight loss specifically? My favorites are from Buddy Wakefield: "And if we really do get what we give, Then I give up, So I can get up." "Stop inviting walls into wide open spaces." And Anis Mojgani: "So when the world knocks at your front door Clutch…
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PIIT28/Blogilates
Hey all! Is anyone doing Cassey Ho's Blogilates calendars, or PIIT28 plan? I'm on day 2 of PIIT28.. just finished the leg workout and stretching. Used to do her blogilates calendars in the past. I feel great! Burn is only about 200 calories/workout, but that gives me a glass of whiskey at the end of the day. :wink: Anyway,…
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How much water is enough?
So after moving from NH to TX, I've had a few dehydration scares! Last night was the worst. I walked maybe 25 minutes in 90 degree heat, after drinking a full bottle of water, and by the time I got back to my apartment I was a mess. I was dizzy, slightly disoriented, flushed, and felt pretty 'float-y' in the head. My…
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Austin, TX Roll call?
Hey all! I'm moving to Austin, TX in June (WHEN in June is determined by whether or not I get offered a job next week.. we'll see!) So locals, give me the lowdown. What's your favorite spot in the city? I'll be living in South Austin, but I'm open to recommendations for bars/running spots/restaurants/museums/everything! My…
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Constant snacking while home alone
Hey guys, So my current schedule paired with my boyfriend's means that I get home around 9pm, and he gets home somewhere between 11pm and 1am, depending on how late he has to work. The issue with this is, from 9-11/1, I'm home alone, and between being absolutely exhausted, my anxiety about him getting home so late, and…
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Bathroom Scale Recommendations?
Hey all! I picked up PIIT28 and since then, my YMCA membership has become nothing more than a $25/month scale (that I'm too lazy to go use!) I've got two months left in this city before I move cross-country as well, so I was gonna spend that $50 I would be spending on a bathroom scale instead so I can actually start…
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Does anyone else go in waves?
Like, sometimes I'll be able to be perfectly within my calories with no effort. I'm poised, I'm in control, I'm working out every day and making my workouts more intense. And then something happens and I don't care and I maintain for a bit. I try to force myself back into it but I keep going over my calories and not…
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Eating workout calories back -- 1200 calorie edition
So it's commonly agreed upon (at least around MFP) that 1200 calories is the minimum you should be eating within a day. Now the real question comes in when you consider what to do with workout calories. If you eat 1200, work off 500, you've technically still consumed 1200. Should you then eat 1700 in that day, or leave it…
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I gave up sweets for a while... and I'm dying!
Hey all, So I'm back on 1200 cal/day trying to jumpstart my weightloss after I fell off the bandwagon for 4 weeks. (Only gained 1 pound, though! Yay!) But now I'm finding that I can't stop eating sweets! So I declared to my boyfriend that I was done with sweets and sodas for a few weeks until I could be reasonable about…
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Staying full on a limited budget?
Hey all! So I recently started strictly budgeting. My boyfriend and I spend $30/wk between the two of us on groceries. So naturally we stock up on pasta, microwave veggies, bread, milk, eggs, rice, beans, etc. Those things made up most of my diet to begin with, but for instance we've switched to white bread ($1.5 for a…
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Those days where you just don't care...
So I'm having one of those days where I just don't care about my diet. I'm staying good out of habit, but there's nothing I want more than to go upstairs to the work cafeteria and get a chocolate-y coffee, or a chocolate chip cookie, or a meatball sub. I just want to eat everything and I'm not sure why. A huge part of my…
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Good Turkey/Slow Cooker Recipes?
Hey all, My Boyfriend and I bought a whole (super small) supermarket turkey for like $0.15 a pound, completely overestimating the size of our little toaster oven... Now our problem is, we have all this turkey and no way to cook it! So, does anyone have any recommendations for good ways to cook turkey either in a slow…
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Best (Low cal) snacks for after the gym?
Hey all! I'm on a 1200 calorie diet trying to lose 30lbs. I've been doing pretty well so far (don't let my profile fool you.. I set up this account a year ago when I was 15lbs lighter than I was starting now!), but I got sick of the breakfast I was having after having it every morning for three weeks! Surprise surprise! So…
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I swear I'm going mad!
My co-worker and friend, for his lunch, bought 2 Domino's pizza, one of their marbled cookie brownies, and a 2L of Coke! Dominos is my absolute weakness, and since we work in a cubicle farm, the smell of the pizza is wafting over to my desk. The worst part is, HE OFFERED ME SOME! He knows I'm trying to cut calories, but…
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What supplement should I have post-workout?!
Hey all, I'm currently trying to cut weight and gain muscle. My schedule is kinda tight, which makes this a question instead of 'which protein powder is the best?' Here's my normal schedule: 7am: Breakfast 8am-9am: Gym (15 min cardio, 45 weight lifting) 9-9:30: get ready for work 9:30-10: Walk to work/start shift 6:30:…
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Hello!
Hi all! My SW was 165, my GW is 130-135. But alas, I am more than numbers! I'm 22, work in IT (completely sedentary at work... augh! The one thing I hate about the industry.) and 'nested' pretty hard when I met my current boyfriend of almost 2 years. Gained probably about 15 pounds, and he gained 30. We've both been trying…
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Sabotaging myself.. just barely.
Hey all, So I go into every day determined to eat the 1200 calories MFP gives me per day in order to lose 2.0 pounds per week. I'm currently 164 and looking to be 135, and 5'8. I wake up every morning, work out, have my designated breakfast, post w/o snack, and lunch, and by the time lunch is over I still have six hours in…
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Help learning how to use the racks?
Hey all! So I'm completely inexperienced in weight lifting. I've bench pressed, used barbells, etc, but I wanna start doing squats and stuff like that. I don't want to have bad form, because I know that could cause more harm than good, but also I'm too socially anxious to ask someone at the gym to teach me the proper way…
