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Men's shirts > women's shirts
I have really broad shoulders for a female. Between that and my chest, I've always had to size up wearing women's clothes and it would upset me because the fabric would just hang and not define my waist at all. (I'm an "inverted triangle" where my shoulders and chest are quite a few inches wider that my waist and a couple…
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Ladies, do you weigh yourself during PMS and the week of?
Or do you just wait until after?
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Advice: weight loss and cessation of smoking.
Hello, I have been on and off MFP for years. This is my first post. I have been struggling with my weight for many years. My junior year of high school, I got up to 175lbs after being roughly 148lb for much of my adolescence. I began counting calories and exercising 6x a week and ended my senior year at 118lbs in 2010…
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What nutrients & macros should I be concerned of getting too little/too much of?
Usually, I get too little potassium (so I purchased supplements) and some days I go over iron. I have a tendency of going over my daily calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, as well as some others. Usually, I am under my sodium (occasionally over). And I always hit my fiber and my protein goals. I am usually right at my fat and a…
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Need some advice, stressed and confused...
Two weeks ago, I started counting my calories again and going to the gym. Cut back smoking significantly and plan on stopping cold turkey on Christmas eve (due to the two days off of work). First week was bad, honestly. As I've said in other threads, my husband deployed and I was having a hard time dealing with the streas.…
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Access to only a fridge and a microwave!
This community is awesome, you guys have been so helpful on every thing I've posted so far. Now I have a quick question that's more for my spouse than myself: he is deployed and only has access to a fridge and a microwave. He can go out to the DFAC (cafeteria) and to restaurants on the base, but he would rather buy…
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Eating the same meals each day?
Hello, all! Do any of you eat the same foods/meals daily? Is that a sure why to hit a plateau or is it still effective so long as you are hitting a deficit? When I counted calories in the past (10 years ago when I had a teenager's metabolism), I usually ate the same things at the same time daily and switched it up very…
