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81lbs down and found a beautiful life
Hi everyone!!! I began MFP 8, almost nine years ago. I was only 19 years old and had little to no idea what was in store for me as a person. I was a college athlete trying to get in shape for softball season as a freshman. I lost 20lbs and ended up pregnant with my daughter and dropped out of college. I spent the next few…
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VSG Patient Question!
Hi everyone, I am hoping to get some help. I am struggling with finding medical journals or peer reviewed work that can get me some answers on this. My apologies for the length, I have been thinking about this issue for some time now and could really use some help. Stats: 248lbs, highest weight 335lbs Height: 5'6" Activity…
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Late 20's post vsg lifter looking for friends
hi everyone! I had vertical sleeve gastrectomy August 20th, and have lost 80lbs (35 prior to surgery and 45 post op) and am looking for friends! I have about 70lbs left to lose, and am just enjoying the journey. :) I love lifting, and am on my first round of Stronglifts 5x5 as well as Zumba once a week and hiking/trails…
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Your first move in a zombie outbreak: Survival plan
This is pretty self explanatory. Personally, I would grab my girlfriend, my kid and a few days of food in a backpack and head to my parent's farm. It is on a hill in a clearing and I would have a great range to see anything coming in. Getting out of my city and getting to my parent's place an hour away would be the hard…
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Coworkers baffled me...
Hi everyone. I am about a year into getting into fitness and health, currently focusing on slower, sustained weight loss and lifting 3x week, cardio 3x a week. I just realized how different my mindset is than it was a year or so ago. My company did a New Year's 8 week health challenge. I participated just for fun, and…
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Nosy Coworkers
I was heating up my meal prep a few minutes ago, and I had a coworker walk by me stirring my plate of spaghetti. She looks down and says, "Oh, I see the diet is going well!" chuckles and walks away. I simply sighed. My meal prep is below. It fits my macros, keeps me full, and frankly, why should I give up pasta to lose…
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Finding the will to fight
Hi everyone, I am just looking for some encouragement, thoughts, advice. I work three jobs. Full time 40 hours in logistics, one night a week at a friend's liquor store, and one overnight plus one weekend a month on call. For my 3rd part time job, I work for a domestic violence shelter as an advocate at hospitals for…
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Picking a power rack for home
Hey everyone! I am currently about a year into lifting heavy and starting powerlifting. I am a busy mom, and struggling to get to the gym (mostly packed) between taking my kid to school and working my second job. A great solution for me is to invest in home gym equipment. I have a full basement that is mostly empty. I am…
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What's for dinner tonight?
I'm making this: https://www.skinnytaste.com/chicken-enchiladas/
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Oatmeal???
You ever just eat something and enjoy it, for like no reason? Like you weren't even prepared for how good it was going to be??? I am a savory breakfast person, but ran out of my turkey sausage and hashbrown meal prep. I had to grab something from the cafeteria at work, and I had the best oatmeal!!! Just some normal steel…
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Trying this if nothing else works...
I saw this on the internet and thought it was a great option if my gluten free paleo keto vegan diet doesn't go over well. https://www.ozy.com/true-story/i-did-it-6-days-of-eating-dog-food/36846 It seems hard to maintain, but on the plus side so much less time meal prepping, and my dog and I can have something to bond over.
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What does your lifting schedule look like?
Hey everyone! I am currently at the end of three round's of Stronglifts, and looking into some other programs. I liked the strength gains I had doing SL, and really appreciated the emphasis on core lifts. I wanted to move into a 12ish week program with some more accessory lifts just for funsies. I wanted to see what…
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Struggling to keep going
Hi everyone, I have been working on losing weight and venturing into powerlifting for the last year. I want to start competing by the end of 2018, and trying to adopt the slow and steady aproach with weight loss and muscle/strength growth. That being said, I have lost the same ten pounds over the last six months. I have…
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Struggling to find the balance and stay sane
Hi everyone! I want to preface this by saying that I have been on MFP a long time. About six or seven years. I spent most of the last few years on here using MFP as social media and a way to keep up with some friends I had met irl. Recently, I had a bad health scare, and realized that my life was headed down a bad path. At…
