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Third time is the charm?
I have been here, introducing myself, twice before. Twice I did loose weight and eventually realised when starting to maintain that I was being obsessive about calories and not being healthy anymore. But when I left, I also eventually gained my weight back (and more). So this time I am going to try and be aware of the risk…
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Back at it - cautiously
Hi everyone! I used to be very active here in summer/autumn 2017 but had to stop using MFP, because my calorie counting got so excessive that I kept losing weight even though I was already a little underweight. I had an illness for 3 weeks that caused me to lose more weight fast and decided to not go back to MFP after…
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A program without bench press
I cannot explain it adequately to you, but for some reason, I am rather scared of bench press. If I did it, I usually went with much lower weights than I could/should have. I am okay with most other stuff, but the problem is that any reasonable beginner program I have seen so far always includes bench press. I have been…
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A new start
I have been on a good way 3 1/2 weeks ago. I had been going to the gym and trying my best to get into lifting for about 3 months and felt like I was slowly seeing some results. I had lost weight before, and my weight was on the lower end of healthy BMI (160 cm/ 5'3" or 5'4, between 50 and 51 kg/ 110-113 lbs). Still, when…
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International Food Unit
I just wanted to throw this out, as it took my attention and I would be interested in the discussion it might spark here. (Although I still have to read it completely myself as I am at work.) https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-017-0583-y
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Training or no training, that's the question
I attended a happy wedding yesterday. Of course there was a lot of food (although it was reasonable for a wedding and apart from the cake and dessert a really healthy choice) and most importantly there was quite a bit of alcohol. Vodka, to be precise. And because I was not only a guest, but helped the couple out as a…
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Cravings and feeling like in a deficit on maintenance
Things are getting weird here. I need some support, I think. For a start, I am a PhD student trying to finish (and apply for PostDocs), I have a small side job (for the fun, not the money, but it is currently getting stressful and more than I signed up for) and live in a long distance relationship. I lost weight last year…
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A serving?
Yes, I looked it up online to some extend. But I am still confused. What is this magic "serving" everyone is raving about? Yes, I understand the servings given on packaged foods. Okay, those are helpful. But still, where did it come from? A serving can have any amount of calories/"fillingness"/weight. And then how do I…
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Strong Curves?
I have seen Strong Curves frequently pop up as a recommendation for women who want to "tone". Had a look at it out of curiosity, but as far as I can see without buying the book it is mostly about working your glutes. I thought you need a reasonable full body program and that women should just lift the same way men do (as…
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NSPs- Non scale problems
Can we maybe also talk about and support each other about the non scale related problems that occur when you change your lifestyle? I am currently doing my best do both gain weight and gain muscle, while losing body fat. For this I changed my diet to less carbs and more protein and I am going to the gym for strength…
