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Maintaining is a tough, bumpy road.
Hi, I'm a 50 year old women, in the throws of perimenopause. I lost ~30 pounds and have been in maintenance for about the past two years. Unfortunately, I've come to realize that over the course of the last year, I've gained back about 10 pounds. I just spent some time looking over my calorie & weight data for the last…
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Maintenance & Menopause: The Struggle is Real
Hi, Sometimes a girl just needs to vent, ya know? First, some background on my most recent weight loss. I took about a full year to lose 30 pounds (173 to 143 lbs.). I didn't use any "special diet", just calories in/calories out, while paying attention to getting enough protein for my age. Once I hit 30 pounds of loss, I…
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fitness watch without a cell phone?
Hi there, I have a Polar H10 chest strap monitor that I use with the Polar Beat app on my cell phone for indoor exercise. Now that outdoor exercise season is upon us, I'm thinking about getting a fitness watch to pair with it so that I can easily check my progress when I'm outside without having to pull out my phone to…
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1270 calories per day?
Hi! I've been at this for 12 weeks now, and after reading another thread about the dangers of heart failure and too low of calories, it made me realize how important it is to get this right. With that, I thought I'd run my current program by the MFP "hive mind" for input. Here's my stats: * 47 year old woman, in the thick…
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Muscle & weight loss?
Hi! I want to talk through some logic and see if I'm thinking about this correctly. Let me know what you think. First, some background: I've lost about 18 pounds and still have about 10-ish to go. As I've lost weight, I'm noticing that the "pandemic-hermit" lifestyle that caused the weight gain has also meant I've lost…
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MFP Activity level?
Current situation: I've been working from home. Consequently, I have MFP set to sedentary and am adding exercise calories. Upcoming Change: I will be going back to work in a few weeks and am wondering if/how I should adjust this setting. I will be going back to a job where I stand & walk around a small room for about 6…
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Pathway to push ups?
Hi there, My daughter wants to be able to do push ups, but currently cannot do a single one (not even from her knees). What is the best way to her there? I've got her doing them from a wall. Is there any benefit to having her get into the standard position on the floor and go down only as far as she can? Even if it is…
