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Scared of bad form
Hi Everyone. A bit about me before I get to my question: I'm a 30 yr old female, been struggling with weight and staying healthy about half my life. Been up and down many times. In February 2015 I re-started getting healthy, by counting calories and joining a gym. My gym routine tends to be cardio-heavy, and I use the…
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Well, I'm back
About 2 years ago, I started using MFP every day. I tracked everything I ate, exercised nearly every day, and so forth. I lost a bit of weight and my body was definitely in better shape. Dropped several pants sizes and so forth. However, after about 7 months, I slowly started to move away from it. First, just stopped…
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my two cents on the sugar debate
I came across this blog post yesterday that I found very interesting. I thought you might as well. http://www.attunefoods.com/blog/2013/02/sweet-semantics-refined-or-concentrated-sugars/ I don't agree 100% with what he says, but the general idea of sugar from fruit vs basically anything else is how I feel we should look at…
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Passover
Happy Pesach to all the Jewish MFP members. :) I know this week is going to be a challenge--especially the two seders! There is so much food that I LOVE and feel like this is my only chance (this week) to eat it. Overeating will be a tough thing for me to avoid. Any ideas people have for staying strong? If you are Jewish…
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Eating back calorie advice needed
Hi Everyone! I'm pretty new here...started my diet on 2/21/13. For that first week I lost 3lbs which I am pretty happy with (though I know it's mostly water weight). Anyway, I decided to mix in some exercise as well--I generally do the elliptical. My problem is this: when I log the exercise, then I see all those extra…
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Logging a break meal
Hi Everyone! I have been reading a lot about cheat days/meals/etc. I have decided that the best thing for me will be to have one break (not calling it cheating, that just leads to feelings of guilt) meal per week. What I'm doing is still making good choices, smaller portions, etc but just not tracking everything, when I…
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define "lifting heavy"
Hi everyone! I am rather new to this, my second weigh in is tomorrow (marking 2 weeks since my major lifestyle change)! Question about "lifting heavy". Many people say to do this and I have no idea what it means. Can someone please define heavy? I have never done weight lifting before so I am totally clueless. A few…
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Eating back calorie advice needed
Hi Everyone! I'm pretty new here...started my diet on 2/21/13. For that first week I lost 3lbs which I am pretty happy with (though I know it's mostly water weight). Double posting this here and on the fitness board because I thought maybe different people look at different message boards. Anyway, I decided to mix in some…
