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High fasting blood glucose..insulin resistant?
HI All, I just had a health clinic at work last week and happened to be fasting that morning. Got a glucose reading of 105 and was told to talk to my Dr. This was the first time I've ever had an abnormal glucose reading. I decided to go buy a meter and test for a few days just to make sure it wasn't a weird/off reading.…
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What is your ideal calorie deficit?
I'm having a really hard time figuring out the best calorie deficit I should focus on to lose fat. Some info: Started Cross fit about 5 weeks ago, go about 3 to 4 times a week Run 1.5 miles about twice a week I have a fit bit charge and trying to use that to determine calorie output. I have been trying to stay about 1000…
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Symptoms?
HI Everyone, I have my first appt with an endocrinologist in a couple of weeks. I talked with a dietician who recommended it based on my symptoms. I have steady weight gain, super dry skin, my hair texture went from full/thick to flat, I have almost no outer eyebrows, constipation, cold, tired. I have been very active my…
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I ate 3000 calories yesterday.. OMG!
I'm in my 4th week of reset. I've been working on adding calories in and haven't reached TDEE until yesterday. I can't believe I was even able to eat that much (I *thought* I felt fine previously eating 1500 calories a day). Here is how things are looking right now. Pre reset I averaged eating 1567 calories with a TDEE of…
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Priorities...Sleep or exercise???
I have another question too. I always read about how important sleep is yet there are some days I cannot fit exercise into my schedule unless I force myself to get up super early and lack some sleep. Just curious what people think here. Is it better to sleep 7.5 to 8 hours and forego exercise, or sleep less (6.5 to 7…
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TDEE when exercise amount heavily varies????
HI All, So I'm trying to figure out how best to calculate my TDEE. But the issue I have is that depending on work, kids schedules, sicknesses etc. I feel like I can vary from little/no activity to some weeks where I am moderate to highly active other weeks. I do have a FitBit that calculates heartrate, although I'm…
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Grain free, but no weight loss
I decided to go grain free about 2 1/2 weeks ago. Main goal is to decrease inflammation (mainly knee pain). I did hard core paleo about 2 years ago for 8 weeks and it was so hard. I did lose about 6 pounds, but gained it back shortly after stopping. I'm still trying to see if my knee pain is going away, however I was…
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New Fitbit, read FAQ's, connected but nothing syncing
Just received FITbit Charge2 for Xmas. I have connected MFP with the Fitbit app and have read through all the FAQ's but I don't see anything in MFP diary related to my fitbit info. I have disconnected and reconnected a few times now. Where should I be seeing steps, calories, exercise,activity etc????
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Dr. is not helpful, what to do next?
I've been trying to lose weight for a while now but have been stuck around my current weight (177lb +/- 5lbs) for well over a year. I have tried just about everything to lose weight but nothing is working (paleo..I find unsustainable, 21day fix, IF, calorie counting etc). I tried to talkto my Dr. about this but she is…
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21 Day Fix Food Diaries
Hi All, I'll be starting 21 day fix soon (waiting for delivery), and was hoping to look at some food diaries to get an idea of what people eat and how to figure out eating all the various containers etc. I'm the 2nd tier 1500-1799 calories...
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Help with picky eaters and family meals.
FT working mom of 2 kids aged 9 and 11. Both are fairly picky eaters and of course don't like the same things. Let me state that I did NOT "make" my kids into picky eaters. I have read SO many posts with "just make 1 meal and they'll eat if they're hungry". My kids will literally STARVE themselves vs. eat something they do…
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Does this sound like hypothyroid or am I just looking for excuse?
So I've been having a very hard time recently with losing weight. Just a bit of background: I'm 40 year old female, 5'7" and currently ~180 lbs. Have been doing crossfit 3-5 times a week for about 1.5 years Before kids, never had a problem with weight, but was VERY active Some current symptoms: Fatigue, trouble falling and…
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Looking for Paleo friends....
I've been doing Crossfit for ~4 months and have been dabbling with paleo diet. We're starting a Paleo challenge and I would like to add friends for support/recipes/food ideas etc etc. It would be helpful if you have an open diary so I can see what others eat, I'm especially intersted in snacks as I find those are my…
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How many calories do you eat....??
I'm just curious to see how many calories you typically eat in a day. you can list age,weight, calories and activity levels that would be great. Thanx!!!
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ugh! Calories out vs. calories in, doesn't seem to work!
I've had my Fitbit flex for about 5 1/2 weeks now. I wanted to get a better perspective on what my daily caloric burn actually is, and in the process it has also made me move/walk more during the day. According to Fitbit my average caloric burn per day has been 2462. My average caloric intake has been 1891 (I have this…
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Lots of questions
I'm 5'7" female currently weighing 165 lbs. I've been gaining and losing the same 10 pounds for about 5 years now.The best scale loss has been using weight watchers a few years ago but I would try to always go under my point values and I was running a lot so I guess I was at a fairly low calorie intake. I was hungry all…
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Need ideas for "make-ahead" or quick dinners
My husband and I both work FT. We have 2 kids. Both play 2 sports in the spring and between the practices and the games I'm running out of healthy quick dinners, especially since the kids are quite picky eaters. This week we already went to Burger King once and ordered chinese food another night...ugh!!! Sometimes we go…
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whats your (heavy) weight lifting routines?
I'd like to incorporate some heavy lifting into my workouts. Does anyone have a routine/exercises they'd like to share? Or a link to a website with some. I work ft but have a gym onsite. We have a few machines and a full set of hand weights plus kettlebells weighted balls etc. Also ideally I'd like to do a few shorter…
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HRM not working well..women??
Anyone else ever have this issue? My heart rate monitor seems to work sometimes, but not other times, especially when I"m on the treamill. I was doing sprints today and I would look down and it said 139...no way! It should have been at least 160+, multiple times during my run. Then later when I was lifting hard it would…
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30 Day Shred Level 1 only 140 calories?
I have a HRM but it doesn't seem to work al the time. Sometimes it misses my heartbeat (its a New Balance one). THere have been times I've been working very hard and it only says 90 BPM. But it's hard to tell when it does/doesn't work. I feel ike the strap doesn't fit well, and I think it has to do with me being large in…
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ANyone have 529 plan for kids?
I have 2 kids,ages 6 and 7 and need to start saving for college. Can anyone recommend a good 529 plan? Our state doens't have any discounts/inecntives, so any state one is fair game.
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ugg...ready to throw in the towel :(
So I've been fighting these last 10 pounds for the past 5 years or so. I go up then down etc etc. For me to lose I need to be super strict with logging my food and really carving out a lot of time for exercise. Last fall we put our house on the market and so my exercise pretty much ceased. Then between the holidays, moving…
