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How young is too young?
As long as someone is of legal age they are "old enough" right?
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anyone using the "quantum scale"
I only found one post searching the forums, but thought I'd check to see if anyone else is using one. I love the idea of a scale that only shows loss and gain. I have issues with scales and have kinda lost the privilege of using one (self imposed) but would still like to be able to track weight progress. I've tried other…
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Week 8 Feb 24- March 2
I have been having difficulty with my pelvis and walking and being whiney and eating junk. So I am starting week 8 tomorrow and the steps/exercise are going back down a bit because I really need to feel successful... Water - try to drink at least 64 oz of water a day (8, 8 oz glasses) 15 minutes of intentional exercise…
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Week 7 Feb 12-19
I'm going to keep doing this cuz it helps me. Water - try to drink at least 64 oz of water a day (8, 8 oz glasses) 30 minutes of intentional exercise everyday 3 servings of veggies every day. Two should be non-starchy veggies (potatoes, corn and carrots are starchy) Fitbit/pedometer users - 5,500 steps a day. The steps…
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Week 6 Feb 5-11
Water - try to drink at least 64 oz of water a day (8, 8 oz glasses). Or add 1 glass of water to your current amount 25 minutes of intentional exercise everyday. Or add 5 minutes to your current amount 3 servings of veggies every day. At least one should be a non-starchy veggie (potatoes, corn and carrots are starchy)…
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Week 5 Jan 29- Feb
Despite not doing super well last week I am going to increase again. Water - try to drink at least 64 oz of water a day (8, 8 oz glasses). Or add 1 glass of water to your current amount. 20 minutes of intentional exercise everyday. Or add 5 minutes to your current amount 3 servings of veggies every day. At least one should…
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Week 4 Jan 22-29
Water - try to drink at least 64 oz of water a day (8, 8 oz glasses). Or add 1 glass of water to your current amount 15 minutes of intentional exercise everyday. Or add 5 minutes to your current amount 3 servings of veggies every day. At least one should be a non-starchy veggie (potatoes, corn and carrots are starchy)…
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Applesauce for sugar in cookies
I have a modified pumpkin oatmeal chocolate chip cookie recipe where I used applesauce and more pumpkin in place of the oil, but today I wanted to lower the sugar so I used only pumpkin for the oil and applesauce for half the sugar. It was way thinner than usual (due to the added liquid) so I used whole wheat flour and it…
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Week 3 how'd you do?
I got my exercise everyday. I got my steps everyday (though it was often from walking forwards and backwards in my living room while watching tv...) I got my water 5 days, was 1 glass shy the other two. I got my veggies 6 days! I was thinking it was less, but when I went back through and looked it was 6. Some days it was a…
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Week 3 Jan 15- 21
I am repeating week 2 this week because I didn't do very well (exercise 3 days, water 5 days, veggies 4 or 5 days, steps 3 days). If you are already working above the goals I have posted feel free to reply with goals for yourself this week and let us all know how you do! Water - try to drink at least 56 oz of water a day…
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Week 2 Jan 8-14
I am setting goals for this week, but if from tracking the goals in week one you are already exceeding these I will have a suggestion of how much to add to your current amounts. Water - try to drink at least 56 oz of water a day (7, 8 oz glasses). Or add 1 glass of water to your current amount depending on if you are…
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Week one check in
So how did you all do for week one? I did exercise and got 3000 steps everyday (though it occasionally was me wandering in a circle around my apartment at night to get the last few hundred steps). Achieved my water goal 6 of the days. Ate my veggies everyday, BUT some days it was potatoes, corn and pasta sauce- not really…
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First week Jan 1-7
This week is going to be super easy and give people a chance to recover from the holidays and see where you currently stand on these topics. Next week will the option of set amounts or your current plus something. Meaning if you already exceed the listed challenge you can do your thing plus a bit more. Main thing - track…
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4500 calories on Thanksgiving? Really? I disagree.
I wish this article http://www.caloriecontrol.org/articles-and-video/feature-articles/stuff-the-bird-not-yourself had some food examples to back up their estimate. I found another that posts foods and their calories and came up with 2486, http://projects.nytimes.com/qa/events/thanksgiving-help-line/question/8134 which is…
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Nutrition info from recipe books
So my ice cream recipe book says pb cup ice cream makes 14 servings @ 261 cals per serving. It includes 3/4 cup sugar, 1 1/8 cup peanut butter, 1.25 cups whole milk, 1 cup pb cup candy & 2 cups heavy cream. At a glance I was like there is no way that is only 261 cals. Added it to mfp & even using low fat milk, whipping…
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tracking sugar vs carbs
Just curious as to people's opinions about sugar intake vs overall carb intake. If I track sugar I am pretty much always over by quite a bit - like 3-4x as much as I should be. It's summer time and I like fruit & have ice cream a few times a week. I stay within my total calorie limit and don't go over on total carbs very…
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where do you measure your waist?
I have been doing my waist measurement at my belly button so I have a place to easily line it up. But I know it isn't my waist for dresses etc, that is a few inches higher. Also with lose skin my belly button is a bit lower now and in line with my hip bones so I doubt the measurement will continue to go down much a I plan…
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Things that taste better than thin feels.
I hate that saying and when I just saw it this am I immediately thought of a few foods that definitely taste better than thin feels. Got anything to add to the list? Magnum bars - the double chocolate ones Pizza with extra tomato sauce Cheez-its Apple Fritters from Lafees in B'ham. I would like to clarify that I am not…
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One year 70lbs
I've been fat most my life. Lost weight at 19, kept it off for a few years then gained it back. Decided to prove to a friend that the stupid Hcg diet isn't the only way to lose weight & tracking calories helped before so last August I looked up apps for my phone and found MFP. In the first 6 months I lost about 50 lbs. In…
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homemade cake lower cal than box mix
Decided to make cake from scratch- just normal no low fat tricks or anything and each cupcake only has 150 cals vs the 250 in the box mix I have.
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Images & gifs for troll threads
Howdy folks, I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread. The forum guidelines include this item: If you would like to review the forum guidelines, please visit the following link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines At our discretion, this locked thread may be deleted entirely in the…
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134 PB M&Ms
I just did the math and if I eat nothing else for the rest of the day I could have 134 peanut butter m&ms. I'd stay within my calories, but not the rest of my macros. Luckily I don''have that many M&Ms cuz it'd probably make me sick, but based on my day so far it really sounds like a fun idea!
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NSV!!!
I've been going to yoga for a few months, but feel like I still have a long way to go as there are lots of poses I can't do very well and am often unsure if I am doing it right. Today in class there were a few new people and the instructor was trying to explain how your foot, hip & shoulder should be in on straight line in…
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Hell's Kitchen Workout is killing me!
One of you fabulous people posted links to TV workouts. I am watching a dinner service on hell's kitchen and I am like ok so 3 sets of 20 jumping jacks a 20 second plank and then 15 crunches and before I even finish those I have more to do! It's craziness! But better than sitting on the couch. To follow the link cut &…
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Tv show scales
Can you imagine how annoying it would be to have a scale like the ones on Biggest Loser or extreme makeover where they flip through random numbers in like a 20 lbs range before finally telling you how much you weigh...
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Love in the Wild
Anyone else watch this show? It's ridiculous and some of the people are VERY annoying, but I just can't stop watching!
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Logging food on a "free" day
I have been on MFP since last August and don't think I've gone over on food by more than 500 cals in that time. My birthday is on Thursday and I am going to a buffet and I am going to have dessert. While I don't really do cheat days I really don't want to stress out about food on my birthday. After logging for almost a…
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NSVs
I can now zip up my pretty red dress by myself. When I got it I had to have help and it still took a long time. Also I am no longer fatter than the women who are 40wks pregnant. I used to weigh more than like 90% of my clients even when they were due, now I weigh less than most of them at term. I realize saying I weigh…
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Target heart rate and running
So based on heart rate zones I *should* be exercising between 128-165ish. When I walk (even quickly) my HR is in the low 120s. If I run/jog for even 30 seconds my hr is in the 170s. Any suggestions on how to better keep my HR in the appropriate range? I am not completely sold on the HR ranges, but I am not fit enough to…
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Nutritional info vs food names
Going out to lunch today and there is a burger called "widow Maker" which to me implies it isn't healthy. cals 1149 fat 21 sodium 2571 cholesterol 175 - so not healthy BUT the tuna salad sandwich info is cals 1154 fat 21 sodium 2608 cholesterol 123 - aside from cholesterol it's the same or worse! Can't trust names on…
