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Thanks to MFP and heavy lifting (pic - 33 lbs lost)
I'm 35, 5'7", mom to three kids ages 3, 4 and 7. I joined MFP last August, at my highest weight of 182. Logging my food certainly helped me to make better choices, but I've not ever restricted any type of food throughout my entire journey. Since then, I've eaten anywhere from 1500 - 1900 calories per day, and generally ate…
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Women's weightlifting shoes??
I'm having a hard time finding good weight lifting shoes, any recommendations?
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Too much animal protein / dairy in my diet??
My employer offers a wellness screening where we get blood tests done and analyzed. I just had my results meeting with the nurse. With my recent 30 lb weight loss, healthier eating, and 6 days/wk exercising, my numbers were great and I'm quite healthy. The one thing she told me was to eat less dairy and animal proteins.…
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Elbow pain during chin-ups
I have been working on unassisted chin-ups. I've seen improvement in the last few weeks and can do three unassisted right now. Still have some work to do, but am happy with my progress. My problem is elbow pain, mostly on my left elbow but I feel it a bit in both arms. It feels kind of like a pinched nerve, and usually…
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Weight lifting -when to start trying for muscle gain
Looking for advice on how best to achieve my goals.... I'm 5'7, 153 lbs. My original goal weight was135-140, but I'm now thinking 145 may be more realistic since I've incorporated weight training. But, I'm still 10ish lbs from my goal and definitely have addl fat loss to accomplish. I'm currently eating at a 250 cal…
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need help from the experts re: breaking plateau
Hello all, I am 5'7 and currently 158-159 lbs. I have been holding steady at this weight for the last 6 weeks. I am at the top edge of a healthy weight, my goal is 145 so I have 14 lbs to go. I am not one to eat too few calories; before I started logging, I'm certain I ate well over 2000 calories per day, so I have a hard…
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weight lifting question - how sore should I be?
I have been following the weightlifting program from the New Rules of Lifting for Women book (which I LOVE love love, by the way). I've been on the program for about a month. The first few workouts, I was incredibly sore afterwards, to the point where I had difficulty lifting my arms, etc. I don't reach that same level of…
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Can I avoid the plateau?
Hello...I have been using MFP for a couple months but am a first-time poster on the message boards. First, some background: I'm 5'7", 34, starting weight 180, current weight 168, goal weight 140. I've lost weight at a fairly steady pace since joining MFP 7 weeks ago. My daily calorie goal is 1370 (I'm set at sedentary…
