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H**Y COW!
I can't be stuffed typing out a long post right now cos i'm mentally exhausted but I just wanted to say THANKS! I fall asleep on the bus after work EVERY day. and I get home and am like a zombie. then today on the bus it dawned on me I was awake for the whole trip! This is since I've upped my calories to -15% of my TDEE…
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Newbie wants to know 3 days of lifting?
Hello! I'm eating at my BMR which is 1650 Just wondering starting out is 30minutes x 3 days a week enough for strength training for a newb? on the other 3 days I plan on doing intervals (newb runner too, not used to running. had a breast reduction) for 30 minuttes then 45, 60 minutes Some stats: I'm 95kg 5'6" 24 years old…
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Newbie NROLFW Inches? Possible?
Hellooo!! On a mission to lose body fat! I've been all kinds of sizes and all kinds of measurements and my favourite feel is by far a strong size 10 with little body fat. That being said I don't like the scales much and prefer my measurements and tracking them on a spreadsheet. So my goal is 16 weeks from today. I am…
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My evidence of scale vs measurements
So i'm the same clothing size i was at my biggest in 2008. but i am more soft/flabby now than back then and also about 13 kg heavier!!! I was going through my old laptop and I found my weight measurements I kept track of in 2008 over 15 weeks of weight loss As you can see, this time around I am heavier and have more…
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exercise for max fat loss for a newb with knee pain?
Hello everyone! I was just wondering what exercise sI could do to maximise my workouts without hurting my knees. I love Jillian Michaels 30DS and that doesnt hurt at all. should i stick with exercises that are similar? and weights/strength training, I love that also, but will i benefit from this instead of cardio? TIA
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1.5hrs til lunch- Chicken salad sandwich?!
There are so many options of calories in MFP database for a chicken and salad sandwich. I'm wondering if it's a bad idea because i can't really know how many actual calories are in it?!
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Body dismorphic disorder
I get a shock when I see a recent photo of myself. I always 'feel' like i am 'fitter' than i look in a photograph. I go into clothing shops thinking i'm a size smaller than i actually am, and the it hits me, i am not relating to my real body. This is what helped me become blind, this and my emotional eating.
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Is it okay to not use scales?
I don't really like going by 'weight' because previously i have been 80-85kg and this clothing size (14-16) and had big rolls on my back. but now i am 95kg and the same size and no rolls. I have a large frame and tend to have athletic body when I have less body fat. So I am wondering if it is 'constructive' to just go by…
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QUESTIONS! 66lbs to lose! hopefully in 8 months-post incl st
Hi everyone, I am new here and would like to lose my 30kg (65lbs) by July 2012 Doable? I'm 23, I work full time and am getting engaged (I found out by accident) in July-ish 2012 I am starting slow, I am bad at running, I have flat feet and poor ankles, and these days my knees hurt, and would like to tone and strengthen so…
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Self sabotage- Newbie-no motvation
A little help here, please?! :/ I am utterly failing at my calories. I am hungry ALL day. ALL the time. literally like hunger pains. It's embarrassing. And I have a constant pain in both my knees, so I can't run. It's like even on my best of days, I still manage to mindlessly shove something in my mouth that I'm not…
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Perfect week Cals- how much did you lose?
Hi everyone, I'm new here. I was just curious to see what your weight loss was in the very beginning of your journey when you had a 'perfect calories week' by that i mean you didn't go over. So what was the average or most you lost in the beginning per week? See ya round!
