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Back in action! Motivation and tips are greatly appreciated.
I was on MFP years ago and had tremendous success with losing about 50 pounds within 4-5 months. After that, something happened and I wasn't on my game any more. I fell off... HARD.. and despite numerous attempts to get back on it, I just couldn't figure myself out. After that, I quit smoking. Since then, I have gained a…
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Operation Stop Smoking.
I've given myself the challenge of giving up smoking cigarettes for Lent. I truly think I'm at the point where I can stop so here it goes! I'm just looking for a little motivation and/or advice that can be offered to the many people who are on this site who continue to not smoke and lose weight! I know there are so many of…
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Finding a happy medium..
So, there are times where I've hated being fat, and times I've been ok with it. However, ever since I have fallen off the wagon (hard, may I add) I've been struggling to be happy with me while I lose weight. I'm just starting to get back into the game and so far so good. However, when I look in the mirror I can't help but…
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Stamina.
I need some advice/tips on how to work on building my stamina. Quick background on myself: I've always been overweight, but I was also super athletic, playing basketball & volleyball. Even though, although I could hang, my stamina wasn't the greatest. Now that I've been out of sports for some time now, my stamina has…
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Calorie help! I need ideas.
I've recently moved my weight loss goal on MFP to 1.5 pounds a week. So far it's been kinda of.. different.. but do-able. Today is actually the first day, LOL. I went from 1,990 calories to 1,750. I know it's only a little over 200 calories, but it seems like a world of difference. I'm wondering if any of you have around…
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Plateau. Vent. Read. Help. Please.
So, it's official, I am in the midst of a horrible plateau. Part of it, I think, has been brought on by me, the other part is.. well.. I don't know. :indifferent: May was a hard month for me, the hardest, in fact. I fought the holidays with ease and then May comes along (my birthday) and I fail. I was sick the first week,…
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Lame-o dinners.
Ok.. so.. I'm 21 years old (22 on May 20th!) and I am a college student, full time worker, and the primary care provider for my parents, whom are both disabled. I take care of the house and everything it needs, on top of going to school and work every day. My brother also lives with us but really offers no help because,…
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Dinner help!
I had a big lunch today and have about 591 calories left for the day. I plan on going to the gym later, but I don't want to go over 591 for dinner regardless. Normally my dinners are around there but they get so boring after a while. Normally I have chicken breast with veggies and/or salad and low cal mashed potatoes or…
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Questions about Coach to 5K
I'm looking into starting a coach to 5k schedule because I'd like to, eventually, walk/run/jog/whatever a MS marathon for my mother who has had MS for 25+ years and is completely bed bound. I'd also like to get my stamina for running back (I used to play basketball and volleyball). However, every "coach to 5k" program that…
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Burger King. Help!
This week has been super duper hard for me. Last week was my spring break, and with the exception of Monday and Tuesday (of last week) I gave myself time off of the gym and calorie counting. I did ok with the food because I've been doing it for enough time that my body knows when it is full and knows what kind of things it…
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Emotions.
Has anyone else experienced some overwhelming emotions while trying to lose weight? I've lost about 34 pounds since December, and while I feel great, I feel like the rest of my life is falling apart sometimes. I get super angry, super fast, and while I know I have a temper problem (thanks Dad!), I've been a little more…
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Fitness_Chick?
I have/had Fitness Chick as a friend, but when I went to her page, it said it was deactivated. Does anyone knoe what happened to her? She was a great insirpation, as all of you are too! I promise I'm not a stalker.. even though I'm sure I kinda sound like one right now, LMAO. I'm really just nosey. :flowerforyou:
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new scale. please help!
so i purchased a new scale yesterday and between my old one and new one, there is a 3.8 pounds difference (or there abouts). its driving me crazy! what should i do? should i recalculate my weight on here to match up with my weight as my new scale says it, even though i think it's wrong? i don't want to just ignore it…
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This is just an amazing feeling.
[end sarcasm] One of the workers in the cafeteria where I work just called me "the fat girl from upstairs" in Spanish. I should have made her feel stupid for saying it to someone of Latino/Hispanic decent (I don't look it, nor speak fluent Spanish), but it actually really bothered me much more than that. I wanted to go WWE…
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Plateau.
I'm almost positive I've hit a plateau, unless I drop some weight sometime between now and tomorrow morning (weigh in). I was wondering if it would be a good idea to change my weight loss goal to 1 pound a week instead of 1.5? It is currently set for a weight loss of 1.5 pounds a week, and at least three 60 minute workouts…
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How do I..
..get over the fact that it is really bothering me that nobody has commented on my weight loss. I've lost about 22 lbs thus far, but only two people have made comments about me looking different. Of course I know its harder for people who are around you all the time to tell, but people I haven't seen for weeks don't even…
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Damn sugar.
Ok so I have what is probably the LARGEST sweet tooth ever (I'm so serious). I normally find it hard to stay within my allowed sugar, but when I do go over its only by a few grams. Today, however, I went over by 77! Breakfast was just cereal. My lunch of mandarin chicken had a lot of sugar (duh!). Dinner was 'normal', but…
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Going to Vegas!
I'm going to Vegas at the end of this month for my best friends birthday. This is super exciting for me for a couple reasons. One, I've never really been on a vacation (with the exception of New Mexico when I was 7 and Disneyland when I was 10). Both my parents had busy work schedules when I was young, and now that I'm…
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Burrito
I'm wondering if some of you lovely people can help me. We order mexican food for dinner tonight, and I stuck with a burrito. The place we ordered from is a little mom and pop shop and is super fresh with their ingredients. I tried to match up the items in the burrito and got around 1,500 calories for the burrito. I'm…
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help mee!!~!
I watched a friend of my eat a deli sandwich today that consisted of roast beef, American cheese, mustard, veggies all smothered on a wonderful dutch crunch roll (the key to my heart, for sure). :heart: I am super duper craving one right now but don't know if I should even bother. I have about 1,100 calories left for the…
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Goals
I'm thinking about changing my fitness goals here on MFP. If I change them to 1.5 pounds/week (currently 1 lbs/week), my calorie count that was 2170 will go to about 1810. I'm almost positive that I will be able to do that with no problem, but is it too soon? I started my journey almost a month ago. The last time I weighed…
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Extra Calories..
I have a bunch of extra calories today (1,109 to be exact), and I'm unsure if I should eat them or not. I'm not too hungry but I could eat a little something more. I slept in uber much this morning which pushed breakfast & lunch together and I worked out this afternoon, giving me an extra 600 calories. Would should I do?…
