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Silly calorie question :)
Good morning ladies! I have a quick question, just to get a few opinions so I don't go crazy :p I am into Stage 2, with 3 workouts left before I am done. When I started stage 1, I was at 178, and currently I am at 183. I used the books calculations for a 300 calorie deficit and it has me at 1700 on non workout days, and…
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Another step up question
I started with 20's, and am on 25's, in both hands. I just did A5. I did A4 with 30's, but almost fell, so I lowered down. I can do them with good form at 25, but I felt like I should have increased the weight more in 3 weeks time. Is this typical? Did any one else increase the weight slowly?
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Success with MFP #s or NR #s
Good morning everyone! I'm just slightly still a bit confused on numbers. A few stats: I am 23, female, 5 ft 2 and 180 lbs (last time I weighed a week or so ago) and have completed 3 weeks of the workouts. I'll be doing A5 tomorrow. MFP calculates my BMR to be 1524, and New Rules calculates my RMR at 1382. Currently I have…
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Swiss Ball Crunch question
I did the first B workout today with the swiss ball. I'm sure the ball was a good size, and the crunch felt ok, but I did 8 and pretty much felt like I could do a billion more. Any one else with this problem? Should I try it again and just adjust myself a lot or should I try it weighted? I've done crunches on the ground,…
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First day, but a bit concerned?
So I did my first day today :) I did a 5 min warmup walk on the treadmill and then expected to bust butt. Well on the squat I did the bar for the first set and then added 10 for the second, so 45 and then 55. I def. feel like next time I can added more but my biggest concern was if I was doing the squats right. I'll have…
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Could this be Real?
I just need some validation that I am doing this right and not going crazy! I am obese but I have my goal weight set at 150 (whereas 137 is the highest for healthy BMI for my height) while I currently weigh 182.2 and I decided to strength train mostly so I could train for an obstacle course challenge I have coming up in…
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Strength Training and Losing Weight?
So this question may be a little stupid. Honestly I've read a lot of threads here and I just don't completely understand. It could just be that it's all gotten to my head, but I'm hoping for a little clarity. I've signed up for an obstacle course in June. I've got a large group of friends doing this with me and a few of…
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Ninja Challenge 5K Course, Raleigh NC
Hello! I just registered for the Ninja Challenge 5 K course in Raleigh, NC, on June 9th! Here is the website: http://www.theninjachallenge.com/ If you guys want to check it out. There is a living social deal for $20 instead of the usual $55. I bought this and here is my share link:…
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Pre Insanity workout snack?
I started month two of Insanity today. The workouts are longer and to me its like starting all over again in the amount of work that you have to do. I usually have a snack about an hour before the workout, mostly a protein bar or a snack bar of some type (I try to keep it with low sugar, med carb and high protein) just…
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Silly question, but protein right after workout?
I usually am ravenous right after a workout (I do insanity and c25k 5-6 days a week, sometimes both in one day) and usually make a protein shake. I do this to add protein because I don't feel like I get enough through regular meals (though I do add in greek yogurt or protein bars and stuff) and my question is this: If I…
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Quick and nutritious?
Ill be going to a convention this weekend and plan to do most of my eating on the go and in the room. I want to make a list of healthy things and so far I have fruit and granola bars as well as sandwich things. Also I have now crackers.However, the hotel has no microwaves or fridges. Any ideas on items to take? Id like to…
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Week 3 Day 1
I did it today. I struggled, whereas I haven't struggled at all this far. I've been doing it at 5.0 on the treadmill at a 1% incline, but I'm wondering now if I should lower my speed a little. I may need to repeat this week. Any advice guys? I'm 5 ft 2 so I can't go fast. 4.5 feels too slow. But is 4.7 and 5 that much…
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Body Weight Simulator
http://bwsimulator.niddk.nih.gov/ I found this today, read about it on fitbie. Gave it a shot, and everything adds up (says I should eating 2000 calories a day to lose weight, which is what I do now and lose 1-2lbs a week) and that when I want to maintain, I should eat about 2500 a day. I get it. The little graph at the…
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Biggest Loser Challenge Contestants!
This is for the biggest loser challenge I am running. I am posting a daily mini challenge that will start at midnight and run until midnight tomorrow. I am posting early to give you time to prepare. If you are not part of the challenge, feel free to do this mini challenge any way :) Now, you have until midnight tomorrow to…
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Biggest Loser Challenge!
All right, I wanted to do my own challenge as one of these got started and puffed out. So starting on Oct 31st (since it is a Monday) and ending the 26th of Dec, I invite you to do a challenge with me. That's 8 weeks, I believe. Who knows, I'm a bit iffy mathematically sometimes. Haha :) So, what is this challenge you ask?…
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Weight Watchers Scale issue?
So I got the weight watchers scale that does body fat, body water, etc. And it keeps telling me, consistently, that my body water is 43.2, which is in the yellow for being too low. I'm curious if anyone thinks this is accurate, because I've had 14 glasses of water today, and I've pee'd practically all day so I don't think…
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Heart rate zones?
So I checked out webmd and this is what it gave me: 0 - 99 bpm* Warm up 118 - 138 bpm Weight Management & Endurance Building 138 - 158 bpm Weight Loss & Improving Cardio Fitness 158 - 394 bpm Anaerobic. Don't stay here too long. *bpm = beats per minute and this is supposed to be personal to me. Now, when I work out on the…
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Hot Tea?
How do you guys feel about tea? Do you count it as water, do you add any calories for it, what do you use to sweeten it, if anything? I'm curious, just for some talk, as I occasionally drink a bit of hot green tea with some type of flavor like guava or pomegranate or something. I use some raw unfiltered honey to sweeten is…
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Question about wii fit?
So I wore my HRM today while doing stuff on the Wii (mostly cardio things like the running, boxing, step aerobics etc) and it says I've burned 400+ cals in the 50 minutes I did. The Wii itself said I burned like 200 something. I only had the HRM going when I was doing the exercising, I stopped it when I was resting or when…
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Ways to add in calories to meet req?
So for the past few days I've been struggling to eat enough to reach my 1350 caloric intake goal. I want to try and reach at least 1200 so that I'm eating enough for my metabolism. So I put in all my meals and my projected amount of exercise this evening and still need 500 calories :/ What kinds of things do you guys chomp…
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HRM accuracy?
I'm using a New Balance N2 That I borrowed from a friend at work just to check out how these things worked. I put in my age, weight, upper and lower heart rate limits and it shows me what I burn throughout the day with these. How accurate do you guys think this thing can be? I just don't want to assume its right and over…
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NSV Time!
I got these greyish/black skinny jeans last year, right about Sept/October. I went to a convention and wore them and saw myself in the pictures and haven't worn them since. I looked BAD. So I took them with me when I went to the same convention this past weekend. First time I had tried them on since...and they are loose! I…
