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New Pals……IIFYM or New Runners
Hi All, I’ve been on here a while but not logged much as I was having some success with slimming world (in UK). However I am really struggling with portion control and don’t like that some foods that I really enjoy are not allowed (well they are but my protein pancake is a ridiculous amount of syns!) So I have decided to…
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Eating after a work out.
Ever since discovering that breakfast isn’t the most important meal of the day, and at least for weight loss meal timing is irrelevant, I haven’t been eating breakfast. Well I have…but I just have it at around 10am (I get up at 5am). But I’ve figured out that I need to do my work out early in the morning. I’ve always been…
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Tendonitis (Tennis Elbow)
Has anyone here suffered from Tendonitis (tennis elbow)? I am just wondering how long it took people to recover and what they did to ease symptoms? My doctor has diagnosed Tendonitis in both elbows (worse in the right). She thinks this is from lifting weights. I don’t remember causing an injury but out of all the things…
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Losing weight with PCOS.
I just wondered if there were some ladies on here who suffer with PCOS who have had success losing weight or getting to their goal? I literally was just diagnosed last night with PCOS. It does explain some things I guess, struggling to lose weight, acne, tiredness a lot of the time with no real reason..... I do know it IS…
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Elliptical / Stairmaster / Treadmill / Rowing machine?
I enjoy my weights routine but as I am trying to lose weight and keep fit I like to add some cardio in every week too. Usually around 30 minutes or so after lifting weights. Which is the best machine for a good workout? My gym has them all so just wondered what people's first choice would be from the ones in the subject…
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What's your weird thing?
So do you have a weird quirky thing you can do, that most other people can't? I don't know if I am double jointed or just have flexible joints.... but my thumbs are VERY bendy LOL. I'm gonna take a pic to share so gimme a minute. But what's your weird thing? And pics please if possible!!
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IVF Treatment and weight loss?
I just wondered if anyone had any experience with IVF treatment and if it is still possible to lose weight with this? I'm not 100% sure what medication will be used as I have the first appointment on the 14th of May where the nurse will give me all the details but if anyone has any experience I would appreciate hearing…
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More exercise if still feeling sore?
If you are still feeling sore from a workout, are you ok to work out again using same muscles or should I wait until less sore? I went to gym on Tuesday evening (Thursday afternoon here now). I was full of energy and had a really good work out. About an hours worth of weights, followed by about 40 minutes on the cross…
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What do you track?
So I have the default settings from MFP (cals, carbs, fat and protein) but i know there are other things that I can track too. But I don't really know what is best. What does everyone else track and why? Bearing in mind that I am trying to lose weight (well fat to be more precise as I have decided that scales are evil…
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How much exercise is too much?
I know it would vary slightly from person to person, but is there a generally accepted average on what is the *best* amount of exercise per week? I remember reading something about how after a certain point, exercise isn’t as effective, but I can’t remember what that point was. Am sure it was like an average of 30 mins, or…
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Help me out please!!
So we got letter home from school with my boys today sayng there is an egg decorating competition on Monday. So I now need some super cool ideas for my boys to do (with some help from mum of course lol). Anyone have any great ideas please??
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Same top, minus around 45lbs, plus a kid :)
Photo one is what prompted me to start losing some weight, that was around Aug 2011. I think I lose around 10-15 lbs before joining MFP in Jan 2012 (Think I had joined earlier but not used it). I've lost around in total around 45 lbs, most of it with MFP. Funny thing is I still wear this top when I train lol. I had just…
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A protein shake in uk?
Can anyone recommend a good value protein shake in the UK that tastes ok? I’ve never had shakes before but I am going to get back in to working out on a morning (have been recovering from a chest infection). This means getting up at 5am and even after a workout I don’t always feel like eating first thing. Plus once I am…
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We had celeb crush.... so who is your weird crush?
So... someone who doesn't pop up in the top 50 hottest guy / girl celeb lists but you still have that crush? For me it's got to be David Tennant..... he was so awesome as Dr Who (yeah I'm a geek lol) I just can't watch with the same enjoyment now he's no longer in it! Just cos I didn't explain it well.... I still mean a…
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Can you do this????
Just heard this on the radio and I sooooo can't do it no matter how hard I try. Raise your right leg and move it CLOCKWISE in a circular motion. (I'm doing it sat at a desk and just did small circles) Then lift your right hand and draw a number 6 in the air with your finger. Can you keep your leg going clockwise???? I…
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Progress so far pics, 50lbs down.
Here's some pics of my journey so far. This has taken since the new year so am looking at about 50lb in a year. I know I could have done it quicker but I am happy with how far I have come.
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If it fits your macros.....
How many people on here follow this idea and does it work out ok for you? I had been eating low carb and it does work for me, really helps keep the appetite low and the weight definitely seems to come off quicker for me. But I was getting real bored of it so decided I would have a break. I'm still sticking to my calorie…
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My hubby - 130lbs down
I just wanted to share this, I am soooooo proud of my hubby! He's a member here but doesn't really post on the message boards. This has taken a long time, slowly slowly over about 5 years but he's never given up and kept going. It goes to show that if you just keep working at it the weight will come off.
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Want friends to add, low carb heavy lifting please....
So I am trying low carb diet and lifting much heavier with strength training now. Seems to be working great and am still losing weight at a great pace and clothes feeling bigger already. If there is anyone else out there who is either just starting this path too or experienced with it please feel free to add me!
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Yoga DVD recommendations?
Can anyone recommend a good Yoga DVD? I fancy trying something a bit different. Maybe one that I can check out on you tube first before I buy it.
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Need more rest days?
Do you think rest days are an essential part of a fitness program or do you think it is possible to push through and work out every day? My plan was to do a mix of 30 day shred and C25K on alternate days Mon – Sat and then have a rest day on a Sunday. But come round to Sunday I usually have so much to do it’s not such a…
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Any obese to ripped ladies success stories or pics?
I look at some of these photos that ladies post and they have flat stomach, rock hard abs, arm definition and they look GREAT! I would seriously love that kind of body. I know that I am a long long way from it, over 40lbs down but at still a tad over 200lbs so it's a long way off. But I would love to see some photos or…
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Carb weight gain?
So I was eating low carb, about 20-30g a day but eventually decided it wasn’t for me. Along with watching what I was eating I was exercising every day, doing either 30 day shred or jogging on a morning plus walking a couple of miles at lunch time. I wasn’t losing overly fast, around 1 – 1.5lb a week but I was losing. I…
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Yay - stuck it for a weekend!
For as long as I have been trying to lose weight, my weekends have been my low points. I always feel I should be having treats at weekends, like taking kids to park and having an ice cream, eating take aways or fast food. I would be healthy all week and then blow it on a weekend. Well this last weekend was the only one I…
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How heavy weights for 30 day shred?
For those of you who have done 30 day shred, what weights did you use? I've never completed it start to finish so am going to give it a go. Last time I used the lightest I had and they felt quite easy (not the whole workout just the arms in the strength parts). Is it suitable to use heavier weights with it?
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I don't know how.....
People stick to 1200 calories a day. I'm trying so hard but am so so hungry all the time!! I'm making healthy choices, things like porridge for breakfast, lots of protein and veggies for dinner but am so hungry during the day I need lots of snacks which are pushing my total up. I exercise every other day, doing 30 mins mix…
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What are your snacks?
I'm after some healthy filling snack ideas. I usually just have fruit (which is great but high in natural sugar and doesn't always fill me) and low cal cereal bars (think Alpen Light) which I like but they definitely don't fill me. What are your favourite snacks?
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Over daily limit on protein?
Is it much of a problem if I am over each day on protein? I like to have a big tuna salad for my lunch at work, and I use a full tin of tuna. According to MFP the tin I use has 36g of protein in it. And it gives 45g as my daily total. So I have added my breakfast and snacks and I am already over the 45g it recommends for…
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Weights / Strength training while still obese?
So I still have a long way to go on losing weight. I started out in January at 248lbs and am currently 212lbs. My exercise at the moment is doing the couch to 5k program so that is like 3 days a week and I will also do an exercise DVD once or twice a week, usually 30 day shred or Davina Mccall one. I just wondered if it…
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Morning exercise before breakfast.
How bad for you is it? I work full time, I leave the house at 7am and arrive home at about 5.30pm. I have two young children so have a busy few hours once home from work, making dinner, eating dinner, getting kids bathed and to bed and then cleaning up. The absolute last thing I feel like doing come 8.30pm when all that is…
