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Alright - let’s go 2024!
Alrighty, here we go. 2024 is just hours away, and as usual I’m jumping on the’This year is my year!’ cart. A point comes where enough is enough, and this is it. I avoid photos as much as possible, but had a meet up with relatives recently and had a photo taken. So this is hopefully accountability, and a reference point…
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Assistance regarding daily calories
Hi there! Long time user here, successfully lost 20kg in the past with MFP, and trying very hard to lose it again after having a baby 18 months ago. Despite feeling like I've been counting calories forever, my self-sabotage means I'm actually at my highest ever non-pregnant weight, just shy of 300lbs. I'm making a fresh…
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Any experience with Clexane?
So, havign just injected myself (or rather had my husband inject me because I was too much of a sook to do the first one) with Clexane as per my obstetrician, I'm just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with this in pregnancy? Any side effects? Opinions, etc?
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Calories burnt according to HRM
Hi all, apologies in advance if this has been answered before. I've been using my Polar F4 HRM when exercising, been entering the calories burnt into the site, and eating back those calories, but today I had a thought. Even when I'm sitting doing nothing, my body is still burning calories, and the HRM still records these.…
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Just a little NSV that made me proud
I think this counts! After doing the grocery shopping, taking care to prepare the pantry with healthy snacks, good whole foods, etc, I found a frozen pizza at the supermarket that fit into my remaining calories for the day. I decided I'll give it a go, it fits in, and I don't eat pizza very often. Warm it up while…
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Will *not* go back up to 120kg!
Hi everyone, I think this is more of a reassertion for myself, but it seems to have more power when I make it public. When I first started with MFP, over three years ago, I weight 132kg. I've been on and off the wagon many times since, but have consistently found that the only thing that helps me get healthier is MFP and…
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Cycled for the first time in years - HRM
Hey there all, yet another clueless question from a gym newbie :) I've mainly been running for the last 3 weeks for my cardio, however for the last week or so, my right shin has been giving me trouble so it was suggested that I should spent a few weeks doing lower impact cardio work. So this evening after work I went to…
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Calories during non-cardio work
Hey all, just a quick question in regards to logging calories burnt during exercise. For a few weeks now, I've been using my Polar HRM to track calories burnt during my running and walking, however today I've started adding a ltitle weights work to my routine as well. My question is, do I keep the HRM going to track…
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I tried to run, I really tried..
..and I don't know what happened. I'm currently around 270lbs, and maybe my body's just not ready for running. Walking was fine, so I woudn up doing a fair bit of that, but after trying to first run interval, I was going to vomit or something..I just got so upset. I feel so weak and horrified with myself now. I do Wii…
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Scales being silly!
So this may not be news to anyone here, but after I weighed myself this morning, I moved the scales a little because they didn't quite look evenly parallel to the wall (yes, I'm silly about things like that), and then I got back on, my weight had gone up by 2 pounds! So I experimented, trying it in different places on the…
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Is it possible to 'hit the wall' so soon?
Oh boy, today is not a good day. I joined MFP about a month ago, and logged everything religiously, ate all my exercise calories, and lost 11lbs really quickly, within about 2 weeks. I was getting comments from my family that they noticed the difference, and I felt so much better! But now the last two weeks have been a bit…
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I've had the oddest day foodwise
I'm feeling pleased, and yet confused, and possibly concerned! For breakfast I had one piece of toast with peanut butter and a cup of tea, another tea during my morning shift at work, a ham and pineapple roll from the baker for lunch, 2 cranberry cookies with another tea for afternoon tea, and then 3 homemade tacos for…
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Oh no..double calories for a day!
Yes, you read it right! I've today eaten TWICE the amount of calories that I should have. Since it was Australia Day, we were going to my parents' house for dinner and I knew I'd probably creep over a bit..and I've just put everything I ate into my counter for the day..and twice what I should have eaten! :( Logically, I…
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New Aussie member!
Hello everyone! Just a quick intro from a new member. My name's Lisa and I'm from Australia, married for almost 4 years to a very lovely Englishman, and have struggled with my weight since I was 13. Upon reaching about 132kg at the turn of the new year, I decided it was time to make this year the year I get back to the…
