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Good youtube videos showing form for basic heavy liting?
I'm tired of going to the gym and doing only cardio and a few dumbbell exercises while i'm eyeing people trying to figure out how to do the real stuff. Can someone give me some good links? I'm a 35 yo woman who has never done any real lifting before, and I really want to go into the gym and figure it out for myself, I just…
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New runner-Leg cramping same place every time
I just started running on the treadmill 4-6 times a week, about a month ago. I go pretty easy, since I am a long time smoker, and have never been much of an athlete. I usually go 2-4 miles per session, but walk half of it. Basically 3-4mph for a minute or so, followed by running at 5-7mph for a minute, back down to 3-4,…
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How do I log homemade items correctly?
I made energy bites last night, and want to log the calories and get the macros/nutrients right. How do I get the calories for the entire recipe in, and divide it by the portions I got from it? There are several entries for this particular recipe, but they vary wildly. The one I decided was close enough showed up with…
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Pear shaped women-dropping pants sizes?
How much did you lose before you started dropping pants sizes??? I started out at 192, in size 14 with quite a muffin top :( This morning I am at 179, and still in 14's! True, my gut is almost totally gone, my butt and thighs are higher and tighter from cardio and weights...generally everything fits well now. I look a lot…
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Need info-Do macros matter?
I just checked out my ratios, and the last week I ran at 43% carbs, 39% fat, and 18% protein. I average net calories at 1500, and have been shooting for 60 minutes on the elliptical, 6 days a week. A lot of the time, I don't get in that much, but I am pretty consistent, and when I look at my charts, I see that I only have…
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Big initial loss?
I've lost eleven pounds in just over two weeks of logging calories and exercise. I was trying to stay at 1200 calories and do an hour of elliptical training 6 days a week. I haven't quite made that 360 minute goal per week in exercise, but on the bright side, I have begun lifting weights here and there and walking my dogs…
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Overeating-Discouraged
I've been doing OKAY with my calories, but last night binged hard on poptarts and doritos. What was shocking is that I KNEW I would have to log the calories, so I actually had some self-restraint, but still found when I logged things in this morning (OMG, it was so tempting to underestimate it and lie to myself) that I ate…
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New here-hello everyone!
I've been logging in my calories/exercise regularly for a little over a week now and it's helping me a lot. I was somewhere around 193 after the holidays, and really want to get back down to 145, which was my normal weight from the age of 14; I rebounded very fast after my first child, and never lost the weight after I had…
