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Do knees ever....get better, with C25K?
I went through the last year's worth of posts, and saw very little related to knees. Some background: I'm a beginning runner, don't have an app (yet - thrilled to see the app review sticky post, which I will check out thoroughly), I was just sort of 'creating my own' program. I'm 5'1", just turned 40, about 135 lbs, so not…
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Flavors of Home
Uh, YUM! Also, I'm so excited that now I can have a L&G that's just as easy as the other meals. (I hate to cook. Seriously - even chopping lettuce and veggies is beyond me some days.) So far I've only tried two (one was out of stock when I ordered). Very tasty, and filling. My weight seemed to really do well on the days…
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Anyone tried the new products?
Has anyone tried the new bars, or the smoothies? What do you think?
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Weekends
Anyone else have trouble sticking to plan on the weekends? I have a huge problem getting in all my water on the weekend. At work, I have a liter bottle that sits on my desk, and I just chug that as I work, filling it twice. At home - I might get in a couple of glasses. I'm just never in the same place, so I'd have to carry…
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What's your exercise?
Eleven weeks into this, I'm finally beginning to think about exercise. I haven't done much before, because to be honest - I'm a lazy bones. There are simply other things I'd rather do with my time! (And I've kind of been afraid of it - I've tried to lose weight with exercise before, but the times I've tried (and believe…
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List of MF carb counts?
Does anyone know if there's a 'quick reference' list of calories/carb counts in each MF meal? When shopping, the site doesn't give you the nutrition info (as far as I'm aware), but I would like to make a better 'plan' of my next shipment, to be sure that I'm planning days that are balanced between the higher-carb and…
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Favorite 'tweak' on MF meals?
Okay, so I made today a 'recipe' day, since I had time to play around with the MF meals, and the oven and other gadgets. (Usually, I just do the MF meals 'as instructed', because I prefer the least amount of 'bother' possible.) I made the Sandy's Kitchen recipes for Vanilla Custard (using one vanilla pudding and one…
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NSVs yay!
Okay, so I've been a smidge disappointed, because in six weeks, I've only lost about 10 pounds. I keep telling myself that it's actually pretty great, given that I'm rather short (5'1"), and only have 30-40 to lose to start with. It's just hard to put '10/6' up against '28/4', or '35/6' or whatever. I know the…
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Starting exercise
Well, I've been on-plan for three weeks now, and I suppose it's about time I started some exercise. For those of you who held off exercise at the beginning, and then introduced it - how did it affect your progress? Did you see what seemed to be a bit of extra 'help' once you started exercising, or did your losses thin…
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Smack me?
Week 1 weigh-in.....lost 3.6 pounds. Um. Yay? No, really, smack me. I need to adjust my expectations, and I *know* I need to adjust them.....I'm really trying to remember that for me, this is a *good* loss, and in reality, ANY loss IS a loss, so that makes it great. Sigh. I just need to remember that I'm only 5'1" - and I…
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'off-label' prep?
Hey there - I finally ordered and started, I'm now on day 2. It's not bad at all - I used to do intermittent fasting, so I know that I can get past any hunger pangs and I'll survive just fine. :-) However, I'm discovering that I'll need to make some of the meal prep for these things as simple as possible, especially for…
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Egg beaters vs. real eggs?
Hello again - I've seen in the MF literature that the egg substitute is what's recommended as a lean option - not real, whole eggs. Does anyone know why that is, exactly? Is it calories? Cholesterol? Something else? What's the detriment, if I were to just use real eggs instead...would it throw me out of ketosis or…
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Easiest, no-thought-involved Lean & Green meals?
I am just about to put in my first MF order, but I've got to say - the thought of the L&G is kind of scaring me. How silly, you say. But what you have to understand is - I don't cook. Not if I can help it. I *loathe* cooking and food prep, in general. It's actually stressful for me. Right now, not on MF (or even tracking…
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Motivation after being sick?
I swear, every time I manage to gather my motivation and get into a routine of good eating and exercise habits - life throws an enormous monkey wrench into the works, and I find myself having to start again from scratch. It's hard enough the first time, but it seems to get harder each time. And it's harder still when, with…
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Planning to start - tips and suggestions?
Hello. :-) I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I'm pretty inspired by you guys in this group, I have to say. A few days ago, I came back to MFP - I'd gotten discouraged back in February after doing everything right (or so I thought), and only losing 7 pounds in over three months, and then getting injured so…
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When should my knees start feeling better/stronger?
Okay, so I've been doing some regular daily exercise for a couple of weeks now - I didn't want to jump right into doing any of Jillian's workouts, because so many people say how it kills their knees. I'm only about 30 pounds overweight, but lately my knees have been feeling - not sore, but 'stressed'. Old. They've always…
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Should I work UP to the Shred?
(I'm new here, btw - hi! I'll try to be brief....if possible!) I wandered across some info on the Shred, and found a bunch of results (most of them from this place), and was totally amazed. I picked it up from Netflix to take a peek - intending to start it relatively soon - I had a couple of things to do that I didn't want…
