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Dec. 8 goals
Hi! I had a somewhat boozy weekend, and I feel quite bloated this morning, but I'm overall proud of everything I achieved last week (hello, two pounds loss!), and especially of what my husband and I have done this weekend. I have my office Christmas party on Wednesday, so for the next two days, I'll increase a little bit…
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Dec. 5-6-7 goals
Hi everyone! Yesterday goals were reached, but I didn't went to bed as early as I wanted. I had a pretty great day, food wise, and I did a killer workout, so all in all, I'm happy. Today's goals: 1) Eat as planned at the beginning of the day, and be wise while eating out tonight (I am invited to a friend house). 2) I won't…
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Dec. 4th goals
Three weeks left before Christmas. I need to jump in the bandwagon soon, because I'm hosting the Christmas eve party this year. And probably the New Years Eve too. Lots of food to plan and cook, and the house still needs to be dressed up for the circumstances. As for my yesterday goals, I did ok but didn't reach them all.…
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Dec. 3 goals
Hi everyone! I didn't reach all my yesterday's goals, because I was too tired to exercise. I had trouble falling asleep for the last 4 or 5 nights, and I am thinking that it may be because I am exercising later in the evening (after 8 o'clock PM). I fall asleep well pass midnight even If I go to bed around 10:30, but I am…
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Dec. 1st goals
Happy December 1st! I hope that everyone of you had a nice holiday and that you're now back on track until December 24th. ;) On my side, I'm feeling quite discouraged with the fact that I haven't lose anything but one pound in November, even if I'm doing my best to stay on track (logging accurately most of the time,…
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Nov. 28 goals
Hi! I hope everyone is fine and recovering from yesterday's food hangover. I reached all my goals for yesterday, but I'm currently worried about the fact that doing only 30 min. of elliptical trainer (which I combine with yoga or lifting) didn't make me burn a lot of calories (about 200). I'm trying to up my heart rate…
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Nov. 27 goals
Happy Thanksgiving to all my american friends. I hope you'll have a nice feast with friends and family, and remember that turkey as a high nutritional value, so don't be guilty after dinner. ;) Yesterday went well, I reached all my goals and I went out for dinner without busting my calorie goal. Yay! Goals for today 1) Log…
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Nov. 26 goals
So, yesterday was a little iffy and didn't went as planned. I didn't have time to exercise, I didn't have time to cook our snack soup, but I took a long walk with my husband and I logged accurately. Goals today: 1) Log accurately (I already pre-logged all my day except late night snack, so everything should be allright) 2)…
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Nov. 21th goals
I had a somewhat good day yesterday, I did log my food but as we went to a portugese grill restaurant for dinner, a part of my log was estimated. I called both of my parents but only spoke to my mom, so I'll have to try again with my dad, and I drank lots of water, which helped with the bloating. But I didn't had time to…
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Nov. 20th goals
I am impressed with the work I did yesterday, even if I didn't reach all my goals. I left work late and managed to cook a fabulous dinner and to exercise before leaving for the night, all this in a short time span. And I drank Perrier at the bar, so I was not even tempted by a good glass of wine. I didn't do any work…
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Nov. 19th goals
So, yesterday goals all reached, I logged everything, I did some exercise (only elliptical, though) and I made one job application. Today's goals are all about fitting everything I need to do in my schedule so I can go out tonight. 1) Log accurately and manage to eat something good for dinner (didn't plan that one). 2)…
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Nov. 13 goals
Back from work functions where I managed to have a 550 cals breakfast without going overboard. Goals for the rest of the day: 1) Choose lunch wisely. I know that I will probably be over a little bit today, but I don't want to eat up all my deficit, so lunch would have to be picked with care, even if it's at a good…
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Nov. 11th goals
Hi! Goals for Veteran's Day: 1) Try to stay 200 cals beyond my goal during the day, so I'll have some space to snack at night without going overboard. 2) Exercise for 35 min. before dinner (while it's cooking, maybe). 3) Clever grocery shopping.
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A different perspective on motivation
A colleague shared this with me tonight when I told him I lacked motivation for my workouts. I found this little text quite right, and it helped me to get through tonight's workout. I tought I should share it with you (warning: it contains some rude language). A different perspective on motivation
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Help me survive NYC!
Hi! My wedding is in exactly two months and I am 5.8 pounds away of my first goal that was to lose 25 pounds before the wedding. There's plenty more to lose after, but that was the first one and I want to keep it up with it. The thing is: wedding means... a lot of celebrations. In the next two months, I'm going to have a…
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How to start heavy lifting?
Ok, I think I know the basics: pick some heavy weights, flex your muscle, lift. That, I know. I've also read Lou Schuller's New Rules of Lifting For Women, and I did find a lot of useful informations in the book. But (you smelled that big hairy but around the corner, right?), I think I'm kind of shy to just go to the gym,…
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Kettle bell swing and back pain
I've started the kettle bell swing perfect pair challenge yesterday (which consists in 20 kettle bell swings followed by 10 push ups, then 20 kettle bell swings and 9 push ups, and so on until you have 0 push ups to do). At the end, you should have made 200 swings and 55 push ups, and it's quite nice for a quick work out.…
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I need help to review my numbers!
I'm two months into MFP and 11 pounds down, so I want to change my goals to adjust it to my new weight. My problem is... I don't know what to do! I'm playing with the idea of switching to TDEE minus deficit, but I feel comfortable with eating exercise calories back since I tend to throw in a big workout on days I know I…
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What is your favorite Fitness Blender work out?
Well, the title pretty much sums it all. I love doing their Fat Burning HIIT Cardio Workout - High Intensity Interval Training with Warm Up & Cool Down ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhdXXqcoco0) but I would love to know some other HIIT videos that are as much challenging, but a little longer (like, around 25 minutes of…
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I need ideas to eat more!
Ok, this is half-true. Everynight this week, I've been to bed with plenty of exercise calories that I haven't ate back. A part of this is because I don't want to eat all of them (because I don't use HRM, and I'm suspicious about the huge amount of burned calories given by MFP everytime I made some exercise), and the other…
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Foodie on a diet
tl;dr: I'm a food writer who need to lose weight! Please add me as a friend if you like to cook and want to share recipes. I will talk a lot about food but I'm nice. ;) Hi! I'm not quite new to MFP, but I've fallen the bandwagon so long ago that most of the friends I had before are now inactive. I'm now here with the…
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WTF sodium?!
I'm trying to watch my sodium intake, and I think that I can't get the fact that sodium is almost everywhere. I try to eat good food (I cook almost everything we eat, but I also rely a on little number of "processed" favorites, like sprouted grains bread and artisan cheese), and still, everytime I want to cook something…
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No weight loss in two weeks... what am I doing wrong ?
I started to lose weight about six weeks ago and I have lost plenty, near 15 pounds in those six weeks. But, in the last two weeks, I saw no change on the scale. And I am wondering why, because I was doing so well for the first six weeks... Here is some changes that happened in the last two weeks: 1. I started doing Turbo…
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Is it possible to lose 12 pounds in a month ?
Don't get me wrong: I know that this is possible, but I would like to know the best way to achieve it without feeling deprived or starving. October was a lazy month for me, and I sucked hard at losing weight. If I want to reach my goal of being under 245 pounds for November 31st, I really need to kick butt (mine, at first)…
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Trying to figure this TDEE thing out. Help please !
Ok ! So I carefully read a lot of those posts about TDEE + deficit VS eating back exercise cals and I think that I would give TDEE a try. Here are the numbers that I have calculated (please, tell me if I got something wrong). Considering my height (5'4), my weight (263 right now) and my age (28), my BMR is supposed to be…
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Avocados
I bought two avocados in order to transform them in a delicious guacamole for my birthday party, but I was short on time and they are still sitting in the fruit jar. Any ideas to incorporate them in my diet this week ?
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Low fat/low cal mac and cheese. whitout adding vegetables ?
I love mac and cheese, but it's unfortunatly fattening. I know a lot of low fat recipe using butternut gourd or cauliflower to loosen the sauce, but it really changes the texture (and the taste) of the mac and cheese. I would love to find a way to enjoy mac and cheese without the funky texture... and the fat. Anyone here…
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Beach Body Program
I slowly become accustomed to the work out routine I do 3 to 4 times a week (basically, it's 30 min. of step + 10 minutes of cardio-boxe + some muscular exercises, squats, ab crunches, biceps curls, etc.). The other 2 days I work out, I do the whole routine of Kathy Smith in "Lift weight to loose weight". (And I love it).…
