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Couch to 5K Week 4 - anybody been here?
Hey all - doing Couch 2 5Km at the moment (I'm not a first time runner but I'm trying to improve on pace and style so I started from Day 1 Week 1). I'm up to Week 4 (done 2nd session) and MAN, it's a HUGE jump from Week 3, I'm finding! At the end of Week 3, I was raring to go - felt so ready to move onwards and upwards.…
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Kickstart not working
Just after a bit of advice here. I started losing in early November and dropped 5kgs between then and the holidays. I lost a teeny bit more over Christmas/new year. I had my weekly goal loss set at the slowest rate initially. I was hardly ever hungry and did lots of exercise so was able to have plenty of nice food. I had a…
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Funny realisation
I picked up some groceries on the way home from work today and my bag started to feel heavier and heavier as I trudged up the hill. I was thinking "man, this must be a good workout!" Then it occurred to me to weigh my bag when I got home - it was 4.1kgs. When I started this journey, I was carrying 5.5kgs more than I am now…
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Eeeep - help me!
After a week or so without full access (and sometimes with none) to MFP and the community, I feel lassitude and apathy setting in. I haven't been in control of my food (guest and/or eating out) and so my logging has been sporadic and probably inaccurate. I feel like I'm losing my grip on it, when I had been so well on…
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Camping food!
Hi all My partner and I are going camping from 27 December until 2 January. We normally go to the supermarket and stock up on stuff to take (obviously!) and our space for food which needs to be cold is pretty limited. Also, the level of 'cold' isn't that great, as it's just a chilly bin (cooler?) with ice in it. Has…
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Anyone who lives in Wellington, New Zealand
Any Wellingtonians - my gym (Sportswide) has given me 3 vouchers to give away for the waiver of the $65 joining fee, valid from Dec 5 2011 through Jan 2012. Let me know if you're interested and I can arrange to post it to you.
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A good feeling
So positive am I about the changes I am making with the help of MFP that I am taking a bold step! Today, I am listing my collection of fad diet books for sale online, for some other poor person to put their faith in, until they figure out this recipe for success! :smile:
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It's not called losing weight...
if you don't want it any more and won't miss it when it's gone, surely!? :tongue:
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small but important NSV
Yay me - Supernatural DVD night with two of my girlfriends tonight. Pre MFP, that would have meant a whole pizza, a soda and some movie type snacks/chocolate. The MFP me got fish soup and rice from a Malaysian takeaway near the pizza place and had a single marshmallow/choc bar instead of half a large block of chocolate! I…
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Help with choosing a Heart Rate Monitor
AAARHGH! I have spent probably a total of 5 hours looking up different heart rate monitors from Garmin, Omron, Polar, Timex, etc. I don't know what to get - there are good and bad reviews of all of them. I don't really want to spend more than $120-$150 dollars NZ (that's $75- $110 USD). Can I get a decent one for that…
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How to deal with restaurants?
Hi all I went out for lunch yesterday to a place not of my choosing. I selected the 'healthiest' looking thing on the menu (a former french fry addict, I used to select anything that came with fries, so that was an improvement, to start with!). It ended up being a fish salad - crumbed fried fish on a garden salad. It had…
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As much 30 Day Shred as possible before holidays
Hi all I've been waiting all this week for my DVD to arrive and I got home from work to find it. I've just done Level 1, Day 1. Anyone who's with me, feel free to join in! 30 Day Shred Day 1 Didn't quite make it through each rep of each exercise - it's a killer! Starting stats: 98.5 kgs Neck 35 cms Waist 91 cms Hips 121…
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HRM accuracy
Hi all! I've just finished taking my new HRM for a test-run at the gym. I couldn't really use it for my swimming, but I did 20 mins on the stationary bike, to see how it went. Now, I've set it up all properly and I put my weight, age and stuff in correctly. But I've had 3 conflicting calorie messages. The machine said 260…
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Second weigh in, disappointed. : (
Hi all, looking for some advice. I'd set my goal to 'lose 1 pound per week' (.5 kgs). In the first week, I lost 2 kgs. The second week I did pretty much the same things I did the first week, but the scale hasn't moved. I've been very good and only weighed myself once last week and at the same time this week. I've been…
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Thank you MFP
For the first time in my life, I'm about to start Week 3 of a 'change in lifestyle' (previously diets & crazy regimes) and I'm STILL excited about it. Normally that fades after about Day 3 and it becomes nothing but hard work. So thank you to this site and this community. I don't mean to gush, but it's much more motivating…
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30 Day Shred equipment
Hi all I've ordered a 30 Day Shred video - what size hand weights do I need to get? I've searched online and nobody seems to be able to tell me!
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Our families and their support
Hi all So here's something I've been wondering about. I have many people around me, my significant other and most of my immediate family, who have no issues with food or weight. Given that I've spent 20 years of my life on one weight-loss endeavour after another, they have spent the same amount of time trying to be…
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Kiwis?
Hi all - I'm a Kiwi living in Wellington. Anybody nearby that is also new to this? I found MFP when searching for free calorie tracking apps on my IPhone and it's brilliant - I've really got into it! I am a massive foodie - love to cook (and eat, obviously, or I wouldn't be here!). I'm also a bit of a book, film and…