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Gained almost 20 lbs, does anyone else have this issue?
Hi everyone, Mid-July, I weighed 123 lbs (I count by the lowest # the scale shows). I am 5'8 but I am very small-framed, so 120-125 lbs is my goal. However, I stopped counting around then because I was just very busy and over it. I workout 3-5 days a week though and continued this throughout. This month I weigh myself to…
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Does anyone else have OCD?
I am an OCD sufferer but through therapy I am able to control my compulsions and no longer take medication. Sometimes when I start counting calories, I begin to get obsessive about it and I worry about it becoming a ritualistic behavior for me. My drs and therapist said that it's probably more stress than it's worth, as…
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Alcohol and Weight Loss
Hi everyone! I'm in my early 20s, and when I get together with friends, alcohol is almost always involved. We do trivia at a bar. We go to happy hour and mimosa brunches on weekends. We meet a friend "for a drink". I know alcohol is not good for weight loss, but if it fits in my calories, does it matter when and how much I…
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Getting Abs as a woman?
Even at my absolute thinnest I have never had abs. I now have way more muscle and weigh about 125 lbs (I'm 5'8), but my stomach is not as tight as I would like and even though I do regular abs, it just isn't getting me progress I want. I also weight train 3x a week, cardio for an hour 5x times a week, and do martial arts…
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Do your friends' eating habits bother you?
I have a lot of friends that are "on diets", who say they eat clean or work out all the time, and then they make poor choices constantly (outside of a cheat meal), comment on MY eating habits, and then complain that they are not losing weight and have no idea why. Like, my friends make fun of me when I cut everything in…
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Are Lean Cuisines healthy if sodium is not an issue?
It's complicated, but I have a medical problem in which I'm actually required to take in a lot of sodium, so a high level of sodium is fine (and actually healthier!) for me. That said, I always hear bad things about frozen meals, such as Lean Cuisines, but I don't really like cooking and appreciate the portion control they…
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Meal Planning?
Are there any really helpful apps/websites for meal planning? My problem is that I don't really cook and make meals for one, so I tend to get lazy and eat out or eat the same things all the time. I want to expand my horizons a bit. I also tend to grocery shop and buy a bunch of things that go bad before I can eat them. I…
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I run incorrectly?
I have never run, especially not since they made us in school. I do the elliptical or bike for cardio. Anyway, today, I had to run a little bit and a trainer told me that I ran incorrectly. I tried to get them to clarify what exactly was wrong - as I, again, have never really run in my life, and they were super vague and…
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Lost 5% Body Fat in a Week... two different scales?
Hey guys! I want to start off by saying I know the only accurate way to measure body fat percentage is with water displacement. That said, maybe someone can explain this to me. I weighed myself at the gym last week and was 133 lbs and 24.8% body fat (yay!) I just bought a brand new scale that got great reviews (an Escali).…
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Has anyone tried two-a-days?
Hey Guys! Question for you all. Along with my healthy diet and calorie-counting, I do weights 3x week with a trainer and cardio on the elliptical for an hour 5x a week. My trainer mentioned to me that if I tried two-a-days on my non-weight training days (meaning I do an hour of cardio in the morning and another hour of…
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Is anyone else skinny fat?
Hi all! I'm a skinny fat person - meaning that while my weight number is healthy, my body fat percentage is not. I recently started working out with a trainer to build more muscle and get that fat down. I'm wondering if there is anyone else with this issue? I want to lose weight, but it's not the actual WEIGHT that is the…
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Medication and Weight Gain?
Hi all, I am a petite 22 yr old woman, and recently was put on Sertraline - in which I gained 15 lbs in six weeks. I was switched to Neurontin and although I've been on it for almost a month, my weight hasn't budged. The weight itself doesn't bother me, it's the fact that I gained it all in my stomach - adding four extra…
