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Ladies maintaining around 135lbs at 5'7-- how many calories do you eat?
I thought when I got to maintenance I'd be pumped about being able to increase my calories, but to be honest, it's freaking me out. My loss isn't a big one-- from 150 to 135 at 5'7. I lost a little over a pound a week eating 1500 calories and only eating back some exercise calories. It didn't feel particularly…
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When achieving your goal isn't enough-- then what?
I feel silly even writing this, but hoping others have experienced the same and can tell me what they did. So, I've hit my goals: all of them. I'm 5 lbs lower than the weight goal I had set, and I've hit my measurement goals for bust, waist, belly, hips, thighs, you name it. I should be thrilled but I find myself kind of…
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First time in 5 years!
I'm in the 130s again-- WOO HOO! For the first time since 2012, the scale says 139lbs. Today is 40 days since I started back with MFP and I'm down 11lbs. It may not sound like much, but I started from a place of not being overweight (just puffier than I wanted) at 150lbs and 5'7. Better yet, I'm down 8 inches overall. Now,…
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180+ heart rate while running-- is this okay?
So I've been running for about 7 months now, and use a heart rate monitor each time. I've noticed that there doesn't really seem to be a middle ground for me on heart rate. Even jogging lightly (12 minute mile), my heart rate is around 180. I can carry on a conversation and I feel fine, but everything I read says that…
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Why is today the best day ever?
1) My size four pants from a few years ago FIT! I tried them on a month ago and could barely get the button done up and had some serious muffin top. Today-- like a glove. 2) I weighed myself and I'm down 10lbs since I started tracking a month ago. I'm 5'7 and was 150, now 140. Last time I was 140 was three years ago when I…
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Lifting with Chondromalacia-- advice please!
So here's my issue-- a few years ago I used to do stronglifts 5x5 and I loved it. Since then, I've been diagnosed with patello-femoral chondromalacia and one of the very first things that was out was weighted squats. I've been for physio and am doing exercises to strengthen the weak parts of my legs/alignment that led to…
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Another shout out for Stronglifts for women!
I've been doing Stronglifts regularly for 3.5 months now (with a 2 week hiatus when I was in Costa Rica. There was no gym, and since I was biking, hiking, rafting and kayaking 5-9 hours a day, I was pretty done at the end of the day anyway). In the first two weeks of Stronglifts, I "gained" 5+ lbs, up to 145lbs (I'm 5'7,…
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Heavy lifting NSV-- goodbye scale, you sneaky liar!
Dear Scale, We've had a lot of ups and downs, you and I. For many years, it was just ups (pounds, that is. You just kept inching higher and higher). Then there was that great transition 3.5 years ago where I got serious about not being lazy and no longer considered a bottle of wine with cheese and crackers to be a "pretty…
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5lb weight gain in 2 weeks, still there 5 weeks later?
I've been trying to reassure myself that this is water weight, it's a result of lady-time, etc, but after 5 weeks I'm really starting to wonder what's up. On Jan 31st, I weighed 140. That's a pretty constant weight for me, has been for about 10 months. I started the Stronglifts 5x5 program in February, lifting three times…
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NSV-- woo hoo! Thank you, stronglifts.
I've been doing stronglifts 5x5 for a few months now, and eating fewer carbs (of the bread/pasta variety), and my body fat percentage is down to 19.08 from 21!! I'm at my goal weight already, but am trying to lose inches/gain muscle tone. It's sometimes difficult to not rely on the scale as a measure of your hard work, so…
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First attempt at posting before and after pics!
July of 2010 saw me in New York doing a bicycle tour around Brooklyn/Lower Manhattan. I knew I was heavier than I wanted to be, but being vegetarian and doing kick boxing a few times a week, as well as biking most days, I figured I was in okay shape. The guide snapped a few pictures of me standing on the Brooklyn Bridge on…
