-
Salad for breakfast...?
ok... a lot of you will probably think this is weird but I've started eating salad for breakfast. I got the idea from "Born to Run" by Chris McDougall. Everyone thinks I'm crazy for chowing down on veggies and grilled chicken instead of oatmeal... but I love it! I'm full all morning long and don't even think about lunch or…
-
New Diet, Bad Skin?
I switched to a high protein, low sugar, low carb diet about 3 months ago and my skin has been terrible ever since. I'm not sure the diet is the reason for the breakouts, but I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this. It's so frustrating! I'm 25 not 15 I don't want to have to deal with acne! Has your skin suffered as…
-
Missed My Goal. Epic Fail? :\
I joined MFP 1 year ago for the sole purpose of losing weight and looking good at my sister's wedding. I wanted to be 125lbs. The wedding is on Thursday and I'm 140lbs. I feel like such a failure! It's not that I had hit a plateau, or that I was "doing everything right" and therefore dumbfounded as to why I wasn't losing…
-
Homemade protein shakes
I love having a protein shake for a quick breakfast or afternoon mini meal but buying the powders and lugging the giant containeres home is starting to bug me... Do you have any recipes for homemade protein shakes? Suggestions? Thanks!!! :bigsmile:
-
Please help me get off this Roller Coaster!!
Ugh! Please help! I've been on MFP for 10months and I've lost 10-15lbs so far by tracking my food and upping my exercise. But what kills me is that I do really well for about 2, 3 weeks, then I fall off the wagon for a week or two. Then I have to work for the next 2 weeks to drop what I gained. It's a constant back and…
-
Rebel Race! Have you done it?
I just signed up for a Rebel Race with my roommate and I am so excited!! It's a 15k obstacle course with mud and tug of war, wall climbing, etc. I've never done anything like this before and am so pumped, but I'm nervous about training for it. I can't just go scaling walls and telephone poles to prep myself for the race…
-
staying on track during vacation
i'm leaving for madrid tomorrow!!! ahhh! i can't wait! but i'm getting anxious thinking about diverging from my routine of pre-planned meals, gym time, etc. i feel like my routine is the only thing that keeps me in line. do you guys have any suggestions?? thanks! :)
-
anything > treadmill
Help! I can't stand the treadmill! I much prefer running on the street or in the park but it's dark by the time I get home from work and there's tons of snowy sludge on the ground so my only cardio choice is the treadmill which usually results in a very short, half a$$ed run. :( What do you guys do to stay motivated on the…
-
Why are my arms still flabby?
I've been doing free weights, the plank and some push ups for a few months now. I can feel real muscle in my biceps and forearms (it's so cool!) but when I looked at pictures of myself from this past weekend, my arms still look like wide loads hanging from my shoulders. I don't want to look like Mike the Situation but I…
-
How do you reward yourself + stay focused?
When you reach a mini goal, how do you reward yourself without sabotaging your bigger goals? During all of my previous (unsuccessful) diets I would lose some weight, be elated, then I'd tell myself 'oh, I can eat this or skip the gym because I've earned it!' and then those 'rewards' would set me back to where I started -…
-
Attack of the Midnight Munchies?? Fight 'em!
Hi guys! Last night I found something that helped me fight the midnight munchie urge: I tried on clothes! I went into my closet and started to try out different outfits for the next work day. Eventually I came to a dress that had been too small for me last Fall. I tried it on and voila! It fit! Seeing how the clothes…
-
which scale do you own??
scale help, please! I don't own a scale because i'm wary of the small, digital scales being inaccurate. (how do you know it's zeroed out?) i prefer the old school kind where you move the weights along manually. my gym has one of those so i weigh myself there if i go in the morning, but i haven't made it to the gym in the…
-
Suggestions please!
I pulled a muscle in my back this weekend and if I twist or bend in the wrong direction it kills! I'd still like to get to the gym so I don't fall out of that habit though. Do you have any workout or exercise suggestions that don't involve too much back strain?? Thanks!!
-
That's it... I'm in love with MFP
I went to dinner last night at a pub style restaurant (i.e. burgers, fries and any kind of beer imaginable). Normally, I'd order a burger or an oversized sandwich and before the plate was set in front of me I'd prep myself for the inevitable temptations: don't eat the fries, you don't need them. But when the pile of…
-
There's got to be an easier salad ... right?
I think salads are delish and I love mixing up ingredients but I've gotten stuck in a monotonous salad rut - same old thing every day. So I tried looking online for fresh new salad ideas but I've only found ones that require expensive, obscure ingredients. Does anyone have good suggestions that won't break the bank or my…
-
Other Helpful Apps
This article gives a quick rundown of some helpful exercise tracking apps. I use RunKeeper and find it to be a great supplement to MFP. (check out the MFP shout out at the bottom of the article :smile: ) http://lifehacker.com/5607322/
-
Ready to get real!
Hi! I'm new to MFP but I'm already addicted. (the iphone app is so convenient!) I always thought of myself as fairly active and health conscious until I went to the doctor the other day and he told me I was quite overweight. I know this didn't happen overnight so obviously my eating and exercise habits have not been what…
