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HELP! Nutrition for Heavy Lifting
Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get some feedback. I travel for work, and while I think I do well for such a crazy lifestyle, I'm definitely not where I want to be. BUT I'm going to be home for a few weeks and I'm ECSTATIC about it. I want to take advantage and set up a meal plan. I LOVE to cook, so this is exciting for me.…
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I talk about the gym too much. Wanna be my friend?
Soo.. I'm tired of annoying my coworkers and friends by only talking about the gym. But sometimes it's all I want to talk about. It's all I do outside of my 11 hour work day.. It's kind of all I have. :\ So, I'm calling out to all people who lift heavy and love it, follow fitness models, judge people in the gym, wake up…
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Love to Lift
So, I just joined this group. I love to lift. I'm the 100th member so I'm also wondering when I get my prize? :tongue: How are you lovely ladies?
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Pounds vs. Inches
Hello! Some background: I'm about 190lbs, give or take 5lbs for good and bad days. And I've been this weight for months. My lowest weight was about 160 after losing 60lbs on MFP. I was about 170ish in November. I got up to about 190 by Late February/Early March. The first week of March I started lifting heavy, from not…
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Unconventional Use of Machines
So I've been entirely obsessed with fitness models on Facebook and Instagram lately, and I'm noticing a trend of using machines differently than intended. Especially for glute workouts, because lets face it, there just aren't many machines for it. And you can never have enough glute workouts. Michelle Lewin and Marissa…
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This is what they mean when they don't want to "bulk up"
But I love it. I love lifting and feeling strong. Since I have started bicep curling 30's at the gym, the guys definitely take notice. lol Now, I'm not claiming to be some genetically modified freak, but I was a gymnast growing up so I probably started doing pushups at age 5. That and a calorie surplus enough to still make…
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105 Calorie Delicious Pumpkin Cheesecake
I call it Cheesecake Pumpudding. Enjoy! 1/2 Cup Silk Pure Almond Unsweetened Almond Milk (15 Calories) 1/2 Cup Libby's Pure Pumpkin Puree (40 Calories) 1/2 Packet Jello Sugar Free Cheesecake Pudding (50 Calories) Pumpkin Spice to taste (Start with 1/2 tsp, it can be strong stuff) Sweetener to taste (I use some Splenda, but…
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How will you spend your 'Site Maintenance' Time?!?
What will you do in that time when you would have been creeping the forums?!? They've threatened us with 15 minutes! I'm going to make it count, I have all my chores and packing done for the night, so let's get in some squats and pushups! 30 Minutes till down time!
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Costumes: Fast Food Gone Wrong
This is why my school is awesome. We have a state of the art gym free of charge for students, and awesome people working there. This is the staff there today:
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Extended Workout Calories - Help!
Okay guys, what do you think.. Every Friday I do gymnastics. This is like, stretching, handstands, back handsprings, front handsprings, trying to learn/get my front flips, things like that. I'll dabble around and practice things I know, and then also try for things I want to get. I stay there for about 3-4 hours but I'm…
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9 Months Progress!
So today is my exact 9 month mark! I wrote a blog today about my experience so far, but decided to post a couple of my most recent pics here! So here it goes, and here's a link to my blog post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Aliciaaah/view/my-weight-loss-breakthrough-434659 I started out at 220 pounds. I'm 5'4". I don't…
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Exercise Heart Rate vs. Nerves Heart Rate
I posted a blog today and brought up a question that I have absolutely no answer for, so I thought I'd bring it to you guys. Do you burn the same calories when your heart rate is high from nerves as you do when you're exercising?? I was on the elliptical today and for some reason it was really hard to get up into the…
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HRM Watch Tan!
Oh noo! I've been riding my bike 5 miles to and from the gym around midday a few times this last week and I have the dreaded HRM watch tan. I'm thinking I need to switch arms, but that's so weird! I would take a picture but it's probably not THAT noticeable. Now it just matches my awkward yoga pant tan, sunglass tan, and…
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Drink Drank Drunk
What do you guys do on a night of drinking?? I might drink this weekend for the first time since New Years and I'm not sure what I'm gonna do. I'm thinking daiquiris then vodka shots. MFP sets midnight as its day cutoff. But if you're drinking late, like bar last call then after party late (lol) do you still keep it all in…
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What do you want for your birthday??
Hi lovelies =) My birthday is in a week and I need help. What the heck do I ask for from my dad?? I'm asking my mom for a heart rate monitor. I'm really excited for it, but I'm not holding my breath quite yet. My mom is notorious for getting what you want, but in the inexpensive nonfunctional form. lol I asked for an FT40…
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Fitness NSV - Accomplished
*kitten* that scale that hasn't moved in two weeks. I started this knowing that I wanted to lose weight, and knowing that I wanted to do gymnastics again. My main goal was to do a roundoff back handspring. I haven't done one of these since I was in the 180's. I'm now at about 200 lbs. I've been at it for about two and a…
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Hand Weights
Yep, these are mine. They're filled with water (until I can find something heavier to fill them with) and weigh in at about 3.5 pounds each. I usually work out at the gym, but wanted to try 30DS today, until I realized I had no hand weights. After running around my apartment I found I had nothing. Except about 5 of these…
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It works!
When I started this site, I wasn't sure it was going to work, because nothing ever has. The reason this site works for me is because I'm a numbers person. I'm an accounting major, so I totally get off on trying to work the math, how much can I get out of my calories each day? If I want to eat this dinner how much do I need…
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This is why I hate my boyfriend:
Okay, so we've been together for six years. After three years I graduated high school and we were moving away together so I could go to college. At this point he was over 300 pounds. Within a year of moving in with me he lost 100 pounds. No exercise, he just stopped eating burgers for lunch and eating two dinners. He…
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Artificial Sweetener
Does anyone else just hate the stuff?? The taste is awful! I'm just glad that I don't drink much else but water, I don't really have any need for it. But when I do happen to taste something. Bleh, no thank you.:sick:
