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My lungs suck...
Well, maybe that's the problem. They really don't.... I'm having trouble finding a steady state cardio that works for both my heart rate and my lungs. At the moment, I am finding that during cardio (incline walking, 2% @ 5.5-6 kmph), although my heart rate stays fairly low (walking it can get up to about 135bpm), it…
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Anyone living in the South of Italy (Salerno area)??
This is a long shot, but stay with me! I'm English and I moved to the Salerno area in the South of Italy at the start of the year. Now I'm all set up, I've started getting back to a somewhat normal routine, but my spoken Italian sucks (I'm working on it!). I'm just wondering if there's anyone around here that would like to…
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It's Just Another Tapering Question!
Hi all, I've done some rudimetary research on the net, but my brain is fried from different sources. One thing they all seem to agree on, is that tapering is pretty essential in the run up to a large event. This weekend I'll be hking 100km in a 30 hour time frame and I'd just like to a) check I got things right and b) see…
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Greetings from the UK!
Hi all - I was looking for a single thread but I guess it's a new person new post kind of thing here :) Thanks for the invite to the group! I'm Michelle, I'm 27 and I'm from the UK. I enjoy weight lifting, pole dancing, running, hiking, ballet, cycling...mostly anything active. Aside from Tennis. I do not like Tennis. I'm…
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You have to laugh about it really...
So, this was me weighing myself yesterday I felt like I'd been decieving myself for too long My cat got sick of my mood... I felt like the scale mocked me when I begged it....WHY?! My husband didn't take me seriously when I wanted some comfort food but eventually he took pity And after the haze of disappointment had washed…
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Hi all, another post looking for help if you can spare it xD
Hi all, Great thread here, a mine of info - really useful. I'm biting the bullet here and posting to ask for some help with what I'm doing. I've asked a few times on my newsfeed but my great pals have been unable to help with whatever my issue is. I'm wary of posting in the general forums, not because I can't take…
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My bananas are VERY ripe!
Hi all, I have a few very very VERY ripe bananas in my fridge at the moment. I was going to make banana bread with them, but does anyone have any other yummy recipes I could try out with them? Happy Saturday all!! :bigsmile:
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Swimmers....people with Chlorine experience needed!
Hey all, This was the most appropriate board for the question, so here I am. I've been swimming fairly regularly - but I'm having to limit myself to once a week at the mo as my skin is very sensitive and my hair is becoming ruined by the chlorine! Seriously, tonight I've just tried brushing my hair out and it's so dry it…
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Stupid things you used to tell yourself.....
.....about weight loss. I was thinking yesterday about things I used to believe. I'll start: I thought that all skinny people were just walking around with their stomachs held in :laugh:
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A stitch in time.....
Hey y'all, I'm here because numerous google searches aren't giving me the results I need! Now, that's either because I'm looking with the wrong words (totally possible) or that no one has put reliable info up about this (less possible, but lets give me the benefit of the doubt.....). It all started about 2 months ago. I…
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Asthma in healthy lungs?
Hey all, I was hoping someone could help cure my ignorance on this issue: Can you get asthma in healthy lungs? And is there a way to "cure" asthma if it can be present in health lungs? I suspect it's a misconception of mine that asthma is only present in unhealthy lungs, and I've no idea where I picked it up but more info…
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This Magic Mike.....
Following a friend of mine's post on this Magic Mike film, I got to thinking (no, I really have nothing better to be doing). What is the difference between a male and a female stripper? (yes smartarse, I know one has a penis and the other doesn't) but more in terms of society......is it more ok for a male to be a stripper?…
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For anyone feeling like they can't do this....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18346128 Now THAT is awesome :) What a woman!
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New Rules of Lifting
Hey all, I'm just looking at buying NROL for women and I just had a couple of questions for those people who use it. 1) Is it worth it (the money) or are there reliable substitutes easily available online? 2) How much equipment will I need/will I need to have a gym sub? Thanks all :)
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Mental Fatigue VS Physical Fatigue
Hey guys, can anyone tell me how these two differ and how you can tell which is which? I've tried googling but tbh I can't find any decent sites that will let me read up where I need to!
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Hunger pangs!
Hey all, I'm a little reluctant to post this with a post up titled "help me understand fat people" but I'm going to go for it anyway, as I could do with a little help. Basically I am hungry. Like, REALLY hungry. I don't always feel this way, sometimes I have a hard time meeting my TDEE but for the past few days I have been…
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C25K graduation dance!
Whoop, so, 9 weeks after I decided I was going to die after running for a whole minute I have finally completed week 9, day 3 of C25K!! I never thought I'd be able to do it, so I'm posting just to say: if you're thinking you want to, but thinking you can't - don't believe yourself!! Blog post inc ;)
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Incongruency of mental images....
Ok, so, here is how I look in my head whilst I'm working out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NjbGr2nk2c&feature=related And this is ACTUALLY what I look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bo4BXVQvjE Hahahahaha, anyone else get this feeling? ;)
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Knee Pain
Alright guys, just another quicky. Ever since I was about 15 I've had knee pain in my right knee. At one point I went to the doc's about it (it was something to do with the cartilidge - apparently it will go as I get older), I've had physio for it and yet it's still a pain in the *kitten*. Now I'm not exactly careful with…
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Swimming Pool RAGE!
So, I'm not prone to road rage (well, only a little bit) or any other kind of rage in general (well, not often) but today, I experienced POOL RAGE. Now I've only experienced this once before, and I shan't go into it....it's too painful to remember. Anyway, the point. (Well, I rarely have a point but I'll try my very very…
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World War 3: Malf Loaf.....Fruit or Bread!?
Ok, my sister and I have spent a large part of this weekend arguing over some malt loaf (don't worry, it hasn't come to blows ;) ). So, I'm setting out to prove her wrong by doing an "opinion poll"!! I bought some Soreen Malt Loaf (banana) http://www.soreen.com/our-products/original.html Is it fruit, or bread? Now I plan…
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3500+ calorie challenge thingie
Just a quickie guys - been looking for that 3.5k kcal thread this week but can't find it - has anyone seen it? Or is it just not up this week? :)
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Workout Builder
Hey all, Just found this site - for those of us who are a bit new to all of this I think it's a pretty handy tool :) Bit like the Wii fit workouts, only accessible from here. Not done a lot on this, so I don't know what the ins and outs of the site are, but thought I'd give you all the link so you can check it out for…
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Anyone get that feeling....
When, you feel as though you're just destined to be fat? Wehn I started MFP I quickly lost 8Ibs taking me from 12st7Ibs to 11st10ibs "great!" I thought. Then, aunt Flo visits, and I gain 4Ibs back. Which bummed me out. But I lost it, plus another 1Ib - bringing me to my "current" weight of 11st9Ibs. I stepped back onto the…
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Pants on show and other embarrassing incidents....
Walking around at work today, when I felt my trousers were quite loose. "Excellent" I thought "I must be losing weight!". That was until I got to the toilets and realised I'd been walking around with my trousers (and flies) completely undone.... -.- Just as well I have pretty pants on really. Anyone else had one of…
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Recipe Ideas Needed! Alternative to Cereal (Veggie)
Hey guys, as the title suggests - I need an alternative to breakfast cereal for breakfast. I am vegetarian (ovo-lacto) and I don't eat fish. I also don't eat bread. (I'm not fussy, honestly...). Oh, I'm also broke....like, completely. I am totally sick of cereal, but can only think of boiled egg (not filling enough) or…
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Sugar!
Arg, everyday I'm over on sugar!! How have other people cut sugar out of their lives? (I have an abominably sweet tooth)
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My very first NSV!
Today I had my very first NSV (and I was new to this term till one of my lovely friends explained it to me). Now, it might sound silly but if you bear in mind I have (had) lungs like a 50 yo smoker (and no, I don't smoke) I managed to cycle up the hill beside my house (which is pretty steep) without having to stop or…
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Just a quickie "strength" training question...
Will I bulk up if I strength train? Just kidding. I have been doing some "basic" strength training using my own body weight for a couple of weeks now. When I first started my muscles felt like they had been ripped off and sewn back on or something, but of course, it got better as I did more workouts. Now I do the workout,…
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Diet help
Hi guys, I have been doing a bit of research into what is good to eat and what is not, but to be honest I'm still a bit stumped. When I first joined MFP I weighed 172. Up to last week I had lost 8Ibs of that, bringing me down to 164. Last Saturday I found that I had put on 2Ibs over the week.....I hadn't changed my diet…