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Measuring Height
How do you measure your height? Just by the doctor? Or do you do it yourself? I was measured once at 5'10'', then more recently (but still a long time ago) at 5'9''. Both at the doctor's office. My issue (and it's a small, pointless issue) is that on the BMI calculator (this is where the pointlessness comes in because I…
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Bathroom question... Fiber?
Okay, so fiber makes you poo, yes? And in my nutrition class last year we learned that while high fiber is good, it will stop you up just as much as no fiber if you all of a sudden eat lots when you rarely did before. (Ex. If you eat 4g fiber every day and suddenly go up to 20g it will not do what you were wanting.) So…
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What do I need to know about jogging?
So I'm going to start the C25K again and made the mistake of talking to my mother about it. Apparently I'm going to injure myself and I don't know anything and I'm too heavy to be jogging anyway. (207 at 5'9".) So, I've come to you runners of MFP to set me on the right path. Unleash your wisdom on me. What do I need to…
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Carbs?
I'm over on carbs by 21. Is that bad? What will the effects of that be? Not just one day, but assuming I was over that for a while. I know that if you go over on sodium you should drink a lot of water, and you shouldn't go over on sodium because of the effects sodium has on your body. Well, what about carbs? I'm not over…
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What am I missing?
Could someone take a look at my diary and tell me, nutrition-wise, anything of importance that I'm lacking? Please note: 1. Tomorrow's entry is the one to look at. I am going to repeat this every day. (Change a few things every now and then, but it's easier for me this way.) 2. I'm a vegetarian, please don't suggest meat.…
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Kind of scared to exercise?
I don't know where this mindset came from, honestly. When I was losing weight a few months ago I did c25k and the 30 day shred every day. But now, I've gotten back into watching how much I eat, and I'm kind of scared to exercise because I'm afraid that it will cause me to gain or stop losing. I think I got that because of…
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Quick, super easy 250 calorie dinner/snack?
I'm replacing my 270 calorie cottage cheese and pineapple dinner/snack, because after a while I get sick (almost literally) of cottage cheese. Note: ^^That's what I mean by quick. All I had to do was measure and eat. I don't really want to need to cook it unless it can be in the microwave. So I need ideas for something…
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Should I re-enter my starting weight?
I joined around August of last year (I think) with a starting weight of 225. I got down to 205ish, then got back up to 218 over a few month period of no logging and not watching what I was eating. I'm actually really surprised (and happy) I didn't get higher than that. In the past almost-week I've lost 5lbs, so I'm back on…
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320 over, what should I do?
So I was doing just fine, and had just finished eating my last meal of the day when I remembered I'd told my brothers we would go out for ice cream to celebrate their first (and my second) year of college being finished. Of course, it's celebrating/excuse/excuse/excuse, I just HAD to get a 320 calorie (according to the…
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Four Questions About Working Out
1. Because of school starting plus work, I'm really limited on when I can work out. My school has a free gym, so I'd really like to use it. I'd mainly (probably only) be using a treadmill. I've been looking over my schedule and I think I'll have two days a week I can work out. MAYBE three, sometimes maybe only one.…
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How much weight could I lose by Jan 10?
School starts Jan 10th, so I'm wondering, how much weight could I lose if I ate 1200 a day and stuck to it? (1200 is my calculated goal right now.) And then, how much could I lose if I ate 1000? If you need numbers, I weigh around 204, 5'9". Little to no exercise.
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Anyone have an idea for a good replacement for cottage chees
I've been eating 1 cup of cottage cheese with 1/2 cup of pineapple for lunch the past couple of days, but after a while cottage cheese makes me gag, so would anyone have an idea for another dairy option? Cheap is good, haha. And it needs to be around 270 calories, that's what the cheese+pineapple was.
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If my goal is 1250 and I'm eating 1160 what adverse effects
I know the magic all-holy number is 1200 and to go below it is sacreligious. BUT, will being 40 calories under really hurt anything? My goals are set to 1250 but I'm trying for more like 1200, because I'm impatient. Not as impatient as my mother, who is only eating 500 calories... Anyway. If I do it like this what will…
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Why does MFP set protein so low?
Assuming this is right: Then my daily protein goals should be around 75... Why then does MFP set it to 47? This week I'm eating 73, so I was worried it was too much, it's 26 over the limit MFP gave me, but if that quote above is correct I am actually getting a good amount.
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Would someone mind looking over my meal plan for this week?
I asked about this last night but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask while people were actually awake. :bigsmile: If you go to my diary and go to tomorrow, I have what I'm going to eat planned out. I'm going to eat the same thing for a week, skip a day to eat whatever so I don't go crazy, then remake the plan with different…
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Can someone help me make a food plan?
I decided that since I tend to snack a bit too much it would help if I made a "perfect" day in the food journal and copied it for a week. Then if that works, do the same thing the next week, maybe with different foods. That way I know what I'm going to eat and I know to eat ONLY that. Maybe I'll copy it just for six days…
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Under calories but over fat?
I try not to go over on fat but on days like today when I have eggs it makes me wonder... If you're over in fat but under in calories, do you still lose weight? What happens? I've been told to just worry about calories, but let's say you're under your calories all the time, not dangerously, but just under you goal in a…
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Anyone starting 30 Day Shred soon? Sept 2010
I'm starting it tomorrow, so I was wondering if anyone has started it recently or is starting soon. Is there a thread like that already? If not, you can share how well you're doing or how much you want to murder Jillian here with me. :bigsmile:
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Does taking off meat cause anything to go down?
I ate a little single-person pizza and took off the pepperoni. When I logged it I realised the protien is probably wrong because I would assume most of it came from the meat... Right? Well, would anyone know if taking off 4 pieces of pepperoni takes off a significant amount of anything (cals, carbs, protien, sodium, etc.)?…
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Are any of these HRM any good?
I was at Wally Mart and they had these: Sportline S7 7 Function ECG Heart Rate Watch or Sportline SX Universal Combo ECG Heart Rate Monitor (Functions W/WO Chest Belt) or Sportline S12 12 Function ECG Heart Rate Watch So, does anyone have one of these and does it work? I don't care about how many functions it has, I just…
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Too much water at one time?
I don't get my workout done until right before I go to bed, so I do the workout, then drink 5 cups of water all in one go. (I'm a wimp/cheap so I use 20oz water bottles as weights and drink them after.) I have a few concerns about this so I want to see if it's a bad thing... Mainly because last night I didn't even have…
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Taco Bueno Taco
Can someone see if they can calculate how much fat is in a taco from Taco Bueno if it has a) beans instead of beef or b) no beef or beans I don't know how to do this, so if someone else does it would be a big help!
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High Protein Foods?
Hi, I've started working out doing the 30 day shred (circuit training basically, I think) and I don't think it's enough of a workout to warrant an actual protein shake, but I don't often reach my protein goal anyway, so I think eating something high in protein after the workout to at least meet my goal (of 50-60 or so)…
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Exercise and Eating and Protien and Water
So, my nutrition teacher last semester said that you should drink water instead of something like gatorade or a protien drink, because water is better for you and why add on to the calories you need to burn by drinking something else. Sounds sensible to me. BUT I'm doing the 30 Day Shred soon (tonight) and I keep seeing…
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Sugar Poker. Does your family innocently sabotage your diet?
So my sister had this wonderful idea of playing poker, but instead of chips we're using various kinds of cookies and instead of beer she got bottles of root beer that we drank and filled with chocolate milk. I'm terrified that instead of sticking to my plan of just eating one or two of each cookie, I'm going to eat all of…
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How bad is it to go over on carbs?
I'm hungry, but I have no carbs left and EVERYTHING has carbs in it apparently. Help me? :flowerforyou:
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Digital Scales?
Quick question... We have a dial scale, that changes weights depending on how you stand on it and thinking happy thoughts. So, I really want to get a digital scale, not only for better acuracy, but also because even being able to see that I went down .3 pounds would make me happy. :P So, are digital scales acurate? Is…
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Newbie question about calories per day...
When MFP gives you 1320 cals a day, and you want to lose 2lbs a week, do you actually lose 2 pounds for eating that or do you have to exercise? I mean, I know we need to exercise, and I do, I'm just asking, hypothetically, if I ate 1320 and did nothing else, would I lose weight? I'm basically just still figuring out how…
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I'm going to my cousin's b-day party...
AND I'M GOING TO EAT MY WEIGHT IN PIZZA I JUST KNOW IT. :sad:
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How do you enter in lifting weights?
I feel like this should be obvious and I'm just missing something... I am using a 2lb weight with my arms. How would I put that in? Weight lifting? It's just the general hold in hand and bend elbow.
