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Calories burned doing this?
I know this is a long shot, but I am a wedding photographer and I spend a lot of time working on my bum in front of the computer. I used to wait tables and be on my feet walking for 8 hours a day, and part of my weight gain happened after I switched professions. I photographed a wedding yesterday for 8 hours, and only sat…
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Questions from a beginner
Hi everyone. I just joined the group and had a couple questions. My husband does heavy lifting and after doing a lot of research, I have decided to do it as well. He is using the 5-3-1 program and started had me start it for my first 3 workouts. I have read I might get better gains and general benefit from starting with…
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Quick frozen yogurt at home (super low cal!)
Hey guys, we were trying to think of something to help with the sweet tooth for "dessert" tonight, and I threw some stuff together and stuck it in the freezer. Surprisingly it turned out absolutely DELICIOUS! Heres what I used: 1 large containger of Weight Watchers Vanilla Yogurt (no fat)(4 cups) 1 tub (3 cups) of Cool…
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Jillians Shed it with weights???
I was looking at the Jillian section at Wal Mart yesterday, trying to decide which one to purchase next, I was going to get extreme shred and shed, but they didn't have it right now, but they had one I had not seen or heard anyone talking about called Shed it with weights. Does anyone know if this is a good workout, or how…
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Need help understanding food weights
So recently I purchased a package of lean pork loin that was 1.3 lbs for the package, thinking that would be plenty for the 4 of us that were going to be home for dinner that night to have 4 oz serviings. After broiling it however, there were only about 8 oz of meat total, which gave us each 2 oz. each. Sooo my main…
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VDay options for our kids that are healthy?!
A friend of mine on here just posted about going a little wild on the candy and it was mentioned that it tends to happen over the holidays. I was sitting here thinking that I am supposed to be sending the kids to school with Valentines and candy tomorrow, and now I am pretty worried. I got to thinking that maybe I could…
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Grandma knew best
When I was a kid I LOVED going to my grandma and grandpas farm. Except I never understood why we had to have turkey burgers instead of hamburgers, turkey ham instead of real ham, lots of chicken, nothing was fried, always baked or pressure cooked, and rarely ever saw her eat red meat or pork (honestly maybe never). She…
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Hello! New to the site and already loving it!
I'm Karmyn, I just joined and have been enjoying reading everyones success stories. I have 4 children, and am a wedding photographer in Missouri. My fiance and I joined MFP just a few days ago, to help keep our diets in order. We have both struggled with this in the past, and are both wanting to lose some weight before our…
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Looking for ideas/advice
Hey guys, I am pretty new to the site, and trying to account for my caloric intake to figure out what I am doing wrong. Some background on myself... I used to be one of those people who could eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted and not gain any weight. I have 4 children, and after each child was able to lose the weight…
