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hungry girl cookbooks
Is anyone familiar with the hungry girl cookbooks? I have an opportunity to buy one if her books for about half of retail? I only was able to glance at the book. Are the recipes simple and pretty easy? Time wise are they time consuming or not? Are the ingredients pretty well known? If more than one or two items are unknown…
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question about fitbit
I love my fitbit but I have a question. Right now it says overall calories burned is 2000. I am rounding up to keep it simple so I have had 1600 calories and probably won't have anything else tonight. Does this mean at the moment I am only at a 200 calorie under to lose weight? And if my fitbit says 2000 burned and I ate…
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"my plate"
I took my son to a dietitian due to his eating habits being out of control and basically to get advice on the foods to offer him that will fill him up. She gave us the my plate thing. I remember how the food pyramid used to be the thing to do. She didn't suggest counting calories but aiming to feed him off the my plate…
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true gain or not
If the scale is up. How long before you consider it a real gain and not watet weight ect. Before I went on a 4 day vacation I was 1\2 lb away from 80 down. 2 days after the trip it appeard that it stayed the same. Then shot up. It was tom at the end of the trip but its been done for 4 days and weight is still hovering…
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what is healthier?
as a snack. A cereal bar that is prepacked and 120 to 140 calories based on brand or home made bread that even with what seems like a small slice comes out at about 170 calories. The bread I am talking about is zucchini bread or maybe even banana bread. The cereal bars have been my mid morning snack but I been liking the…
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question about weight lifting
About a month ago, I started a program at the y called activtrax. It has added floor exercises for toning and wei mght lifting to all the cardio I have already been doing. I still want to continue to lose but seem to be stuck. I lost less than a pound since I have started. I am still getting your shrinking comments. I was…
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need tips on freezing food for later
I enjoy cooking batches of food and freezing them. It makes it quick and easy for when I need to eat away from home. I love to make breakfast sandwiches and the first time I did it they turned out great. It seems like with each time I make them the muffin is soggy. I do let them cool before wrapping them up. I let them…
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100 lb club
I am .3lbs away from being in the club that weights less than 200 lbs!! I am so excited!! I believe it's been about 7 years or so since I been a member of the club. I believe the last time I lost weight.. It was 50 lbs and it was lost when I didn't have a job and went and worked out daily. Now, I am down almost 72 lbs and…
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color run
I posted earlier in the week questions about the color run. I did it!! I jogged the whole thing!! I basically kept up with the average pace of other runners near me. There was enough room for those that wanted to walk it could without making it impossible for people to run it. I had a blast and got quite a bit of paint on…
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color run questions
I signed up for the color run and its on June 1st!! I am excited and thrilled! Its my first run. I did the c2k5 running program on a treadmill but admit after the challenge of the program was over I lost the desire to push thru a run. I learned running outside was even harder. I don't want to walk the run. I was going to…
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swimming
I have never been a really good swimmer but as time goes by I get a little braver and can swim in deep water but I tend to need to have my own space or I can get scared pretty easy. I can't swim under water due to be scared to death of water going up my nose. I have learned how to blow bubble with my mouth so thinking of…
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lose inches off of the thighs
I found a really cute skirt and bought it even though it wouldn't go past my thighs. What workouts would help me lose inches so I can get the skirt past them. I mostly am doing zumba and once a week body pump. I did couch to 5 k recently and finished but mentally seem to be stuck and just can't run. Which isn't good since…
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Finished C25k running program
I really did it!! I set out to do the 9 week program about 11 weeks ago. I thought I could add it to zumba and body pump days but it was too much. I added an extra day of working out and exchanged one of my zumba days to run. It was one of the hardest things I have ever done physically when it comes to working out. I…
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fitbit calorie question
I have a fitbit and love it. It motivates me to walk more. I have noticed even on my non workout days it gives me aboutt 200 extra calories over what mfp has set me at. For the last cpl weeks I have been eating about 2000 a day but netting a cpl hundred less. Has anyone else ate more like fitbit is suggesting and continued…
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Polar FT4 question
I love my hrm. However, I am confused about one thing. When I first got it. It showed my heart rate during workouts. I must have pushed some ramdom buttons and it started showing the calories burned as I was burning them. I liked this and felt like it motivated me to make it higher. I recently touched on buttons (don't…
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scale question
I have been on MFP for over a year. I have been using the scale at the YMCA to weigh myself on Saturday mornings. The only issue is that I can't weigh first thing when I wake up. I tend to drink two glasses of diet soda and eat yogurt. I try to make it so that the eating and drinking is done so when I weigh in it's been an…
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eating in moderation
Question; who has lost weight by eating in moderation? As in still eating the foods you love and who is restricting the problem foods and losing? I am just curious. I know everyone is different. I Personally eat majority of the things I enjoy but di cut some of the really high calorie crap like little debbies ect. I been…
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running speed
What would be considered jogging compared to running? I find it comfortable at 4.5. Is that running or jogging?
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running shoes
I just started the cough to 5k thing and am wondering about shoes. I can't justify buying shoes since this is something I am trying out and not sure if its something I will make a regular routine. I have only done day one and wore my nike zumba shoes and didn't have any issues.My other shoes are new balance. Which ones…
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weight training question
The last couple weeks I have worked up the courage to lift weights. There is a small weight room that I do the circuit training using the machines in there. Its pretty much your whole body. I am doing it about twice a week and do two sets of ten on what I feel I can left. Does the calories need change? If so is it just on…
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Can't get rid of hunger
For the last two days, I feel like I am starving and that is even after eating a meal. It is that time of the month so not sure if it has anything to do with it. I don't remember having this issue before. I am not having any crazy cravings just feel like I can't get enough food. I workout using an heart moniter and I am…
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Freezing food
Tax time is coming up and my husband and I have been wanting a freezer for extra storage for frozen food. I would like to be able to make soups and freeze them for later meals for on the go for working. Or sometimes we have leftovers for dinner (not often) and I would like to save them for dinners at work. What's the…
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Heart rate moniter
My little sister got me an heart rate moniter for xmas. Its a FT4 Polar model. I was thrilled cause its something I wanted but couldn't justfy buying it. I been playing around with it. My son thought it wa so funny that I was jumping to watch the heart rate climb. Questions. How important that the strap stays wet? Wouldn't…
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zumba and HRM
I got a polar FT4 for christmas and I was surpised that an hour and half only resulted in 835 calories and someone else near me was over 1000 using one too. I notice that my heart rate is higher in the first half and is at about 130 for the rest. I been doing zumba since April and I am wondering if the calorie burn being…
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facebook linked with MFP
Has anyone linked facebook and MFP together? If so. What does MFP share with facebook. I have thought about playing around with the feature but unsure if I want to mix the two.
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homemade pizza
Last night, I made homemade pizza using store bought crust and burned it. So, I didn't quite get over my pizza craving. We had leftover veggies and I came up with the idea to use my thin crust bread that. It's simliar to pita bread but thin. I used 1 serving of 100 calorie bread and topped it with sauce, pepperoni, cheese…
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FINIS Swimsense
Does anyone have one of these handy dandy machines?? I want one!! I could spend less on Christmas for the kids!! Haha just kidding. If you have it. Is it worth it? Besides zumba, swimming is one of my favorite things to do.
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Gym people
What do you pefer to go to the friend with a friend or family member? Or go alone and just do your thing? I like to bring friends and family to the YMCA with me but I don't want to stray from my workout and sometimes if it's a person that I like a lot I find it hard to stay on track with my workout. Although, if it's…
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ring size
I been wondering about if I need to get my rings sized. Sometimes, they are super lose and flip around and other times they are a good fit. I am wondering if anyone needed to make their rings smaller and how much did you lose when you had to do it. I want new rings so not sure I want to spend money to make them smaller but…
