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Help!
I started my weight loss 3 years ago in college after gaining a lot more than just the freshman 15 . I lost over 40 pounds and as of about 3 months ago was looking fantastic- I was 117 lbs, and my body looked amazing. I had these great abs and could wear anything I wanted. It was incredible. Hitting my goal felt fantastic…
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Not Hungry??? And Alcohol?? (2 Questions!!)
1. I have been having a hard time getting even close to my 1200 calories a day lately... and with adding in my exercise calories it is even harder. So far I have eaten 850 calories but I also burned the same amount (coincidence) so now it is 8:00 and I am still supposed to eat another 1,200 calories! I'm not hungry at all…
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Diet/Exercise Tips and Tricks
What is the one tip or trick that has been the most helpful in your weight loss?? (ex- drinking lots of water, good exercise music, a certain food or something) I feel like I have been in the same routine for awhile and want to change it a little bit. What has (or hasn't) made you successful?
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MFP on my phone?
I currently don't have an internet connection at my house and since I cut off my service I havent been able to track my calories and have been adding the pounds back on... I have a cell phone with internet but when I go to the website it doesnt work correctly. Does anyone know anything about this and how to fix it? Your…
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Sodium?!
I finally figured out how to change my settings to track my sodium intake because I seem to ALWAYS feel bloated. And guess what? I've gone over on my sodium by large amounts (1,000+mg) everyday. No wonder!:laugh: Can anyone teach me more about sodium and how it affects the body?
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Protein?
Does it matter if I go over on my protein? I seem to be able to eat right at my calorie allowance and not be over anything except protein.
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Zigzagging Calories
I am stuck at a plateua and I have been researching zig zagging my calories. But I have a few questions and need some advice. First, I have gone to several websites to see what my calorie intake should be and all of them come back with the same or similar numbers: Mon 984 Tues 984 Wed 1184 Thr 984 Fri 984 Sat 1083 Sun 984…
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Running a 5k in one week and need HELP!
I am signed up to run my first 5k in 1 week. I am on a team with some friends so obviously backing out is not an option, but my recent workouts haven't been so great. My normal workout is 30 minutes of intervals, which comes to about 3.5 miles. So I originally thought, okay, three miles- no big deal. But because of the…
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Free Music Downloads for Workouts
Hey I saw this in some fitness magazine and tried it last week. MotionTraxx.com allows you to download 30 minute and 1 hour podcasts for free. The podcasts are great for cardio and are from about 150 BPM to 180 BPM. The guy that makes them calls himself the "Fitness DJ" It isn't really my type of music but I figured some…
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Okay, what the heck?
So, like most people I ate over my calories this weekend. It really wasn't too bad calorie wise- I was about 400 over per day or so. But, I ate things with higher fat content- part of a cheeseburger, nachos, muffins with butter and things rather than my usual 0 gram of fat foods. Plus alcohol which I had pretty much cut…
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Cinnamon Apple Rings-55 calories!
I made these for dessert tonight and wanted to share because they were delicious! Ingredients: 1 medium washington apple (green) 1/2 cup Vermont Sugar Free Low Calorie Syrup 1 cup water cinnamon (optional) Directions: 1. Take the core out of the apple and cut off the ends. Cut into rings. 2. Heat a large skillet on Medium…
