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5ft 2 ladies
when I started MFP I knew I wanted my weight to be around 10st but as I look at some of the pics on here I am thinking that maybe that is too little with all the toning and muscle gaining I am and will continue to be doing. Wondering if anyone 5ft2 would like to share their thought and pics of tehir sucesses jsut to help…
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help needed.....
since March I have been trying to lose weight. I booked my wedding and at this point I needed to lose around 56lbs....I'm not an excellent dieter as I find a lot of the plans are pretty much what I eat and some of them waaaaay more than I can stomach - I've tried slimming world, weight watchers, terri ann 123....you name…
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Question on 5k run..
..what is a good time to run a 5k in? I've been working towards 25mins but I dont know if that is good or bad....someone once told me running a mile in 9mins is good going? I'm nowhere near that yet, I run every day and plan to be able to do it by June in 25 mins. I started doing 5k a day on 1st Jan 2012, but I couldn't…
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How best to factor exercise calories?
I've been on MFP for a while, granted I had a break between July and October but I'm back and am finding what did work for me in July isn't working for me this time around, I can only assume due to a shift in the way I exercise. From January to July my net calories were always around 1500 and I always ate back my exercise…
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New tactics advice please.
Okay so I am a mum of two with a husband who works shifts and I live in Wales were it seems to always rain or snow, I have been on MFP since January when my weight loss started, I kicked off at around 217lbs and got down to 189lbs by June 01st but for various reasons my weight loss has taken a backseat throughout all of…
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HRM vs MFP
Quick q on HRM vs MFP for calories burnt.....which is more accurate? I did a 5k walk/powerwalk/jog this morning (mixing it up between al of those in intervals) I was out for 45 mins HRM says 665 cals burnt and MFP says 279...hell of a difference? my I don't watch my HR the whole time but it bleeps when I gt to 100% which…
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My progress (I'm in need of a boost!)
So I do may monthly weigh in on the 29th of each month and despite losing weight every month I am a little gutted with my May progress, I don't generally set myself unrealistic targets and I have hit ever target to date but during may something seems to have slowed down a little and I'm not 100% sure where I am going…
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NROLFW
Okay, so there is a lot of hyp eon here about NROLFW. I have literally just started looking into it (will be down loading it to my kindle) but before I buy it I was wondering if someone can help me with a few questions I have. Firstly, I understand that this is a book not a picture book right? (donwloading it to my kindle…
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c25k
I've been running/power walking on and off for 5 months but started c25k properly on last monday so yesterday I did week 1 day 3,while my question relates to yesterday specifically I can't see it being limited to only then. Two questions really.... 1 - So on Monday, I could barely run the min at a time and found myself…
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upping protein intake
okay so having issues hitting protein goals so thought I could throw in a shake but having a few issues at the moment. Soooo I have just gone to boots to look at the options and am totally baffled. They have but two shakes on offer sculpturess and slim fast, now I am no expert so this may well be a stupid question but in a…
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eating back calories today!
I have upped my calorie intake because I don't seem to be losing weight on the alloted 1200 that MFP suggests, I have worked out that somewhere between 1500-1600 get me about 1lb loss a week, which is fab! Anyway, today I have input my food and exercise that I will be doign for the day and it states that I my net calories…
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Women; Protein shakes
One for the women although any male opinions also welcome. are they orth it and if so what do you use and is it simply to get enough protein or do you find other benefits?
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Serious question on food
I'm not complaining about slow weight loss or anything, but I want to make sure that what I do now makes me the person I want to be. So what are the general rules one what you should yet, carbs, protein, fat and sugar. plenty of people have said that the calculators are way off on here but I get seriously varying ideas on…
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My first NSV...well in my eyes anyway :)
Christmas time I went shopping with my sisters and weighing in at around 215bs and around a size 20 possibly 22(I don't know as I was still wearing my maternity things!) anyway, I bought a size 18 trousers (UK 18) with the aim of fitting into them by March, generally my waist isnt the issue but my huge thighs well when I…
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No shin splits but bad foot...
So a few weeks ago I posted about having terrible shin splints after running and I have taken around a week and a half break to rest it and also bought myself some swanky new runnign trainers all professionally fitted...apparently when my foot hits the floor my ankle was jutting out where as it should be at a 90 degree…
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Toast Pizza?!?
So I had a thought about my love for pizza....can I just have a piece of toast with melted cheese and pepperoni on it? Has anyone tried itso that I can get an idea of how it tastes?
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Running Question
i used to be able to run 5k a day without even blinking an eye but now I am struggling and not with getting out of breath as I would think, it's pains in my legs and not even in the same place on each leg totally different places. On my left leg my shin kills and I mean it feels like it could snap and on my right leg its…
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Lower Belly..
Mother of two wonderful girlies with the tummy to prove it needing some serious advice. Just going into my 4th month of weight loss and am down 12lbs (hopefully 13lbs tomorrow), but losing inches very fast. I have lost 15inches over my body since starting on 01st January 2012 but it seems to be falling off my bust far…
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One for the ladies....
I have a major sweet tooth, which i tend to keep under control and can happily manage on a daily basis with yoghurt and chocolate covered raisens; theres a small pack of colourful ones I have which as I say do the trick but there are 10 dreaded days for me where I just can't seem to curb my sweet tooth regardless of what I…
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Is it just me....
or do men seem to find this weight loss thign far easier than women?!?! I have to examples to back up my theory 1) the before and after shots of men on here are amzing but they tend to be over a shorter period of time than the amzing before and after pics of women and 2) my other half and I both decided to start losing…
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Tasty Cheap Soups
I tried a prepacked veg pack from the supermarket yesterday, followed the instructions on there to make the soup (cost me £1) but it's awful....I spoke to my boss about it and she rekons I shouldnt have pureed it down. Anyway, anyone with some tasty recipes they would like to share?
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Healthy eating and fussy family - tips?!?
I have a 5 month old baby, a four year old and a fiancee to feed at evening meal times. I'm finding it hard to find things that everyone will eat and remains healthy for me to eat also! I like fish and it has taken me the best part of 2 years to get both the 4yo and fiancee to not have battered fish! What do you guys eat…
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Help with extra calories earned from exercise.
I exercise 3 times a week; tue, wedn and sun. mon,thurs, fri and sat I do general exercise but no special trips to the gym or classes. But on the days I do the classes and the gym I tend to gain a lot of calories. Tue is alwaysa round 500 extra, wedn roughly 350 and then on a sunday I do 3hours of exercising so I am…
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How much, how long and doing what?!?
I started trying to lose weight on01st ?Jan 2012 when I weighed around 15st (210lbs). By the end of Jan I weighed 14st 7lbs (203 lbs), which I was slighted gutted with because I was expecting more so rather than just watching what I ate I started the gym and classes. Throughout Feb I did 2 1hour classes a week (tue and…
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Exercise Guide Please.
I am renewing my exercising and as I have never exercised to lose weight before I am struggling to know what is best i.e. what is good what is bad what is too much what is too little and so on. I used to run 3 miles a day; I am lucky if I can run for 3mins at the moment after two children and 7st gain! At the moment my…
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Someone like me?!?!
Hi i am 24...almost 25 (to my shock!)..I am a working mum of two girls (and one boy if you count my finacee :) ). I was wondering if there was anyone around like me who I could team up with a log progress with during my weight loss journey?! I currently weight 14st 4lbs (200 lbs) and am looking to drop to 10st (140 lbs). I…
