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Two workouts or one?
Is there any difference in doing one 60 minute workout or two 30 minute workouts, one in the morning and one in the evening? Is one more beneficial? It would seem to me at least one benefit is being able to give 110% to each period rather than start flagging towards the end of a longer workout. Thoughts?
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People who annoy you in fitness videos.
Come on, we all have that one person who becomes the object of our disdain as we huff and puff it out in our living rooms to whatever workout you may be doing. Who is it? I really cannot stand that guy in the yellow shirt in the TurboFire workouts. He's just one of the group of people exercising except he makes it a point…
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On body image: some of us are barbarians, some elves.
(I wrote this as self motivation, but am posting it here to help others as well! I cross posted this on my personal blog at awesomeville.co.uk) I was reading an article not too long ago on female bodies in Hollywood. It went on to describe a particular actress, small of stature and perfectly petite, as "elfin." I was taken…
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One year in the trenches: 40 lbs gone.
I sat here for nearly an hour typing a long, detailed account of the last year, describing what I did and how I felt, trying desperately to put the experience of this weight loss journey into words. But everything I typed, every positive statement, every time I used "changed my life," it all sounded cliche and two…
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When dinner is at 9pm....
Because my husband doesn't get off work until 8pm, we usually end up eating dinner around 9pm.... shame on me. We've tried a number of things to eat separate but earlier, cook dinner the day before, etc and it doesn't work out very well. So what I want to know is if anyone else has the same problem and how you combat it?…
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A question for those who lost boob mass...
Hey ladies, I am hoping that, in my weight loss journey, I get rid of some boobage. Seriously, 36 J is too big. So I have a question for those who have lost cup sizes as well as pounds: When your boobs got smaller, did the skin shrink up as well? I'm a bit fearful of losing and then having a "National Geographic" situation…
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Cross trainer exercise is.... ?
Hey all, So I was reading another thread about fat loss needing to be accompanied by resistance training in order to build muscle which burns fat. Last month, we bought a cross trainer and I was wondering if the more experienced among MFP would consider this to be cardio, resistance, or both? I use it on a high resistance,…
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1st goal hit, reward tattoo ^_^
So I made myself the promise that once I hit my pre pregnancy weight I would get a tattoo I had been thinking about for a while. I hit my pre preg weight Dec 3rd and, whilst on holiday back in the US visiting family, I got my tattoo. I'm not ready for before and after body pics yet, I still have a ways to go, but I thought…
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Mini victory!
Yesterday I stepped on the scale, fearful of what the number might be due to eating crap all week because we were moving house. But I had lost... lost the last little bit between me and my PRE PREGNANCY WEIGHT! WOOT! I gained 42lbs during my pregnancy (1lb per week pregnant!) and all 42lbs are gone. My daughter is four…
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Having trouble hitting my calories.
Hey everyone, I have a question about hitting one's daily calories. MFP has given me 1420 calories to eat daily in order to lose 2 lbs a week. I get an extra 400 cals for breastfeeding, and will burn about 290 exercising. This pushes my cals for the day, if I were to eat all of them, over 2000. Here is an average day for…
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I hate my boobs!
Feeling a bit down today as I found out that breast reduction surgery, even when said breast pose health issues, is not covered under the NHS. Going private would mean several thousand pounds that we don't have. It's not something I am considering doing now as I am still breastfeeding, but after she weans six months down…
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Cholesterol?
My daily value shows 300, yet just two large eggs puts me at 420! Is this good cholesterol or bad cholesterol?
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Time of day?
Is there a time of day to exercise that is better than other times? The reason I ask is I remember reading the newbie links provided on the forums when I joined, and one of the articles explained metabolism and burning fuel / fat when exercising. The link stated that the first to be burned when exercising is any stores…
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Anxiety... help.
So I've been on this site now for a week. When I joined, I was already in the process of changing our dinners over to low calorie, freshly prepared meals (and I've succeeded on doing so for 5 of 7 nights a week.. still need to find more recipes we like). I weighed myself last week on tuesday, started Jillian Michaels's 30…
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Why doesnt WOW burn calories??
^_^ Any World of Warcraft players in the community? Share your toon, server, and brag a bit! My main is a lvl 80 druid on alliance Tichondrius (US). I just got Loremaster and hit over 5k achievements. 77 mounts and going for the 100 mount achievement.
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Hello
Hey everyone, I just started on this site today and had a play with the calorie counter and exercise log and I am VERY impressed with this place, especially since it offers so much free of charge! A little about myself: I gave birth on July 24th 2010 to a beautiful baby girl. During my pregnancy I gained 45 lbs, and of…
