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My body looks awesome! When I'm not bloated....
Hi! I'm nearly a year into recovery from an eating disorder. At my lowest weight, I was very skinny fat-- all of my beautiful muscle was gone, but my stomach flab still plagued me. What made me look thin (brace for TMI) was that I was always a bit dehydrated and my bowels stayed pretty empty. Therefore, I looked pretty…
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How to get the most from running plan?
I got a little running plan through my asics, and I love it. It has me running pre-conditioning jogs for the first two weeks, at a pace of 15 min/mi. This is relatively easy for me; I'm a slow runner but typically 12ish minutes is where challenge comes in. These are my first times running again since an accident three…
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Should I wait for the new FitBit?
I want to update from my Polar strap hrm to one of the no-strap kinds. I'm between the Mio Fuse, which seems good but isn't attractive enough to wear all day, and just waiting for the full release of the Charge HR, which looks great for the same price. But they haven't announced even the month of full release! I'm at a…
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SO hard to stay under sodium!
I love salt, but even on days where I actively avoid processed foods I still find it hard to stay under 2500 milligrams. I'm a college kid, but I eat mostly fresh when I can. It seems most of my sodium comes from what little bread I eat in the day, and then here and there with other little things. I want to teach myself…
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When to start again after an injury?
I was in a car accident, my knee slammed the dash, and it seems that I had a mostly mild MCL sprain (not confirmed, but I don't have any fractures and the placement/movement is just right for an MCL injury). There was never any visible swelling, but I couldn't bend or walk on it for two and a half days after. I…
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Calling all HRM users! Help please!
I need a new HRM. I wanted to try one of the new no-strap kinds, but they don't seem like they're worth the money. I'm back to looking at strap kinds. I want something around $150, do you have any suggestions? -I used to use a basic Polar FT4 but I want something that I can sync to my phone or computer -also one that I…
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Injured and extremely hungry? Thoughts, please?
I hurt my leg in a car accident last week, no fractures found in the x-rays, but it seems to be a moderate sprain around my knee. I was told I should be able to walk a normal amount but not to exercise, but it seems to be taking a longer time to heal than expected. I still have to limp everywhere. I've been SO HUNGRY the…
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Most important thing to consider as a "young" runner?
Though I've jogged for a few years, I'm still not in amazing shape. I'm almost 20 and love running, but I am SLOW. My longest distance of consistent running is probably only around 2-3 miles right now, though I typically jog and walk 4-6 in my summer runs. What should I focus on now? My HR, distance, or speed? I assume I…
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Half Marathon training, please help?
http://womensrunning.competitor.com/2013/09/training-tips/couch-to-half-marathon-training-plan_15065/3 I really like this plan, bu I have classes all day Tuesdays and Thursdays, and really I'm too exhausted to work out most evenings. I was wondering how bad it would be to make those my rest days and just shift the calendar…
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Accuracy of MFP and step counter?
I'm a college kid who walks around 3-5 miles a day just from class to class, and I also just started to training for a half marathon (currently only 3-5ish miles per session, on average). I know scooby's workshop BMR calculator says I burn about about 1600 calories (I'm extremely small), but when I look at the numbers…
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Sweet pizza dough-consistency bread?
Anyone know of any recipes? I love pizza dough (crust) and the texture, could i just add extra sugar to a dough recipe and make rolls from it? I also like puff-puff for those who are familiar, but I don't want to fry it.
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Activity post-operation/returning to fitness?
Hi! Had my tonsils out yesterday, and I know I won't be doing a single bit of working out for at least two weeks, but can anyone suggest a plan for when I do ease back into activity? I may be able to take light walks on days 11-14, depending individually on when my pain ends. I'm pretty mobile for having had the surgery…
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Mesomorph's lament (how can I look leaner)?
I'm only 5'0" and LOVE to run. I've always been terrible at it though, so I still run a pretty slow pace, but that's okay. I used to go balls to the wall when I ran, and would do spurts of running way too hard (completely anaerobic) and then walking, but I've been doing low heart rate runs and now can run consistently…
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Poll! Five foods to live off and why?
If you could only buy five different foods when you went grocery chopping, which would you get in order to have the highest nutrition possible? I ask because I'm a college kid about to move into her first apartment. I had a big school meal plan last year but was still struggling with bingeing, so I never made it count and…
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Help is needed please! Ankle injury?
I mildly sprain my ankles fairly often (they used to give out at random when I was little and have always been weak), but this is the first time I've ever had visible swelling. I didn't feel myself roll it or hurt it while running, but an hour later I noticed a bump just below the bone bump on the outside and slightly…
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Treadmill running vs outdoor
Hi! I run a pretty slow mile outside, but it's improving quickly. I use a gps tracker and ran around a 13:30 mile. I always suspected my treadmill (circa 1990) is miscalibrated, but I just tried to do a test mile to see if I've cut any more time I ran at 4.4 mph for a quarter mile and had to stop. I was dying. It felt like…
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How quickly did you cut time when you started?
Hi! I've been jogging regularly for a few years, but never pushed it and typically mixed walking with bouts of running too fast for me to sustain.Therefore my aerobic endurance has never really existed until I started doing longer low heart rate runs this summer, it's really helping. I usually do 3-5 mi "willy-nilly"…
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Please help, will I ever lose from my waist?!
I'm 5' and my limbs are becoming more and more thin, to where I don't see how I'll have much fat left to lose there if I keep up my exercise. Honestly I just have a bit of fat around the very tops of my thighs (the "underbutt", which is almost completely gone now) and my arms hardly pancake against my body whatsoever now.…
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Books for motivation?
I've always used food for comfort and have chronically tried to diet and fail since I was young. I started running a few years ago because I HATED running and wanted to conquer it. I now work out a lot, I'm finally at the point where I love to run a few miles a day. But my diet is forever holding me back from losing the…
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Strained ankle doesn't hurt anymore, workout?
I hurt my ankle on Wednesday. I don't think it was a sprain, it didn't hurt until about an hour after my run and barely hurt. I RICEd it for the majority of two days. The second morning it did hurt a bit more and was unstable, but I kept resting it and it never swelled. It's Sunday now, no pain in days, no swelling, I'm…
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Sprain or strain in ankle?
I've stepped up my running lately and I stupidly decided to skip a rest day yesterday for a light jog (the weather was truly flawless....I have no willpower). but the thing is, I had gone for my longest run ever the day before. it didn't hurt during my 3.3 mile jog yesterday or the few minutes I tossed in on a bike after,…
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I don't feel butt exercises?
Whenever I do squats I don't feel them even though I know I have proper form. I do feel hydrants but those seem to be different side muscles. I did fence for a little while, followed by taking up dance a few years back, so since then I've had a really solid strong behind, and just wonder if that has something to do with…
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How many starchy/high-carb servings should you have a day?
I know the USDA thing used to say 9 a day but there is no way...for someone who is 5' tall and trying to lose weight, that would cover ALL of my calories. i have the body type and diet that suggests i really should eat low carb to lose and maintain, and i've tried before but i get so unbearably hungry. I never know how…
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Will doing core help me?
I do plenty of cardio and eat pretty well, but am just getting around to getting my eating really really clean. I'm in the middle of my healthy weight range, and I've been pretty skinny in the past, but my stomach forever as rolls. I don't do much core just because all of the fat on my body seems to be right on my stomach,…
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Would a better fitness tracker help?
I've posted a few times before about never knowing if i'm eating the right number of calories and struggling to lose the rest of my weight. I currently have a Polar FT40 that I've used for running for about a year and am thinking of handing it off to my mother and buying a new one. After years of disordered eating (no…
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Realistic goals, in need of help?
Hi! I'm a 19 year-old college student who is home for the summer. I've always been a tad overweight, and it has gradually improved since I started trying to eat well and workout regularly about three years ago. I'm now steadily in the middle of my weight range (about 115 at 5'. my max is around 125, my min healthy weight…
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Woah- why am i so tired??
I've been getting back into my workout routine this week (finals and two months of a series of bad infections knocked me off track. i was dancing 2x a week and doing 2 30 minute toning/light cardio sessions in my classes each week still, though), and getting back to eating healthily and watching my intake. i'm 5'0", about…
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Determining which activity level I am!
I'm a college student who is rather active, but I'm never sure which activity level to set my goals with. I live on a moderately sized campus and don't have a car with me. So, i walk to and from all of my classes (on average three a day, five days a week). I take a 1.5 hour Jazz dance class 2x a week, plus a movement for…
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Activity level help?
(This just got posted in Maintaining by accident) I'm a college student who is rather active, but I'm never sure which activity level to set my goals with. I live on a moderately sized campus and don't have a car with me. So, i walk to and from all of my classes (on average three a day, five days a week). I take a 1.5 hour…
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Not losing but struggling to meet calorie goal?
I started running this summer and have trimmed down a bit (yay! finally losing the petite-girl's-disproportionate-potbelly I've hated forever), and with some light lifting and toning I've definitely regained major leg muscle, so the scale is no help numbers wise, but I can tell my fat loss is sort of at a standstill now.…
