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Your yoga journey/timeline
Hello guys, So, I know yoga isn't about the poses you can get into, but I do love seeing before and afters. I tried searching on instagram under different tags, but most of the results are of long time yogi's. I'm looking for day 1 vs day 100 picts. I know everyone is different, but I'd love it if you guys can tell me how…
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Hovr question
Hello, I stumbled upon the HOVR shoe and I was wondering if anyone could tell me if it gives you a breakdown for each leg? My bf's right side is weak so he's gait is off and he's run is a bit awkward. He started running last year, but he stopped. If the HOVR can show that he's right leg is improving though we would be a…
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Hourglass and proud, share your befores and afters
Hey, So I don't have one to start the thread off with sigh "heavy sigh", but I recently had to admit that I am not a pear and am in fact an hourglass trust me I googled various calculators and even fudged the numbers slightly to prove I wasn't, but to no avail. I am not a pear just a very hippy/curvy hourglass. So, there's…
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What to do when you "skinny fat"
Hey, So, I am trying to help out my bf's parents in losing some weight they only slightly overweight and I know how to help his mom, but his dad is what I would call skinny fat. Now, my interpretation of skinny fat is when you more or less in your ideal BMI/weight range, but you store most of your fat in one area (usually…
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Cereal suggestions please
Hello, I love a quick and easy breakfast, which usually means porridge, now I need help with which ones are good for you. Yes, I read the label, but companies are tricky. So any suggestions on ones? I love grainy/baby porridge lol. Thanks ps: Yes I eat eggs on occasion, but I prefer porridge.
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One leg developing quite a bit faster than the other one
Hello, So last night I noticed that my Bf's left leg is getting quite muscular and that his right one only showed slight improvements. Now, some background information he does have limited movement in that leg so basically he can't stand on his toes or really work the calf muscle much because of it. Now, usually when his…
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Trust the process or trust the scale/tape measure?
Hey Guys, If you doing your workouts and you eating at a deficit (usually), but the scale is not moving or even increasing and the tape measure is also not showing a difference at what point do you say no something isn't right? Please I don't want us to go on a tangent about muscle weighing more than fat etc, but I do lift…
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Les mills pump dvd
Hey guys, I know a lot of you prefer stronglifts 5x5 and NROLW, but is there anyone out there that has done les mills pump or is currently doing it? I like workout DVDs and I'm thinking of giving this program a chance, but I'm not sure since I haven't really seen a lot of success stories with it (that doesn't mean its not…
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Lentil burgers
Hey, I made these last night and I thought it came out pretty good so I thought I'd share. Lentils (1 cup) Onions (half) Carrots (whole) Yellow Bell pepper (half) beef flavouring (I used Better Than Bouillon, Vegetarian, No Beef Base) Egg Ener-g gluten free crumbs (1/4 cup) The quantities doesn't really matter that much,…
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Darn you google! Barre/Ballet workout Q
Hey I tried to google the 25 day ballet boot camp challenge and google is just confusing me. Has anyone done it? I think I found a schedule for it, but it doesn't seem to be very popular with the other challenges there's usually a lot of information on it. This might just be me, but I love barre workouts! I suck at them…
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Wanting to focus on more on inch loss
Hey Guys, So the scale has been my friend of late, the tape measure not so much! Normally as long as I'm losing something I'd be happy, but I'm a bit of a deadline in the sense that I'm flying home in a few months and would like to surprise my family. I appear to be thinner/leaner, but for the lack of a better term at the…
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Looking for tofu smoothie recipes
Hey guys, summer is almost here and I was just wondering if any of you have some nice tofu smoothie/ice cream/mousse recipe you can share with me? I will be trying out this one tomorrow after my work out Ingredients 1 cup berries (frozen mixed) 12 cup grape juice (white) 1 tbsp honey 1 banana (firm ripe, peeled and sliced)…
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Anyone use alternative workouts?
What I mean by that instead of the usual cardio + heavy lifters that's so popular on this site, does anyone just live an active sporty lifestyle? Any surfers, divers or climbers on here? I like snorkelling, sailing and going to try my hand at sand boarding, but I was just wondering if people use adventure sports or just…
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F 26 CW 69 Kgs GW 60 Kgs
Hey, I'm 1.63 cm and sadly a slow loser lol, but on the upside I'm pretty good and keeping the weight off even when I don't workout and eat right! MWA! Oh and I'm a curvy medium frame girl if that matters?
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You don't need money to get workout equipment!
Hey, I just wanted to let people know not to forget to look at the wanted ads in the newspapers etc for workout equipment, a lot of people buy workout equipment with the intention of using it then life gets too busy or something else happens and the stuff is just standing around taking up space. So, yes sometimes they want…
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Cardio and summer
Hey Guys, I get headaches pretty regularly in summer (yes, I do try to drink a lot of water) and its really starting to get hot here by me and I know its not even half as bad as it will get. So my question is with cardio its all about intensity correct? Keeping your heart rate up? Now, I'm sorry call me unmotivated or…
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Greek yoghurt how do you know if its the real deal
Hey, So I bought a tub of Greek yoghurt over the weekend because I really wanted to try it out, but when I got home and scrutinized the label for the few words I understood, I doubted what I bought was really Greek yoghurt. I don't live in an English speaking country and I just know enough of the local language to get by,…
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different strength training exercises daily?
Hey Guys, I'm a beginner to intermediate when it comes to strength training. I was just wondering if its okay to do the following program? I know you suppose to rest your muscles in between, but they not targeting the same muscle groups so I think its okay? Day 1 5 Minute Warm Up; 45 Seconds each Slow High Knees Toe Touch…
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To all the "mass builders" out there and or their GFs
Hey Guys, So my boyfriend and I are both trying to live a healthier active lifestyle. My focus is obviously more on losing weight and toning up where his is more about gaining muscle mass. He only recently (yesterday actually) started counting calories, his one of those "gifted" men who can eat a lot and barely pick up…
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From fat to skinny fat
Hey Guys, first of let me just start by saying I know I can't spot reduce, that nutrition is key to belly fat, that crunching my workout away won't get me abs, that they will show up as soon as I lower my BF %. Now, I've seen quite a lot of progress lately (yaaay), but that also means that I'm well on my way to becoming…
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Looking for Jillian Michaels Banish fat Metabolism RESULTS
Okay, so I just saw the workout on YouTube and I think I might have just fell in love! Anyone out there with results to share?
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Looking for new fitness challenges
Hey guys, I'm loving all the fitness challenges lately. I do better with challenges than at home DVDs. So far I found the following challenges, 30 day squat challenge, 200 sit ups challenge, the 100 push up challenge ( shudder), the step challenge someone just posted. Is there anyone out there who knows of any others? I…
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Just edited my profile and got a target of 1280?
Hey guys, I just edited my profile on MFP because I need to get serious and buckle down. I'm 1.63 cm (5ft4) and I weigh 70 kgs, I told MFP that I will exercise 3 times a week and they came back with 1280 for a 1 pound loss a week? I have about 5 months that I want to lose 10 kgs in so I have a bit of time to work on it. I…
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Building muscle/losing fat evenly
Hey guys, Okay so my right side is toning up a lot faster than my left side, I try to workout my left more than my right, but it doesn't really help. I would like to hear from people with injuries to the one side of their bodies on what they do to "match". My boyfriend has an injury on his one side so you can see his legs…
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J.M 30 DS schedule
Hey guys, Just a quick question, I know its 10 days per level, but what I don't know is if you suppose to take rest days? Do I do a rest day every 5 days or do I just soldier on and do the workouts back to back? Thanks.
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Canned vs frozen vs fresh fruit
Hey Guys, I know frozen fruit is fine its a healthy choice, but what about canned fruit? I always assumed canned fruit was really unhealthy? Yes, I know the sugar syrup ones are, but I figured even the fruit packed in water is a no? I saw on livestrong that canned fruit is okay, but I'm still not so sure. I'm an expat and…
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first time loser
Hey guys, So while doing my leg work I couldn't help, but notice how slim my legs are getting, but sigh I also noticed my belly isn't shrinking as fast. Now, I understand you can't spot reduce and your body will shed fat where it wants to and blah blah, my actual question is how does it look when your belly starts losing…
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KCAL in Bread
Hey guys, I just had some delicious bread from a bakery nearby when I attempted to check how much calories it might have the closest thing I could see was 35 Kcal per slice? Now, that seems ridiculously low to me, I had a vegetable curry bread, I had four slices but since the bread was small its roughly 2 regular slices.…
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Strength training to fight the flab
Hey guys, I saw some people mentioning books about this, but I don't have access to a lot of bookstores and Amazon usually doesn't ship to my locale so here goes. I alternate between cardio and strength training (so much easier than cardio), I lift 1.1 kg and do a variety of exercises from military press, to lawnmover to…
