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One Year on MFP: 157-138 - with pics
Its been a long slow road, but I am really pleased with my progress so far. Bit of background: after a difficult pregnancy that had me bedbound for 4-5 months and some very hard real life experiences. I was overweight, tired, stressed and very unhappy. I had been trying to lose weight for about a year when I started on mfp…
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NSV - catching my reflection in a window...
and not feeling shocked at how BIG I am. I finally look like I look in my head!! Not smoking hot... but..hey..not unrecognisably large either :happy:
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Would you start again?
I am enjoying lifting and have 4 weeks of stage 1 under my belt. BUT: I have knee imbalance which means I couldnt get down to parallel in squats at first. Its getting better but Im still not at 90 degrees,. Dr says the knee issue will improve with increased leg strength so lifting is the right thing to be doing. I also…
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NROLW - did you up your cals as suggested
It has arrived! I am very excited - I have seen a lot of totally inspiring before and afters on here from women lifters and I want to join them. Had a browse and the suggested cal intake is a little higher than what I am on. I eat 1500 plus exercise cals. I dont exercise much - 20 mins a day most days (there isnt scope to…
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Does losing weight bring up issues for you?
EG: not knowing what to do about male attention? Worrying about not being one of the girls? Scared of being singled out as vain or selfish because you spend time exercising and eating right? I find I have strange and contradictory ways of thinking about looking good and often I feel these tie inot feminist concerns. For…
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30 Day Shred before and after results
So its taken a lot longer than 30 days. I ahve been doing this for a bit over 2 months. But I am finally done and results are: Bust - 42 - 40 (2 inches off!) Waist 34.5 - 32 (2.5 inches off!) Hips (widest point) 42-40 (2 inches off!) Thigh 24.5 - 23 Also waist at widest point (my particular problem area: 42 - 37.5…
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Protein powder - does it matter which type?
I am looking mainly to lose weight and get toned - and Im female. I thought I might try some protein powder as my protein intake isnt quite at the 1g per lb of lean body mass I see recommended on here. Ive seen a few threads recommending diff powders on taste/mixability. But I am a little confounded by whats out there.…
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Today I have a healthy BMI
I am so pleased with this!!! Been bouncing about just above for a few weeks and at this weeks weigh in, finally, I'm there. I've been doing a pretty slow sensible approach 1500 cals and 20 mins of exercise most days and in 2 months I am 11lbs down and I look so much better. Ive been working on running (homemade C25K) and…
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So...new dress or new kecks?
Our anniversary is fast approaching. We usually go out for dinner and I would like to get dressed up despite feeling self-conscious. But we are very recession hit and money is really tight. Would you splash out on some nice underwear or on a dress? I am scared of buying serious underwear in case he laughs at me (I'm being…
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Tired of tomato based sauces? Try using butternut squash
We tend to eat things with sauce in our house because my daughter needs something to coat her carbs - she often wont eat much dry food. Shes only 2. Anyway I was getting a bit fed up of tomato-based sauces -even tho I dress them every which way. For me cooking in cream or oil takes too many cals out of the rest of my day -…
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Anyone out there with BF around 23% willing to post a pic?
Ive been doing a little number crunching using fat2fit and decided on 23% bodyfat as my goal - are there any women out there with roughly that BF%age willing to show me what it might look like? Would be helpful to have your height and weight too? This feels like a big ask so I might trawl the forums later and see if I find…
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Ideas for rewards
I am new to MFP and am giving myself weekly rewards for sticking to weekly goals - at least for the first couple of months. They need to be cheap and ideally non food rewards. Do you have any ideas or things you use to reward yourself with?
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Id like some UK/EU friends please
Will also accept people in the EEA and Switzerland. Joking - I wouldlike a few more friends in my timezone please (that also includes most of Africa. but I needed a punchy subject line) Im based in the UK, have been on here for just a week and am losing about 30 pounds. Thats 15kgs for you metric folks. So if my stupid…
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Hello out there - I could do with some buddies
Hi, I am starting out on MFP. I am overweight for the first time in my life, altho I have been struggling at the higher end of normal for about 5 years. I feel like I need to get to know my body all over again. I have the usual post pregnancy woes including having developed pretty bad eating habits and sore knees. I want a…
