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Running - How do you tell if the shoes are right or wrong?
Hello! I'm relatively new to running. I do it as my cardio after my weight lifting workouts. I run for roughly 20-30 minutes, at an average speed 10km/hr; I'm running with my Asics Gel Hawk 5 shoes. And honestly, I don't think they are problematic for me. I don't get any troubles with my legs while running, but still... I…
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How do you deal with Stress?
My guess is that most of you will reply 'By working out'. But is that all? Is working out the secret to dealing with stress? The past few months I've had so much work related stress that I lost all of my desire to follow diets, workout plans or do anything really. Work has become from a place that I loved and looked…
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Workout plan - please comment, give feedback and further ideas
Hello all. I've been working out relatively regularly the past month - going three times to the gym for a mix of weights with cardio. I did see a bit of result, but starting last week I had to switch my schedule as I started French lessons. What right now I'm doing and will be doing for a while is the following: Mondays -…
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Yet another newbie Lifting topic...
Well, after reading so much around the forums I've decided to look into lifting and eventually try it out as additional toning. As I've got problems with my eyes (history of pressure and one ophthalmologist a while back warning me to not lift heavy) I did go to my doctor to get cleared - was okayed to start lighter and to…
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Motivation Tricks
With so many people asking for help with motivation, I thought that a topic where we can share our motivation tricks will be quite good :) I'm normally not all that easy to get the motivation to do something - honestly, I'm lazy. But this time around I'm quite pumped to do all this. It has never really been so easy to just…
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Losing weight for dummies
Well, as someone who needs to lose 15kg, I'm honestly in need of serious advice. I'm trying to lose weight, but it is hard. Counting calories seriously is not as simple as it sounds. First, over here most foods do not have any labels regarding nutritional facts. Supposedly from January all food producers will be made to…
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Workout Programs - One Vs Hybrids?
I've been wondering whether I should pick a single DVD program and stick to it, or whether I can do some sort of a hybrid that will keep me interested and challenged the entire time. I know that there are a lot of people who are fans of Beach Body's programs, other who adore Jillian Michaels. I personally am somewhere in…
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TDEE - Help with my activity and calories?
Hello all, I'm trying to calculate my TDEE, but I need help with figuring out what is my activity level with the training plan I've prepared for myself. I've decided to do Body Revolution/Insanity hybrid. The plan is instead of doing BR's cardio workouts to do Insanity. During my BR workouts which are 30ish minutes long I…
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Shall talk about results?
It's maybe what worries everyone - will you get results, will they be enough to feel happy and so on... So I decided to make this thread in order to have people share their results this time around. I just started my second week of Insanity and I've decided to measure myself on the mornings after my Rest days. So this was…
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Insanity and C25K Hybrid?
Am I insane or yes? I've been doing Insanity for 2-3 weeks now. It's super fun, I love it, but I kind of feel like making it a bit more diverse. Plus things at work have been getting crazy and I just need to... run away? In a way... I've never actually run, so I will be a very beginner kind of thing, but the C25K sounds…
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Nutrition & Calories
Hello all! I suppose that all of you have calculated your TDEEs and are eating according to them. Do you manage to hit your calorie goals? What about your macros? I'm having incredibly hard time with both. I'm having huuuuge difficulties reaching my TDEE-20% which I calculated at 1700ish. Of course I can easily reach it if…
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What do you do when you can't finish?
Well... Today was the second time that I simply couldn't finish the work out. I hate it, but I simply could not move on. I woke up early, having slept about 4 hours after a late night out with the girls, and decided to kick it in the morning, because I will be out and about all day long, so might not have time in the…
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Insanity vs TurboFire vs T25 vs Body Revolution?
Okay, so I'm back on the track to lose those last 10-15 kgs that separate me from my dream weight. I had to pause working out the past month and a half as my work got quite busy (got a promotion that included non stop traveling, meetings, tons of work) and with it I dropped all my restrictions on food and let myself eat…
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How was your day?
So, how was your day? My Monday was crazy busy and crazy stressful, and today's Cardio Recovery came as a blessing. Quite surprised that it got me all sweaty and shaky!
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What did you do TODAY?
Each day matters. So I think each day we should post here what we did. The good stuff - working out, eating properly, and the bad stuff - binges, lazy days, and so on. No judgement allowed. Only support and friendly 'poking' if we see someone is getting off course. I think that being honest with yourself is so much harder…
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It's my birthday and I feel like giving up
Well... it's my birthday. I've never liked my birthdays, not even when I was a kid as it caused a lot of drama in the family (fights, etc), then I hated it when I was a teenager and with every next year I got to hate it more and more as my birthday to me has always been equal to something like New Years for most people -…
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So... what if I can't do any heavy lifting?
Ok, the past few days I've been reading a lot all over the forums, here, google, etc. And it seems that when it comes to those last x-amount of kgs the best way to get everything moving is doing heavy lifting. All great, but what if you cannot do it? I have huge issues with my eyes (totally shortsighted, really high…
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Help needed. Newbie in trouble
Hello, after I posted this (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1253046-a-month-in-and-might-have-been-doing-it-wrong-all-along) I was pointed to this amazing group and I spent the past few hours reading the informational important posts, some other member's posts and by now I'm quite sure that I've been counting…
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At Home Workout - Mixing it up!
Hello all! A month and a half ago I finally started working out regularly. I'm not a big fan of gyms, mostly because the one that are near my home are really small, old, and just... well... not good; and the ones near my workplace are either too expensive or too crowded, and I, suffering from mild anxiety and huge…
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Aaaaand it's Easter...
First of all Happy Easter to all who celebrate. But I'm sure that even if you're not on the religious side (like I am - believer, but not a church-supporter) being with the family on a holiday can be bad. Especially when the family is not supporting you - mine support me spiritually, but they keep on bringing a billion and…
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A month in... and might have been doing it wrong all along.
Hello! I've been logging in on MFP for over a month now. Working out, trying to stay on the low-calorie side of things, but the more I read, the more I get to believe that I might have been doing it all wrong. About me: female/27/172cm/72kg - dream weight 60ish? Lightest I have ever been - 66 kg (for about a summer a few…
