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Quit Smoking - Gained Weight?
I'm wondering how many people are here to lose the weight they put on after they quit smoking. I was a heavy smoker for many years and in September will have been quit for 5 years. I've never really had a weight problem but after I quit smoking I started eating and just didn't stop - I suppose I was rewarding myself or…
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Friend Invitations
I seem to get a lot of random invitations to be friends on MFP. I'm not a "friend collector" and I take my "friend" responsibilites very seriously and I like to give each one individual attention so I don't want my list to be too large. I therefore tend to choose friends that I have things in common with but I also don't…
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Should I exercise every day?
I am fairly new to diet and exercise and am looking for some advice. Right now I go for a daily two mile walk and put in about 40 to 60 minutes a day on a stationary bike burning between 400 - 600 calories between the two activities. I notice some people have "exercise-free" days and I was wondering whether I should follow…
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Calculating exercise question
I am trying to figure out my TDEE and am not sure how to classify the amount of exercise I do. On a daily basis I walk at least two miles (burning about 197 calories according to my present weight) and spend about 35 minutes on the exercise bike (where I supposedly burn around 225 calories). Some days I do more, some days…
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Using the Exercise Database
I'm wondering how much faith many of the new dieters put in the MFP exercise base. I'm not saying the database is entirely inaccurate but you must keep in mind that it has been assembled by the MFP community. Let's take walking at 3.5 mph for example. If you are not the same age, height, weight and gender as the person who…
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Digital Scales - Did I waste my money?
I decided to replace my old manual scale with a digital one since my eyesight isn't what it used to be and I was having trouble reading the "in-between" pounds. Yesterday, I stepped on the new scales about 15 different times and got 15 different readings. I find it hard to believe I could shed 2 pounds in a matter of…
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Looking for buddies born in the '50's
Hi: I am a lady from Vancouver Island in Canada who will be 60 in September and I need to lose about the same number of pounds in weight. I would like to buddy up with others near my age with similar goals for support and encouragement. One of my problems is knowing what type of exercises I should be doing and how to do…
