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Keeping an eye on sodium
Hey everyone, it's been a while. After living abroad in Japan for the last year, the food has been healthy and naturally I've lost a little weight, despite not sticking to any weight loss plan. However, the diet is naturally high in carbs and especially sodium. Now I'm back in Scotland and working on my diet again. I don't…
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How much does healthy eating help?
So we all know that a healthy diet is crucial to losing weight, but by how much? You hear a lot of terms like 'abs are made in the kitchen' and such, but I had always thought that losing weight was 50/50 diet and exercise, but people have told me that diet is the biggest factor. Any thoughts?
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Low carb diet, how low?
I've only got around 15lbs to lose, so I'm considering going low carb to try and shift it, because so far I've tried everything else and the last 15lbs just won't budge! I've looked around the forum to see what other people consider low carb, and on google, but nobody seems to really agree. At the moment I'm having up to…
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Your favorite inspirational quotes
Do any of you know any inspirational quotes, and if you do, have they ever helped you? I've always struggled with losing the weight and saying no the the sweets. I work in a coffee shop that sells home made fresh cheesecakes, muffins and the like, so I've always found it hard to say 'no'. But over the last few days a…
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30 day shred?
Hey guys, I've just started dieting again after months off of it, so I'm dedicating this month to getting into the swing on things, getting into eating healthy again ect, and next month I'm looking to start the 30 day shred. I'm wonder, where do I find the 30 day shred? Is it online? A DVD? And also, is there any before…
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Food for burning body fat percentage
Hey guys, So after being off the diet wagon for way too long, I've decided enough is enough and I need to get my act back. My goals are the same, but there's so many diets now a days it's hard to figure out what my body needs! About 6 months ago I consulted a doctor and a personal trainer, and my goal is to reach a 18-19%…
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New, 18yo female. Tips?
Hey guys I've struggled with weight loss for about 6 years now, and I've tried it all and lost very little. I've tried starving, 1200 calories, frantic exercise, I've binged along the way but only lost 13lbs over 6 years. I've decided that I've got nothing to lose anymore and I'll try my best to be truly healthy and fit,…
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eating BMR?
Hey guys, Since the beginning of May, I've been trying to be strict with my eating, but I've had trouble with binging ect. My BMR was tested and my body composition measured, and I've been eating 1200 calories a day, and I'm considering putting it up to 1400. My BMR is only 1466 a day, but I exercise around 4000+ calories…
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What is with me?
Hey guys Yesterday I started my new workout plan, did my weights yesterday and cardio today. But for some reason today I just *couldn't* do the half of it. My biggest hurdle is that I can now jog 30 minutes, and I've done it more than once in the last 2 weeks, but the last couple of times I've failed. Last time I had to…
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Hey, this group came highly reccomended after my last thread got hijacked sadly, and I'm hoping here I'll finally be able to get some good advice. I used to be very athletic a few years ago, but since became lazy and I'm really wanting to get back in shape again. I've had appointments with both my Doctor and my Personal…
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comments from parents?
Hey guys, I'm wondering if anyone has this same problem as I do? I'm doing really well with my weight loss and weigh about 128lbs/ 58.9kg, and I've just recently become able to see my abs. But today after my workout at the gym I got home and my dad casually remarked 'you have a really big stomach', even though I know it's…
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Best exercise for a 18 yo female?
Hey guys, I'm a 18 year old female, and I weigh 130lbs/ 59kg. My goal is to lose 2kg of fat. My problem is that I bulk easily, and I'm looking for strength and cardio advice on how to shed the fat and tone without the bulk. I've looked into several plans like, pilates, cycling, spinning, running, dancing ect, but everyone…
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Too much information?
Hey everyone, I'm new here, but I'm an 18 year old female who has decided to get the healthiest she can. Over the years I've read up on so many foods that are good for you, bad for you, what you should and shouldn't eat, super foods, negative calorie foods ect, that finding a good diet has been hard, so I thought I'd tell…
