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Boyfriend is on MFP but not having as much succes.
Hi all, My boyfriend and I are both doing MFP. Well, he started after me. He isn't on the forums and insists he knows how to lose weight and this isn't working for him. I started at the end of April and even with an injury that laid me up for a week, I have still lost 9 pounds so far. He is much larger than I at about 311.…
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Weight loss stopped? Eating too little or too much?
Hi all, I started about a month ago on MFP. Had a little setback with my knees but back on track. Well over that month I lost 6 pounds. Now it seems to have stalled so I want to make sure I'm doing it right. I am set to sedentary as I have a desk job. I am doing cardio for an hour mon, wed, fri. I'm doing 30 min lighter…
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MFP has my calories lower than my BMR?
Ok, I know that there are a lot of posts on the whole sedentary vs lightly active ect and BMR, TDEE and what not. Well, my BMR is roughly 1590. My TDEE is 2101 roughly, I went to a site called Scoobys fitness workshop to get a calorie amount of 1745 to lose to my goal weight. I have checked various sites recommended from…
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Question about shoes and knees
Hi all, Well I injured my knees pretty good about a week ago. I went to the doctor and was diagnosed with patellar tendonitis and possibly pes anserine burstitis. I was doing the c25k and got about 3 weeks in when my knees started killing me. I slowed down and did some power walking and still had pain. So I've been taking…
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Frustrated by injury!
I was doing so good for the last 3 weeks! I was exercising and eating well and I've lost 5 pounds already. Well I was starting up running again as that is my go to cardio to lose weight. I was doing fine, a little muscle stiffness but not bad. Then boom, last week I had real bad pains in my knees. I stopped running and did…
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Tdee+bmr=confused
Ok I want to make sure I'm not eating too much or too little. MFP was making my calories 1200 which was a little too low and I was hungry. I know to eat back exercise calories, but on days without exercise I stil was hungry. Plus I don't know how accurate mfp is with their exercise calories. Seemed a little high for some…
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Weak knees and shoulders.
Well I went to the doctor today as my knees were still really sore from Monday's run. Apparently I have to strengthen my quad and hamstring muscles as my knees are weak. I have patellar tendinitis, right now from overuse. She said I can continue to powerwalk on the treadmill as long as I don't go too hard. She doesn't want…
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Knees are sore
Well my knees have been sore from Monday's jog walk routine. I used to run when I was younger and the last time I tried to lose weight. Well the last time I ran consistently my ankle started having issues. I have weak joints especially in my knees and ankles. I really don't think I will continue with the running . I have…
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TDEE calculator
I found a tdee calculator at calorieline.com. http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee. Anyways, it is pretty cool. I put in my current statistics, then put in my goal weight. It give my current REE (I guess similar to BMR) and the REE for your goal weight. It then give a chart of calories to eat at various exercise/ work…
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Incline powerwalking on treadmill any good for fat burning?
Hi all, So far I've been doing a walk/jog interval workout on the treadmill for the last 3 weeks. Anyways my knees have been bothering me since yesterday's workout. I have weak joints, and that is the reason I stopped running last time. Running though is the only thing that I can really lose weight on. I don't want to…
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Breakfast before or after workout at gym?
Hi all, I've been wondering if it is better to eat breakfast before or after workout. My workout on gym days is 30- 45 minutes of jog/ power walking on treadmill. I walk 2 minutes jog 1 minute currently and am trying to work my way up to all jogging. Anyways, I wake up at 8:45 am and do my morning routine of cleaning/…
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Figuring out calories to eat and how active am I really.
Hi all, I'm new to this and just started figuring this out. I want to get healthier and lose about 20 pounds in the end. I have set my goal to 10 pounds for now as it seems extremely hard for me to lose weight as I get older, (i am 33 yo female) . Anyways I have done my calculations as sedentary and lightly active but not…
