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Bay Area?
I would love to have some friends on here that are in the Bay Area. I think it's because I've never heard of most of the foods or restaurants my out of state friends like/are talking about. So, I'm Francesca from Oakland - you are? ;)
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Just broke up. ...feeling my motivation slipping away.
My boyfriend and I just broke up, like literally, within the hour, and I can already feel my will to push forward weakening. This morning I was looking forward to going for a run after work, and doing some lifting. ...now I just kind of want to go home and go to sleep. I could use some help from someone who has gone…
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Why am I losing more weight since I stopped working out?
I've heard/read that weight loss is 70% diet and 30% exercise, but, wow. A few weeks ago I really started focusing (more) on my diet, and I've lost like 15lbs. But in the months prior, when I was working out like a fiend, I wasn't losing much of anything at all. What's happening here? I suspect it's not all water…
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Plateau. ...help!
So, I've plateaued for like the third time since I've started losing weight about 5 years ago (I've lost over 120lbs total, and kept it off with the exception of the occasional 5-10lbs up and down). I'm pretty close to my goal weight (about 20lbs away), and I had actually gotten to ten lbs lighter than I am now, but then I…
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Ladies: Reaching goal. ...and then another goal.
So, I used to weigh well over 300lbs. I'm now at 175, my goal, and though I've been able to 'rebound' pretty well for the most part, but one thing I've always been SUPER insecure about is my breasts. To be perfectly blunt, they look like ****. So to reward myself for reaching my goal of 175, and just because I feel like I…
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One Hundred Gram Carb Cure.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/one_hundred_gram_carb_cure ...before the lambasting begins, I just want to know if anyone has had success with this? I've been eating a lot of junky carbs lately (bad break up), and I need to get back on track. Even though I've continued to lose weight because I've…
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To join a gym, or not to join a gym? That is the question.
I normally work insane hours, so I do my workouts at home. I go for runs, walks, and do The Butt Bible, coach track, etc. That being said, my work day is about to get cut short almost two hours a day for the next month or so. Then it's going to get cut 2 more hours a day, followed by being off for a month for summer. I…
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The Butt Bible.
So I'm in my second week of The Butt Bible, and I must say, it is the funniest workout video I've ever seen. ...make love to the butt? Crack the nuts? *kitten* to the grass? Russian style? Yeah. That being said, hopefully someone else who's done it before can tell me if it really worked for them. Granted, I'm still on the…
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DailyBurn.com?
Thinking about subscribing, but wanted to know if anyone has tried it, and what their thoughts on it are. Worth it?
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A wild guess...
Does anyone else get insanely frustrated when you eat something from somewhere that doesn't have nutritional information available, and then you hop on the MFP database and/or the internet, and can NOT find something comparable to log in terms of calories? I've spent the better part of the last hour trying to find calories…
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Taco Tuesday!
I LOVE tacos, and I find they can actually be a pretty healthy way to go if you make them right. What's your favorite taco recipe? Or where do you get your favorite tacos from? My desire to post this came from this new cookbook I purchased call The Food Truck Cookbook. In it there is a recipe for fried avocado tacos which…
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One big meal a day.
So, I made a promise to myself with week that I would stay within my calories all week, and so far I have been, but I've also started just basically eating one big meal a day, usually lunch(ish). Is this horrible. It helps me stay within my calories and eat what I want, but I'm guessing it's not all that good for me. Last…
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...just did a 10K so I could eat Cinnabon.
I REALLY wanted Cinnabon, but it's an astronomical amount of calories to consume one roll, so I went and did a 10K. ...have you ever done a crazy workout so you could eat something super high in calories? If so, what was the workout? ...and more importantly, what was the food?
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Another day. ...another kind of junk in the break room.
So yesterday in the break room at my job there were some delectable looking donuts available for ravishing, which I declined, after thinking about indulging for quite some time, and even though I accidentally dropped the lunch I brought from home and was left without food for hours. Today, there is cake. Half chocolate…
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216 heart rate during HIIT. ...normal?
I was wearing my HRM for my first session of HIIT, and my max heart rate was 216. That seems REALLY high. Is that normal? I did jumping jacks (but, like, a coked out high speed version), and the whole workout lasted less than 15 minutes, as everything I've read about HIIT said start off with a fairly small increment of…
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Scale fear.
So, I know this might sound kind of odd, but I am ridiculously afraid to get on the scale this week. Last week I had a REALLY big loss, and normally I step on the scale every other day, just to see where I am, and I generally don't take it too seriously, or get discouraged if my weight goes up. That being said, after this…
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Has your weight loss put strain on your relationship?
A couple weeks ago my boyfriend and I almost broke up - as a matter of fact, I thought we had. I later came to find out that he was basically insecure because I started working out and eating clean (which he had been encouraging me to do) and was acting out because of it. He felt like I wasn't making enough time for him…
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Concerned I'm losing muscle, not fat.
So this week I lost 3.8lbs. ...and while I think most people would be happy with that, I'm freaked out I'm losing muscle. Is there a way to know the difference? I also lost 2.75 inches this week. How do I tell if I am losing muscle vs. fat? I've upped my protein a lot in the last week, and I've been working out 6 days a…
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Vegetarians. ...has working out made you want to eat meat?
So, I've been a vegetarian for over a decade. I started eating fish about a year ago, so I guess I'm a pescatarian now, but I started working out pretty hardcore about a month ago,and since then, man have I been craving meat. I ran my first 5K today, and now I'm relaxing on my couch, and all I can think about is hot dogs.…
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Why does the background of your photo look like that?
...perhaps this is kind of irrelevant, but, this is MyFitnessPal, not Hoarders. Clean up your house if you're going to feature it in your photos for the whole world to see. I've literally seen like 5 photos today, where someone is prominently displaying their body, and I couldn't even tell you what they look like, because…
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I would do anything for love. ...but I won't do that.
What, exactly, do you think 'that' was?
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First 5K on Saturday!
I'm running my first 5K on Saturday, and I'm starting to get nervous. Any tips for a first timer? I have the day before the race off - should I rest? Eat a lot? Not eat a lot? Get a good workout in? Any help would be appreciated! ...thanks.
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Will dropping to 150 net carbs a day help with fat loss?
Advice needed. I restarted MFP seriously about a month ago. I have eaten within my calories (which are kinda high, set to lose .5lbs a week, 2030 calories) every day, I started working out, I cut out fast food, diet soda, and I just generally eat pretty healthy. The first few weeks, before I started exercising, I lost like…
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How'd you do on your goals last week? Goals for this week?
Last week my goals were to not drink any diet soda, to stay within my calories every single day, to get in at least 4 workouts (one must be a jog), to measure myself, and to not get off track because the scale is messing with me. ALL COMPLETED! This weeks goals are exactly the same, with the exception of 5 workouts (2…
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Working out. ...and gaining weight.
So, I've been seriously working out the last two weeks, and during that time the scale has gone up, even though I'm staying within my calories (the same calories that, the weeks before I started working out a lot, had me losing several pounds per week), and eating healthy - high fiber, not a lot of processed foods, fruits,…
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Rhodiola?
I just started taking Rhodiola, and I was wondering if anyone else has used it/is using it, and what it's done for them. I didn't start taking it for weight loss, but instead mood support. The more reading I do about it, the more I feel like it might help with weight loss as well, but I was wondering if anyone had ANY kind…
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Before and after. ...and beyond.
Before: After: ...and still have 30lbs to go. But I'm going!
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What has giving up fast food done for you?
This wasn't a New Years resolution, because frankly, I don't believe in them, but I gave up fast food on Monday. That may not seem like a very long time, but I was fast food ADDICTED. I would even lose weight while eating it, but it would make me feel terrible physically, and it was the thing I would go to when I went off…
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Atkins?
I started working out a week or so ago, and since I'm working out daily, my hunger level has gone through the roof, so my low cal diet is not really working anymore. I had taken off almost 20lbs in two weeks, then when I started working out I put back on like 7lbs. I refuse to be miserable and just eat salad to stay within…
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Not OR but AND.
When it comes to weight loss I've always been a diet OR exercise person. I can diet all day long, and it got me to where I am now, 100lbs lighter than I was for the majority of my adult life, but I've been at the same weight now for almost three years, and even though I'm SO thankful I haven't put the weight back on, I'm…
