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Whole Wheat vrs Regular
K I am stumped. Everyone talks about changing to whole wheat. (pasta is what I am talking abotu right now.) So I took a box of white pasta vrs whole wheat pasta. In the WHOLE grain there is 1gram MORE sugar and 1 gram LESS fibre. All the vitimans are the same amounts. The calories are exactly the same for either one. So…
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Chili trying to figure out the calories (homemade)
I made chili today. So I took all my igredients put them all in the slow cooker. A pound of hamburger (equals 16 oz) so usually i take that and divide by 4 to make 4 oz a meal, but now I have all the kidney beans in there and tomatos and tomato sauce so now if I weigh it 4 ozs won't be much with all that. So how do I…
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Inner Things Exercises
Lets just say THUNDER THIGHS. Losing weight but not in the inner thighs. My legs still rub together and I am not even that huge. Need some exercises that will tighten in there for at home. I was thinking leg lifts but will they target that area? Meaning lying on my side and lifting my leg up. Then turning on the other side…
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Canada People are you out there?
Hello out there. I realize there is Canadian people on this site but almost all my friends are Americans. And they are all great people, but I would like some closer neighbors too. Please join me in this journey. I look forward to you adding me as your friend. I was on here once before but never followed it. I have no just…
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Resting HR
Just got a new HRM with the strap. When I work out say for a hour I burn 645 calories. Should I be subtracting my resting calories for the hour? (resting (for a minute) x 60) Swoopette
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treadmill vs treadmill
I always go on the same treadmill till today. So confused on what to use now as it is completely different. I do subtract 25% off what the treadmill says as they aren't all accurate. So here is my delimma. I walk 65mins. @ 3.7mph (treadmill says 511 - 25% = 383) (same treadmill daily) I walk 65mins. @ 3.8mp treadmill said…
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Work out music. Please help me out
Hello, I am tired of my workout songs. I want something new so please all mfp give me 1 and only 1 song that you listen to while you walk, run, bench press, garden anything and I will make a new play list from them all. But I am hoping to get a lot of people helping me out thats why I only ask for one. But if you really…
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Looking for my start weight!
Hi, I am looking to find my start weight on here and the date where will I find that? Or will I? Someone please help. I have been looking around but can't find it anywhere. Also how do I put my goals on my profile. I see it on others in green saying start weight this and their finish weight this. Thanks Swoopette
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Womens Sketchers vrs all the others out there
Just want feed back from people who have Sketchers, Reebokes, New Balance or whatever else is out there. I have a pair of Sketchers and have been wearing them now for 3 weeks. I do wear them 10 hours a day with only sitting for half a hour. I work out in them too. I dont feel a difference. I do find them very comfortable…
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Heart Rate Monitor
I have been reading lots of people having heart rate monitors. What exactly is it and where do you wear it. I am thinking on the arm close to your heart. Does it tell you how many calories you burn what? Please give me all the information you can and where even if on line should I buy one. Or should I buy one? I am 39…
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Weight loss confussing me????
Okay i have been at this eating 1200 calories for 2 weeks now. I have so the scale says lost 10 pounds. I don't feel a difference in me and don't see a difference in my clothes. So I am thinking it is water. I am wonder if losing that much weight am I not giving myself enough calories???
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Sugars (natural vs crap)
My sugars are high. Yes go look at my food intake. Yup there is coke in there and trust me I know how bad that is for the body and everything else that goes along with it. I will stop drinking it but for right now I am working on eating healthier and drinking lots of water. Then I will get the coke cut out. But here is the…
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Help Me Please!!!
I was here over a year ago and didn't last long. Needless to say the fat joined me and now is keeping me company. I am having a problem understanding my calorie intake. Before when I was 20 pounds lighter it suggest that I eat 1200 calories. Now that I am 20 pounds heavier it is suggesting I eat just under 1600 calories…
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My Wagons' wheel.................
fell off and I fell off the wagan yesterday, I fell hard. From the minute I woke up I felt like crap. I am not a huge junk food eater my soft spot is my can of coke (ya thats junk food but not in my life :) it is a MUST :happy: and chips. Chips and dip don' t have them in the house or else. I never knew how many flippen…
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Inputted wrong weight
Hello all!! I started this site at 10 or 11pm so of course my weight is going to be hugely different from the am. I want to start doing my weigh-ins on Fridays at 8am. How I change my start weight? I know I have lost a couple pounds but not the 5 or 6 change from day to night. Is it possible to change your start weight? I…
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For weight loss from the book: Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle
Men: BMR = 66 + (13.7 X wt in kg) + (5 X ht in cm) - (6.8 X age in years) Women: BMR = 655 + (9.6 X wt in kg) + (1.8 X ht in cm) - (4.7 X age in years) Note: 1 inch = 2.54 centimeters 1 kilogram = 2.2 lbs. Example: You are male You are 30 yrs old You are 5' 8 " tall (172.7 cm) You weigh 172 lbs. (78 kilos) Your BMR = 66 +…
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What to do? Don't want to eat!!!!
I have days where I don't want to eat AT ALL. I force myself to eat. Like today I had my protien shake with fruit and juice ( Biggest losers) and then I had to force down lunch. But I wanted to go for a bike ride so I did. Well that gave me another 300+ calories to eat. ya like I needed them but I wanted that bike ride. I…
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Left over calories from the day before
Just wondering: Yesterday when I started this it was late at night. So once I figured this all out I had 200+ calories left to eat, but they say don't eat after 8pm. So I didn't and let the calories go. Today I have about 40 left over. So in total it is over 200 calories. So if on Tuesday I went over by 200 would I still…
