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Wrist pain due to cycling
I have recently started cycling and only stressful area is the palm of my hands and my wrists. I dont have numbness yet but after every bike ride I feel the pain for next couple of days. It is quite uncomfortable during the ride. I have searched few websites but would like to hear different views. It seems like whatever I…
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Foam Roller
Anybody has experience of using foam rollers for stretching the thigh and calf muscles? Did you find it effective after cycling or running? I have searched the net and can see many positive reviews. Runners are using them for stretching big thigh muscles which also have positive impact on the knee pain. How much would it…
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Weekend challenge # 13 - Burn 1200 calories
Hi All, I almost forgot this time but posting the challenge on saturday morning now. I think most of the people here are enjoying the long weekend. In order to avoid going really over the daily calories goal lets burn atleast 1200 of those calories this weekend once again. You may burn the calories anyway you like but make…
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Cycling challenge
Hi Everyone, I was wondering how many of you in this group do outdoor cycling in the summer? Snow will be starting to melt from next month or so. It will be great if we can set up monthly cycling challenges for total distance travelled in one month. This could be additional/alternative exercise in our daily goals. I…
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Weekend # 12 Challenge - Burn 1200 calories
Hello everyone! I am posting the weekend challenge with little increase to 1200 calories. I hope weather is getting little bit where ever you are. With all the snow this weekend is going to be sunny here atleast. I will take my bike for the ride and burn those 1200 calories. I hope you guys will make the effort to move and…
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Weekend # 11 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories
Hi Group, Last weekend was one of the highest in terms of calories burnt. Almost 18000 calories were burnt and this was a good improvement from recent average of 14000 or so. Weekend is here again and I hope all of you will participate with the same enthusiasm. Last week has not been great for many of us in terms of…
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Muffin top
I came across this term on mfp referring to jiggly belly on top of fitted jeans. I have gone down from 52 waist to almost 42 waist jeans. But with this size I am a bit of muffin top:( What are few effective exercises to get rid of the muffin top? I am doing a couple of them but would like to work on it intensly.
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WeekEnd # 10 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories
Hi everyone, weekend challenge is here to burn 1000 calories on this Saturday and Sunday. This is to keep us active over the weekends. It will be great if you can guys can take the challenge and post the number of calories burnt on each day. I hope this way more people can see the motivation to try this challenge. Last…
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WeekEnd # 9 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories
This is the first weekend challenge for March. Lets burn 1000 calories over this saturday and sunday. Dont be lazy and try to be active over the weekend. Whatever way you want to burn them, it is upto you. Just burn as much as you can. Stats will be updated next week. I will try to burn more than 1500 calories…
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Week End Challenge # 8 - Burn 1200 calories
The challenge this weekend is to burn 1200 calories. We are close to the end of 2nd month and I think it is about time to up the challenge. Last week was great many people burnt much more than 1000 calories. Same spirit and effort is needed this weekend too burn 1200 or more calories and report in this thread. Push…
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Week End Challenge # 6 - Burn 1000 calories plus..
Hey people, hope you guys are having a good start of the weekend:happy: The challenge this weekend is to burn 1000 calories. The calories you will burn should include either one of these exercises i.e. 50 calf raises or 50 squats or 50 sit ups:bigsmile: The point is those of us who are only burning the cals with simple…
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Weekend # 5 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories!
Hey guys I had almost forgot to post the challenge! It was such a lazy day but not anymore:) Take the challenge and lets burn 1000 calories today and tomorrow. We got to do it, Come on people!!! Lets encourage and support each other. Group also looked a little bit slow, bring the energy back:)
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Carbs - easiest ways to reduce carbs
Hey guys, I notice that my carbs intake go over my daily goal by 30-35% almost everyday. If i eat rice once a while it shoots up further. Clearly there is a problem. How do I reduce my bread intake? Whats the replacement for it? What are the other simple things that can be done to keep carbs under control? I will…
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Sore Knees!
I had started my c25k 3 weeks ago and after having a good start I am having pain in my knees, not too much but while running I am feeling it. In addition to that I am trying to do more walking. I have a couple of questions: How many days should I rest for? 3-4 days or untill the pain goes away completely? Seocndly should I…
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Achilles Tendons recovery
Hi, I have achilles tendons problem at the back of my heels for the last 3 years. I have done physiotherapy, massages, acupuncture, cold therapy etc. It has recovered to 75% by acupunture treatment but as soon as I start long walks or jog the pain comes back. I want to do little bit jogging but the pain stops me every…
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WeekEnd # 4 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories
Weekend is here once again! It is time to get stay active over the next two days:) Remember we should be losing Pound a week and not many of us are consistently able to do this. This means more efforts are needed! Lets push ourselves hard on this weekend and try to burn minimum 1000 calories and if you burn more then…
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Sore Knees!
I had started my c25k 3 weeks ago and after having a good start I am having pain in my knees, not too much but while running I am feeling it. In addition to that I am trying to do more walking. I have a couple of questions: How many days should I rest for? 3-4 days or untill the pain goes away completely? Seocndly should I…
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WeekEnd # 3 Challenge - Burn 1000 calories
Hello guys, weekend is here and I guess we cannot relax too much on our daily calories goals. So the Weekend challenge is here for the taking! I am suggesting to burn 1000 calories over the weekend. I hope most of us should be able to meet this challenge. Lets burn those extra calories this weekend. I could not complete…
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Pedometer Users
Does anyone uses pedometer to count the everyday steps? I just saw an app runtastic pedmoter on fitnesspal and just wanted to give it a try. I wonder if anyone else has some good or bad experience with it. Yesterday I walked 3500 steps.
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WeekEnd # 2 Challenge - Burn 800 calories
Weekend is here again and I think weekend challenge is due as well:happy: I am suggesting a weekend challenge to burn 800 calories over the next two days. This is lower than last week as I think most of us found it little difficult to burn this many cals along with the other weekend plans. Therefore I think it is better to…
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Weigh in for 2013 on 1st January!
Hi everyone, please post your weights on 1st January in this thread, this will be a good start to the journey. After that we can weigh in weekly to see the progress!
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C25K new beginners wanted!
I hope most of you are aware of C25K (couch to 5 kilometers) plan/application. I was wondering if someone is going to start using it recently. I am planning to start C25K in a day or two and it will be great to have some buddies to follow up on that. It is an excellent program and if done properly for a couple of months…
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WeekEnd Challenge - Burn 1,000 calories
As we all know that on the weekends most of us go over the daily calories goal. May be it is difficult to control but there is another way of tackling this problem i.e. BURN those extra calories. I am suggesting a weekend challenge to burn 1,000 calories over the next two days. I hope most of us should be able to meet this…
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January 1st 2013 starting weight
Hi everyone, starting the new thread on the new year eve for posting starting weights for all the group members. Quite a few people suggested to have a fresh thread starting on January 1st. Please enter your start weights here and also the goal weight at the end of year 2013. Good luck with pound a week weight loss for the…
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Weight gain message by MFP
I was wondering that MFP gives the message when someone loses weight (and we get encouragement from the friends) but there is no message when we gain weight:) I think either a sympathetic or a sarcastic message from MFP should be effective for the people like me who are slacking or the people who are not doing enough!!…
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Losing my weight loss bet with friends:(((
I had a bet with 2 of my friends to lose 20 kgs (44lbs) by the end of this year. We started in April and I thought we had ample time but just realized today that we are running out of time. From next week if I want to win i have to lose minimum 1lb per week every week!!!!! I am leading but looks like all of us will lose as…
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4 Kg weight gain in 4 days??? How?
How on earth is it possible to gain 4Kg weight in 4 days????? I cannot believe that. It means whatever junk I ate just in 4 days was instantly stored and become part of my body? How come it can happen so quickly:(((
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NSV- Colleagues getting started on MFP
Although I have not lost a lot of weight but it is visible and my colleagues in the office have been asking me about it. I told them about the use of MFP and now couple of them today asked me to help them in getting started on MFP. Does this count as my NSV?
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Accupuncture treatment experience
Hi, I am currently undergoing accupuncture treamtment for my achilles tendonitis problem in both the heel tendons.I had been on pain killers for last 10 months. My achilles problem is over 2 years old. If you guys can share your experiences with accupunture and number of treatments it needed to be cured from the problem…
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Cycling for New Beginners....150 KM challenge
I liked the idea of posting a challenge for the month. Any new beginners with the cycles wants to start for the 150 Km challenge to be completed in July? Sunday July 1 would be a good day to take a start. What do you guys think? For the regular cyclists I know they could find 150km in a month looks funny but trust me for…
