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Woman & Weights
Should I be using low weights and high reps or High weights and low reps to burn fat?
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Breakfast The age old dielemma!
I love eggs! I really do! I could eat them everyday, i eat them boiled, fried (nonstickpan), scrambeled, in quiche, any which way! I LOVE THEM! I am also aware that surely this is not healthy to eat eggs every day! What can I switch my breakfast up with???? I do not like oatmeal at all! and cereal doesnt not keep me full…
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How many days to train a week
Hey there How many days a week do you train/ gym in a 7 day week and where do you place your rest days?
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2 NSV's & its not even 10am
Good Morning MFP 2 thinks happend this morning 1. a shirt that was too tight to wear last summer ( 3 months ago) fits me comfortably! :love: 2. I tried a pair of my pants on this morning (a 16) that i havent been able to wear for years and they fit, A little snug, but i could :love: actually wear them. Things like this…
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This made my day!
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely..." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Calories - Eating back from workout
Should I be eating ALL my calories back when I have worked out? I know there are allot of opinions on this topic, I normally eat some of them back but not all of them?! Some nights I work out and burn 400 - 700 cal and then I eat back 100 - 300. Should I not be doing this at all or should i be eating them all back!?…
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Cal burned in Gym VS Weight
Hey guys So in gym tonight I noticed that you should be changing the the weight when ou set the machines manually as they work out your calories burned. I never knew this and the machine was calculating my cal burned at a weight 20kg lighter than what i am! FFS! Does this mean I have been burning more or less calories or…
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Eating Calories Back
Should I be eating ALL my calories back when I have worked out? I know there are allot of opinions on this topic, I normally eat some of them back but not all of them?! Some nights I work out and burn 400 - 700 cal and then I eat back 100 - 300
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Eating back Calories from working out
Should I be eating ALL my calories back when I have worked out? I know there are allot of opinions on this topic, I normally eat some of them back but not all of them?! Some nights I work out and burn 400 - 700 cal and then I eat back 100 - 300. Should I not be doing this at all or should i be eating them all back!?…
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How long to wait to start training again - Bronchitis
Hey there I have been outta gym 2 weeks with bronchitis, I still have a slight cough but nothing serious, so you guys think its ok for me to go back to gym now?! I dont wannna get sick again but I am itching to get back to gym!!!!
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My Body is Saying THANK YOU!
I have been outta gym for 2 weeks, I had a bad fall and hurt my back and then I picked up Bronchitis, grrrrrrr today I am feeling better and this morning i realised for the first time EVER when I have been sick I have not totally fallen of the rails! My body is saying thankyou for the last two weeks Still eating healthy…
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Butternut Soup with Bacon Bits
Hey guys, I have to share this recipe :) It is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! Def one of my more brilliant moments in the Kitchen Good Morning Everyone, Ingredients • 1.3kg Butternut (chopped & peeled weight) • 500g potato (chopped & peeled weight) • 1whole garlic (medium) this can be adjusted to taste too. • 200g bacon bits (I cut…
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Lunch to pack in for work
I love this site so much and getting everyones ideas together: What do you pack in for lunch at work? Or if you dont work what would you pack in? At the moment I am Addicted to couscous salads :) hehehe Delish my latest: (roughly 355 cal) 50g dry cous cous prepared the night before with some salt & water NO oil 1/4 med avo…
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Putting in the Effort - Here we go!
Somedays I have to wonder about my head and how it works! Fell totally off the rails the weekend! More than losing wight I am doing this to get healthy! I have been sick with Bronchitis etc and am only starting to get better now! This weekend was my moment! of "I NEED TO DO THIS" my body is not coping with everything! I am…
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I LOVE MFP!!!!!
Goooood Morning all from a chilly Cape Town, I was sitting this morning while i was logging this morning thinking........ why I LOVE this site soooooo much Well here are my reasons: 1. It has forced me to be accountable for what I eat 2. It has made me realise how much I let myself go and how hard I am gonna have to work…
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The best Thing about MFP
Goooood Morning all from a chilly Cape Town, I was sitting this morning while i was logging this morning thinking........ why I LOVE this site soooooo much Well here are my reasons: 1. It has forced me to be accountable for what I eat 2. It has made me realise how much I let myself go and how hard I am gonna have to work…
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NSV - There is so much more to this
I want to be healthy and I want to be fit! I want to make the healthy choices without having to give it too much thought1 , I want to live a good life and look after my body! TODAY was the first day in my life that I did that I made a choice about lunch with really thinking about it! I made an amazing cous-cous tuna salad…
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Mind Set and Weightloss
Good Morning all So overall i know that this whole lifestyle change and all is a mindset! Mine keeps getting distratcted! Struggling to keep focussed! I am a major emotional eater and I am really struggling to get this under control! Last night i climbed into a whole nut slab and DEMOLISHED IT past 22:00 :(…
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Shocked by what I look like in my before photos
Just a small rant : I never realised how much I had let my body go till i took my first "before" photos the other day! I was so disgusted! Even though I have alerady lost 6.5kg and 37cm I stilll look terrible! :( So sad what I have allowed to let happen to myself and my own body! One day when I have lost the weight maybe I…
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One Month of dedication is paying off
Gooood Morning all from a sunny but chilly Morning in Cape Town, South Africa! So this morning I did I measurements for the first time since I started MFP and Gyming regularly a month ago and while I am aware that I have lost some weight and cm's I was fully aware of how well I have done! I super proud of myself and am…
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Gym when sick!?!?!?!
Good Morning all Handle this i am just getting into Routine agian and I can feel I am starting to get sick! I am going to pharmacy to get some meds now now and start drinking them, it hasnt hit my respitory system yet! Do you think I can still gym, Ill take it easy, maybe just cycle for 20min or something!?! What are your…
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Suddenly i need treats! What am I a pupp in training!
I have suddenly found this need to incorporate and save calories for treats every day or every other day! WTF!? Did i turn into a puppy!? if your good and do this you can have a treat!?! Grrrrrrrrr..... having such a moment with myself! I dont overdo them at all! I have one cookie! and I am not over my count just yet BUT…
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Need something new for lunch!
Helllooo all! I am soooo bored of what I am eating and I need to change it up a bit! I normally have chicken salad or chicken on crackers or tuna on either! I am thinking of a nice sandwhich but OH with what on? HELP ME PLEASE!!!!:happy:
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I LOVE NSV!!!! sooooo much
Hey all I hope that you are all doing well and well on your way to living a better & healthier life! So..... a few small things for me that are keeping me going! 1. My collar bones are starting to show very slightly! i can feel them clearly when I run my hands over them, its been a while! 2. My ribs are starting to come…
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Strength Training to tone not build
Hey there Quick question I am currently only doing cardio in gymwhich is helping shed excess weight! Where should I start with strength training!? Should i shed the weigh first and then tone?! All advice welcome Thanks
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3 weeks...6.5kg down ..18- 20kg to go and my first comment
So this morning was my first momemt of really feeling the weightloss for real! my boyfriend put his hands around my waist this morning and say "oh oh oh there is so much less here" he is very supportive and keeps reminding me that he loves me as I am which I know he does but OMG! That was an amazing Feeling! he is a big…
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20 - 27 kg to loose in 6 months
Hey all, I am new here and I very excited to be using MFP! I have read the success stories and they are amazing! I have set myself a goal to work towards, I want to loose no less than 20kg by the end of 2012! I am tired of being overweight and feeling ****ty about myself! I am going to try herbalife shake as of next week!…
