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Looking for Motivating Friends
Hi all! I'm a 45 yo mom of 3 working on losing 20 lbs. I would love to add some friends who like to comment, chat and motivate one another! If that's you, please add me!
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The Abs Diet
I know this book is a bit old but is anyone following it? I have in the past with great success only to fall off the wagon. My focus this go around is on the healthy lifestyle more than the weight loss which I know will occur anyway. I want to change my habits forever! I would love to friend anyone that has this book and…
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Looking for pacing partner
I am not sure this is the right place for this but I am looking for someone that wants to be my "pacing partner." We will correspond through email or through MFP messages daily to motivate one another and check in on nutrition, goals, exercise, etc. I have found that this direct accountability helps me more than having a…
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A friend who might be an alcoholic - I need advice!
Help! I have a dear friend who I am pretty certain is an alcoholic. We have 2 other mutual friends whom I have spoken with and all 3 of us agree that there is a problem. She is very put together - has a job, 4 kids, husband, involved in the community so you would never guess. I am not sure how to go about helping her but I…
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Committment Issues
Hi everybody. I have been on MFP for about a year now and I seem to have issues committing. I do great for a week or 2 or even 3 lose some weight and then something gets me off -- a bad meal, I pull a muscle, too busy to cook right, it varies but its always something and I end up off for several days to a week, basically…
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MIL stories
Too much to post here but my MIL is seriously ridiculously CRAZY! I could not make up the *kitten* that comes out of her mouth and the way she treats my dear sweet husband. Example -- we are having a big event in our lives in Jan and I made the invites and my hubby did the calligraphy on the envleopes. It is unbelievable…
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What am I doing wrong????
I have been tracking calories and working out for 7 weeks. The first 2 weeks Iost 2 lbs. and then in the next 3 weeks another lb. After that 2 more. But then I gained 1 back. 7 weeks and I lost only 4 lbs. I thought for sure I was losing inches which is what kept me motivated. I am doing Jillian Michael's 30 day shred (on…
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0 Day Shred Level 2
Will it get easier? Level one was not this hard. I am finding this level a KILLER! It is more that I can't keep up my breathing to actually do everything, not the movements themselves. This is intense!
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My jeans fit!!
I am so excited! I tried my capri jeans on 2 weeks ago and they were so tight, there was no way to sit down - LOL! I really felt like wearing them today so I thought why not, try them on again and THEY FIT! Granted they are not as cozy as I would like them to be but I am wearing them today and they look pretty good!…
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Scared to up my calories
I have been very slow to lose weight. This week I upped my water intake and lost 2 lbs! I had planned to raise my caloric intake from 1300 to 1500 because I read on here a lot about people not eating enough calories and not losing. But now I am wondering if I just wasn;t getting enough water? I figured my BMR is 1465 and…
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How much exercise?
How much exercise should I be getting? I do cardio for 30 - 45 minutes 5x a week and strength training 2x a week. I burn around 300 calories a day. My weight loss has not been very good but I just figured out I am not eating enough. Provided I change that and get the calories of food I need, how much exercise should I get?…
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Need new coffee creamer
I cannot drink my coffee black. I use a fat free vanilla coffee creamer. I started really trying to cut back on my sugar intake this week and 1 cup of coffee is going to cost me 1/2 of my allotted sugars for the day! So, if I have 2 cups of coffee, that's it! I could buy the sugar free version of creamer but thinking of…
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Need a dessert recipe
I am having company tomorrow and I need a good dessert! I wanted to serve something like an apple crisp but I don't want to use apples. I prefer plums or peaches or something like that with some nuts and a crumble topping. Does anyone have any recipes that would work?
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Woring out when you are sore
Do you workout when you are sore from the previous day? I mean really really sore? I did a bunch of squats and other weight training things yesterday and got up really sore today. I decided to hit the gym (work through the pain) and did a step class this morning. I loved it and want to go again tomorrow but my legs are so…
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Scale not budging!
Before I joined MFP, I had been going up and down in the same 2 lb. range for a month. Then I came here for accountability. I've only been on here for a week but am frustrated with the scale. The 3rd day of eating healthy and working out I went down 3 lbs. I only count it as 1 lb because like I said I had been going up and…
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Brown Rice Recipes
Anyone have any good brown rice recipes? I like my rice a bit sticky, not sure what part rice and what part water. I am thinking if I add something to it (onion, pine nuts?) it might taste better? Trying to like it as much as I like white rice.
