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Excercise/consumption/loss ?
Just curious for my own information to help me adjust my plan... What do you roughly daily consume ... how much do you normally burn a day...how much weight have you lost/when did you start? I hit a plateau curious what success stories/success in progress stories have done
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Why does trader joes smoked salmon contain no iron?
Ok so I love smoked salmon. And I am always ensuring that I meet my iron requirement everyday or close to. Salmon is always high in iron. I just looked at the nutrition facts for traderjoes coho smoked salmon and it's 0% iron?! Whhhaaaa??? How?!
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Can I have some tough love please?
I was doing so well with my nutritional regimen… I lost 5lbs bringing me to my last 10lbs to go till my UGW.. Then I don't know. stupid things happened…period…stress….lack of willpower….and I binged 2 days and haven't been back on track since. gained 3 lbs back…. I don't need some thats ok…chin up sweetie condolence…I do…
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Triathletes and cyclists only! How many calories burned?
Hi! Ironman triathlete here trying to drop 10lbs to reach race weight. I am 26 year old 5'5" female 135lbs. I have been starving/ravenous/shaking and trying to figure out why I'm so hungry if my numbers are right. I don't think it's the food. I think I'm grossly under estimating my exercise calories. How do you figure out…
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3 weeks dieting and not a lb lost - check my diary?
Hi! I am a 26yr old female 5'5" 136lb Ironman triathlete who is looking to drop 10-15lbs to reach my race weight of 16% body fat. I started weighing/counting/logging seriously about 3 weeks ago to achieve my goal...netting 1500 calories a day. Sometimes a little over sometimes a little under. I've seriously not even lost…
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GIRLS! Weight gain and your period
/hey Ladies! SO I always gain "water weight" or whatever before my period. But this time Im like 9 days away from my period and I see some weight on the scale. How long before your period do you notice the scale being affected?
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Just wanted to intro myself. :)
Hello Wonderful people! Lindsay Here. I just wanted to share my story and why - after being apart of MFP for over a year that I decide to intro myself and get serious NOW. I am currently 25 years old. I am currently 136-137lbs. 3 years ago when I started to lose weight I was 180lbs. 1 year ago I started training for…
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Calories burned running?
Hello!! So I am a triathlete who is trying to get to race weight (16% body fat) I have about 20lbs to lose. I want to net anywhere between 1200-1500 calories a day. I noticed a month ago that my Heart Rate Monitor that I wear on my bike's calculation of my calories burned is about HALF of what MFP and other "calculate…
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Which calorie count is more correct?
Hi! I just did a bike session on the indoor trainer (training for triathlon) 72 minutes average heart rate 147. I am 5'5'' female 25 years old. MFP says I burned about 699 calories. a heart rate based calorie calculator says I burned 680 calories. my HR monitor on my bike says I burned 450 calories. what?! it wouldn't be a…
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Dieting causes anxiety??!
hi everyone! so I am down to MY LAST 10lbs! YAY YAY! however. I've been stuck at good ole 130 for 2 months now?! I notice that when I stick consistently (no binging ext...) to my nutrition plan after about a week or two I get really anxious. Like anxious all the time! And its the type of anxiety I would possibly correlate…
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Eatting enough....can't sleep because starved?
Anyone else have this problem?? I am an ironman triathlete who is trying to lose the last 10lbs to get down to race weight! But recently I've been waking up every night at 2:30am for HOURS and my body won't let me go back to sleep because its STARVING. I mean noticeable blood sugar low hungry. My net calories (I eat back…
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Macronutrients Question - fat loss & endurance
Hello all! I am a 24 yr old female 5'5'' who is eating 1900-2300 calories a day to lose fat while training for an Ironman 70.3 Kansas. I really want to start looking at macronutrients but am so confused with my research online. I want to lose fat AND train for an endurance event simultaneously. It seems right now i have…
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IRONMAN 70.3 athletes! Curious how many you eat per day?
Hi everyone!! I am an ironman athlete training for the 70.3 Kansas. I want to get to my ideal body fat % before the race in June the proper way. Just curious how man YOU all eat per day for fat loss...or weight maintenance? Currently I eat between 2000-2500 a day depending on my workout loads. Also-friend me! I'd love…
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IRONMAN 70.3 athletes! Curious how many you eat per day?
Hi everyone!! I am an ironman athlete training for the 70.3 Kansas. I want to get to my ideal body fat % before the race in June the proper way. Just curious how man YOU all eat per day for fat loss...or weight maintenance? Currently I eat between 2000-2500 a day depending on my workout loads. Also-friend me! I'd love…
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My bmr or rmr calculation...which should I concentrate on?
Hello! First my stats: I am 24 yr old female, 5'5, 136lbs, athlete I recently have gotten my rmr tested at a nutritionists office (I breathed into a machine for 10minutes) and my rmr was 1900 calories. Which means with my daily activities (300 calories) and daily exercise (500 calories) I should be eatting 2700 to maintain…
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Feeling discouraged and hopeless :(
Hello! I've had a really hard time losing weight for the past 6 months so in sept I went and had my metabolism tested. Turns out according to the test, I was way under eatting. I was eatting 1700 a day and burning 400-500 cals everyday. MY REAL bmr is 1900, and tdee 3000 (that is including exercise...it would be 2500…
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Nutritional question.
Hello!!! This is my first time on this forum! But I am excited to become a part of this community! Ive been logging for 3 weeks now - and have only lost 2 lbs...which is discouraging when you have 17 more to go and have been meeting your calorie goals. (I average between 1200-1500 a day...I eat my excerise calories back…
