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Hip Flexors vs Abs
Whenever I do ab workouts, I feel them in my hip flexors and hardly anything in my abs. I had my first baby almost 9 months ago, and my core is the weakest it's ever been (can't do a full sit-up and have a hard time tightening my stomach for very long). What can I do to target my abs and keep my hip flexors from…
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What is my body shape?
I'm not sure if I'm a pear or an hourglass or an overweight carrot/rectangle shape. I'm down around 40 lbs and have a ways to go still, but I would love to know what my body type is. I'm 5'8" in case that matters. What would you consider me? Hips: 50" Waist: 44" (at belly button-smallest part of my waist is 40") Low waist:…
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Bulletproof Coffee
Is it good? Healthy or unhealthy? What's all the hubbub about?
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30 Days - No Junk Food
Just like the title says, go 30 days without eating any junk food. Copy and paste this list into your comment. Each day, edit your post and add either "complete" or "fail" next to the day. 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 14- 15- 16- 17- 18- 19- 20- 21- 22- 23- 24- 25- 26- 27- 28- 29- 30-
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Pain & Frustration
A few weeks ago, I hurt my back lifting my 3.5 month old daughter and her car seat into the car. I've been in pain (especially nerve pain down my left leg) ever since. I'm 5'8" and currently around 235. I was 260 when I delivered. I have PCOS and I'm exclusively breastfeeding. I want to start to exercise again but my leg…
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Breastfeeding
I am 25 years old, married and a former first grade teacher (I'm taking time off until my daughter is school aged). I have PCOS and recently gave birth to a baby girl on November 9th, 2015. I want to set a healthy example for my daughter. I want to make sure that I live a long life and am able to be there for her for as…
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Breastfeeding
I am 25 years old, married and a former first grade teacher (I'm taking time off until my daughter is school aged). I have PCOS and recently gave birth to a baby girl on November 9th, 2015. I want to set a healthy example for my daughter. I want to make sure that I live a long life and am able to be there for her for as…
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5'8" Ladies Success Stories?
I'm 24 years old and 5'8" with a highest weight of 215, current weight of 188, and goal of 140ish. If you have before and afters, please post them here-I could use some extra motivation :smile:
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Breastfeeding
I am 25 years old, married and a former first grade teacher (I'm taking time off until my daughter is school aged). I have PCOS and recently gave birth to a baby girl on November 9th, 2015. I want to set a healthy example for my daughter. I want to make sure that I live a long life and am able to be there for her for as…
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Looking for Inspiration!
I'm currently 9 months pregnant with my first baby and due any day now, so I know that it will be a while before I can start to seriously exercise again. However, I'm excited about getting back into it and am looking for some inspirational success stories! Some background information about me: I was active throughout high…
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Calculating Goals for Pregnancy
Hi everyone. I'm currently pregnant with my first child and I want to be sure that I'm eating enough (but not too much) and that I'm also getting enough of all of the nutrients that I need for a healthy pregnancy. There isn't a pregnancy setting in MFP, so I need to manually figure out my settings. I'm currently 17 weeks…
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Calculating Goals for Pregnancy
Hi everyone. I'm currently pregnant with my first child and I want to be sure that I'm eating enough (but not too much) and that I'm also getting enough of all of the nutrients that I need for a healthy pregnancy. There isn't a pregnancy setting in MFP, so I need to manually figure out my settings. I'm currently 17 weeks…
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Busy Teacher In Need of Advice/Support
I'm a first year first grade teacher, and I usually work from 6am until 5pm Mon-Fri. I speed eat during my lunch break because I don't have much time to eat after dropping the kids off and I have to monitor the lunchroom every other day. After school, I'm exhausted. It takes everything in me to stay awake until my husband…
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Busy Teacher In Need of Advice/Support
I'm a first year first grade teacher, and I usually work from 6am until 5pm Mon-Fri. I speed eat during my lunch break because I don't have much time to eat after dropping the kids off and I have to monitor the lunchroom every other day. After school, I'm exhausted. It takes everything in me to stay awake until my husband…
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Meals for Two People
I'm looking for dinner recipes for just me and my husband and I'd love some help! I'd prefer the meals to be low calorie, quick, easy, and inexpensive. :smile:
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Barre Results?
I've been taking Pure Barre classes for about two weeks now-I've only lost a few pounds so far, but my clothes feel much larger. Has anyone here had success with any barre classes or dvds? I'd love to see pictures and/or hear about it :smile:
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Losing Weight Together
I tried searching the forums to no avail. If you lost weight with your spouse, I'd love to see your before and after photos! :smile:
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Strong Curves?
Has anyone followed the Strong Curves program? I'm looking for a way to begin strength training, and it looks interesting. What kind of results have you had with it? Here's the program: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/strong-curves-bret-contreras/1111318681?ean=9781936608645
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Early Morning/Late Night Tracking
If you were to eat something at, for example, 3am but planned to go back to sleep afterwards, would you track that meal into the next day's breakfast or the previous day's dinner/snack?
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Calorie Question
I used TDEE -20% to set my calorie goal to 1597. I have a fitbit that is connected to my MFP account to track calories out. My question is, should I try to eat my exercise calories back in order to net 1597, or should I not worry about eating them back unless my net is under 1200?
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Help with BMR / TDEE
I'm trying to set a daily calorie goal based off of my BMR and TDEE. I went through and followed this post as well as I could: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/931670-bmr-and-tdee-explained-for-those-needing-a-guide However, I'm a little stuck. As a 24 year old woman at 5'8" and 190 lbs, my BMR is 1460 kcals My…
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Losing Weight Together
My husband is also a little overweight (about 30ish pounds) and he knows that I really want to get healthy before we begin trying for a baby (hopefully later this year). He's always ate a lot of junk food (cheese is like it's own food group lol), but one week ago he decided to join me in getting healthy!! :love: My hubby…
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Butt Indent
When I was in high school, I was in very good shape from playing varsity volleyball and basketball. I had one of those really nice smooth indents on each side of my butt. What can I do to help get my butt definition back?
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New to the PCOS Group
Hi Ladies! My husband and I are planning to start TTC around this time next year. At that time I'll be 24, he'll be 26 and we'll have purchased our own home. However, I have PCOS and we are worried about possibly having difficulty getting pregnant. When I am not on birth control pills, I only get my period about once or…
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Determined
I lost a lot of weight over the past couple of years. I went from 215 to 160 from running half marathons and tracking what I ate. I still had weight to lose, but I was getting there. Then I got married in Dec '13 and I gained a lot back :cry: I'm now at 186. I'm determined to make some changes in my life. I have a gym…
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Hello! :)
Hi everyone-I'm Katy! I'm a 23 year old newlywed from FL. I have a BA in Humanities, but I'm going back to school to pursue my dream of helping people by becoming an RN. I'm currently a stay-at-home wife, hospital volunteer, and part-time college student. :) I have PCOS and have struggled with my weight for a long time. My…
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Motivation
Hi everyone-I'm new to the group. I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 14. My doctor put me on Metformin when I was 19, but I had to stop taking it because it caused me to have a pancreatitis attack. I've struggled with my weight ever since puberty. My highest was 215, I went down to the 160s by exercising a TON, and since…
