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Reducing treadmill noise
I recently bought a treadmill for my apartment and I thought I was being very reasonable about using it at appropriate times. I wasn't running early in the morning or late at night. But I just got a complaint about the noise anyway. Frankly I think the guy who complained is a hypocrite since he has a home weights setup in…
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Need low iron/high protein suggestions
Hi all, I've just recently had a medical condition diagnosed and been told to decrease my iron intake and increase my protein intake as much as possible. I don't want to get into the details of the diagnosis, but am just wondering if people had any suggestions on foods that are (very) low in iron and (very) high in protein…
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My Intro
I don't know yet if I really belong here. But I'm starting to worry that maybe I do. I'm uncomfortable posting this on the general forums due to the amount of crap that goes on there. For the record, I'm 32 (almost 33), female and 5'2" tall. I started out at 63.9kg (141 lbs), nothing extreme, just borderline…
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I have a problem
I'm prepared to admit it now. I've been chronically undereating given the amount of exercise I've been doing. Unintentionally at first. Then because it actually worked for me. However, this morning, someone staged an intervention, a serious one, and has maybe made me sit up and realise just how bad the situation has…
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Honesty time...
Just saying up front - I'm not proud of this. And I am starting to realise I have a problem. So...Moment of honesty here. I've basically been lying to the MFP weight log, my MFP friends and the MFP forums in general. And sadly, most importantly, to myself. I stopped officially logging my weight about 4-5 weeks ago because…
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Technogym accuracy
This is actually starting to cause me some concern and I wonder if I've been undereating in order to compensate... My gym basically contains up to date Technogym cardio equipment. Treadmills, bikes, cross-trainers, ellipticals etc. I don't use the default values and always, always enter my own age and weight before my…
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Falling back into bad habits
I know it's not a good thing, but I'm worried I'm about to start falling into bad habits again. I hit my goal weight and have attempted to move to maintenance, and technically speaking my current weight is classified as "underweight" based on BMI. I know BMI is problematic for athletes, and I consider myself to more or…
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Struggling with exhaustion
I don't know whether this is dietary or just overtraining, but I'd appreciate any advice. I'm currently training 2-3 hours a day (split between a morning and evening session) and over the course of a week am running about 80-100km. Bearing in mind that as I'm female, a short *kitten* (5'2") and have low BF% (13-14%), my…
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Does your gym have a "no food" policy?
Or do you think it should? Seriously, I went to the gym at 6am this morning and some woman comes in, morbidly obese, with a bag full of McDonalds. The whole sausage/bacon/egg muffin, hash browns, coffee etc. And then sat down in one of those recumbant bikes while barely peddling and proceeded to eat the whole lot. The…
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Reaction to Caltrate Plus
Just for the record, I do have an appointment scheduled with my family Dr on Friday to clarify. It's the earliest I could get an appointment. But I figured I'd ask here just in case... I recently changed from taking the standard Caltrate + Vitamin D supplement to taking the Caltrate Plus supplement. Fundamentally, the only…
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People commenting on your weightloss
I know some people enjoy it when people comment on their weightloss. I'm not one of them. I'm really struggling to deal with a situation at work where everyone seems to feel the need to comment on my weight. Seriously, if I went around calling most of these people out for being "lazy fat *kitten* who spend too much time…
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13 months, 43 lbs, size 0...
So the photo's a bit crap, but whatever... 13 months down... Height: 5'2" Age: 32 SW: 141 lbs CW: 99 lbs and hopefully maintaining It's been an adventure. I came from a pretty intense sporting background, and then had to stop training and competing pretty much cold turkey due to work commitments. But I kept eating the way…
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Any scuba divers?
Any other scuba divers out there on MFP? I was looking at the exercise section and it says that a 60 minute dive would burn about 344 calories (I'm 5'2" and 105 lbs)...I'm guessing no way that is accurate. Maybe if you were diving below a thermocline in a crazy current or something, but that seems high for an easy (warm…
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The moment you realise you've maybe taken it too far...
I started out this fitness journey in January, and while I was never really "overweight" as such, I figured I could stand to lose a few kilograms while I was improving my fitness. I had gotten to a point recently where I was more or less happy with my fitness (and the associated weight loss), so figured it was time to go…
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Motivation when you're sick?
Today's been the first day since I joined MFP that I've been sick. To the point where I could barely crawl out of bed to the bathroom. It's just a nasty cold, and I'm being a wuss, but I wanted to die. I feel bad enough for skipping out on the gym, but the entire day, my body was just saying "feed me! I want energy!". So I…
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Business Travel and the diet
First post on the forums...Hopefully in the right place. I'm just wondering how many others out there suffer setbacks due to business travel? I have to travel a lot for work, both domestically and overseas. Domestic travel I can usually handle pretty easily, but international travel is a killer in terms of my diet and…
