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Can beer help you keep your muscles? :D
So I was reading that having too much calorie deficit too quickly and rapid weight loss can make you lose muscle. I was just thinking today that I am enjoying some deficit calories with a nice Hobgoblin ale. Hence by upping my calorie intake some....does this help me keep my muscles? Can beer help you keep your muscles?…
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Not again....amenorrhea :(
I was worried this would happen. Now I fear it has and I'm pretty angry and upset about it... I think my periods have stopped because of low body fat/over exercising. The reason I say this is because I went through this before (in college, many many years ago). Last time, I saw a gyno, had to gain some weight and they gave…
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Do anything special when you hit your goal weight?
I hit my goal weight this morning! Yay!!! :drinker: It feels really good. I've lost about 25 pounds since August and I feel amazing and I'm in the best shape in years. This is rewarding enough... ...but did you do anything special to celebrate hitting your goal weight? New outfit? Buy a fitness gadget? Special dinner?…
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Database accuracy: something to think about
Hey everyone. Just thought I'd point something out that you may already know but I experienced first hand. If you hit plateau or are struggling, remember to double check the accuracy of whatever it is you might find on the database that you might be using. No matter how much you weigh or measure, you still might not be…
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TJ Oshie!!!!
Noooooo, why did this post twice? :sad: :cry: Oh well, Oshie scores multiple times in shootouts, so he's in multiple threads on here. :blushing:
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TJ Oshie!!!!
Any other Olympic hockey nuts out there smiling about today's win? Great game!
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Good cardiovascular fitness = less calorie burning?
Sorry if this has been discussed before, I really wasn't sure about the search term to punch in to get an answer. Over the last few months I've gotten in better cardiovascular shape -- as a result, do you burn less calories per workout because of this? I still enjoy everything that I do (a lot of Les Mills classes) but I'm…
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Trouble staying motivated? Remember to do something special.
So I've been in the final stretch of my weight loss and at times have just felt frustrated about how long it's taken to reach my goal (but I'm getting there!) Yesterday I went for a walk in the freezing cold after work to kill an hour's time, and was just grumbling about doing this and just feeling a bit down. Sometimes…
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The Complaint Window Is Open
Feel free to pull up and submit all complaints. This is a place where you can rant about ANYTHING you want. Today, I was getting worked up over the calories in a rice cake. A F***ING RICE CAKE. I looked over and saw my naturally thin, small framed, younger co-worker who eats whatever she wants, chomping on a Snickers and…
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Frustration, struggling, question of maintenance
I am not having a good day. This is the first month since August that I've really stalled. I only have 2 pounds (1 kg) left to lose. I know this sounds laughable to get irritated with at the end of the day, but you know when you set a goal, you want that feeling that you did the ENTIRE THING. My rate of loss, naturally,…
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What is something that you like about your body?
Often I read the boards or blogs and I see how much we want flat stomachs, thigh gaps (dangerous trend), or to get rid of loose skin, stretch marks....whatever. But we don't always look and see what we like about ourselves. What is something you LIKE about your body? It could even be your nose. :tongue: For ages, I hated…
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How did you feel?
I'm 2 pounds from my goal. Very soon I'll be entering maintenance. How did you enter your maintenance phase (did you eat maintenance or phase in, and by how many calories per week?) What did it feel like? Were you nervous? Easily full? Overjoyed by the extra calories? :glasses: This is the tricky part for me. It's the…
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"Do you even lift?" Need strength training suggestions!
I do a lot of cardio and sometimes Body Pump classes but I think I'd like to take up strength training again and need suggestions because I haven't done it in a really long time. It used to be that I did muscle groups on a certain day and alternated depending on the day. (Legs/shoulders, chest/triceps, back/biceps were my…
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Your vacation experiences?
I'm a little afraid to weigh in this week, I spent the last 10 days in the U.S. for the first time in over 2 years for Thanksgiving. I didn't binge and watched portions. But oh man, so much good food though. I can't really say I regret much because I never get to see family and it was nice to enjoy some family recipes and…
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Favorite movies (but there's a catch)
I'm being a lazy bum right now watching Dodgeball and I get a kick out of the Globo Gym marketing in this movie. But it also got me wondering what people's favorite movies are -- not just in general but relating to your diet/fitness/MFP/whatever regimen. For example, Rocky for the training montages, or a good inspiring…
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Waking up in the middle of the night
Lately I've been waking up in the middle of the night and generally just have not been sleeping as well as I usually do. Sometimes I wake up drenching with sweat, or in last night's case, a little bit hungry so I ate a muesli bar and went back to sleep. I work out 5-6 days a week doing cardio and weights, sessions ranging…
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Finding the happy medium
Hi all! I've been on MFP for about a year now. I enjoy being active, I live overseas. Life in the UK as an American can get pretty lonely at times but it is never boring. I've lost about 12 pounds since August, back down to a normal BMI. Currently I'd like to go down 10 pounds more and be super fit but I am feeling much…
