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Working Out Before Weighing In
Do you all work out before/same day as weighing in? If so does it add to your weight and what type of exercises do you do? The reason I'm asking is because I was always told not to because it causes a gain on the scale. Just asking your opinions here so please be honest.
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Inspirational Meeting Idea
Morning all. I wanted to let you all know of an idea that we are all doing. We are each picking a reasonable weight loss goal for next year (say 10lbs in a year). Then we are matching it with canned/dry foods. For instance if you want to lose 10lbs you bring in 10lbs of food, or if your on a budget 10 can goods. All will…
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Holiday Cookbooks
I wanted to share an idea that we are working on in our chapter. We are all bringing in Thanksgiving recipes and finding ways to lighten them (make calories lighter). Then we will put them all in a cookbook for the chapter members. We will be doing the same for Christmas. Didn't know if you all would be interested in doing…
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Multi-Vitamins and Weight Gain.
Quick Question...hopefully you can answer. Three weeks ago I started taking a Biotin based multi-vitamin on top of the children's vitamin I take daily. I have noticed the last two weeks that I have put on 4+ pounds. :huh: Has anyone else taking a multi-vitamin had this problem with weight gain. I know I'm going to dicuss…
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What Exchange To Do???
Hello All I need a little help. I drink coffee in the morning :drinker: and to it I add 1TBSP of hot coca mix. My question is this coffee is free. However how do I exchange the coca mix? I have listed the important info below. Please give me your opinions. Thank you soo much. COCOA MIX 1 TBSP = 27 Cal / 5 Carb/ 0 Protien /…
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New to Tops and MFP
Hi I am new to both Tops and MFP. I started Tops on Thursday in hopes that this will be a program I can complete without to much trouble. My leader recommended that I try MFP to help me keep track of the calories and it really does help. However, I am a little lost when it comes to my exchanges. The book tells me one thing…
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Severe Arthritis..could use ideas
Hi Everyone. I have severe arthritis in my knee and back. I was walking daily but my doctor recently took away my aleve and other arthritis meds because of side effects. :sad: My question to you all is does anyone know any exercises that I can do that I don't have to worry about the pain or my knee giving out. I would…
