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I STILL have 800 calories to eat again today!! How?????
Ok - yesterday I did not want to "eat back" my exercise calories so I saved adding my exercise till after dinner (so that I ate my required calories first). Well - I still had calories left before I went to the gym and now I am supposed to eat 800 calories of food (and I just ate cottage cheese and a banana when I got…
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my hrm is insanely wrong!!!
help! just got a hrm and it told me i burned 1200 calories at spin --- ummmm... no!! presets my rate based on age and weight. problem is i'm in really good shape - spin 4+ times a week. so - my hr went up to 185 and I was working hard, but still talking to the person next to me. as soon as we stopped that climb it dropped…
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my job is making me gain weight!!
i'm a teacher - just lost 20 pounds over the summer .... i tend to lose something every summer .... and gain it all back through the year due to candy drawer in the work center, high school foods class samples passed out, kids who work at restaurants bringing in leftovers .... have NO MOTIVATION or WILLPOWER if it is in…
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best option for limited gym time?
hey all! i'm at the point where i'm starting to build muscle and cardio has gotten much easier. question i have it - some days i'm limited to 45 minutes and struggle w/ the best breakdown of cardio/weights. what i've been doing is 20 min on the elliptical going up and down from level 8 to 16 so that i'm sweating by the end…
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NONE of my clothes fit!!!! :)
So.. I just got out my box of fall clothes from last year ... when I was a size 12/14+. Today I am an 8/10 and shrinking which means literally not one thing fits -- no pants, no sweaters, no skirts and almost no shirts .... While I'm elated I'm also in a pickle as my employer demands we all come to work with clothes on…
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healthier/sexier than your spouse now?? is this bad??
so...i've had 5 babies and my fair share of not looking so hot. but, i've always been committed to eating healthy and going to the gym. in the last year i've lost almost 50 pounds and am looking almost better than i did before i ever got pregnant. now my hubs is just the opposite -- no gym/exercise/workout, eats ****,…
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how to add lifting weight accurately??
have been here a month and use the generic :lifting weights: default that mfp provides which has me at :110: calories in half an hour. so today i thought i'd try to input them all individually with weight/sets/reps to see where i'd end up. after i put in the curls/triceps/leg lifts/squats that i do i was already up to 150…
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woohoo! no longer starving on normal portions
realized tonight w my journal that i'm finally to the point where normal portions are enough - and sometimes too much - food to eat. so excited to be back on track - anyone else get to a point where this is not a diet/focus/struggle and simply became life?
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fitbit? hrm? fill me in!!!
hey all! been here for a month - and a regular gym rat - but have never used a tool to help me out. have 5 kids - so the $100 is a bit much if not vital for a fitbit (school supplies win this paycheck :happy: ) looking for suggestions on what and where to get a hrm/fitbit and general info on how you use it. know i'll be…
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Back to school teacher = diet fail!
I did so well these past 3 weeks - lost 6 pounds and feel fantastic! Started back to school this week and did not eat well (was under calories but a lot of bread and carbs) and did not make it to the gym for as long or as hard as I am used to doing ... giving myself this week to adjust and the weekend to grocery shop to…
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How to count :life: calories
Ok - so I work full time and am the mom of 5 active kids. Since I'm a teacher I'm home right now and a little more busy than usual (as a science teacher though i don't ever get to sit down or stop moving).... Today I did 3 loads of laundry (up and down steps), cleaned the house, 2 loads of dishes, grocery shopped, mowed…
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Anyone else looking for a SIZE and not a SCALE number?
Just had an epiphany on another forum that my focus has been on getting into a size 8 -- and not trying to reach a number on the scale!! Anyone else have a goal for a certain size -- from the other comments I was the only one!!!
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Turning 40 in 1 year - Gonna kick it's *kitten*!!!!!!
Hey all! I'm new here and want to lose 30 pounds by August 29, 2013 ~ which sounds easy except, after 5 kids, my body has retaliated by refusing to lose weight very quickly. I'm toned and have good muscles - just hard to see them from the extra padding I have :) Looking for friends and others who want to do the same. Feel…
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I may go on Dr Oz!!!
He's having a special audience on Aug 31 ~ I applied and got in!!! For people who want to lose 20 or more pounds and willing to take a green caffeine supplement (or a placebo - won't know which) - had to send in info, picture, story.... Haven't committed and they called me today to check in w/ my status --- but I'm a…
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what category do i need to "use up" in a day?
Hi! Just started today and had a hell of a time w/ the calories. I literally ate a double dinner to get the calories and as of 10:00 I still have 400 more to eat! But...I'm -15 on protein and have 1 fat and 100 carbs to burn through. What should I do? No matter what I eat I'm basically going to over more protein.…
