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NEW posts? New members? Sound off!
I saw the group here is pretty much dead. We can't have that and do the OTF workouts, now can we? :disappointed: So.. please post if you're new here, just saw this and joined or have been here but been quietly hiding behind the treadmills. My name is Gypsy. I have over 75 lbs to lose. I go to OTF at least 3 times a week,…
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What to do when you miss a workout?
I overslept on Tue and missed my workout. As much as I'd love to say I came home and did it after work... nope. I wasn't feeling well and ended up calling out sick from work on Wed as well. Again, missed workout. (Not really sick, but I just felt lousy). That being said, I got back on it and did "day 3" today which was…
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Any Garmin Forerunner 210 users? Good? Bad?
I have just recently LOST my lil FitBit.. so sad. Well, I wanted a true HRM anyway, so I guess this is the only way I'll get one LOL. Anyway, I was told at my local running store (whom I love, btw) that the Garmin Forerunner 210 is a great HRM... it has GPS, it tracks distance as well as speed for running, clock features,…
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Any Nike + users use for running? Good/Bad?
I just bought a pair of Nike (Nike+ ready) running shoes. My first running shoes, actually :) . Anyway, I am curious about the little nano pod that can be bought and added to the shoes. I am wondering if anyone here uses/used the pod/shoe combination and liked it or thought it was a waste.. etc. I looked around on the Nike…
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My first ever Running NSV!!
Today was Week 3 Day 1... here's my crazy stupid NSV. Are you ready? ok here goes. I am currently 5' 2.5" and weigh 189 lbs as of my last weigh in a few days ago. I started on MFP at 240 lbs last August. I never thought I could run. I never thought I was *able* to run.. I thought I was too overweight, too top heavy (I wear…
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My First 5K- what to wear?
I've been practicing my walking, trying to at least walk quickly.. but this is my first 5K in probably 10 years (I was always a walker though). This 5K will be quick walking, as myself and my group members who joined with me haven't had the preparation time to get up to running, and one of our members has shin splints.…
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Clickable or Adjustable Dumbbells, suggestions?
I am looking to start some light to medium weight lifting soon and was kind of hoping for anyone's suggestions. I would really like a set of the adjustable/clickable weights because I just don't have a lot of room to keep an entire set of dummbells in my little workout area. I've seen the Bowflex SelectTech sets, the…
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Cannot get enough 'good' sleep
I wear my FitBit Ultra to sleep every night. And every night lately, it seems I can't get 1/2 the sleep I need. I've tried going to bed earlier, sleeping later.. nothing seems to work. Last night I was in bed for 8 hours, 36 mins. How much actual sleep did I get? Guess.. I managed to get a whopping 4 hours, 46 mins of…
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Another plateau question
I know it's been asked lots of times, and I have searched the boards and read several of such threads but I just don't see anything I haven't already tried so that being said, here's my question/situation: I was losing approximately 1.5-2.0 lbs a week when I started on MFP last Aug up until Christmas. Christmas Eve i'd…
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Food/hunger the day after a hard workout
Let's see if anyone else has noticed this or maybe I'm just looking for explanations as to why I'm hungry... So yesterday I walked and was *really* active at work. I burned something like 800'ish calories at work, then came home and did a workout DVD for another 535 cals. I ate above my suggested (non exercise) cals for…
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RI30 Feb.. But started in Jan?
I see a few people have started RI30 already, even though it's in Jan. And I realize there's only 28 days in Feb, but I'm still completing 30DS from Jan right now. Is anyone else waiting until 1Feb to start RI30?
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Late night/"relaxation" hunger.. what to do?
Ok so I worked my butt off all day, did my workout and was active at work. My measly 1230 cals ended up being more like 1800 allowable cals if I eat them all back. It's after dinner by a few hours now, I don't have to be up early for work tomorrow and all of the sudden I am craving some type of food or another.. different…
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Plateau.. How long defines it, and what to do about it?
Ok so first and foremost, at what point of no weight loss do you consider a plateau? Surely not a week or two. But I've been consistently losing 1-2 lbs a week since my weight loss began in Aug 2012. Now it's mid-Jan and I haven't lost a pound since Christmas Day. Three weeks isn't long, I know but with the regularity of…
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My first major NSV !
I am so loving the fact that I can say this now... I AM NO LONGER A PLUS SIZED WOMAN !! I haven't been able to say that in over 15 years. Woooohoo!! I went to buy some jeans yday, and got all teary when I realized I was looking at jeans in the regular women's department. Not the Plus Sized, or "WOMENS" or whatever. Then I…
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Is anyone..?
Is anyone doing the DVDs anymore? I haven't seen any posts, either to the sticky threads, or new ones, etc. I haven't been doing any JM DVDs the last couple of weeks, learning some Zumba moves. But I find it hard to believe no one is doing *any* workouts with Jillian. Anyone home?... /poke /poke!!
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Need reward suggestions..
I had set a few mini goals for myself when I started my MFP and weight loss trek.. Pretty simple. 10 lbs: no reward 25 lbs: I had set a reward of a few pairs of new jeans in smaller sizes... but I want to wait 1 more size before I buy new ones. I can get by on the jeans I currently have (2 sizes smaller than my 'fat'…
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Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism
I didn't see a post for this DVD and wanted to see if anyone else is doing this one. I love it. 50'ish minutes of true heart pounding, fat busting cardio! It's been my October DVD and I am really seeing results, both measurements and weight loss :)
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10/16, Day 22 - 120 squats
Done! I am trying to remind myself to do my squats *right* after my workout. That way I'm already warmed up and not trying to do these cold. I've noticed a big difference in the ease of ability after a workout. 120 squats - 3 sets, 40 reps each.
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What to do when you're too sick to exercise?
I have adjusted to eating back my cals from my workout cals on top of my "diet" cals (mostly anyway).. but today I found that I am too sick to do any sort of exercises and can barely get up and move around the house. I am hopeful that tomorrow I can get back to my routine. Today is the first day I didn't do at least 25…
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Banish Fat Boost Metabolism Group on MFP
We are looking to add a few more people to our group for October. If you have or are going to get the Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism DVDs by Jillian Michaels and want some help and motivation, there's a few of us who've started a group here on MFP. You can go to this address for the group:…
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My first NSV - ever!
After years of dieting, trying to eat better, etc... I've lost a few pounds here and there, etc but never really had anything like an NSV without promting, etc. Yesterday, a co worker asked how much weight I'd lost.. feeling kinda bad, I said only 6 lbs so far. She said to me that's great! And she thought it was more than…
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Sept 1st, 30DS. Who's with me?
If you're interested in starting 30 Day Shred like a lot of us who read about it here... I am starting mine on 1Sept. Please send a request and we can do our 30 days together. I am interested to see everyone's successes while I see mine. SW: 240 Current: 236 30DS SW: 30DS measurements: I really would like to see others do…
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Does anyone do "mini" rewards?
I am new to this version of dieting.. so far the app on my phone, and the website here are very helpful. I am learning even after only a few days that omg, there's a lot of calories in things that I didn't have the info on (like deli wings at the grocery store, etc)! Anyway, my question is this..... Do any of you give…
