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Any runners? Do you eat your exercise calories?
I have another 7lbs to lose and I'm trying to start logging consistently again! What do you do about exercise calories. I feel like I need to eat them, for example tonight I will be training with my athletics club, its going to be a hard hill sprints session. If I do that having only eaten 1200 cal I feel weak and cant run…
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IIFYM? Does it make a difference?
I’ve come back to MFP after another failed attempt at Weight Watchers (I don’t do well with the unlimited fruit!). I only have 7 pounds to lose so I know I need to be more strict to get those off. I’ve been reading about IIFYM, which sound interesting. Has anybody tried this? It seems like it might be quite time consuming…
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Breastfeeding weight loss issues!
I'm still exclusively BFing my 5 month old and plan to do so for some time alongside solids such we'll introduce in a month. I weighed myself 1month after having him and I lost 30lbs since then without trying. Although I do walk 3-4 miles a day pushing a double buggy, started running etc. All of a sudden for the past month…
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Starting TerriAnns 123 Diet Plan tomorrow - anyone else?
Hi, Just wondered if anybody else has tried TerriAnns 123 Diet Plan. I have just got my pack and am starting tomorrow! Kirsty x
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Why have I eaten more and lost weight?
Hi, Normally I have to eat 1200 and do exercise to lose 0.5 lbs a week (I eat my exercise calories). Yet I've been feeling a really busy and a bit under the weather so I have laid off the exercise. In the last 7 days I have eaten an average of 1715 calories a day with no exercise. 3 days in and I lost half a pound and now…
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Do you gain at TOTM or when ovulating and how much?
I know this has probbaly been asked before but this is a slight twist on the question..... When during your cycle do you gain weight? I ask this becuase I know that I am currently ovulating (have been for a couple of days) but mny period isn't due for another 11 days at least. All of a sudden (from Saturday when I last…
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Better Off Not Exercising?!
OK....I know this sounds like a silly question, especially from me as I am practically addicted to exercise.... The reason for my question is that exercise makes me soooo hungry. Just generally when I am exercising regularly I am hungry. I log my exercise calories properly using a HRM and am careful with my food logging.…
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Best low carb, low fat protein shake
Hi, I need a low fat, low carb protein shake. I'm trying to follow a regime based on %protein %carb and %fat in my diet by I can;t seem to find any low carb protein powders. I'm in the UK by the way! Kx
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Anybody else doing the great north run this year!?
Or is it just me?! Wondered if anybody else on here is doing the Great North Run? Not long now!
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Anybody else losing for wedding?
Hi, Fairly new here and could do with some weight loss buddies! I am getting married on the 16th July 2011 and am trying to lose for the big day....like most brides!! Just wondered if any other girlies on here are also doing the same thing and fancied some mutual support!? Feathers x
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Has Anybody tried slimming world?
I'm really bored of calorie counting(!) and woudl like to try something else. I didn't get on with the 'new' weight watchers and thought about slimming world. Any thoughts?
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Strength Routines?!
I am near my goal and have done this through diet and exercises but also recently the scales haven't moved but I have lost inches and I know this has been down to my hard work in the gym :o ) Trouble is that I have had an injury since doing the London Marathon a year ago in my groin, I had a good rest and have since tried…
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Will cycling/swim be worse for me than my normal exercise?
I know it sounds like a strange question but I am thinking about cycling to work one day a week and will be swopping this for a gym session....however when I am in the gym I work really hard and am worrried that this cycle will be no where near as effective. When I use the cycle in the gym I have to work really hard to get…
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Just beendiagnosed as Coeliac?!
Hi, I have just been diagnosed as Coeliac. Just wondered if anybody else on here is a Coeliac and has any tips?! I am awaiting my formal nutirtionist appointment and have only been diagnosed today, so I will need to be gluton and wheat free as of tommorrow, for ever!!! Am glad that I have finally found out what has been…
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Aneamic?!
Hi, I posted last week that I was feeling dizzy and exhausted. Ended up going to docs and turns out I am anaemic, which basically menas I am low in Iron. Have stated to take iron tablets Just wondered if any body else had suffered with this and has any tips. Any idea when I will feel normal again?! Feathers x
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Has anybody had i-lipo (the laser lipo)?
Hi, As salon near me is offering laser i-lipo of £89 instead of £500 for 3 sessions. Just wondered if anybody had had any. Might be considering giving it a go to get rid of couple of lbs (am down to the last few). Don't want to be duped by the sales talk on all the websites though so wondered if anybody else had tried…
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Do you undereat to make up for a blip or just go back to nor
I consistenty keep my NET calories at 1200, I exercise hard and eat these calories and it seems to work. Yesterday however I posted on here as I had a major blood sugar drop, I felt really faint and light headed after my gym session, was seeing spots and felt really hunrgy and utterly exhausted for the rest of the day.…
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Sudden Enregy Crash - Tired/No Concentration
Whilst at the gym at lunch time doing my normal work out I started to feel starving and a bit lightheaded. I ate a low sugar high protein/fibre lunch and still felt really hungry and my concentration has been zero since... I gave in a couple of hours later and ate a protein bar even though this took me 150kcal over my…
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Why can't I set my diary to lose 2lbs a week?
Whatever I do when I adjust my settings I always get a message syaing that I shouldlose 0.9lbs a week (even if I increase the workouts/exercise I say I will do etc). I am supposed to eat 1200kcal a day. How can I adjust it so that I can lose 2lbs a week?! Feathers
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Q. For people on 1200Kcal a day and exercising
Hi, I am relaitively new on here and looking to lose my last 7ish lbs for my wedding. Im 5ft 4 and 133lbs and would love to be 126 for my wedding in July. Lost about a stone last year and have now maintained it for a year - despite trying to lose more :o ( I am really struggling to lose the last bit of weight so thought I…
