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Zumba people: how much do you eat?
So I recently bought the zumba dvds... I'm super excited to try them out! I hear that doing an hour of zumba can burn up to 800 calories, though. All my workouts up to now have burned a maximum of 400 calories, of which I eat back most but not all. How many calories do you guys eat? my base intake amount is currently set…
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I've hit a rough patch... already?
I'll start off by saying, I've only been at this whole diet and exercise thing for two weeks and I have no plans to quit. That being said... it's only been two weeks and already I've stopped losing weight :( The first week went pretty well but the number on the scale hasn't budged in a week. I'm eating 1200 calories on…
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Which is a better calorie intake guide to follow?
I have been reading a lot of the message board advice and it seems quite a few people on here endorse the calorie intake that my fitness pal recommends for them. Mine is 1200 calories. However, others say that too few calories will put your body into starvation mode and you won't lose weight as easily. I see a lot of…
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At what point should I add exercise?
I've only been going serious at the whole weight loss thing for about a week so far, and I haven't felt the confidence or the motivation yet to add in any physical activity. Last time I tried running, it wasn't pretty and I only managed about five minutes worth. At what point did people start adding physical activity to…
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Going it alone is hard, any support out there?
Hey, so this time I'm going at the whole weight loss/ healthy lifestyle thing more seriously than I ever have before... I even changed my homepage to My Fitness Pal. I'm that serious. I'm a student in my final year at university, and I feel that I'm in this really sucky phase where I have lost all my school friends due to…
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First post- I'm going it alone and need support!
Hi, this is my first time posting on here so I hope I'm doing it right... I joined my fitness pal last year and used it enthusiastically for about a month before giving up. A couple of months ago I broke up with my boyfriend of 2 years to focus on improving my life and letting him improve his- we both suffer from weight…
