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Knee injury cardio?
Anyone know of any cardio that I can do with a hurt knee? I've thought about swimming, but its still too cold...
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eating calories for weight lifting?
I do about 30-40 minutes of cardio, and I have a HRM so I know exactly how many calories to eat- but while lifting weights, my HR is NOT that high( once I cool down from cardio0...in fact its pretty much normal- should I still be eating those calories too? I'm thinking I shoudl cut the calories eaten at cardio...what do…
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mad mad mad
I've been SUPER motivated at the gym and apparently a little too much so as I've hurt my knee...so I'm taking it easy and either not going to just doing upper body....but I want to go and get in some great workouts before I lose my mojo and dont feel the motivation anymore. :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: how do I make it go…
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Why in the world did I GAIN?!
The first 2 weeks I was doing MFP, I had a hard time staying within my calories- many days I went over by a a few to a couple of hundred...I lost like 6 pounds-?- I think it was. The second two weeks I was perfectly within my calories, worked out pretty hard ( at least a level 6-8) ate my excorcise calories, etc...and I…
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Fear of Success??
Has anyone ever heard of this? I've been doing some reading on it to see if this is what prevents me from reaching a goal I've wanted badly for more than half my life...I do incredibly well, then bam! nothing happens/something happens and I go back to my old habits and undo my hard work... I've heard it has to do with low…
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speaking of protein...how much at a time?
I heard lst night at my gym's 'fuel cafe' ( they make and sell protein drinks, energy drinks & bars, etc) that the body can only process 20 grams of protien at a time... Is that true? I just had a lunch that had 29 grams of protien...so what happens over 20g's? is it just eliminated or something?
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Men's Health Magazine...men?
Hi- for any guys out there- is this a good magazine? What are the pros and cons? I have a really great offer that I was thinking of getting for DH, but not sure...I'll probably end up buying a single issue to see if he likes it first. Thanks!
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Beginning running- Is there a site?
Forgive me if this has been posted before- Is there a website or some kind of online 'plan' for beginning runners? I read about one a looong time ago where you walk for a certain amt of time and run for a certain amount of time, increasing the running each time- any ideas? Thanks!
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My own motivation plan....
While I've got hundreds of reasons to be healthy, I often times will focus more on losing weight than I do overall health...kinda counter productive sometimes. So in order to motivate myself to simply do the healthy steps, I've come up with a reward plan of points- for every healthy activity/action I take I earn points.…
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Calories Burned From Daily Activity
According to MFP, my daily activity burns 2360 calories. For 'fun' I wore my Polar F4 HRM for a 24 hour period of everyday living to see what it said and it read that I burned 3303 calories during normal activity ( no workouts or anything out of the ordinary) So which is more accurate? I've always gone by my Polar as…
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went over today...
I went over my calories and fat and sugar today, ...it wasnt by a lot ( about 100 cals) still not great, but I realized even by going over, I still managed to eat better and eat less than I was eating a couple of weeks ago..there wasnt a bowl of candy in my lap, or a bag of chips next to me, no real sodas, no gallons of…
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A humourous workout today....
I had to get the oil changed in my car today- I do it at the dealership where i bought it since its free...I decided since I had to wait anyway, I may as well take advantage of the free time and the vast space...I speed walked around the dealership- its a huge one, so there were plenty of long lines of cars. I was so proud…
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Wheat Spaghetti cooked in wine?
A co-worker just suggested cooking Whole wheat spaghetti, then putting it in a heated wine with garlic and then topping lightly with parmesan cheese... Has anyone tried something like that?
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Weird....
For three days straight now, I've been really good ( not perfect, mind you) about drinking my water. I got out of slack with it for too long. I was pleasantly surprised for the last 3 days that I was not rushing to the ladies room every six mintues as I have before when starting to drink a lot of water, however.... Its ALL…
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Healthier butter?
Does anyone use a butter/margarine substitute that's actually healthier than the rest? I love I Cant Believe Its Not Butter Spray, but I know, I know...its flavored chemicals. any suggestions?
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I've hit a wall...HELP!!!
Hey all- I've been on the plateau from hell for close tot a year now and I'm seriously losing my mojo!! I am at the point where I still want to lose, but I cannot fathom counting one more calorie, point, gram, set, whatever...I am seriously losing steam. I dont want to undo what I've done, but I am SICK TO DEATH of…
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This cant possibly be true- can it?
I just read this statement " For every pound of muscle that you add, it will burn 3000 calories a day." Is that true? I feel stupid even asking, becuase I'm confident is just one more of the 12,000,654 theories and myths out there- :noway:
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My tum tum just cant take it anymore....
I went to the State Fair this weekend- I got a fried corn dog, after eating about 1/3 of it, my stomach hurt so bad I thought I was going to puke and die! :sad: :sick: Then my husband pointed out that I got that feeling after eating too much pizza one night and another time when i ate crap all weekend. Same pains, same…
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Dizzy Spells?
I've been having some odd dizzy spells lately-some are severe where it feels like the entire world is shifting, others its just a passing phase that feels wierd. Usually I am sitting down when they happen. I'm eating enough that I'm not starving, so its nothing like that. I have a dr. appt on Friday to check it out, but…
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Question of the Day: Where does it go?
So most of us are losing weight, fat, inches, whatever- Where does it go? The 6 inches I lost in the past month- where is it? Maybe I left it at the gym?
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X-bike?
Can anyone tell me anything about this class? Never taken it, so I'm curious. Does the 'X' stand for eXhausting? eXtremely hard? eXcruciating? :laugh: I hope not...might want to give it a try!
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Difference between workouts-??
This may be a dumb question, but on the elliptcials and other equipment, I see the lights light up at the level I'm working out at, usually either "fat burning" or "cardio"...what's the differnece? I thought you burned fat when your heart rate was up, so which is better? While I want to lose fat, I'm almost always in the…
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Wii Fit-
What's the deal with these anyway- is it really a good workout?
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Polar heart Rate Monitors
I have a Polar F6- all the info on it is current. I noticed that the elliptcal I use has a built in Polar Monitor so it often picks up my HR on it.( Elliptical also has weight/age entered) While the heart rate is usually very accurate, the calorie counting is sometimes way off- like 30 calories or so...seems to be geting…
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Excercise calories/fats/sugar...
I've been eating as many excecise calories as possible, however, I noticed I often am over either fats/sugar/sodium or something else. Does this matter too much? I dont want to do well in one area and crap out in another- seems counter-productive or something. What do you think?
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Resting Heart Rate Question-
What is a 'good' resting heart rate? Is it a higher number ( 70) or a lower number (40)? I was under the impression that a higher resting heart rate was good, becuase you were burning more calories just resting, but then I read somewhere that professional athletes have something like a 40 resting heart rate... Can anyone…
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Psyllium Anyone?
Anyone here take Psyillium Husk Powder?
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Slim Fast Optima...
Four hour hunger control my *kitten*!! More like ONE hr. Please!!! yes, I do know better, but it was easy and convenient. I cannot believe they claim four hour hunger- I would have been better and longer satisfied by eating a handful of M&M's. Ok, rant over.
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DId not eat all my Excecise calories-
I earned 760 calories yesterday- but didnt eat them all- only about 200 of them- If I workout at night, earning calories, should I eat them that night or can I eat them the next day? I dont like to eat calories ahead of excercise in case I crap out on my workout and without the calories burned then I end up with too many.…
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Attention Please ....
Are you drinking your water? Well what are you waiting for! Go get a nice big glass and down that sucker!! You KNOW its good for you!!
