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Dating a Divorced, Older Man
Hey MFP Fam: I’m 23, dating a 36 year old man that was divorced two years ago after about 3 years of dating and 2 years of marriage. The woman was unfaithful and their marriage quickly deteriorated to the point of divorce. I’ve only dated one other person and obviously have less life experience on him. However, I’m crazy…
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Benefits of Strength Training and Cardio.
Hi Funky Party People! I've been running 3-4 times a week since late December and have only seen minor weight loss. The goal is to lose about 10 more pounds and tone up a little. In the past, I've been terrible at juggling weight training AND cardio exercises. I can do one or the other... When I focused on strength, I…
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Dang, MFP fam... do you ever just want to throw in the towel!?
Dang, MFP Fam... Do you ever just wake up and think a league of negative thoughts? Unfortunately, I am generally insecure. It's something I'm working on, though, practically speaking, I'm not sure how one "works on it." However, that doesn't mean I always wrestle these negative thoughts. That war isn't constant, but when…
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Run 4x/week for 2 months - No improvement
I'm confused. On December 28th, I decided - starting from a fairly sedentary lifestyle - that I would start to run. I didn't have a weight loss goal in mind or even a distance/pace goal in mind. It started as simply a goal to run. Eventually I added more parameters: I want to run at least 4 times a week... no end date.…
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The Effectiveness of an Indoor Spin Class
When I first decided to start exercising intentionally and regularly, I casually consulted a personal trainer I went to college with. He's given me great advice along the way. One comment he once made was one advocating for spin classes and yoga. Since that conversation, I began taking spin classes twice a week (along with…
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The Biggest Loser Challenge at Work
Hi All! I used to use MFP regularly. It's been a few years since those days of consistent logging. I'm hoping to start doing this again, and hopefully, The Biggest Loser Challenge will help me stay motivated. As the HR Assistant at my company, I've taken it upon myself to launch our 2017 health initiatives with The Biggest…
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Terrified to have wisdom teeth pulled
I was told months ago that I need to have my wisdom teeth pulled. I wasn't willing to pay what was required for the procedure and so I put it off. I'm in pain and have some swelling so I called today and they want me to come in for surgery TOMORROW! I wasn't prepared for that. I've had 4 ibuprofen and 1 benadryl (I…
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Too much fruit???
I recently started making delicious smoothies which generally replace my breakfast and lunch. They're largely fruit based and I sometimes add a few other things (Kale, cacao, oats, spinach). Usually, for dinner, I eat a regular hot meal of solid food. My smoothies are typically entirely plant based/vegan (though, I'm not a…
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Slow Down, or Suck it Up?
When I first got my gym membership, I went 3-4 times a week to the gym. I dedicated some days to toning my arms, another to legs, and another to cardio. Sometimes I would break up the muscle groups even more, but even on days I wasn't focused on cardio, I would do some form of it. Originally, I avoided running and stuck to…
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Support for 12-weeks and beyond!
I'm hoping to lose 35 pounds by March 31! I've been working out and watching what I eat for a few months now. When I wasn't seeing the results I wanted, I kicked it up a notch. I started logging my calories again (20-day streak), and have started a new 5-6 days/week workout regimen. I started doing this about two weeks ago…
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Weekend Splurging: Do it, or Don't?
Every weekday I try to eat below my day's calories and hit the gym. On the weekends, however, I often become a bit more lenient: eating a bit over my calories and usually don't do intentional workouts. I know some people do not believe in splurging so frequently. I have consumed a few hundred calories over my limit and did…
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30+ pounds of sad
My freshman year of college (2012), I weighed my personal best: 132 lbs. For the last year or so, I've refused to weigh myself because I was certain I was in the 170's. The last time I went to the doctor's office, I even closed my eyes and plugged my ears so the nurse wouldn't tell me my weight. I simply did not want to…
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The Sedentary, Full-Time Work Struggle
I'm on, how I like to say, "the struggle bus!" I'm only a Junior in College, 19 years old, and for the first time ever, I have a full-time job. Not even full-time! I have yet to work 40 hours a week. My day is anywhere from 10-12 hours of sitting in a chair, staring at a computer screen. I haven't even worked here a…
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so discouraged...
So distraught & discouraged! I just got my results from a body composition test I had taken in one of my college courses. 37.3 of the pounds making up my body weight, is fat! I'm 27% body fat.... I feel so gross! On top of that, the easiest accessed foods to me as a poor college student, are stupid carbs and sugar, and my…
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Foods for Poor College Student!
Living on my own. Poor college student. Naturally, I buy the cheapest things that will last me the longest which happens to be predominantly carbs with little nutritional value. Does anyone have any recommendations for foods that are relatively "cheap", long lasting, but healthy. Example: oatmeal! I can buy packages of…
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Getting Past Your Body's Comfort Zone
I think my body is just comfortable at 136lbs. For maybe 5 months now, it'll start going lower but snap back to 136. All summer I've been at the gym... Best I did was get to 132... but snapped back to 136. So here I am. 136. How do you squeeze by where your body likes being??? I look ok, but I think 127 would look awesome.…
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How effective is swimming?
My legs are incredibly sore from yesterdays workout. I want to go to the gym, but everything will suck! Even if I just did cardio, I'd be using my legs. I'm thinking about maybe swimming today instead but I always feel so weak sauce just swimming... I know swimming is good for you but not the best. How do you guys feel…
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I have a broken heart...
This isn't a joke. I don't need any discouraging comments. This is predominantly a medium I'm utilizing for the purpose of venting. I'm a woman of faith (just lost 85% of you). I have cherished the sanctity of marriage all my life (a whopping 18, almost 19 years of life), I hardly even talked to boys! Rarely even hugged…
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The Quest for Saddle Bag Decimation
I need some serious workouts for saddle bags. Those, and my lowers abs, or lack thereof, are easily my biggest problem areas. Soooo over it! I do squats and whatnot, but I'm clean out of ideas for destroying these bad boys. Help :( I don't want em anymore!
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Help! I can't see a difference, can you?
I don't want to set up photobucket. As far as I know that's the only way to put pics up straight onto a post. But PLEASE go look at my profile picture and compare it to my other picture where i'm in the blue sports bra! pleaseeeee! they're at different angles so it's so hard for me to tell if there is any difference! :(…
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Legs & Lower Abs
Hello MFP world! Ok, so the last maybe 2-3 times I've posted for "Motivation and Support", I got 0-2 responses... So help me this time team! please! :) I've come a long way, and I go to the gym 6 times a week! I do stairmaster for 20 minutes (profusely sweating), and alternate between back and bi, and chest and tri. I do…
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I just need to lose 10 more lbs! Ahhh!
People of MFP! I weigh 137lbs. I'm 5'5". I use to weigh 157lbs. a year ago. It appears to me that the skinnier you get, the harder it is to keep losing weight! I've been wrestling for 10 more lbs and some solid toning, but to not avail! It's been so difficult! Not like me wanting to eat all the time... I work out and…
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Could use motivation & support...
I'm not doing bad. But I'm beginning to become obsessive. What has worked is slow and steady changes and building up in exercise. However, lately I've become more envious and desiring to look better than so and so, and as good as so and so... rather than just focused on health. It's making me paranoid if I take 1-2 rest…
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How am I doing?
I went off to college and just came home the beginning of May. Over the school year I had lost 20lbs mostly through change in diet (caf food gave me a lot more control over what I ate, and being a poor college student didn't allow me to afford having snacks lying around). I also worked out but predominantly cardiovascular…
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Change in location, change in calories...
I've been off at college from August to May. It seems that being at college has been the best thing for me. While there I lost 20lbs! But coming home seems to be toxic for me. Thanksgiving break, Christmas break, and Spring break I went home and gained weight. Now it's summer and I'm worried I'll undo all the work I've…
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What is "normal"? "Skinny"? "fat?" "chubby"??? What am I?
How do I determine what weight I want to be at!? I feel like my own subjective opinion is really unreliable. To say there is an ideal weight for me that only I can determine is difficult because no matter how much weight I want to lose, I am never satisfied. I use to say 10lbs was perfect, but after losing it, then I want…
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The week screw-up
I started out entering my freshman year in college at around 154lbs at 5'5" with a medium frame. Thinking that I have developed good habits, I get discouraged when I go home for breaks and eat like I've been starving. This last week was Spring break... Before this last week I had weighed in at 134lbs... I came back from…
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The Daniel Fast
Some girls in my hall are doing the Daniel Fast. It's primarily for spiritual growth but the diet consists of fruits, vegetables, and nuts. That's basically it, for one week. My diet before this was pretty good, but since I started I feel sick constantly. Has anyone done this diet, or have any idea why it's making me feel…
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What would you do?
It's about to be 2AM. I haven't ran in 3 days now. The last time I ran, I ran 3 miles and then for the fourth mile, i walked the corners and sprinted to long strips. the day before that, i ran 4 miles. But today, I went like 200 calories above my limit, maybe more, and I had some sweets which I usually never do. I went out…
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Zombie Apocalypse
I haven't been able to go running since Sunday. Why you ask? because my school is have a Human vs. Zombie game going on. Almost everyone has become a zombie. I have not. I remain among the humans. The game goes till 5:30pm on Friday. I've basically been locked in my room through the night, and hiding in safe zones and…
