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Totally stuck. Help!
I need help. At the beginning of this year I weighed 232 pounds. I started counting calories and working out, and lost 20 pounds over a few months. Then I just stopped losing weight. At all. THE GOAL: 180 pounds, with some sleek but noticeable musculature. STATS Height: 5'11" Weight: 212 pounds Age: 37 Calories per day:…
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10 lb down, 42 to go!
After getting stuck at 223 pounds for a week or two, I finally broke the 10 pound barrier yesterday and dropped to 222! You cannot imagine how much of a relief this was to me; I was becoming convinced that I was just stuck forever at -9 pounds. In comparison to many stories here, this is a tiny amount of weight loss.…
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Website for proper form? Weigh lifting question
I've been lifting for about a month now, and although I'm doing my best to lift properly, my basis for comparison is a series of 1 inch animated GIFs off a workout site, plus some vague memories from my high school weights program (that was a looong time ago). Is there a web site that has more detailed guides on the proper…
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Trying to improve my top speed
Hello! I just downloaded MFP on my Android phone yesterday, and am already finding it to be quite useful. I guess I should give the short "why I'm here" intro that seems standard for this forum. My first eye-opener regarding my weight was when I bought my first motor scooter a couple years ago. It only had a 50cc engine…
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How do you estimate when eating out?
My wife and I eat out a LOT, and often at local places that don't have calorie guides. What's a good way to calculate calories for stuff that might be a bit complicated, like pho or gyros or Indian food? I don't want to give up on eating out, and am willing to "save up" some calories during the day if I can just figure out…
