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New, Best Fitness Device?
Hey everyone, needing some help. I have the bodymedia armband Link...lets just say it no longer is cutting it. It is never syncing and just seems like customer support has gone down the toilet since jawbone has bought bodymedia out. I am thinking of getting the new UP3, but I am not too sure seeing as I have never used a…
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Best Device Out There, Now?
Okay I have a bodymedia armband. I am getting fed up with it not working half the time. SO I am thinking of getting a different device to help me track things. I don't know what to start with or look at...so how about Vivofit vs Whatever is similar or better. I do have a heart rate monitor and use that for my aggressive…
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Polar FT7 HRM vs Link Bodymedia Armband, little help? :)
Alright, I read into all the other things people had posted with the same title on MFP. None of them answered my question, as the person was just wondering and did not own the product already...anyways!! I bought a Polar FT7 HRM (heart rate monitor), I really just bought it to show me where I had my heart rate beating at…
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Link vs Core?!
Hey guys I figured I would ask for your help :) . I have a core media armband, long story short it was having issues and they sent me out a new one...well so I thought. They ended up sending me a Link instead of a core armband. I called them and told them what happened, they told me to try it out and if I didn't like it…
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Anyone taking Bupropion SR?
Hi :) just wondering if anyone is taking Bupropion SR? and if so how has it affected your weight journey? My doctor just put me on it for SAD ( Seasonal Depression) and I was reading up on the symptoms and side effects and it lists that weight loss is an actual symptom of this pill..is that true? Also how did it make you…
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Apple Cider Vinegar?? What?
Okay my question is Do people really drink 1 tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar with Water? I was reading this book about diet "secrets" and this was one of them that was suggested to start your metabolism burning x3 ( also add 1 tablespoon of honey as its healthy for you) do people REALLY do this? and if they do, did you…
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Why do you think this is hurting?
** minus the WHY on the title x3 EPIC FAIL
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Handling Holidays and Restaurants?!
How do you guys keep yourself in check? It's like when the holiday is a few days away my body goes into HULK mode and I have to eat everything in sight! I try to tell myself its going to make me gain weight and be fatter and my mind and will power sort of just shrugs it off!! As well with a Restaurant, I think I am picking…
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Why Does Our Body Plateau?
I am wondering why bodies plateau? I have been having issues with my body plateauing. Which is shocking to me as I weight 286lbs!! I could see when I get into Onderland numbers, but 268!?! Like what am I doing to piss my body off? I seem to plateau after every 10lbs. And when I do start to lose weight, up to the 10lbs come…
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Looking For Advice :)
Hello Everyone, my name is Heather, I am new to your group and had some questions...This is my information :) Body Fat: 62.4% (updated 08/15/13) First Goal: 213lb TDEE: Harris- 2,106 x.70 (30%) NO exercise-1474 eat Light 1-3 Workout -2413x.70(30%)-1689 eat Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2720 x.70%…
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What "Diet" things have you done?
I am in no way condoning diet trends and such!. I was just wondering what did you try before MFP! I tried Cortisol pills, Green Coffee Pills, Slim Fast and the 6 week body makeover ( which I still have all that info :3 ). Nothing worked at all! till I found MFP and just got off my rear and did it!
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Do you Agree with this?
Fitness Magazine Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham. "Here's a new reason not to OD on exercise : In a four-month study older woman who did six workouts a week burned fewer calories during their sweat sessions- and over all- than those who logged four sweat sessions a week." Do you agree with this? They don't back…
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Is Soy Truly Bad For You?
I am wondering if I should venture into soy burgers and such. I recently just found out I am severely allergic to Gluten and Milk. I have no allergies to Soy, but have heard from so many doctors that soy is bad for you and also from other doctors that soy is good for you.... So does anyone know? Is soy bad or good for you?…
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TDEE-30% Started but now Plateau Issues.
So what would I do in my case? I have lost 40lbs so far (290, 5'3 26 yr old female) and well I keep plateauing after every 10lbs I lose. I started out at 1800 calories ( I go off TDEE with a 30% deficit and use a body media armband as my correct calorie burn) and I would try to work through it. After a month of this I…
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Does This Sound Right? TDEE Calculations
Does anyone else us a TDEE Calculation? does this sound right if you do? TDEE: Harris- 2,106 x.70 (30%) NO exercise-1474 Light 1-3 Workout -2413x.70(30%)-1689 Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) 2720 x.70% (30%)-1904 I am 26 5'3 290lbs ( yikes!!) BMI: Unsure as I get two different ones. ( 62.1…
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Has A Show Ever Made You Emotional?
I am sitting here watching Extreme Weight loss and its about a girl and boy, twins. 23 years old she is 298lbs and he is 470lbs and they turned to food when there parents got a divorce. I am sitting her feeling so much of my own pain coming up inside, I am crying and just so happy I found this show. It makes me realize,…
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Need Friends To Help With Food?
Looking for some great friends who eat CLEAN and can just help me get rid of bad foods and such :)
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Is it Me or Just my body?
Alright! Well long story short started at 330, down to 294. Those 35lbs were hard to loose!! I have a messed up leg and well I am eating 1500 calories, I dropped down from 1800 as I wasn't loosing. When I dropped to the 1500 is when I broke my 1 month plateau at 300 and got to 294. I eat as healthy as I can with here and…
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How Do You Eat?
what and how do you eat? :) I know sounds silly, but I am trying to set up an eating plan until I hit into the 100s. I am currently 294 and I am wanting to set up a weekly eating schedule so I am on track and have no issues of wanting to binge eat or over eat. I do avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup and Gluten ( mostly just…
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Core Armband vs Core 2 Armband?!
I am wondering if anyone knows what makes the Core 2 armband waterproof 100% to the Core only being water resistant. I ask because my sister in law and I did a test, she went swimming with hers and did laps and jumped in and everything for 2 hours and well that "water resistant" core armband was 100% waterproof! so I am…
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Anyone Else Not Syncing?
My core armband is not syncing >_<!! It actually unconnected itself, I noticed today as none of my exercise rolled over. when I try to connect it I get HTTP Status 500 - Internal Server Error type Status report message Internal Server Error description The server encountered an internal error (Internal Server Error) that…
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What Would You Think?
Saturday at my in laws yard sale..my husband and I were hanging out to just keep them company and help. We had this one woman come in the yard sale and told us about how the horse she has owned for years up and kicked her in the back of the head, she had staples and bandages. My thoughts in my head are " How the hell does…
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Flat Belly Diet
Has anyone tried this lifestyle change tool? I am not thinking of it as a diet as you get 1600 calories to eat and I just want to know if anyone lost weight off the recipes and I guess just information they provided in it? I am not looking for a fast fix :) , just want to add some new foods in my life and just want to know…
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What Is On Your Shopping List?
Pretty much what it says, what are your main meals you do for a week and what is on your shopping list all the time? :) , I am asking as I am trying to come up with good ideas for myself and the hubby. He is all about meat and cheese, I am all about the veggies and fruit. Also I can't have Dairy and I am not eating sugar (…
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IPOARM- Stupid to follow?
This is summary and outline of IPOARM(In Place Of A Road Map Version 3) 1. Calories Calories are a unit of measurement. How an inches measure distance, pounds measure weight, calories measure energy. 2. Weight loss Your body uses calories every second of the day; this is energy you’re burning. If you eat eat the amount of…
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What Can I Do, So I Don't Have To Have Surgery?
Hello I am wondering what can I do for my stomach to tighten it, so I don't need to go through surgery to have extra flab taken off? I have only been the weight I am for a year or two ( up and down so not 100% sure). I know I have seen some amazing woman on here who had like 400+ to lose and didn't have a knife touch there…
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Cutting Dairy Out?
I am thinking of cutting dairy out of my diet and going maybe with a soy or goat based add in instead. Is this a good way to go? I notice when I have dairy (unless raw whole organic milk) that my stomach does get upset and crampy. I hardly drink it anyways, but still wondering if cutting it out 100% or changing to a…
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Whats Wrong With my Stomach?
Okay, so about 5 years ago I had a bad stomach issues, I had crippling cramps and couldn't keep anything at all down in both areas. My husband came home to find me on the floor unable to get out of the fetal position as the cramps were as if I was in labor :( . I was rushed to the emergency room and they couldn't find…
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Coconut Water Question
True to hydrate? or just a gimmick? I am asking because I love it and its only 60 calories for a quick refreshing single serving. But is it really doing anything for me? or just a waste of calories :)
