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Boob shrinkage when maintaining...
Hi ladies, Just a quick background, I hit goal about two years ago, have been maintaining ever since, usually around 130-135 (have been as high as 145 and as low as 120) but feel like i'm doing ok. I'm not logging food but do occasionally just to make sure I'm consuming the right amount of calories, and stick between…
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Strength Training whilst doing intensive cardio??
Just wondering if anyone had any specific advice for improving strength whilst having to maintain an intensive cardio routine? I'm in my university rowing club and through that have to do a lot of cardio, we do circuits 2-3 times a week, plus a long run (about an hour, so 10K) and have erg tests (concept 2 rowing for an…
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Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes!
So what are you doing this year? It's quite possibly my favourite holiday, fireworks and yummy treats and big ol' bonfires! This year I'm going to Ottery St Mary (Devon) for their tar barrels tradition! They close the whole town and local people carry lit tar barrels through the town, such a crazy tradition, and a little…
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Fuelling the machine...
I wasn't sure where to post this, here or in food and nutrition... but I figured here as it's primarily due to exercise. I've been hitting the exercise hard this past few weeks and eating enough to fuel it (or so I think) probably about 2000-2500 a day, even on rest days (as that's when I'm hungriest) but I seem to be…
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Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis...
So, apparently I'm allergic to exercise! I laughed when the doctor diagnosed me, and everyone has laughed since I've told them but in reality it is something that is affecting my every day life and could be potentially quite serious. I stopped doing any sort of cardio a few months ago because of the symptoms and severe…
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Waht now...? I'm stuck!
Firstly... this is SO COMPLETELY WORKING FOR ME! (Sorry, just had to point that out! lol) Quick recap before the problem... Got to goal March 2011 (after following the 1200cal limit but eating exercise calories), was maintaining well until New Years this year when my college work got a bit much and I put on the freshman 15…
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Cyclists, how far is 113 miles...?
Not literally of course, but there's a charity cycle that I think I'd like to take part in and I'm not sure really what sort of fitness level I'd need to be at to cycle this far, how long roughly that would take, if I'd need any particular equipment? I go out for an hour or so every week and do about 10miles, but that's up…
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Bike reviews Uk
I'm in desperate need of bike reviews! I have a really rubbish cheap mountain bike at the moment that feels like it's going to fall apart if I hit a bump or go too fast! It also has no traction when on gravel and gets stuck in the 6th gear... So, any UK people know of any good makes of bikes? Something sturdy and reliable,…
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Running after injury...
Ok, bit of back story... I have been a treadmill runner for a while, and then a few months ago took up street running. After getting over the first initial shock of street vs. treadmill running I completely and utterly fell in love with running, once I hit my steady pace I feel like i can go on forever and there is nothing…
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Hungry at Maintenance...
I've decided to try and drop my 'get to 120lbs' goal. I'm fluctuating between 125-130 at the moment and completely fine with that. I still need to tone more but that's a work in progress. I had a bad few days of binging this past month (mega 5000cal binges), something I hadn't done in the 2 years that I was actively losing…
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Leaner bodies...
Bit of a random question regarding both nutrition and fitness so figured this was the best forum. I've read quite a bit about muscle being a better calorie burner, and the more muscle you have the better your metabolism is at dealing with calories and fat and that our ultimate goal as weight-lossers is to build muscle so…
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Exercising leading to bingeing...?
I used to be a regular gym-bunny last year and then had to stop until just recently, when I started again. I found then and now that whenever I start a dedicated gym habit I get ravenously hungry and often end up having massive binges (2000cals+ over allowance.) Any tips on avoiding this? I generally do about 30 minutes of…
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Question about Avocado..
Ok, I just tried my first one (half of one..) and I don't know if i'm getting this right, but according to MFP a half an avocado is about 150cals? Which is fine, I accept that it's a high fat/high cal healthy option which is what i'm primarily trying to add to my diet right now. But after mashing up my half with a fork it…
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Moving in...
Hello! So glad I found this place, having found the MFP app mid December, it's really helping me in my last push at getting to goal and where as before I was dreading maintenance and really worried that I would fail, i'm now feeling positive that I have the right tools to help me succeed! Little bio info: Age: 26 Height:…
