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TOM needs to poo or get off the pot
:explode: UUUUUUUUGH. I'm pissy, bloated, crampy, and TOM is not here yet. He needs to get here. Now. So I can get rid of these damn PMS symptoms. Not to mention, I am STARVING. The TOM binging fairy is sitting on my shoulder. I've been doing so well, and I just want to demolish the entire pantry. Cooooooome on!!! Thanks…
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Adding calories BEFORE the workout?
I'm an instructor, and I don't teach my last class until 7:30 at night. This sometimes messes with me, as I'll burn a lot at the end of the night and end up with a lot of calories left over. Would it be bad to add and average of what I burn, earlier in the day, and then adjust it after class? Just so I have a better idea…
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Best carb/protein/fat ratio
I was wondering what the ideal ratio was. I know I want carbs to be the lowest. I've tried to cut them back...I'll still eat carbs...have to...but want them lower on the totem pole. What do you guys do?
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Adkin's Peanut Butter Cups...ummmm.WHAT?!
Why am I just finding these now? 2 net carbs, 0 sugar, and they taste like...wait for it....PEANUT BUTTER CUPS! For 160 calories, my dessert is SET for the evening!
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ATHLETA
Does anyone else LOVE Athleta clothing? Their catalogs were one of my main motivations. Seriously. The girls in the catalog are super duper fit, and I'd flip through and think "I want to look like that!" Has anyone else be motivated by something like that? Or just heart Athleta? LOL! I'd highly recommend their stuff to…
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Starting to think eating my exercise ain't helping
I've cut out all soda...drinking tons of water...watching macros/calories etc much more than I ever have before. Switched up routine...up in weight. Thinking maybe the eating of the exercise calories isn't working. I wasn't losing before, but I wasn't gaining. The ONLY time I've gone below 150 lately was when I ate 1200…
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Body fat calibers
So I bit the bullet and bought some calibers today, but it only has me pinching the fat on my abdomen? Isn't it on your thigh etc too? Said I was 21% if just done on my tummy. How do I do this right?
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The arms aren't the problem...
My profile pic has only shown my arms, so many have felt I may just be muscle and can't get below 150 something because of this. I don't know how to attach them, but in my photo gallery I put up pics to show a full body shot. The arms aren't the problem, it's the thighs/booty. There is still plenty of fat to go around...a…
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Am I eating too MUCH?
So I upped my calories to try and keep up with my crazy workout schedule (fitness instructor), but after weeks and weeks it's still not going anywhere. Friday night we had take-out for the first time in weeks...so ignore that. LOL! But other than that am I just eating too much now, instead of too little? I just can't keep…
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whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!!!
:explode: I know we all get annoyed at these posts...so I apologize in advance. If nothing else I need to write this as therapy. It's not workiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For at least a month now, I have being trying to eat more to try and get my metabolism back on track after stalling for over a year…
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Ack! 11pm and I've only net under 800 calories
I didn't realize how long my calorie net was today. Thursdays are always my crazy days. I teach two spin, and we have a new foster dog that I'm walking a lot. I ate a big dinner...SEVEN ounces of chicken included and I still haven't even net'ed 800 calories for the day. What on Earth should I eat? I always want cereal. I…
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Ambien is the Devil
My kids who went on a trip with their grandparents came home last night and I taught until 9pm so I was WIRED. I have generic Ambien that I take on nights like this. Ambien and watching what you eat, DON'T MIX. I had THREE bowls of cereal. The Ambien takes away the feeling of giving a hoot. Does anyone else do this? So…
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So I know it's probably water weight...blah, blah, blah
But this SUCKS. I had finally. FINALLY!!!! Gotten down in weight after weeks and weeks. And now after my weekend in Philadelphia I went from 151 to 154.4. My measurements are exactly the same (get out those measuring tapes, people!), but for some reason it's defeating seeing that number. How long after a high calorie…
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Should I cut back for the next couple of days?
Didn't know if this would matter or not. Went on a weekend trip and ate a ton of food. I'm back to my crazy workout schedule so I'll probably burn at least 1000 calories today. Should I try and keep the calories lower than usual since I ate like a freak for the past two days, or go back to what I was doing? I was eating…
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Eye opening. HUGE deficits
I went back into April to look at my food log when I was trying to be "really good". With my exercise schedule I was averaging around 1000 calorie deficit every day. I would do the occasional weekend pig out (could I have been starving for calories??) Seriously, every day was around 900-1100 deficit. AND I WASN'T LOSING…
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Anyone else a nosy grocery store shopper?
Now that I'm in the middle of this new lifestyle change, I have turned into the nosiest grocery shopper! I am totally fascinated by what other people are buying. I'll be toodling along with my cart, but I can't resist to see what others are buying. Does anyone else do this? LOL! I also find grocery runs SO incredibly hard.…
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Added food...lost inches, not weight
So I think I'm on week three now of my eating more experiment. Last week was TOM so I kind of skipped over it so I wouldn't go crazy. As ya'll know I teach spin and Body Pump. I've also been adding classes like kickboxing and adding maybe 20 minutes of elliptical/stairmaster after Pump just to switch things up. Drinking a…
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GOD BLESS MARYLAND! :-D
I posted yesterday about Carrabbas and how there are hardly any nutritional facts online for their food. Well in Maryland (or at least in our county) if you are a chain restaurant you are required to post the nutritional info/calories. REQUIRED. So when we got to the restaurant the calories were under every single thing on…
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Carrabbas :-/
So my son graduated Kindergarten this week, so he got to pick a place to go for dinner to celebrate. He picked flipping Carrabbas. I looked online and they don't have their nutrition facts up. We had a birthday party, anniversary, now this...Father's Day tomorrow...I'm trying to lose one stinking pound and I keep getting…
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Question for those who added calories and lost weight
Hey ya'll. I have a question for the folks who weren't eating enough calories, started eating more, and then started losing weight again. How long did it take before the losing started to happen? Did you gain at first? How long did that go on for? How steadily have you lost since you upped your intake? I have been trying…
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Does this sound more reasonable?
Let me help and give my schedule. :-) If I didn't do ANYTHING else (and I almost always do),.....On Mondays I teach Spinning and Body Pump. Tuesday I teach two spinning classes. Wednesday I teach Pump. Thursday I teach two spin classes (one being one hour) Friday and Sunday I teach Pump. There are usually a couple (for me)…
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If you've never taken a group exercise class....
I just wanted to share my story, because I'm sure there is someone out there like I was. 2 years ago, I was at my heaviest non-pregnant weight. I gained 70lbs with my pregnancies and was up to 243 with my first son. I started this journey 2 years ago when I signed up for the gym. I was 186 pounds. 5ft6. wore a 14/16. I had…
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Does flavored water count?
I don't feel 100% today, and drinking my water is hard. I have some sugar-free cherry limeade packets that make it a lot easier to get down. There is practically nothing in it. Can I still count these towards my water goal? Thanks!
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How do you add mystery restaurant foods?
Tonight the hubby and I will probably be going to Dogfish Head for dinner tonight. You can not get nutritional info on their food and myfitnesspal only has their beers. How do you log in the calories for a meal that you have NO CLUE what's in it. I know that there are always high calorie mystery ingredients in most…
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Think I have a tummy bug. Gonna be a carby day.
Of course on our wedding anniversary I get some kind of mild tummy bug. I was up super late last night as my tummy was so unsettled. Today is no different. All I want, if anything, are carby things. You KNOW I'm not feeling well when I don't feel like eating. That never ever happens.
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I have left over calories...can they be carbs?
I have over 300 calories left today to make my net. I don't feel like noshing on protein late at night to be honest. Is it bad if I have a bowl of cereal or something? That would be fantastic if I could. i don't want to kill my whole day at the end...and I know you want your calories to be GOOD..but I don't want to curl up…
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Tomorrow is my one day off....should I work out?
I am subbing a lot lately and Wednesday is looking like my only day I'm not teaching group ex. I've been trying to fit in some other workouts because my body is so used to Spin and Pump. Tomorrow is my hubby and my anniversary so we will be going out to eat tomorrow night. I'd like to workout to gain some extra wiggle room…
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Daggum it! I went over. :-z
I overshot what I thought my burn was going to be during class tonight and ended up going over AGAIN. I even upped my calories! Grrrrrrrr. I always burn 400+ in Pump and for some odd reason burned 300. I'm so annoyed!!!!!!!!
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If you haven't bought one already....
GET A HEART RATE MONITOR! :happy: I have a F4 from Polar with a heart strap. The machines and MFP do NOT give accurate readings at all. They are usually way over...especially the machines. We take so much time and effort to log our calories accurately...I would recommend doing the same with your exercise calories. It's a…
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TOM and binging
Does anyone else lose all control the day before Auntie Flo comes for a visit. (sorry boys. LOL!) It's like I know it's coming the next day because I can't stop eating. After being "good" all week, and not going out to eat or anything all weekend, last night after my husband went to bed I broke out my FAVORITE but very…
