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My yearly check-in update
Wow, it's been nearly a year since I posted my last progress post? Cool. Anyhoo, after the whole obese/anorexic/getting better back-and-forth, I seemhave cracked this whole training thing. Arms are improving: And back/shoulders starting to get better, although still need more size: As a bonus, here's a pic that is only…
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Long time no see.
So I haven't been on MFP in months. I gave up with my diet as I just couldn't bear to try and calculate my calories and macros without a somewhat accurate TDEE to start with. Having said that, I've stepped up my training, and kept most of my habits that I developed with MFP's help when I did track. Now I have a Fitbit, I'm…
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Four months after stopping cardio/counting calories - You should try it.
Long time no see. I made my first progress thread a while ago, showing how far I'd come from my biggest to smallest. Here are the pics I used: But since then, My attitude has changed. I realised I was getting very skinny (albeit with certain areas of fat that wouldn't shift), and changed my focus somewhat. Out went the…
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Tips for avoiding tension headaches after Shoulder days?
Hey :) So as the title says, I find that after doing a session on shoulders / upper back, along with the doms I get nasty tension headaches from the tightness in my traps/rear delts. Anyone have any suggestions to minimise these effects?
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I walk out of the gym satisfied if I have __________
Well, how do you fill in the blank? :) It could be anything; being covered in sweat, managing to lift a heavier weight, completing all your planned sets, trying a new exercise/machine, getting a compliment, running further/quicker... Endless. Mine is that whatever I've done, if I've added 5kg to my Deadlift, I walk out of…
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Why does MFP count mono/poly unsaturated as bad?
Just a little thing I noticed - after breakfast I checked my nutrition to see how I was doing, and the first thing I notice are the big red numbers next to polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fat intake. These came from the olive oil I used for my omelet, so I know they aren't the unhealthy kind. One of the things that so…
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How to read the Polar FT7?
Hey all, so yesterday I got a polar ft7, and used it for the first time at the gym today. After my workout, (weights today) it showed a calorie burn of nearly 800 in a little over 70 mins..! So obviously it's tracking my bmr as well as exertion, so was wondering how you go about extrapolating your extra calorie burn (I. E.…
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Fits ever progress thread...
Edit FOUR: Yes, there's a typo in the title. Meant to be 'first'. (This thread posting lark isn't going too well for me...) So today is my birthday, and also payday - good times. As a treat, I decided to go clothes shopping, freshen up my gym kit etc. Now recently I've been getting increasingly used to the idea that I no…
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When to change targets?
When I began my mfp journey, it was to lose weight. I was 105kg, and wanted to get down to about 90, but it kind of spiralled a bit, and I'm currently at 73kg, which actually puts me quite close to the underweight bracket of most bmi calculators. So I figured that now is a good time to start building back up to 90 but with…
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Coming in under target, need healthy snacks!
Hey all, Along with picking up MFP again after a few months, I've actually started to properly weigh/plan my meals, and have been doing pretty well with the majority of them. Yet I find myself coming way under my calorie goal, as I don't want to finish the day on ~500 under, I'm ending up basically snacking on something…
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Let's do this again?
Hello all, I'm Alex. So I joined MFP a long time ago, but stayed as close to anonymous as I could back then. Since then, I've lost a pretty good amount of weight, stopped, started, stopped and started using MFP on my phone, but seem to have gotten back into a decent streak of doing so (although I don't track literally…
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Local workouts = local fat loss?
Hey all, I've been making progress with my weight loss over the past few months, but I'm ready to step it up and join a gym. Obviously I know the importance of exercising all over the body, but I was wondering if there's any correlation between what areas you focus on and losing fat from those areas? For example, say you…
