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52 year old female with success story
To start out with, I am not where I hope to go. I have been at this never ending fitness goal since July of last summer. My story is in my profile. My fitness is a long way to go! Yesterday, a male friend/ aquaintance gushed over my weight loss. So nice! Then today the same thing happened. This time a different male…
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Any reason to not exercise before a blood test?
This is probably the stupidest question ever, but I am wondering if exercising a few hours before a general health blood test would mask or elevate anything. It will be a fasting blood test and my doctor advised that I do everything that I normally do the day before except fast the morning of the draw, but we didn't talk…
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Who is still finishing?
Are you still finishing but not logging? It doesn't matter how long it takes, finishiing is what matters.
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Safeway nutrition data MIA
Why isn't a large franchise like Safeway required to publish nutrition data for food items they produce and sell in their stores? I wanted to know the nutrition of their bakery doughnuts and couldn't find any info at the store or on their website. The bag they provided had a bunch of numbers next to a brief description of…
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The finish line! And the winner is..........
:love: :drinker: Congratulations for finishing in 30 days straight! Awesome and inspiring! Congratulations! You now belong to a rare group. Way to go!:flowerforyou: For the rest of us, I want to ask everyone what their next goal is? I would love to read about everyone's progress as you log the final day and what your…
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Looking for Sodium watchers
I am looking to add active friends who are aiming for low sodium diets. I have been on MFP for a few months and have a great group of friends, but I have recently discovered that I am highly sensitive to sodium. I would like to have a few friends who are active, have open diaries and are watching calories and sodium. I am…
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Huge NSV for me today
Hubby went to a doctor today for his high blood pressure. According to hubby, no medication just yet. The doctor wants hubby to incorporate more of MY fitness and diet first! Yay! Hubby is now on board.
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Misleading food labels
I know we have all seen them, but this one really ticks me off. I picked up a bag of avocados at Costco not paying attention to the label. When I got home and actually compared the label to my entry, I was shocked. The bag I chose contained five avocados, the calorie count per 1/5th package is worth 50. Normal logic would…
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Why should I track carbs?
I have carbs on my tracking report, but I don't know why I should. MFP suggested it so I allowed the default. I am fairly certain my diet is a good one, but I am still not confident. I am at my goal weight, feel good and have plenty of energy. The nutrients I track are, in order: calories, protein, sodium, potassium,…
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Blood pressure lowering supplements
I took my blood pressure at the store today and it was 149/80 with a heart rate of 88. :frown: Not good. When I was young I always had very good numbers so I never paid much attention. Now I need to start tracking my blood pressure. While Googling for natural ways to lower blood pressure, I read about blood pressure…
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Day 6, level 1
First! I could really feel my IT band in the lunges. This is where I injured myself the last time I tried the Shred. I am being more aware and careful this time around.
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My revamped General Tsao's Chicken
I have been remaking my favorite General Tsao's Chicken recipe into a lower calorie, lower sodium . Here is the original: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/General-Tsaos-Chicken/Detail.aspx My changed version: Yield 6 cups 1/2 cup cornstarch 1/4 cup water 1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger root…
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NSV for 50+ apple shaped woman
For the first time since forever, I have nothing hanging below my pelvic bone. No skin and most importantly, no fat. I looked in the mirror and everything is staying above. My ab work is paying off! I had resigned myself to always having loose pieces because of my age and shape, but I was wrong, I can still have a toned…
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Cardio question
Sorry if this has been asked a million times, I tried the search feature and got too many results to wade through. I am getting ready to restart Jillian's 30 Day Shred video. I don't want to lose any more weight. Should I not do the cardio at all, do the cardio and increase calories? The first time I did it I did the…
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Trying to motivate a real life friend
This is dangerous territory, trying to mix MFP advice with a real life friend that I am trying to get motivated. My friend's name is Jim and he needs to lose 200 pounds. He is dear to me, but I am afraid he is killing himself. The last weight loss he had was a diet shake thing with motivation meetings once a week, closest…
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Completely stupid, romantic, awesome, NSV
A Street Car Named Desire is playing on TCM right now. Blanche wanted to know if Karl Malden could lift her up so I asked my husband if he could lift me up. Hubby asked, " Of course I can! To somewhere or just straight up?" Just straight up, I answered. And he did. I love that man!
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Negative self-talk doesn't work
On one of the threads a lady was talking about 30+ years of negative self-talk. I can't find the thread now, but it got me thinking. For years I would look in the mirror and tell myself that I was fat and disgusting, thinking I would shame myself into doing something about it. Nope, never happened. What finally motivated…
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Replacement for spinach?
Due to objectional intestinal results from eating spinach, I am having to give it up, though I loved the nutrition from it. Does anyone have suggestions for a leafy green that will make my nutrition reports look similar?
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I was so big
that I took up two mirrors in my medicine cabinet mirrors, Tonight, I fit within one and had some background.
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40 Calorie Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
1 cup Light Mayo 1 1/2 cups 1% Milk 1 packet Original Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing Mix Follow package directions. Makes 20 servings @ 2 TBS. Nutrition info per 2 TBS. serving 40 Calories 3 Carbs 218 Sodium 1 Protein 2 Calcium 30 Potassium The store I shopped at today didn't have the light salad dressing that I like, so I…
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Boron in the middle aged female diet
I have been doing some reading about calcium supplements and have discovered something that might be helpful. Boron is a micro-nutrient that has been shown in some studies to help increase estrogen. Of course we all know that as middle aged women, we are losing estrogen which is what leads to calcium depletions and…
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Protocol for missing MFP friends
I know it's the holidays and many people are out of their routine. I have two friends who haven't logged since before Christmas. Do I message them this weekend? Do I do nothing?
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What did you weigh November 30th?
As so many of us are stressing over Christmas indulgences, I thought it might be helpful to compare where we were a month ago, shortly after Thanksgiving. November 30th, I weighed 136.0 December 30th, I weigh 133.4 My post-Christmas high weight was 137.2 vs.my post-Thanksgiving high weight of 138.4 so I am trending…
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NSV for me. Clothing.
I live in a major college town that is dominated by college football. About three years, ago a Phd grad gave me his Rutgers T-shirt that he wore as a freshman. At the time I remember thinking that he was a puny freshman and the shirt was much too worn and thin to actually wear. In honor of my friend and Rutgers bowl game I…
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Horse supplement pills vs. supplement noob
I am trying to learn about supplement pills. I cannot seem to swallow all the horse sized pills that contain all the supplements. Even my half sized Centrum Silver makes me gag to the point that I am afraid that I will inhale the half pill. I feel like a walking pill bag when I am consuming no less than 6 pills per meal. I…
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This is the time of night when I would eat
And you know what? I am going to bed. Good night all, and may the weight loss faries visit you during the night. God bless us all during our struggle.:flowerforyou:
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Planks vs. push ups
I can only do planks, I can hold them for a minute or longer. I can do side planks for at least 15 seconds or longer. I didn't stop because my strength gave out, I stopped because I wanted to move on. I cannot do a push up. I get half way up and I give out. I am doing arm curls, shoulder strenthening with resistance tubes.…
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Push-ups
Can anyone here do pushups? I am trying and can't even do one. I work at it every day, but can only get half way down. What can I work on to finally be able to do just one. That's all I'm asking for, to be able to do just one. I am 51 years and 50 weeks old, lol I don't want to feel like a lost cause, I want to do it!
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I live in a smallish town with limited choice for fitness
I know the owner of the most popular gym/fitness center in my town. She is obese, smokes and drinks heavily. She is also a nasty individual. When I asked her what motivated her to buy a fitness center, she told me that it was because it was a "turn key business." In other words, she could visit her business once a week and…
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It's the dryers fault!
Yesterday I confidently wore a sweater that a year ago I was certain had shrunk in the dryer.
