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Raw Food Diet - fad or fab?
I like the idea of a (mostly!) raw food diet but don't know how you get enough protein / calcium and also fruit has a lot of sugars in it. Is it a healthy and sustainable way of eating? I am assuming it could be quite expensive, well, unless tinned fruit is allowed. I keep seeing articles about how much slimmer / lighter /…
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The Beauty Detox Solution?
Has anyone read the book / tried the diet? I flicked through the book in the supermarket and it sounds interesting but maybe a bit complicated. What you eat is important but what order you eat is apparently key too as is what foods you combine in each meals. Plus not drinking during the meal or for an hour afterwards. Oh…
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VLCD like Exante / Lighter Life
A work colleague just started Exante and lost 11 pounds in her first week and 7 in her second week. She is a little bit bigger than me so has quite a bit to lose but this seems like a huge loss! Not sure I could stick to it but she seems to be liking it. Anyway I was wondering does eating very low calories and losing the…
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Given up on pretty.
Since I have got bigger and bigger and what little confidence I had to start with has disappeared I have somehow given up on being pretty. I used to like playing about with nail colour and doing my make up and even just wearing jewellery and hair accessories. I was never stunning or anything and have been overweight all of…
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What to do when ill?
Today was my day to restart on MFP and (of course!) I woke up feeling far more ill than I did yesterday. Would it be a really bad thing to eat very low calories for a couple of days?
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I need an extreme makeover!
I really do! But without going on a television show ..... :) I started off and did lose weight here and I felt better - like I could do more. Then life got tough and suddenly making time for myself was put off and then missed out completely .... excuses, excuses, but basically I gave up on myself and didn't see myself as…
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Deserving it?
How do you make yourself realise that you are worth the effort of losing weight and getting fit? I think that, plus emotional eating, is a big problem of mine. I just don't feel like I deserve to be healthy or to make time to go to an exercise class or to spend extra money on healthy food. I don't feel like I am worth the…
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What do you eat to boost your calories?
If I eat my typical unhealthy fare I would have no issue hitting my calorie goal at all! I have just restarted after a bit of a slip so am trying to learn as much as I can to make this into a lifestyle change rather than a diet that I will come off at some point. My problem is that when I eat healthy food I struggle to…
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Exercise DVD without Jumping.
I work out up stairs and apparently just my everyday wanderings sound like a herd of elephants so I need a DVD that will help me get fit / lose weight but that doesn't involve jumping about. I really wanted to do the Shred but there are so many jumping jacks and so much jogging on the spot! I am not some light footed…
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Can you make protein shakes with hot water?
I sometimes like to drink the Options Hot White Chocolate drink and wondered if I could mix that with my protein powder. Would hot water do anything bad to the protein powder? Might taste absolutely awful but the Options drink is gorgeous! x
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Body Inspiration?
Is there anyone whose body inspires you? Even if their body type is totally different to your own! Mine are Jillian Michaels (short like me but super tiny), Elizabeth Taylor in her youth (love the 50s shape), and Rachel Bilson (she just looks fab in everything she wears). Trying to be sensible and look to people around my…
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Group - Operation Prettify Me.
Lets get fit and healthy while also paying attention to beautification. Feel good on the inside and look good on the outside! Come and share your fitness, diet, and beauty tips! Operation Prettify Me - Health and Beauty http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10465-operation-prettify-me-health-beauty-edition
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Do I need protein shakes?
When do you need protein shakes? I want to get into lifting weights so wasn't sure if I needed extra protein or how much. I am generally over the amount that MFP sets me. Plus I have a lot of weight to lose so is it possible to build muscle and strength while losing all the excess weight?
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Which One?
I want to learn more about different exercises to do and to also motivate myself. I don't want to get bored and give up or stop improving and pushing myself. Which would you pick / recommend? Magazines - Oxygen Shape Fitness RX for Women Books - New Rules of Lifting for Women Look Better Naked - 6 week plan Women's Health…
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Biggest Loser Question.
I am watching series 11 of Biggest Loser - the one where there are two new trainers in addition to Bob and Jillian. In one episode it said that the Ridge contestants had all their food prepared for them and were told how many calories they were eating. On a white board was a meal list that came to about 1080 calories. Is…
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How attainable is Jillian's figure?
We are the same height - I thought she was way taller than me for some reason! How many hours a week of exercise would it take? Not just to get there but also to maintain. I don't know what dress size she is but she looks strong and that is the sort of look I am aiming for.
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Which would you recommend?
I really want a Jillian Michaels DVD! I think she is fab plus people really seem to get results from her DVDs. My issue is that I don't have a great deal of space and have to exercise upstairs. Already told that I sound like a herd of elephants! Which of Jillian's DVDs has the least jumping about? I really want to get fit,…
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A Little Confused!
I have at least 50 pounds left to lose - not really sure what my actual final goal will be as I have never been anything other than fat. Can't imagine what I will look like 50 pounds lighter! Before I joined up here it was all about the final weight but now I want to be strong too. Not skinny and still unfit. I have been…
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Day after a high calorie day.
I was over my calories yesterday - oops! Bit of a slip up but a fab party! Am I better to just eat normally today (normal calorie level) or to eat less to account for yesterday?
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How You See Yourself.
I have been wondering how accurate my view of how I look actually is! I have been looking at the success threads and (without looking at the weights) comparing myself to the pictures. The ones I think look most like me and my shape are all around the 200 - 220 mark. So I either carry my weight badly or am hyper critical of…
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Just want to be Pretty!
Shallow I know!! I don't know how but I seem to have missed out of the clothes / hair / make up knowledge gene! I really make very little effort day to day - part due to lack of skills and part due to lack of confidence due to my weight. I want to change all this! Trying to figure out how to do a make over of sorts.…
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Is this normal?
I have been eating much healthier in the past 3 weeks and have cut right down on white carbs. I don't really like rice and pasta but I used to eat a lot of bread and crisps. Mostly I have been eating salad with some sort of protein and have felt fine - less sluggish than I used to. On Friday I was at a Christmas party and…
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I LOVE this site!
I have only been on here for 3 weeks but it has changed my life! :smile: I have lost some weight but more important than that I have changed how I think about food. I make much healthier choices now - willingly! - and it doesn't feel like I am depriving myself. Plus logging everything I eat has made me a lot more conscious…
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Food Diary Help?
Hi! I am new to all this healthy eating lifestyle rather than diet stuff. Previous times I have tried to lose weight I have used meal replacement shakes! I am logging everything I eat and drink but I don't know if I am making the best choices. I need things that are quite easy and quick as I work full time and am a part…
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Hourglass?
New to fitness and exercise really! My body shape at the moment is kind of a blob but I am aiming for an hourglass. Are there any exercises that you recommend? I don't even know if it is possible to get from my shape now to an hourglass (photos are on my profile page) but I still want to try! I just got some weights (have…
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I want to get strong!
I am new to all this fitness stuff - never really done any proper exercise at all and I am such a weakling! I have a lot of weight to lose but I want to get strong and toned not to just end up lighter. Just started but I currently do a Zumba class for an hour on Monday and Tuesday and that is about it! I have an exercise…
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Work Christmas Party.
I knew I had picked the wrong time to try to get healthy and lose weight! This Friday is the work Christmas party - unhealthy food and lots of alcohol, the week after is the WI Christmas meal and the week after that is the three course work Christmas lunch! The meals I can pretty much handle - I am working on my will power…
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Does this sound like a good routine?
Trying to get fit and healthy! Starting off very unfit - crazy that I have done this to myself but I am taking responsibility now. I have given myself 2 weeks to settle into eating better and eating less junk. Have given up fizzy drinks too. Now it is time for exercise! No idea how much / what I should do per week as a…
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Having a panic.
So I was inspired by at the before and after threads here and thought I would take some photographs too. I avoid cameras where ever possible so didn't have any at my weight now - heaviest ever! Now wishing I hadn't! How could I not have realised what I looked like?! I must have been in complete denial. Totally freaking out…
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Ankle Weights?
Would it be a good idea to wear ankle weights just wandering about during the day? I walk 20 minutes to and from work each day so thought it would burn more calories. Maybe even wear them for Zumba once I get fitter. Good idea or not? What weight would be best to start with? I want to get this weight off!!
