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How long is your gym session?
I want to share an observation and a question in the end. When it comes to the gym - I have always been an in and out person. Before work/during lunch break/evening class. Come in, do your routine, out. 1h including changing clothes. And it seemed like people around me did the same. No one was slacking around the machines,…
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Volume eating ideas
TL;DR - I am trying out a new approach resembling volume eating idea. And therefore looking for foods that are under 100cal/100gr that are not vegetables. Longer - So far, I knew that to feel fool I needed a good quantity of food. Given that I actually love greens it was not really a problem to have large salads for meals.…
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Calories logging tips or how heatlhy food consumption is like helathy financial behaviour
TL;DR - How do you eyeball calorie intake of a meal in the long run? -- I repeatedly try to log calories (on this app and other tools) but miserably fail every time, mostly I think because I can't correctly "eyeball" the food I eat. At the times I try to be meticulous and search for each ingredient and be very precise I…
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Routine vs daily decision to keep eyes on track
A few days back I posted here saying I come back from common practices devastated with no motivation to continue because "I always finish last". This great community gave me a lot of advice and I stick to them. One of the comment attached the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbkZrOU1Zag There are plenty of…
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Always last and it brings me to tears
Hi, I really need you to tell me there is hope, because I'm losing motivation and on the verge of giving up. I fought overweight my entire life but mostly in my head with doing very little to actually change things, and just watching the weight piling up. A few years back I pulled myself together and managed to lose almost…
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Weight gain after long walks
Hi, In short - How long and how much do you gain after slightly changing a routine? I know this was discussed before but I started walking long distances/ attempting to start running (my own c25k program) lately and my weight is spiking up. I know it could be water retention but 1. I am not going hard intensity 2. It…
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Cheat meal/days
Let's get a poll going :) How often do you have them? What are you having then? Do you plan them in advance? If not planned what is your trigger? I'll start with my self. My cheat meals are not scheduled but I'm averaging a day in about a couple of weeks (in the past 7 weeks that I'm on this I had 3 days of uncontrollable…
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5'8-5'10 women what's your clothes size?
I am 95kg (~210 lb), 178 (5'10) wearing a euro 44-46 jeans (us 14 i guess) and xl shirts. I am aiming to be around 85kg mostly for health and because of being tired of the lack of clothes in my size. When did you drop to large/ size 40 (10)? I don't do much strength exercise so I guess for average build? Thank you
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Bike training vs spinning for 210lb person
I was enjoying bike rides now and then on leisure trips, unfortunately can't really have access to a bike all the time back home so I thought I will substitute it by a spin class. Went for the first time and discovered that the spin class to be much easier then a bike rides, when going uphill (even slightly) is so much…
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Water retention after workout
So I started spinning. Did my first workout two days ago. Didn't push myself too hard so I can explore my limits nevertheless can't feel my legs for two days now (so I guess I did push myself enough). Expectedly, I gained weight (water) yesterday and today (1.5 lb). For how long should I expect water retention to keep? The…
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High protein low carbs/ fats foods
Hi, I am aiming for a 30c/30f/40p macros but find myself mostly on 40/40/20 since cant really find foods that have more protain then carbs/fats in them (besides chicken breast). How do you up your protein intake? Without protein powders please, "real foods". Thanks
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Keeping routine when life changes
I'm back in the saddle, behaving well, eating the way I would assume I can continue on "forever" (with small fallback here in there, but nothing major). More importantly I established by routine, the one that helps me when will power is not there. But I'm expected to have a big life changing event in about a month or so…
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What do you *not* typically eat in a day
So, the internet is full of those "What I eat in a day" threads, that show these perfectly healthy food combinations of home made healthy whole foods. The problem is that most days of my life and I assume yours as well are not "typical". I don't have a regime that lasts more then 2-3 weeks in a row ant max. You know, that…
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Plateauing at the same weight every time
I have been going up and down more or less the same weight for a couple of years now (+-8 pounds), after dropping significantly 3 years ago. I notice that every time I start restricting myself and go down I plateau around the same weight until I break it, and same when I am gaining I tend to stick to this number until I…
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Daily planning vs weekly planning
Hi, I wanted to share a tip that was easier for me to log, and see who else is doing it this way and maybe to learn from you. Over the time I realized that logging daily post food intake is usually very cumbersome and causes me to drop it quit quick. What I am currently doing is planning a week ahead. Meaning I am, along…
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Loosing weight before starting exercising
I am 5'10, CW: 215 SW: 225 GW1:198 UGW:175 I know the right way to loose weight is 90% diet 10% exercise, and that exercise is mainly for health and making sure you loose fat and not muscles. But I was thinking if exercise should be more then the recommended to all to stay healthy (walking 10,00 steps, staying on your…
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Getting back in the saddle
I started my journey in May 2015 at 238 lbs (I'm 5'10' - female') and managed to go all the way down to 200 lbs by August, the first time "diet" actually showed results. I didn't like much the way I did it, it included a very restricted diet (some would say too restricted) and quit a lot of exercise. I didn't feel too…
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Fat burning zone
Hi, I've been attending the gym for the past month and I don't see much result of it so I'm trying to understand if I'm doing anything wrong. I'm doing about an 1-1.5 hours which usually consists of about 40-60 min of cardio and 10-20 min of strength (2-3 sets of 8-10 repeats) of low weight (2.5 kg or 11-18 kg on machines)…
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Eating calories back
I know this was discussed before, but couldn't find an answer. I'm a beginner here. Meaning, I've been fighting my weight since I remember my self, but I'm taking it seriously now (hopefully not too late). Anyway, installed the MFP app, signed to a gym, going 3-4 time a week. Now for the question - The MFP suggests a 1500…
