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Anyone from, or close to Toronto , Canada ? Middle aged ?
Hello, and Happy New Year to all ! I was here several years ago , and used MFP with great success. In the summer of 2014 I was at the top of my fitness, thinness , best looks I ever had. I decided to quit smoking and I managed to success, after smoking for 22 years. I was 40, and weighting a fit 126 lbs at 5'7". Fast…
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Starch Intolerance! And resistant starches...PLEASE READ !
Hello, through personal investigation I arrived to the conclusion that I may be starch intolerant. Anyone else like that? So, I will tell you that every time I eat pasties, cookies, pasta, pizza etc ( all of which I love ), I gain weight. Not only that, but I am also bloated, low energy, depressive. A little history…
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Depression and weight gain - big rant.
After my lovely success last year, that you can see in my avatar, I fell off the track. The "falling" started around Nov./Dec,2013.... I have been quite depressed due to a multitude of reasons which I am not comfortable discussing here.... Let's just say they have to do with many emotional issues, loneliness ( the ending…
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It's expensive eating clean! help me budget better.
I lost the weight, now working on building some muscle.... I got greedy..... I want to look like a fitness model now..... I am exercising like them too.... Anyhow, I find that I am spending so much more money on food now! I mean, granted I have a huge appetite.... and I eat usually 2000- 2500 cals a day., sometimes more...…
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Bike or rower for damaged knees and herniated disks
Hi everybody. I was thinking that I would like to purchase a cardio machine. Problem is my house is very tiny so I have no space. Also I have herniated disks in my back from an accident ( but they rarely bother me if I am careful what exercises I do ) and knee problems ( knees grinding, deviated round bone, beginning of…
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Quitting weight loss before my goal!
I think I am going to quit losing weight now... although I am 4-5 lbs away from my goal. From now on I am not losing weight anymore, I want to build muscle. While I am not done, I thought I can share how far I've come. I am a 5'7'' female, 1 child , 38 years old, small bones, pear shape. I started in Jan. 2013 at 151lbs.…
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Fitbit and Polar ( and a little Bodymedia)
Hello..... I am the happy owner of a Fitbit Force. And also own a Polar RS300x. Yesterday I used them together in the gym. I found out that my Polar gave me about 150 calories more ( burned) than the Fitbit. Perhaps because I did some weights ( shoulders), and for cardio I did rowing and elliptical ? ( no, I didn't get too…
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Bodymedia armband!
So I have been struggling to maintain since spring/summer when I reached my goal. But little by little, the weight is coming back. I haven't gained a ton, thank God, but still almost 5 lbs..... I ordered the Bodymedia Link, the one with the bluetooth. I hope it gonna work with iphone 5 . Has any of you experienced this…
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Eating too much and hungry all the time
Hi, I sort of reached my first goal in spring. I went from 151 to about 127 ( +/- 2lbs) in a matter of 4 months. Ever since I am "maintaining". But I am struggling with gilt. I leave my diary set up at about 1250 calories a day, only to go over by about at least 700 cals every day! That is about 2000 cals NET every day,…
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Going away for 2 weeks.... advice needed.
Hello.... I am leaving on Aug. 1 and coming back on Aug. 16... I am going to Ecuador. First of all, I haven;t had a vacation in 4 years, so I plan to enjoy every moment. But I really don't want to come back fat as a cow. On the other hand, I will eat what is given to me, and won't be able to choose much. And I will not…
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Are all calories equal?
So my question is easy.... and I would like a straight answer... are really all calories equal? because I was told ( by my mom ) that they are not. It is not the same thing if you over eat by having a chocolate bar ( worth let's say 500cals) or if you eat 6 big apples ( worth 500cals). It is not the same if you eat bacon (…
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5'7 tall, what is your ultimate goal?
So I was wondering, for the ladies that are 5'7 tall, age is not that important, what is your weight goal? What is your frame? I am 38 years old, small bones ( small frame), pear/hourglass shape, bottom heavy.... 1 daughter, 8 years old.... I started at 151 lbs and my goal is 125lbs. What is yours? thanks! P.S> feel free…
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Binging, weight gain, muscle, fat, water....
Hello, first of all, I should tell you that I am one of those who posted in the Success stories. I started at 5'7 tall, 151 lbs, got to 129 lbs, then 2 more down, 126.8 lbs. Very happy. I lost most of it through clean eating ( although fairly high cals ) and lots and lots of gym . I became a gym addict. Well, this weekend…
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Ahhh, maintanance calories! Confused!
Hello.... I am 38 years old female, 5'7 tall. I went from 151 lbs down to 129 lbs and stopped.... although my original goal is 125lbs. .... posted in Success Stories, if you would like to see photos, there is a link in my profile. Problem is, I wanted to maintain, as I was relatively happy with my shape. But I got scared.…
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Circuit training and strenght training
Can someone please explain to me the difference between these two. The reason I am asking is because strength training gets under 200 cal/ hour here, when logged under cardiovascular, and circuit training gets more than double, about 450 cals/ hour. Now, I like to do "machines" or dumbells, heavy. I usually only do one…
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TDEE help me understand it please!
So I keep reading that to lose weight I should eat TDEE-20%. Fine, I got it calculated at 2140. Including my 5 days a week exercise. 2140 - 20% = 2140 - 438 = 1712 The TDEE was calculated according to the fact that I go to gym 5 times a week, so I am a quite active. NOW PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR TO ME>>>>> the 1712 calories are…
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Expired protein? Can I still drink it?
Hi, since I haven't exercised last year I forgot I had 2 huge buckets of whey protein powder, one chocolate one vanilla... the vanilla is expired since Nov. 2011 and the chocolate Jan. 2012.... Today I drank one vanilla, it tasted fine to me. Is it a problem if I still use them? Can I get sick from them? Do they really…
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1200 calories curiosity
Can someone please tell me... where did this number come from? It seems to be the "holly" number around this website...and while I do agree more or less with it, I don't understand how people of different age, sex, weight, can be spinning their lives around it in order to lose weight. Just curiosity, thank you in advance.
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Doing weights and gym machines.... how many calories?
I was just wondering if I misunderstood something on this site... When I want to enter the exercise, the site only gives me calories burnt for cardio... they are usually quite similar to whatever the gym machine says... elliptical , for example, about 600 cal for hour... ok, more or less, same... maybe I go a little…
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Salter slim kitchen scale
Hi, I just bough this Salter 1406 model nutritional scale. It was expensive. And I don't understand it.... how can one apple, not too big, not small either, have 152 calories? And also, one more question.... unrelated.... For example if you make baked chicken breast... this website gives you 110 cal for a 3 oz portion. It…
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Heart Rate Monitor?
Is it worth purchasing a heart rate monitor? And what is the heart rate I should aim for? Does it really help ? I usually do cardio , when I do it, until my tshirt is soaked in sweat..... Which brands are good? S Should I get one that calculates calories burnt too? No idea what to do......
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Ladies Only please read
I was wondering if I am the only one with this problem. I always am extremely hungry starting about 10 days - 1 week before my period begins. So hungry! so I always eat too much for virtually almost half of the month. And I always crave bad carbs.....never fruits, veggies, healthy stuff..... After my period ends, ( say for…
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Ipod and Iphone games
Do you play games sometimes on your iphone or ipod? Which ones do you like a lot? Fun, addictive , entertaining? I just finished level 100 on Cat Physics..... But I only got an iphone recently, so it's all new fun for me.
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Just 20 lbs..... I started 3 days ago
Is it going to be terribly difficult? I started watching what I eat 3 days ago. So far so good. My first surprise was how little is the amount of food I can eat to stay at 1200 calories... Nearly impossible. I never realized I was overeating. I have to admit that I have been very hungry for the past 3 days... today I went…
