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Food Measuring-Does my logic make sense?
Okay so I'm making spaghetti with meat sauce tonight for dinner. I'm not worrying about the pasta measurement--that I can handle. Its the meat sauce that I'm trying to take a stab at. I entered the ground turkey and the pasta sauce into a recipe. The jar of sauce is 2 1/2 cups (so 20 oz) and the ground turkey is a 20 oz…
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Halfway Through 30DS Check In
Today was day 15 for with Jillian Michaels 30DS so I thought I would check in with my measurements. I only weigh in weekly (and that will be Monday), but as of this past Monday (8/12) I had lost 5 lbs. My waist has gone from 45 1/2 to 42 3/4. My Hips/Butt have gone from 42 1/2 to 40 1/2. My thighs have gone from 24 to 22…
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NSV--No Acid Reflux This Week!!!!
I haven't been at this very long, but I woke up this morning and realized that not once this whole week have I been woken up in the middle of the night with heartburn!!!! I've been suffering from acid reflux for years and even keep tums in almost every room in our apartment because it will come on suddenly and make me feel…
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How to handle logging a friend's homecooked meal?
I'm new to this whole process and I've been doing really well since I've been able to measure and log everything I'm making and eating at home. Tonight for the first time since I've started, we're going to have dinner at my brother-in-law & sister-in-law's house and even though she tried to help me out by letting me know…
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What are you looking forward to?
The things I'm most excited for about losing weight: 1) Being able to wear the clothes and styles I like instead of what fits me. 2) Not being embarrased when wearing a swimsuit. 3) Wanting to join my coworkers when they participate in 5ks as a team instead of worrying I'll hold them back or embarass myself. What are you…
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30 DAY CHALLANGE-August Support
Hey everyone! I'm starting the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Challange for the month of August and was hoping to find some friends to help hold me accountable (I would do the same for you of course!!) I'm a newbie to logging everything regularly and seriously trying to lose weight (even though I joined a little while back) and I…
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Too much protein??
So I'm starting to get the hang of logging, but it seems like I'm always way over what the site says I should be getting in terms of protein. I don't feel like I'm eating ridiculous amounts of it--but clearly it's in a lot more than I thought! Is it a bad thing to be way over the website's suggested protein?
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Anyone with low thyroid? What are you eating??
I was recently diagnosed with having a low thyroid and put on medicine to help correct it (don't get me wrong--I'm not blaming my weight problems on my thyroid--that can be attributed to bad habits 100%). What I'm wanting to know is should I be eating any differently because it's low? Are there certain things I should be…
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Elliptical-is there a 30-day challenge program out there?
My husband and I recently got an elliptical and I was wondering if there are any 30 day challenges for the elliptical? I've been successful at losing weight with the elliptical in the past, and the one we bought has a variety of intervals and programs you can use, but it would be great if I could find something I could put…
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Best Way to Workout With Limited Space
I recently moved into an apartment with very limited space. I can go outside to run or jump rope or do some other things, but does anyone have any recommendations for videos or exercises that can be done without a lot of space to work with? We don't really have enough money to join a gym right now, and we're going to be…
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Major Emotional Stumbling Block--Please Help
Let me share a little bit of my back story: Last year, I decided I was going to get into shape and lose some weight. I started at 190 and got down to between 165-170 (depending on the daily fluctuations). I was getting more confident and I was excited about where my weight-loss journey was starting to take me. Then I got…
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Calories Burned Seems High?
I have a question for those of you who have been using the site for awhile: Do the calories burned when entering a particular cardio activity (specifically elliptical for me) seem higher than they should be? Everything I've heard from my fitness-junkie friends indicates that the numbers shown on the machines at the gym are…
