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Petite women join me!
Hey guys! I am looking for friends with similar body as mine because not anyone will understand the struggle of having a very low BMR to start with!! I'm a very petite woman (1,5m tall) just breathing I will burn about 1100 k/cal a day, so you can imagine my difficulties...at the end of the day, with a bit of cardio and…
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Losing these f* last 5 kg...cardio versus strength training
Hey guys, I'm not new here, and I'm not new to weight loss. I've never had a huge amount of weight to drop in my life, but for a big part of it, I've always had SOME weight to drop to feel healthy and confident (about 5-6kg). As you probably know, these last kg are the hardest to drop. I've successfully managed to do so 3…
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30 yrs old girl in need after life-changing events...sharing my story and asking for help! <3
Hey guys, I'm not new to mfp but it's been a long while since I logged in. I'll make my life-story short :) I'm an Italian 30 yrs old girl. I'm very petite (1.5m /4.11ft) that means that 5kg on me it's a huge amount that shows immediately. Playing tennis, eating healthy and having an active life I always managed somehow to…
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Stressed teacher in a foreigner country needs support!
Hey guys! I'm not new to mfp, last year I lost about 7kg with calories counting and fitness, but unfortunately I gained all back...It's not too much but I'm very short and it shows immediately. Last September I was in the middle of job hunting and finally got an offer in France so I impulsively left my life in Italy and…
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Your last greatest find (healthy & tasty low cal food)
Today I was at the supermarket and gave these a try: they are crackers with puffed rice on top. I was amazed, they are delicious!! I have to say that I've started this diet I'm finding out that in the world there are many things that not only are low cal, but super tasty as well! I used to think that everything that tastes…
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Struggling ...need help!
Hey guys :) Here I am a 29 years old in love with gummy bears. They are my ruin! I'll tell you my story making it very short. I was once doing many sports, I stopped, I gained weight, I stayed overweight for many years. Last Feb after some bad stuff happened in my life I found the motivation to finally lose the extra…
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For girls only: Burning calories during our period ?
Ok question for the girls...during our period the metabolism increase? Because everytime I have it I feel so week with a terrible back pain and cannot exercise at all. I was at least hoping that my body would burn more on its own :) maybe it's just a dream?
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Do you ever dream about food?
Since I've started dieting I'm often dreaming about eating all kind of high calories food that I am trying to avoid now...:D Last night I had a dream about having dinner with my friend in one of these "all you can eat" pizza place. I had 3 pizzas and was waiting for the fourth, amazed that I still had room in my stomach…
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Getting my mum on board...I need help!
Guys, please help. My mum is 60 and obese and needs to lose weight for her health. I'm really worried for her. When I started to loose weight she promised to get on board but she was off after only one week...not exercising, not logging her snacks, not weighting the food. She has tons of excuses. I've tried any possible…
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MFP side effects. Dieting is stressful (obvious fact).
I've started to lose weight last year, when I moved out of my parent's house. I won't be long about that, I'll just quick recap and say that I've never be obese but a bit overweight for most of my childhood and teen years. I knew that I needed to do something about my nutrition sooner or later (sport wasn't really an issue…
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Upper body strength without having huge shouders
Hey guys I need some advice for my fitness routine. I have to admit, when I first joined MFP like most of girls I thought that lifting was equal to get bulky and I was terrified by it. Now I now that this is a myth but I'm still a bit concerned. All my life all I did was mostly general cardio, but when I was in high school…
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calories from the marinade?!
Hey guys I need help. I cook a lot and input a lot of recipes but I have a HUGE doubt. How can I input the calories from some marinade? For instance if I marinade my meet with a marinade of oil, lemon and spices, because of the oil the marinade calories would be high but actually only a smart portion of that will stay…
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Eating back your fitness burned calories: Yes or No?
I know this is a hot topic, I would like to know your opinion about it. I personally try not to eat my fitness burned calories (unless it's a special occasion) but it's not like I do that because of some scientific reason...I just do that. What do you think? It would be useful or not for weight loss to use some of those…
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Which one is the best calories tracking device?
Hey guys :smile: My nike+ sensor just ran out. I have a nike sportband to go with it. Now I'm thinking if buying a new sensor or just change the whole thing. I know many of you are using the fitbit zip. What I want to know is if it's really as accurate as the nike sportband even without a sensor in the shoe. If I had that…
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The kg... I've always wanted to lose...my story :D
Hey guys hello everybody! ^__^ I'll introduce myself my name is Linda I'm 28 and I'm a teacher. I found out about this website through its mobile app actually randomly looking on the google store. Here's my story ^__^ Since I was a kid I was always the chubby one. Not really fat, just quite chubby. My mum was never very…
