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Copper IUD - Any health tips for me?
Good news - I've just reached my goal and I'm at a normal BMI range. I'm 163 cm tall, 65.4 kg. All parts of me look great and I feel healthy. I intend to keep using MFP for maintenance (and maybe lose a few more kg), keep exercising, keep eating healthy. Bad news - I have to put a copper IUD again. Anything that has…
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Strength training - Can't keep myself motivated
Hi. Even though I'm losing weight steadily, with calorie control and at least 45 minutes of cardio (cycling, yoga), I want to also incorporate some weight lifting / strength training exercises. I do have 3 kg dumbbells. But I just can't keep myself motivated and regular on that. Cycling I love, yoga I love! No problems…
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Pain during sit ups and crunches
Even though I use a mat during my strength training exercises, I am having a lot of back and tailbone pain when I do sit ups. I also tried crunches, and sit ups modifications, towels / pillows.... How do you people do it? I end up skipping them completely and do push-ups and elbow planks instead.
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Working out during Ramadan
Hi. Ramadan starts this weekend, and I'm trying to figure out on how to cope with exercise. I don't want to stop exercising for a whole month, I feel it will ruin all that I have accomplished all these months of working out. Usually if I have a lot of time, I will do daily 1 hour of cycling and 35 minutes of Yoga Meltdown…
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Cycling and Yoga
Hi. So far I've been doing only yoga for my exercise, but recently I decided and bought a stationary bike to add to my workout schedule. My dilemma is the schedule I'm supposed to take. I don't want to stop doing yoga, but I'm also a mother of 2 small kids and maximum time I can have on my schedule for exercise is 1 hour a…
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How to fix my metabolism through exercise.
Hi, After I gave birth to my 2nd child, I managed through diet and some light yoga to go back to my pre-pregnancy size (that's around 25 kilos loss), but I'm now stuck at 70-73 kilos. I'm only 163 cm tall so upon checking on Internet, I should be around 60 kilos. But these last 10-13 kilos just don't want to come off. I've…
