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Strength training during lunch break
Hi there. My lunch break at work will be changing from 30 minutes to an hour...and I couldn't be more excited! The gym is a 10 minute drive from my work, so I will be spending 20 minutes driving. Between the driving and getting ready for the gym and getting ready to head back on the clock, time wise I can afford a solid 30…
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What kind of ribs to buy (lowest in calories)?
I am going to bbq tonight for dinner...I have been working out for an hour a day...and am not counting calories, just eating when I am hungry and making better choices. I don't want to undo my hard work...so what kind of ribs are the lowest in calories? I know adding bbq sauce and other things impacts that..but I need…
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can your body get used to exercise?
It is too hard mentally and physically to eat 1200 calories a day...I own a heart rate monitor and I know I burn about 600 calories an hour jogging, exercise bike, and elliptical...for child care reasons I cannot jog, and the bike is very boring...so I am going to start on the elliptical again...I have heard people say…
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Now that i'm not fat, I don't lose weight with exercise
So I have always been normal weight...between the years 2007-2011 I gave birth to my three children..and each time I was left with 25-40 pounds to lose, and everytime I Lost it. I lost my weight by exercising 4-5 times a week, and making better food choices. I didn't count calories/carbs and the weight fell off of me each…
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any sucess with eating two filling meals a day?
I tried eating 5-6 small meals a day..and when I do that I am hungry an hour later. I eat the right food, plenty of protein and fat, and healthy carbs. I want to try eating 2 large meals a day... since my tdee is an average of about 2000 calories a day..my plan is to eat 2 meals both of them give or take 750…
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no fridge/freezer low carb dinners?
Hi, so starting next week I will be going to school and work back to back, so I need dinner ideas that are low carb and do not require a fridge or freezer... thank you! :)
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any sucess with exercising and not counting calories?
For months I have been trying to count calories...I have tried different strategies...eating x amount plus working out...eating x amount and not working out...low carb...alternate day fasting...I stick to something for 10 days max...until I hit my breaking point...and then binge away for 2 days, and am back where I…
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question about burning off junk food
I am planning on going to the fair this weekend so I will be eating curly fries and cotton candy. I am trying to "break even" calorie wise. I want to burn off the calories from the fair, but I what is the best way to do that? exercise before the fair or after? I was guessing after because my body would have all the stored…
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i need advice on resetting my metabolism
Ok so here is my history... I'm 25 and in october I started at 145 pounds..I'm female and 5'8"-5'9" In late october I started to eat 1200 calories a day, and ride my bike for an hour a day (and now that I have a heart rate monitor I now know that I was burning about 600 calories from my workout)..so I was netting 600…
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question for people that do tdee - 20%
So lets say without exercise my tdee is 1800...lets say my bmr is 1400...since they always say you should never go below your bmr, that would mean the lowest I should consume is 1400, meaning I would "lose" 400 calories a day. So if I worked out, and burned 1,000 calories and got my tdee to 2800 (I have a polar heart rate…
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joining this group to be around my kind!
October 23, 2012 at 5 foot 8 and a half I weighed 145 pounds. I am 25 and female, have 3 young children,, have a small frame, and my weight goes straight to my thighs and belly. So 145 pounds did not look good on me. If I loaded my belly with water or food, and don't suck in my belly, I easily looked 5 months pregnant, not…
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tip on getting rid of excess water weight
I am very sensitive to sodium...I can retain 5 or 6 pounds of excess water weight from consuming too much. Alot of people think you retain water from too much sodium and/or not enough water. True..you will retain water if you don't get enough water...but the real science relating to sodium and water retetnion is the sodium…
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interested in a Polar RS100
I want to buy the Polar RS100 HRM... the main reason why i want to buy it/one is so if I go out for a run for an hour it can tell me what my average heart rate is...I know you can look down and see "170" if you are going hard and then "130" if you are going lighter...but I want to be able to get the average heart rate for…
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well no candy for me, ha!
lol...so i thought this was kinda funny...a few days ago I had a mini binge (i probably went about 300 calories over my daily goal) on tootsie rolls...afterwards I was so mad at myself that i put them in the garbage even though the bag was over half full...so its a little after 3:00 and I just had half a can of tuna with a…
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would you call this junk food?
Ok, so I love nachos...I was going through my kitchen and found a bag of santitas white corn blend totilla chips...I looked at the nutrition label.. 140 calories for 28 grams...total fat is 6g but only 1g is from saturated fat.. 115 mg of sodium...2 grams of fiber no sugar..and for the ingredients: white corn, vegetable…
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sodium overload: how long do you take to lose water?
So mon-fri I am very healthy and very strict with my diet, and my sodium consumption is healthy. During the weekend I take a break from my diet, although still counting my calories, I go way overboard in sodium. I end up losing 4200 calories a week. Monday morning comes, I am big and bloated..I way myself every morning to…
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anyone ever have a dexa scan done?
I am getting a dexa scan wednesday morning, and am very excited to find out my true and accurate body fat percentage...because after looking at different women my height and at different weights...i have learned that I need to stop focusing on weight and focus on my body fat percentage. I am also curious to know what kind…
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question about calorie cycling
to avoid hitting a weight loss stall and to avoid my bmr dropping, i would like to try calorie cycling. I would like to do 1300,1600,1300,1600 gross calories a day. On the 1300 calorie days i will not exercise and on the 1600 calorie days i will exercise. My question is, in order for calorie cycling to work do you have to…
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eating back exercise calories..the point?
So I have been testing out different numbers that this site gives me in order to lose weight. I understand that bigger people can afford to lose weight faster than smaller people. I'm female, 135 pounds and 5 fooot 8.5...I work as a waitress 4 days a week. I have tracked my steps at work,,and I know just in steps I burn…
