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Scale Victory: Ten Pounds to Go (pics)
Well, I'm more focused at getting into those single-digit pant sizes, to be honest. I'm 5'5", but my frame seems to be wider than others' (like my friend, who's at an identical height and weight, and she still gives me hand-me-downs that are far too big for her and are barely tight on me....le sigh). Here I am in December…
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Strength Training Calories Burned
For those of you who strength train (heavy weights), how do you figure the time you put in for your exercise? Is it roughly one minute per set of five? The real time you're in the weight room? And how should I calculate calories burned after actual gym time to account for muscle repair, etc.? I want to make sure my body is…
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Measure Your Boobs
Seriously. Here I am, going along for almost a decade thinking I'm a 36DD. After a few months on my weight loss journey, I got excited that my cinch is too small for some of my older bras to fit even once (and mad, because that means I have to buy new bras). Thought I was a 34DD. I got sized for the first time ever…
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NSV: Need to get new skinny/motivational jeans...
March 12: Obtained skinny jeans from high school. Did not fit at all. Did not know if they would ever fit again (didn't know where in my development I was when I wore them). Couldn't even button/zip a couple of them. April 22: These pants, sizes 11-13, fit just fine. Now, to look just fine in them. That darn muffin top…
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NSV: Healthy Foods!
I've finally done it. I went grocery shopping today, and my cart was filled with fruits and veggies, milk, orange juice, applesauce, whole wheat bagels, cream cheese, and sesame dressing. Not a single thing with high fructose corn syrup. Not a single frozen meal. It's taken me a few months (especially to get over the…
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Self-Induced Plateau?
I joined MFP around January 1 (the determination to finally get fit happened to coincide with the new year, it wasn't an actual resolution). I lost 18-19 pounds by the end of February (I do believe this was "short-term" fat; the fat that has most recently been put on in places that fat storage doesn't usually happen in for…
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A Paper on Weight Loss Ads
Hello everyone! I'm doing a paper on language use in weight loss advertisements; specifically, comparing ads from China and the United States. I'm having no problems finding advertisements in the US, but I'm having some difficulty finding things from China for Chinese people. Anyone out there have any leads for me to go on?
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Halfway There!
It's been a little over two months, and I have lost 20 pounds! Not only am I halfway to my goal, but I'm also in the healthy BMI range yet again! It's been a while since I've been there. Here I am around my heaviest weight (this is the picture that made me realize I needed to lose weight). I was around 170 pounds (I'm 5'5"…
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High Heart Rate
So I've got a fast little bunny heart. Just lying here on the couch on my laptop for an hour, my heart rate is 92 bpm. It's always been this high; it's only been over the past couple months with regular exercise that I've sometimes caught my resting heart rate in the high 80s. The issue comes around when I'm exercising.…
