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Breakfast Ideas please?
Hi, I'm looking for breakfast ideas.... I am always over on sugar intake during the day due to having fruit in my breakfast and fruit for snacks during the day, what other breakfast foods can I have that include NO BREAD please? I don't mind something with egg in but I'm not keen on omelette really.... I also see lots of…
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WEEKEND EXERCISE AROUND A TODDLER?!!!
Im looking for some ideas of fun exercise for the weekends (when I cant get to the gym as I haveno babysitter!!) that can either include or not include my 3 year old son. One of my previous posts I made a real mess up with the calories in Spaghetti and was told by several people to go on a 2.5 mile hike..... unfortunately…
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Muscle Building vs Toning Up?!!!
Im new to exercising and ive joined my local gym and since joining ive been everyday apart from the weekend because I have a 3 year old im a single mum to..... I need some advice..... I do not want to be a muscular woman, my intentions are to "tone" my body..... How much exercising should I be doing? Currently im doing…
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Over on Sugar..... daily!!!
I just love fresh fruit - and I thought it was healthy but im finding its making me go over on my sugar intake nearly ever day, at least its not over on fat I suppose but is being over on sugar most days better than being over on fat? How does the body store sugar? The same as fat? What fresh fruits do you know that are…
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Fish Pie Sauce Please!!!!
Fish Pie for dinner tomorrow..... I have Salmon, Smoked Haddock, Unsmoked Haddock and King Prawns..... was going to put a thin layer of potato on top with a teeny weeny bit of no dont say it..... cheese lol!! I obviously need some kind of sauce for the fish.... do I need to precook it in milk or if I oven bake it in…
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STARVATION MODE
It has become common knowledge on these topics that some have firm beliefs in the starvation mode and others firm disbeliefs. I myself have a degree of belief, however I think in every person the starvation mode is entered at different calorie intakes per person. A number of people tell me my calorie intake is far too low,…
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Why has MFP upped my calorie intake?
This is day 12 of my diet and until now ive had a calorie minimum of 1200 per day, this morning it says 1330?!! Can someone please explain to me why MFP has done this without me changing my goals? Thanks
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795 CALORIES?!!! OMG
Woops, this is day 8 of my diet and ive just cooked my 3 year olds favourite meal for lunch.... Spaghetti Bolognese..... ALL homemade, no jar of high calorie sauce The portion size I had was a lot smaller than it would normally have been - I too love spaghetti bolognese.... Problem is my bolognese came to 242 calories…
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I NEED FRIENDS
Hello again, This is now day 9 of my MFP diet, I have only got two friends and id like some more if anyone wouldnt mind sending me a request? Im interested to take a look at some other peoples food diaries for ideas....... Though im not interested in people who are very judgemental about others food diaries so please dont…
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Calorie Maths Question.... HELP!!!
Hi, I cooked some spaghetti yesterday and was appalled at the amount of calories in what I thought was a relatively small portion.... Problem is I weighed it cooked LOL!! So today I weighed it dry.... My question is..... I weighed 225grams cooked yesterday which per 75g uncooked = 265 Calories Today I weighed the same…
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SODIUM
:happy: So ive been reading a lot of the posts on here and many people are referencing sodium to water retention (if ive understood correctly that is!!) Can you please give me some examples of the types of foods/drinks that contain higher levels of sodium so I can avoid them?!!! Oh and whats a safe amount? Thanks in…
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Increased weight due to muscle building?
hi, sorry this may sound like a really stupid question but Id like to know how soon after starting to exercise will the body begin to gain weight from building the muscles?
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BUMP??
What does it mean when people reply "bump" in a forum?
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Dinners with less than 400 calories?
Im looking for a balanced, healthy meal (or a few) that contain less than 400 calories and obviously as low as possible in fat please? Thanks
