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dancing pals?
Looking for fitness pals who find their groove in dance. Let's dance our booties off and have a blast doing it!
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looking for Left Coast friends
Hello everyone! I'm looking for a few West Coast friends because all of my MFP friends are well into their days by the time I'm starting mine, and I'd like to have a few who are rubbing sleep out of their eyes and deciding to ramp up for another day of progress at the same time I am. Heather
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help hitting macros with food allergies
I'm allergic to eggs, all dairy (includes whey protein), soy, corn, most beans, almonds, shellfish, and now a fair variety of bony fish. I can eat meats, lentils, peas, most nuts, and garbanzo beans. When I did a bodybuilding contest a year ago, I was able to hit my protein macros by eating a lot of plain chicken breast, a…
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no-impact aerobics to do at home?
A month ago, I was diagnosed with pes anserine bursitis and told that I need to lay off dance for a while. Dance and walking were my primary sources of aerobic exercise. I'm able to continue my strength training regimen. I've started up tai chi again, and I'm doing specific stretching and strength exercises to help heal…
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advice to keep metabolism hopping?
During my last weight loss journey, I tanked my metabolism. I was logging everything really strictly (weighing everything) and still ended up losing weight at a slower rate than the numbers said I should. I figured my calorie usage was really 200-400 fewer than the math said it should be. I just let it go as one of the…
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choosing the right target
I'm confused about what my target weight “should” be. How do you (especially other women) decide how thin is thin enough and how thin is too thin? In 2006, I was obese. I lost 80 pounds from 2006-2009, and stayed in the normal range from 2008 until the tail end of 2012. I'm currently 2 pounds above the normal weight…
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what feeds your soul?
As I'm settling back into the calorie deficit lifestyle, I'm remembering things that helped me stay motivated through the challenges. One thing that really helped was to do things to feed my heart and soul instead of my body. I love to create things. Reaching for my knitting needles, my dye pots, or my poetry book helps me…
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Past success
This chart is my original weight loss journey, three years where I went from 232 to 150. I have a shorter journey this time. I know I can do it, but I need to remember how worthwhile it is.
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strength AND aerobic training
I'm a big fan of strength training. I've been doing it (largely high intensity super slow) for close to 30 years now, and I love the macha feeling that lifting and muscles give me. However, I keep seeing people posting that you only need strength training to shed fat, and I think that's almost exactly backwards. Take this…
