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snack ideas - ANSWERS THAT MAKE SENSE IN THE UK PLEASE!!!
So I am really good at super low-cal snacks and high-cal snacks when I am exercising. However, aside from bananas which I eat like they are going out of fashion, what ideas have you got for 120 - 200 cal snacks in the afternoon? Answers from anywhere please, but I am British in the UK, so if you are not, please don't use…
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Which song is most embarrassing?
I get a LOT of stick for my spotify list. I think it is a compilation of electic genius, but there we go. Anyway, of the following on my playlist, which is the most embarrassing... Della and the Dealer - Hoyt Axton Several tracks by the cast of Glee Because of You - Reba McEntire feat. Kelly Clarkson Joy to the World -…
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muscle question
After a 19 mile hike involving big old hills on Saturday, I have muscle soreness that I have never had before, specifically the muscles by my shins, so the tibialis anterior at a guess. How do I stretch them out?
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This series of Top Gear is the worst ever. Discuss
What was once a Sunday night is now a chore to see if it gets better...
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Question for Brits in US/US peeps in UK
Applesauce... is it the same thing in the US as it is in the UK? So the UK stuff I am thinking of the jar you get to have with roast pork. I have seen some recipes bouncing round these forums that use applesauce as a substitute for higher fat ingredients. I am not convinced the version of applesauce I know will work. Any…
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Logging exercise question
So I log calories burned according to my hrm. Now obviously some of those calories I would have burned anyway as part of my bmr. I need to subtract them. I haven't been thus far because I am losing >2lb per week but that will plateau at some point. Do I have to do this subtraction manually or is there something in Mfp that…
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recommendations for workout stuff for the Wii/WiiFit
It's my birthday soon, so I thought a new game for the Wii should go on my list and what better way to combine it with my fitness approach than to get one that has a workout element? So... what do you all recommend?
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silly thing that made me chuckle
so as kids did anyone play the game consequences, where you each write a word or sentence pass it to the next person unseen who adds and then you end up with a nonsense story?? well... I clicked onto the forums and the first 4 topics read as a rather strange conversation What am I doing wrong???????? Eating before exercise…
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Team Surrey
Hi, I live in Surrey and appear to be surrounded by dead skinny people all the time. Normally on bikes or flicking their long blonde highlights. I would like some friends on here who love Surrey but aren't able to sprint up Box Hill backwards in 3 mins flat!
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Fix my ticker?
Hi everyone, I have posted this in technical but thought I would post here in case it is a user (ie dim old me) error... ...so first weigh in was this morning. And I have lost 4.5lb!!! A bit was water weight, but nevertheless I was very excited and danced around like an idiot for a bit ...then I updated MFP, it…
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Silly things you have done before a weigh in?
What have you done in the minutes before a weigh in to ensure it is at its lightest? I brushed my teeth this morning first to ensure any overnight plaque buildup would not weigh me down...
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When does a week start on this site?
Sunday or Monday? Just have got confused with my weekly exercise tracker.
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cheeky chuckle at a US post on another forum
A new member posted from the UK saying that he has no idea how to translate it, but he has 5 stone to lose A US member responded - "Cool, that's about 14 lb, you can do it!" I WISH IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!
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30 day shred question
How long are the workouts each day? I am tempted by it (especially because I can buy it for under £10 from amazon) but I don't know much about it apart from it is a 30 day DVD programme...
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Workout and diet secrets of fit people
http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/article/TMG9785991/Workout-and-diet-secrets-of-top-fitness-coaches.html
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We must be doing something right
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2258493/MyFitnessPal-success-Desperate-beat-bulge-Why-smartphone-app-recipe-success.html We have all chosen the best way to lose weight apparently! Now to see it through...
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Motivation to prevent exercise avoidance
In cold weather like most of the Northern Hemisphere has at the moment, how do you all motivate yourselves to do exercise? I try to do it with someone else, so that I am letting someone else down as well if I skive, but in the weeks, it will be me by myself e.g. going to the gym. The gym is nice and warm, but the idea of…
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My reward if I hit my January target
Hi everyone, So in the diary is dinner out with my best friend for February 2nd at our favourite oyster house (Bentley's, Swallow Street for those of you who know London). Oysters are MEGA low in calories, but we do counteract that with fries and mayonnaise on the side, plus a bottle of white wine between us. However, I…
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Chinese takeaway help!!
We have a double date with friends tonight that involves Chinese takeaway. I'm exercising lots today to add to my calorie allowance, but any tips as to what dishes I should choose?
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Coffee
So smug ol' me has always thought that my skinny latte must have no calories, because that's why they call it skinny. Having had the shock of my life as to how heavy I have become last night, I've been going through all my habits today. Over 100 calories! And I have two a day during the week. Anyway, I'm moving to…
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Oh dear
So I knew I had got out of shape. I used to be quite fit, so sort of felt it. Decided now festive party season is out of the way, I should sort myself out. Have set myself an account up here, linked to an exercise app. Just weighed myself for the first time in ages to check my starting point and it is worse than I had ever…
