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Broken blood vessels on face after working out
I just got back from the gym this morning and felt a faint burning sensation on my eyelids, right underneath my eyebrows. After looking in the mirror, I realized that I had several red "pin prick" marks that I'm guessing are broken blood vessels. This has never happened to me after working out and I'm wondering if anyone…
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Body Dysmorphia?
This may seem like it should be in the "general weight loss and diet help" board, but because my goal is to maintain my current weight, I'm posting it here. I'm just wondering if anyone else seems to have this sort of "body dysmorphia" feeling after losing weight. I am 5'8", lost 42 pounds (went from ~174 to ~132) and am…
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Home-brewed Wedding Ales
Hello all! Been a while since I last posted in this thread, but I have an interesting question. I recently got engaged and my new fiance is learning to home-brew from a friend who has been doing it for years. I would love for him to brew a wedding ale and am wondering what styles/flavors do you think of when you think of a…
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Bunyons....
I can't deny it anymore, they're growing and they HURT! Seems like it runs in my family as my dad has them and my sister had them (she had surgery to correct them a few years ago). Does anyone else have these? What do you do to make them hurt less? They hurt more with everyday movement than they do when I'm working out. I…
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Increasing your calorie goal
This is for all of you out there who are in maintenance after losing - did you find it hard at first to eat up to your calorie goal? I'm slowly bumping my goal up to maintenance and I'm finding that I'm stuffed, but still have hundreds of calories left to eat for the day. I don't want to lose any more weight, but I also…
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What's my TDEE?
I finally hit my goal weight and want to slowly increase my calories to maintenance level. The problem is, I don't know what "maintenance" level is for me. I've calculated my TDEE using a few different calculators and they all give such varying answers. I don't want to lose anymore weight, so I don't want to eat too…
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Reservations about Maintenance Calorie Goal
I'm so close... only half a pound to go until I am DONE losing weight. I'm scared, though, about eating my recommended maintenance calories. A little background: I am 5'8" and started this journey on January 1st at 173.8 pounds. My original goal weight was 145 and that was achieved in early June of this year. When I hit my…
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Anyone in/around Kalamazoo, MI?
My boyfriend and I are relocating to Kalamazoo, MI next week! Just wondering if any of you MFPers out there are from or currently live around that area? Let's be friends!
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Vegetarians - how do you get enough protein?
I gave up eating meat for Lent this year, but have found that I feel so good and have so much energy when I eat a mostly plant-based diet that I think I'm going to keep it up. I haven't completely sworn off meat and eat it from time to time, but when I have the choice, I usually stay away from it. Since making this change…
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Would I lose weight faster if I ate more?
I'm a little over 2/3 of the way to my goal weight, with only a few pounds left to lose. The weight had been coming off at a pretty steady rate, but now that I'm almost there it is slowing down quite a bit. I've been doing a lot of reading up on TDEE and BMR. My goals that were set by MFP put me at 1310 calories per day. I…
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Running Injuries
I used to love going for runs, especially when winter turns into spring and spring turns into summer. I loved being able to spend time outside and do something great for my body at the same time. I was running about 2.5 - 3 miles a few times a week last spring, until I got thigh splints and was unable to continue (which is…
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It happened.
It happened. This morning. The scale went in the wrong direction. Only by 1.2 pounds, but it's still discouraging since I haven't gone over my calorie goal at all this week and I've been working out twice, sometimes three times a day. I drank a metric crap ton of water yesterday, so I'm hoping it's just water weight.…
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Calories Burned for Jillian Michael's Ripped in 30
Hey all - anybody tried doing the Ripped in 30 DVDs? How do you determine how many calories you've burned while doing it? Another question... I've been doing 2-a-days for the last few days - I'll go to the gym early in the morning and do my cardio, then do Ripped in 30 after work at the exercise room at my workplace. I've…
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Avocado Spread
Wanted to post this recipe for you all - I posted it as a reply to a topic about avocadoes and a few people thanked me for it, so I figured I'd post it here. I'm not a huge fan of plain avocado, so I make it into a spread to put on sandwiches, an easy way to get the healthy fats into my meals. 2 ripe avocadoes (MUST be…
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Losing the drive
I'm about 10 weeks into my diet and I feel like I've hit a wall. Suddenly I find myself saying, "Oh, it's okay if I go over my calorie goal, it's just one day. I hardly ever go over." I know that's okay sometimes, but the more I tell myself that, the more days I'll go over my goal and I'm afraid it will become a regular…
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Ladies... Body Fat Calculator?
Wondering if you've calculated your body fat percentage and what you used to do it? I bought a tape measure and did 3 body fat percentage calculations yesterday with all different methods. Each one I used gave drastically different answers, so I'm wondering which one(s) gives the most accurate estimate of body fat…
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Broken blood vessels on face after exercising
I just got back from the gym this morning and felt a faint burning sensation on my eyelids, right underneath my eyebrows. After looking in the mirror, I realized that I had several red "pin prick" marks that I'm guessing are broken blood vessels. This has never happened to me after working out and I'm wondering if anyone…
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Is there such a thing as too much water?
We've all heard that one of the best things you can do for your body, dieting or not, is to drink more water. I've been making a concious effort to drink more and keep track of it in my diary every day. I have a Camelbak at my desk at work that holds 24 oz., and I typically drink three full bottles in the morning and maybe…
