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Personal trainer issues...
Hey guys, so I wrote a blog post here - http://www.fattofitgeek.com/2013/07/are-you-shtting-me-fitnessproblems.html - about my recent issues at my new gym. However I will give a brief summary to anyone who doesn't want to read the post - Joined an (expensive) gym because it offered a personal trainer to help me set up a…
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Knees making "crunch" sound during squats...
So this isn't actually about me but my boyfriend who started a strength training routine yesterday. It's the same one I follow which has some squats in it, before now he hasn't taken part in much exercising apart from running once a week (if that!) and some cycling. When he was doing full body squats, his knees were making…
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Newbie lifter on her first gym visit...
Hi guys, so for about 8 months now I've been a cardio girl - well this is no more! I am switching over to lifting as of tonight, I have my first evening at the gym I joined today. I have a meeting with a personal trainer on Friday to discuss a "plan" but to be honest, I am impatient and I want to do tonight to see what I…
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Want to start lifting: what weight?
So after months of stalking posts about how lifting is beneficial to women and helps to create a form that cardio will not, I want in! I only have maybe 5lbs left to lose and to be honest I don't care about my weight, I want to lose the excess body fat at this point and I've already dropped around 30lbs (In total, before…
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Best books/websites on clean eating?
For about 6 months now I've been cleaning up my diet and exercising and I've lost around 15kgs total. However, I am currently counting calories and dieting and not finding the results I want (definition and firm skin). From what I've read, it looks like clean eating may be the way forward for me as a lot of my diet is…
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Today at Dunkin Donuts...
I ate my first EVER Dunkin Donut. It was Boston Creme and it was the S***. Anyone know any other good flavours? Found my new favourite treat place. Probs gonna get fat, not even sure I care about that now I've found this heavenly place.
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Thoughts on weight loss blogs?
Morning guys. So I have been doing some browsing online today and stumbled across a few weight loss blogs... some are awful but some are really great and it made me wonder what the general opinion is on them and if a lot of you guys read weight loss blogs? What I like is blogs that discuss different workouts they have…
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White stretch marks..
So back in the day when I gained "all the weight" I developed stretch marks pretty quickly on my hips and one huge one (weep) going from my belly button down the length of my stomach. Over time, it faded to a white stretch mark and to be honest I left them alone as I already felt fat so I just chose to not pay attention to…
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What is my body fat %?
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Can I combine weight & cardio training on the same day?
I know this may seem like a silly question as I have previously read you should weight train on select days and cardio on others, however I am starting out with basic body weight training and previously I have combined stuff like yoga/pilates with a 20 minute run after and had no issues. I am starting this routine today;…
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NSV: Ran 5km for the first time today!
As I said above, I ran 5km for the first time today and I feel amazing for it! Don't get me wrong, my legs are killing me and after running 4 days in a row to build up to this, I need a well deserved rest day tomorrow BUT WOOOHOOO! Hit my running target! Now for the next one!
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Where do I go from here?
So for 4 months so I have been eating at a deficit and doing cardio 4-5 days per week and have lost around 20lbs. Before that I wasn't calorie counting and I lost probably another 10lbs. Now, I am under my original goal weigh and at the clothes size I want to be. However, I still have an untoned stomach and my arms could…
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Anyone had results from Blogilates?
I've been following www.blogilates.com for a while now and taking in food tips, doing occasional videos, etc. Now I'm considering following the May calendar for days I don't do my own cardio/yoga, wanted to know if anyone has had good results from this?
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Have I hit a plateau?
For my first 1-2 months of MFP I was on the 1200 calorie diet and found it a real struggle, but was successful with it. Then I hit a plateau and through a lot of useful information on the forums, I upped my calories to 1350 to see how I went with that. Again, was very successful and probably lost at least 10lbs from that.…
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36 lbs lost (with pics)
Please excuse the underwear in the before pic, it was exclusively meant to be for my eyes only because I didn't believe I would actually see this through, haha. SW: 175lbs (roughly) GW: 143lbs CW: 139lbs UGW: 135lbs Height: 5'4 I currently eat 1400 calories per day, have been losing at the rate of 1lb per week. I followed…
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How did you keep the weight off after 30DS?
I did the 30 Day Shred back in October and got some great results, I then went on to do several other Jillian & Biggest Loser DVDs, now I have started running. I have about 5-7lbs max to go until I will have reached my goal (I reached my initial and I am trying to suss how low I want to go until I am happy with my body as…
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Posting long & helpful replies just to be ignored...
This isn't about a post in particular but more about several posts over the last few days and I just want to vent about it as I can't be alone here - I've seen it happen to others too! It drives me crazy when someone posts asking for help and I send back a big post with lots of helpful information on what they are doing…
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MFP vs TDEE Eating back exercise calories?
I have been searching the boards trying to find an answer for this but I am just so confused by it all and I need some help please? MFP says if I eat 1420 calories per day, I will lose 1lb per week. I then went to the TDEE method online to see what that told me and put in all my "exercise" for the day including the 45…
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Weigh before or after cooking?
I read somewhere online you should weigh pasta before you cook it in order to work out your calorie intake as with water it adds weight to the pasta but does not equal the amount of calories for that weight the packet tells you. I ate couscous tonight and weighed it before I cooked it, entered it into my calories for the…
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The 100 Burpee Burnout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QBjSL8zNVjQ#! This is the sweatiest I have ever gotten in 10 minutes. Oh my goodness. Yes, her voice is irritating but once you realise that she is good at what she does, you can excuse it! This woman is a genius.
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Scales dropping 0.3-0.5kgs per day?
So I weighed myself about a week or so ago and I was 68.7kgs (roughly, can't remember exactly), then a few days later I had gone down to 68.2kgs. Then a day later I weighed myself I was down to 67.7kgs and now I have weighed myself today and I am down to 67.4kgs. This was after quite a long time of being stuck at the…
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My progress so far... (pics)
Ok... SW: 175lbs (this is a rough guess because I didn't weigh myself for a long time until January 2012. But I am guestimating based on how much I've lost since I began weighing myself compared with how I looked prior to that. I was maybe even more than that, I am not sure.) CW: 149lbs GW: 143lbs UGW: 135lbs A better way…
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Good workouts for love handles?
Mine seem to be the hardest to shift and lose the inches off and although I am now in smaller clothes I still get a muffin top!!! Does anyone know any good workouts/workout DVDs that will help with this area? I know I can't target areas and I don't want to, but it'd be good to get it shifted!
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Just found out I have been underestimating my calories...
This morning I weighed my cereal for the first time ever and realised I had been seriously under logging how much I consume in a bowl for my breakfast. As in, my calorie intake from my breakfast has been doubled this entire time. I have lost 9lbs since January following MFP thinking I was consuming 1200 calories (net) per…
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Tips/Motivation for my trip home!
At the moment I live in France and in 2 weeks I am going home for a week. Nobody has seen me for 7 months and when they last saw me I think I weight 75-80kgs and now I weigh 67kgs (hopefully I will be more like 65-66kgs by the time I go home!) I have dropped 3 dress sizes... almost 4. Obviously, I am ridiculously happy…
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30DS second time round?
Hi guys, So back in October when I began exercising, the first program I completed was the 30 Day Shred. It's what motivated me to continue exercising and I've gone from 20 minutes of exercise a day to at least 45 minutes a day if not more. I am wondering if I would notice any changes to my body if I were to go back and…
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Daily Activities Level?
So I set this to "Sedentary" because aside from my exercise, I spend a lot of time sitting down for my job. Most of the day I am sat down, apart from when I work out, weekends (when I walk for at least an hour a day) and I do 5-10 minutes of walking per day during the week. I assumed because I log any long amounts of…
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Why can't anyone agree on this?!
Everywhere I turn on these boards I am finding conflicting posts and arguments as to whether you are supposed to eat back your exercise calories or not. I am so confused? Does anyone have any sources from outside the message boards will solid information on this? I am worried by eating them back I am defeating the point…
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What is your general logging style?
Just curious as to what method people use for logging on MFP? For example, do you log as you go (after every meal), log in the morning for your entire day or at the end of the day? I am wondering what works best for people because I see pre-logging has it's advantages because it plans out your food for the day but logging…
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How to log weight loss yoga?
I have searched the forums for a solid answer to this and can't seem to find one. At the moment, I am doing 40 minutes of The Biggest Loser Weight Loss Yoga per day and I struggle to know how to log it. Originally, I put it under yoga/stretching yoga but I don't feel like it is a very high calorie burn considering it's…
