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NSV...Face!!
I have had a couple of bad days with eating (three days in a row meant eating out for various celebration/ occasions!! Im feeling pretty guilty today...Typical how they all come at once :/ I decided to look at non-weight based achievements to try and cheer myself up. Here is a side-by-side from last November to last…
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Just not seeing it...
I am getting a bit frustrated and disheartened... I'm down 23(ish)lbs this year (I lost a few before I started logging again) and I am just.not.seeing.it! My friends, colleagues and family all comment on my loss, but I thought I was meant to notice the changes in myself before they did!? My clothes are fitting better so I…
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Help with beans!!?
I have a lot of bean based confusion!!! A recipe I want to make calls for a 400g tin of black beans. I can't get pre cooked in a tin, so have had to get dried instead. Two questions: - what weight of dried beans will I need to soak and cook to make the equivalent of a 400g tin? - What weight of beans is actually in a 400g…
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Attention Juice Plus Users!!
Hi lovely people, I just wanted to ask if anyone on here uses juice plus along side an excircise or training plan (could be body weight, lifting heavy, Interval training, bootcamp style workouts etc) and has noticed a positive change in their ability to recover from their workout?? There are lots of testimonials from…
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SOOOO Many DOMS! :(
Hi all, I know that there is no quick fix for DOMS, but mine are so bad from Fridays WOD (my third session after on ramp) that I am having to miss todays WOD, and I am gutted! Prevention is obviously the best thing, but how do you know when you are pushing yourself too far?? At the time the workout felt hard but perfectly…
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New to this
Hi all, I am new to this group and to crossfit - I am halfway through my on ramp course, and excited to complete it so I can start attending class! Just wanted to say Hi and check I am in the right group for a new starter? Thanks Rebecca
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Cheat Meal Advice...
I know there are a few different stances on cheat meals and their validity on a weight loss journey. I have decided that personally for me, I like cheat meals. They keep me motivated, stop me caving in and bingeing due to having to be good ALL the time, and I feel that it keeps my body guessing and may help avoid plateau.…
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30 day shred just aint cutting it...
what should I do!? My goal is to work up to a fitness level where I am able to do insanity. and I thought I had my route there planned but now I am questioning myself. My plan was as follows; -Bootcamp -30 Day Shred -Ripped in 30 -6 week 6 pack -Insanity The bootcamp is done, and I just did day2 level1 of the shred. Im not…
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1 month in.... it's a start! (progress pics)
Hi all, this is my first time uploading a pic, so I hope it works! I just completed a 4 week boot camp to kick start my mission to get fit this year. 3 workouts and eating healthier food and logging my calories seems to be working. Only 5lb lost and a LONG way to go, but I have taken a step in the right direction and want…
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Mystery cramps... please help!
I have been attending a boot camp style class for a while now, and have never had any real issues whilst taking it (other then the sweating and the swearing!) but tonight my calf muscles kept cramping on and off and felt really tight (!?) there were times that I had to take time out of the workout before I was able to…
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Cant eat enough!!
Since starting MFP I have completely overhauled my eating habits - I now actually eat breakfast, lunch and dinner (2 courses) and snack in between also in order to try and meet my calorie goals for the day of 1920 (recently changed from 1420). I am constantly finding that I am not hitting my calorie goal on days that I…
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So confused about caloric needs!! Please help!!
I am 24, 5ft 10, 245lb and I cannot for the life of me figure out how much I should be eating!! MFP says 1420 But to loose weight by eating 20% less than my TDEE, I should apparently be eating 2391 ....quite a big difference! I do bootcamp 3 nights a week, and have 2 roller derby practices a week. I need to know how much…
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Weight Watchers confusion!
I have a friend (who I promise is an actual friend, not just me trying to keep focus off myself!) who recently told me that she had started doing weight watchers. When I asked her about which group she was going to she told me that she wasnt actually going to group, just eating the weight watchers meals. Will she get the…
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30DS Advice please!!
Advice please!! I am part of my local roller derby league and we have a 3 hour training session on sundays and a 2 hour training session on tuesdays At the moment I am doing a bootcamp monday wednesday and friday, but the last session is feb 1st then I want to move on to 30DS. Do I have to do the 30 days consecutively, or…
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second time lucky from NE England
As you might have guessed, this is my second attempt! I was all fired up, then suffered a really bad ankle injury last january that I have only just recovered from. I wasnt seeing the results because I wasnt able to exercise alongside the healthy eating, so i gave up. The ankle is back in action and so am I ! Any tips…
