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Numb arms from shoulder to finger tips
Hi all! I have been increasing my weights and reps while working out, and now when I sleep, I wake up all through the night because my arm is completely numb from my shoulder to my finger tips. Any thought on how to relieve this? I'm constantly stretching my neck and shoulders, I rub out the tightness but it still won't…
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Boney hips
Hi all! I workout quite regularly, but every time I do something which requires me laying on my side, it kills my hips! I've put towels, blankets, yoga mats to cushion my hips but it doesn't help. I end up with bad form because I lay more on my butt than my hip. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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1 year on MFP (57 lbs!) with pics
Today I have logged my food for 365 consecutive days, I can't believe I did that. :) So I thought I'd share my success story. I started MFP on Aug. 5, 2013 but had a few days where I didn't log in the beginning. Over this past year I have accomplished so much, not just the weight loss, but my attitude about myself and life…
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Hit my goal...now what?!
I have been with MFP for 14 months, and in that time I have lost 61 pounds (hit my goal weight on my birthday!). I know how to lose weight, but I'm not sure how to maintain. I have not changed my calories yet, because I'm not sure how high to go. I've read SO many different maintenance calories that I should be at, but…
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body composition testing
Good morning/afternoon mfp! My local pharmacy (Walgreens) does some health screening, one of them being body composition testing. I'm considering trying it out, but don't want to spend $15 to have it tell me the same thing my scale tells me (inacurrate BF and muscle%). The pharmacist tells me it's kind of like a scale I…
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Weighted hula hoops
Does anyone here use/have used weighted hula hoops? I'm thinking of buying one, but I want to make sure the extra money is worth it, or should I just stick with the plain cheap light hula hoops?
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Weekly deficit average about 3,000, no loss??
Warning: Lots of numbers in this post... :) Can someone here help me with the TDEE method? I chose to eat 1500 calories per day because it seems that's a medium between all TDEE calculators. My serious issue I have are no weght loss when there is a weekly calorie deficit. Using the Scooby,to maintain I need 14,448 cal in 7…
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I have a gut, but can easily see ribs on my chest...
Good morning all (or afternoon) I'm getting very close to goal weight and now many people are telling me I don't have any to lose. They say it looks like I hit goal awhile ago. The problem is I know I have more to lose because of my horrible gut that sticks out (I'm sucking it in my pic lol), but I have very prominent…
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Anyone out there doing the Modified Atkins diet??
Hello, I was wondering if there is anyone doing the modified atkins diet and following a low calorie diet?? My daughter has epilepsy, and we are now doing the modified atkins diet to help control her seizures (fingers crossed). The diet is high in protein and fat and very low in carbs (15-20 grams a day for now, will…
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Body fat scales and apps..
Hi! I'm not sure if this is the best place to post this, but my question is...Which is more reliable for telling me body fat percentage? My scale or the app from my phone which I enter my measurements from waist, hips, forearm, wrist and weight. Both tell me VERY different readings. My scale tells me 34.7% bf, while my app…
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Setting a BF% goal instead of weight
I am close to my goal weight, but I would really like to focus on my body fat percentage. I'm 5'2.78":wink: and weigh 133, body fat percentage is 23% as of this morning, with a goal weight of 125(not needed if I hit my BF% goal). I would really like to lower my body fat percentage to maybe 17%. I don't like going to the…
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So hungry!
Hi all! I'm in my home stretch to lose my last 10 pounds. I've recently kicked up my workouts (last couple of weeks). I am doing 30day shred, and will do 2 or 3 of them back to back, followed by some cardio, yesterday was Jillian's kickboxing. The last couple of days I have been hungry...especially today, and tired. This…
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My success story
I would like to share my success story with you, only because the success stories here with pic are so inspiring to me and help me to keep going even if the scale is fighting with me. This is taking so much courage to post my before pic, my hands are literally shaking right now. About 2 years ago I was suffering from…
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Only 11 pounds to goal?!
Hi all! I'm not sure if this is the right place to post my question. I have only 11 more pounds to get to my goal weight of 125, I'm 5'2". I'm so close...I'm getting so excited....But at the same time, I see that I still have a decent gut. :( Will these 11 pounds really make that much of a difference in my size? I workout…
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Someone do the math for me?? Please???
Hello MFP peeps, I'm looking for help. Could someone please give me the number of calories I need to lose weight? I'm convinced I'm doing it all wrong. I've been stuck at the same weight for one full month! And before that, I only lost a pound. I do workout about 5 days a week with my heart rate averaging around…
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What happened to the recipes?
I'm not sure which forum to put this in. But my recipe page changed, I guess MFP did an update? I used to have 4 pages of recipes, now I only have 1, many are missing. Does anyone know how to access the recipes that we entered in our own foods??
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Anyone out there struggling to lose the last 10-15 pounds?
Good morning MFP peeps! I have about 13 more pounds left to lose to reach my goal, and it is difficult! Is anyone struggling to lose the last few pounds, or who have conquered the last few pounds?? I'm looking for any advice to help me get through this. Just yesterday I dropped my calorie goal to 1400 to see if that would…
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swelling during/after hard workout?
Does anyone else experience swelling during and after a hard workout? When I do just a moderate workout, I don't have any issues. Though, if I go all out, I notice my fingers swell big time. Normally my rings are lose and will slide up to my knuckles, during a serious workout, my hands are red and my rings are super tight.…
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Stuck for WEEKS of no loss....help! Diary is open!
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on how to get my weight loss moving again. I have been stuck at the same weight (sometimes higher...Grrr) for weeks now. I used to follow a 1200 calorie diet, but I have increased my calories and try to increase my protein, but no such luck. I have opened my diary for any…
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We did it!!
I hope that everyone had a great Christmas! We had a wonderful one with lots of family, friends, good food, and wine. :smile: I wasn't able to hit my goal. I had only 6 pounds to go. My goal was to lose 32# and I only lost 26#. I'm not too disappointed though, I am wearing my 6's and got a whole lot of compliements over…
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Last week of the challenge!!!
We are in our last week!!!!!!! How did everyone do? I was doing good, but then it slllooowwweeeddd down. Since the challenge started, I am down 26 pounds with the goal of losing 32. I knew at the time I set the goal that it would be hard to do...I would have had to lose 2# every week. I highly doubt I will be down 6 more #…
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Benching
Hi all! I'm wondering what I should be able to bench press? As of right now, I'm only able to bench 80# 5X. What should I work up to?
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Week 15...Getting close!!
First I want to know that out of 209 people that chose to join this group there are only a few of us that actually follow up with this?? I hope 200 people didn't give up on their goals! :noway: Anyways, we are in week 15 with only 3 weeks left!!! I just shocked myself with that statement. Only 3 weeks until Christmas?!?!?…
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How much protein?
Hello all! I'm wondering how much protein I should be eating a day. I don't do heavy lifting, but I do a lot of resistance (i.e. squats, push ups, etc) along with cardio. My goal is to build decent muscle along with losing fat. My scale seems to be holding steady, Grr...but I do know many of my measurements are smaller…
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Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to those of you that celebrate it, Happy Thursday to those that don't! :happy: I've had a lot going on so I didn't post last week....I've lost only 1 pound in 2 weeks, I just don't get it. Thankfully my measurements are down. This is week 14 and we only have 4 weeks left to hit our goals! I've lost 22…
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12 week weigh in!
It has been 3 months since we joined this group setting a goal for ourselves...My goal was to lose 34 lbs. I don't think I'm going to make it. I have lost 23 lbs since the start of this group..some weeks I had good loss, some not so good. I have 6 weeks to lose 11 more lbs to hit my goal. I'm trying my hardest, though even…
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11 weeks baby!
Good morning to all my goal makers! :happy: I hit a goal today, and have lost 30lbs (30 just seemed like a nice number to set as a goal. ha ha) Since this group started, I've lost 22 lbs and I have 7 weeks to lose 12 more lbs...It's gonna be close!!! If I reach it, I should be comfortably back in my size 6. :smile: Where…
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10 week weigh in!!! Can you believe it??
This is our 10th week with this group....Man, how time flies!!!! We only have 8 weeks until Christmas!! Holy cow, not ready for Christmas on so many levels... :noway: This week, the scale moved for me! THANK GOODNESS!!!!:love: Since this group started, I have lost 20 lbs, and have 14 more to go!!! I just may be able to hit…
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Homemade soup
I love making homemade soups. I always enter the recipes in on "my recipes". My question is....How do you figure how many servings a pot makes? For instance, I'm making bean soup with ham. The jar of beans (I don't have patience to wait for the dry ones :laugh: ) has 12 servings per container, then I add 2 cans of diced…
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9 week weigh in!
Good morning (or evening depending on where you are :smile: ) How is everyone doing?? This week, I'm sad to admit, I didn't lose anything. I'm sticking with my goals, and jotting everything down...not sure what's happening. :mad:
