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Yogurt instead of mayo?
Does anyone that actually likes the taste of mayo use yogurt instead of mayo in, say, egg salad or tuna salad to cut calories or sodium? 1 cup of greek yogurt has the same sodium as 1 TB of most mayos but I wonder about the taste.
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Fitness myth pet peeves...
Top of my list: "Women shouldn't lift heavy weights or they will get bulky" If I hear one more person say that...I lift moderately heavy weights (10 reps or less) 3 times a week and I continue to get lean.
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Skinny is overrated...please eat (CONCERNED RANT!)
Is there any nice way to tell people they're not eating enough?! If you open your diary and I am your friend on here am I free to say "hey you need to eat a little more"?I am just very concerned for the people (mostly ladies) that are closing their diaries out and have only eaten 800-1000 calories or less, regularly. I…
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So hungry on lift day
I'm 5'2", 124 lbs, about 23% bodyfat. My goal is to get under 20% bodyfat but stay around the same weight or gain consequently. I do not want to really lose that much more weight. I'm doing stronglifts 3x per week with 20 minutes cardio following. I was alternatiing cardio days with stronglifts and found that I was…
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Is it ever appropriate to eat over maintenance calories?
I'm 5'2", 124 lbs, about 23% bodyfat. My goal is to get under 20% bodyfat but stay around the same weight or gain consequently. I do not want to really lose that much more weight. I'm doing stronglifts 3x per week with 20 minutes cardio following. I was alternatiing cardio days with stronglifts and found that I was…
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New to the group...Started SL 5x5 Today
Hi ladies and gents (2 of you right?). I used to lift heavy about 10 years ago and just started back last month. I started SL because I wanted a linear program instead of feeling like I was just doing random exercises without a plan. Anyhow, Is it normal to feel like you're taking a step backwards? I got the app on my…
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If you have to weight something, make it your food
I broke down and bought a food scale. $5 at Wally World. Not a serious investment. What I found is that I have been cheating myself of food regularly by using measuring cups. Instead of meeting my calorie goals I was failing to meet them consistently. How do you measure something like frozen peaches or strawberries, or…
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All my macros in the red but calories left????
How can my protein, fat, and carb values be in the red but I still have 25 calories left? Confused.
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Best Fitness/Weight Loss Advice Ever on MFP?
1. Weight Loss is not linear! 2. Throw out the scale, and use measurements and your mirror to track your progress (this becomes more important if you do any heavy lifting). 3. Lift Weights!!! Or you will be skinny fat (and aint noboby got time for that!)
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Lost more than MFP projected. Am I burning muscle?
Instead of the projected 1lb per week I lost 4lbs last week. Did I likely burn muscle since everyone says more than 1-2lbs per week is not healthy? I'm trying to keep all the muscle I have not just get smaller. Stats: 5"2", 125 (was 129 last week) measurements 35/26/36 body fat calculators put me around 25% BF but calipers…
