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Honeymoon Trip - Scared to take off my shirt?
Our honeymoon is coming up - mexico! Most of the trip involves swimming in oceans, swimming in cenotes (caves), ziplining into lakes, etc. Uggh - the more I think about it and remember I am fat (obese) and look gross with my shirt off I get scared. I don't wanna be the one guy with his shirt on either. Maybe we should have…
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Clean eating vs. Paleo vs. Low Carb? Help picking for a jumpstart to weight loss?
So my wife and I have decided we both want to make big changes in our life. She wants to be healthier and get her tiny 105 pound beach body back she had before we met (I am a bad influence). I want to lose the 100 pounds that I am overweight and try to shed about 40 of that this year (3-4 pounds per month). We are using…
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Is there a way to set your daily goals up to match Atkins limits?
Is there any way to change your net carb goals, etc so they follow the Atkins model? Right now my plan the MFP set up says to eat 258 carbs a day. Atkins suggests 20 carbs a day for the first two weeks.
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HELP - Need a book with recipes, grocery lists, meal plans, and workouts?!
So one thing I have found over years and years of trying to lose weight is when I try to design meal plans, workout plans, shopping lists, etc myself - I fail. I am looking for a book that I can literally turn to a page and know what meals I am eating that day, what workout to do that night, and has grocery lists so I can…
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Questions about ATKINS low carb plan?
So I have received a lot of info and little starter packs from Atkins over the years. I am the kind of person who really likes having an outlined detailed plan for my eating, etc. I am not the type of person (yet) who can just develop their own low carb plan. I also like the idea that there are options like frozen meals,…
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People on here need to stick to feedback the user asks for?!?!
I have been posting on here a long time over the years. What I have found is two things: 1.) When you ask for something like a good diet book or a great workout website that is what you want to hear about from other community members. But for some reason it always goes straight off topic with things like "you don't need a…
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15 Minute Routine Needed - Weight loss and Tone Up in 8 Days
Anyone have any suggestions for a quick routine I could do in my living room after work - maybe 20-30 minutes. Looking for some rapid weight loss and just tone up flabby stuff a little. I know I am not going to get skinny this quick but maybe less saggy. - I do have some 25lb dumbells but besides that it would be…
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Looking for an app that will help me remember excercises?
I am looking for the best app for my iPhone that can do the following: - Pick a pre-designed weight loss workout (complete with sets, reps, instructions) - It will lead me through it with a list (and maybe images so I remember how to do it) - click when done and it moved to next one. - Maybe has some motivation (personal…
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Other things that could cause weight gain (disease)?
So I have been really watching what I eat for the past few months. I eat a very small breakfast (never hungry in AM), then a small lunch (normally a lean cuisine or something), a morning snack bar, afternoon snack bar, and then a well balanced dinner from Fresh20 (only fresh protein and produce - no processed foods). I…
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Hobby Ideas (so I don't feel like I'm working out)?!
So someone on another forum suggested if I don't like the gym that I develop some sort of hobby that I do daily so I get exercise but don't realize I am getting exercise. He rock climbs. I have friends that play sports (but I don't do team stuff so that doesn't work). Someone suggested jogging - that seems like I would…
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Your favorite healthy (and quick & easy) cookbook?
Okay - next step is to throw out all the processed meals, snacks, juices, etc from our cupboards and begin fresh. We have $200 per month for food to feed TWO PEOPLE so it's kind of tight - please keep that mind. --- WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HEALTHY COOKBOOK? LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WITH VERY FEW INGREDIENTS PER MEAL (we hate…
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Good "diet" alcoholic drinks?
Looking for some alcoholic drink ideas that won't cause me to ruin my diet. Would also LOVE TO FIND a drink that causes less of a hangover than beers or vodka diet sprites which is what drink now. We go out a couple times a week for drinks with friends after work - can't be avoided. And then I am a concert promoter so I am…
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Suggestions - want to drink my breakfast (simple)!
So I don't have time for cereal or eggs or granola or anything in AM. But I still want to get something in me for breakfast. What I do have time for is a quick drink but I need suggestions on something I can buy at store so I don't have to make it myself!!!! Maybe something like a V8 or Boost or Kellogs Protien Shake? I…
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Good place to print out some workouts (beginner)?
So I have come to realize it's okay to take a little print out of my exercises to the gym with me. What are some good websites that offer FREE workouts I could print out and take with me? Looking for fast workouts to burn calories with weights, kettle bells, medicine balls, body weight, etc. --- not cardio (running,…
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Starting again - need help designing workout?!
So I am heading back to the gym after failing yet again and quitting my last gym (only been trying to lose weight for like 10 years now). Just keep gaining it instead. Quit my last gym Miramont even though it was the nicest I have ever been a part of. Too many people around (who are not looking at me but I feel like they…
