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At home strength training
Hi all, I would like to start doing a little strength training at home. I have very little equipment, and am not in a position to buy any more right now. Does anyone have a beginner routine they can recommend? I am new to all this, so I'm not even sure what strength training is. I am assuming that squats, lunges and planks…
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Hip Hop Abs -- Doing it wrong?
Hi there! I'm currently using a few different DVDs at home. One is Hip Hop Abs. I like it, and I feel like the cardio is good, but I just can't get my abs to burn. I'm starting to feel like i'm doing something wrong. I did the Full Body Burn DVD today and yesterday, and my legs and arms were burning pretty good, but…
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Trust the HRM?
Yesterday at about 2 pm, I put on my HRM. I proceeded to do some housework and yard work. I decided, just for giggles, to leave my HRM on for 24 hours. Well it's been 24 hours, and according to the HRM I burned 3314 that time. Can that even be possible? While I am not a slug by any means, I don't think i'm that active in…
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Looking for smarta$$es
Hey, are you a smartass? Do you like to post random crap in your news feed? Do you eat more than 800 calories a day AND eat back your exercise calories? We should be friends. That is all.
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MFP and 1200 calories for everyone no matter what?
Hey all, I'm curious, does MFP tell everyone no matter what size or sex that they can only eat 1200 calories per day to lose 2 pounds per week? I guess I just want o know if anyone else has got a different number?
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Lower sodium food suggestions
Because I always seem to be bloated, I would like to lower my salt intake. I don't need to eliminate it, but I would like to be under the 2500 more than twice a month. It seems everything I eat has a ton of sodium in it. I mean really, the cottage cheese has almost twice the amount as a serving of potato chips. How is that…
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Something's not right....
So, Fridays are my 'weigh in' day. So naturally, all i'm craving an hour before bed is salt. I have the calories left over to eat any kind of salty crap I want, but I really don't want to be retaing all the water tomorrow morning. Life is sooo unfair!
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Ugh! I'm sorry, but I don't think I can do this!...
I have not been getting enough protein in my diet no matter what I do. I love cottage cheese, yogurt, cheddar cheese and steak, but somehow I still come up short on protein. I decided I was going to try Pure Protein whey powder. I mixed the two scoops up in a blender with 8 oz 1% milk and 3 ice cubes. Well, the first sip…
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...out of my cold, dead hands...
So, I was at the grocery store today shopping and because i'm trying to make healthier choices, i'm reading labels. I really am trying to make positive changes, and there are somethings I can just live without in the name of a skinnier new me. However, there is clearly something I am not willing to give up... I was…
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Food by weight or volume?
I finally got around to buying a little food scale the other day. Before I bought the scale, I would either use a measuring cup/spoon or eye ball food. I'm getting the feeling that measuring by cups and weight are not nearly the same thing. Now i'm all kinds of confused. For example, the box of Raisin Bran says one serving…
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Hey, another "I'm not losing" thread!
It’s taking a lot for me to write this because I know it’s noting but one big whine fest. But I think that if there were somewhere to get help, this would be the place to get it. Early last month, on accident, I got a really good look at myself in the mirror. Boy, do I ever jiggle. :( I had to do something. On February…
