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This is what daily weight logging looks like
I love this chart. (Mind you my job is to help people analyze data so i may be bias) I'm posting it to show people that they don't need to panic when it goes up or down, or when it gets stuck week to week. Wehn I'm feeling down about being stuck in a weight ramge (like i am now) I go back and view the 30 day report and i…
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my goal weight is overweight according to BMI
I know it's different for everyone, but really?! I'm tall (5'7) and I have big hands and feet, and not a petite frame... when I get to 160, I'm a size 8, I can do up a size 6 even... do I need to be smaller than that? I got down to 155, and my hands looked old and shriveled, I also had to lose muscles to get that weight…
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workout app with muscles worked out?
Are there any apps out there that track your workout and help you track eat muscle groups you worked on?
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180 days of (almost consistant) daily logging
I know it's a silly victoria, but i have been watching the 180 days report creep to where my start weight was in the chart. So today must me the 180th day i have been doing this! This is what my journey looks like. My goal was 160, i have seen 159.5 but since it's summer and summer is fun, I'm really only maintaining…
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place to buy shoes in Seattle?
Anyone have a good running store suggestion in Seattle? We are staying in Bellevue and might go shopping today. Clothes just tend to be less expensive in the us over Canada
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runners - how does this sound?
I just finished my c25k program (well todfay i will do the continuous 5k, and see how my time is. I guess after this i want to start building speed and endurance... i need to set some real goals for myself or i lose interest. so i was thinking 3 runs / week still with the fist two being 5 x 5mins run &1 min walk (with 5…
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heavy water drinkers... depends?
Ok I try to drink a ton of water during the day... i like flushing my system as much as possible... i think i drink a 12 oz glass every hour through the work day. (in other words, nothing too dramatic) so i can by hydrated for my lunch time run... I'm a software consultant, and i provide client training and sales support…
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running is hard
I can ride a bike forever, like really two solid hours of cycling is a feat, but not a monster feat. I get off the bike, and once the feeling comes back to my butt, I can still walk around, grab some groceries on the way home, etc... An hour and a half of cycling is like 1500 caolories burned I can hike all day, climbing…
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Figured something out yesterday
I always feel like my husband should be as excited about my weight loss as I am. I want him to see me after a week and be pleased to know that I'm his hot young wife, and that he's lucky to have me. We all know men just aren;t capable of reading our minds, or our less than subtle hints, but we keep hanging on to that hope.…
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if you don't have one, you should
one of these: My water consumption has increased exponentially since i started hauling this thing around. In the morning i toss in asome ice, couple of wedges of lemon, mint if i have it, and some chia seeds and have my chia water before i get too far into my day. I keep refilling as the day goes on and by the end of the…
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Can i (should i) run every day? C25k Question
I recover pretty quickly from my C25k runs, and they are pretty much my only exercise right now (paired with cycling, not doing strength training) So now that i have broken through the 5th week of c25k, and i find the 5-10 minute intervals really pretty easy, would it be a bad idea to do more than 3 runs / week? I'm kind…
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running in a race
Ok runners, question for you guys. Is it harder or easier to run in a crowd (I'm talking running as an individual in a race) I'm training for my first 5k, and I'm getting close to being able to jog 5k without stopping, then i will build in some hills, hopefully in time for this run, but is the sea of people a motivation or…
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today's first word problems
I'm trying to decide which of my several coffee makers should come out today, or if i should go to one of the many shops nearby instead. I often complain that my house is too big and i have too many cars (tongue in cheek - we have a long 5 bedroom house with a crappy layout so i spend a lot of time walking through the…
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do you consider this process to be healthy for your kids?
I know that when i need to lose weight, i tend to get preoccupied with food. Stuff slips out without me meaning for it it. Like i can't eat that there's too much sugar. Soda is poison. I wish i could have this, but i will hae this instead. I also obsessively log everything, and i serve healthy food my kids kind of hate. In…
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Binging and splurging
I know that some of my bad eating is learned and some of it is part of my "psychological issues" (managable levels of anxiety, ADD, depression and who knows what, i don't care i don't need a label to feel valudated in my nuttiness) So much of how we eat food is affected by how we SEE food. I just want to clear these two…
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The life cycle of "can't eat all my calories"
Before MFP "I don't care how may calories is in it, I'm already fat. Sure i'll have two extra value meals supersized, there's no point" First month of MFP "Zomg i'm so full from these veggies! Now that I'm aware of how much I WAS eating, i'm scared to put anything in my mouth so it's hard to reach 1200 calories" Once the…
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good expensive runners or orthotics?
I have REALLY bad feet. I mean BAD. I have no arches, I'm knock kneed, pigeon toed and my joints hyper extend, I'm super injury prone. I probably should have been put in braces as a child to fix this as i grew but my parents thought it would be cruel. I'm not handicapped, and I'm quite able, i just have thes little tweaks…
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is this exercise induced insomnia
or something else? All this week i have been up half the night tossing and turning, in and out of bed. i haven't been getting to my workouts mid-day, so they have been pushed to after dinner; not my favorite time, but it works. It;s costing me in the morning, I usually try to work at 7:30, but i haven;t been getting up…
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Am I the only person that welcomed the M-F?
I'm happy that it's monday. I had a familiar breakfast, and am settling into a familiar routine of work and life. This weekend was chaos! I did a ton of housework, climbed a mountain for fun, did some school reading, played with the kids, we ate late one day, i ran out to the store a few times because we dont have what we…
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Do you eat your own birthday cake?!
It's my birthday today, and my isster's tomorrow, so my whole family is getting together at a restaurant for dinner. It's authentic indian food, so fatty, creamy deliciousness is inevitable. My only plan for tracking that is to "not eat after I'm not hungry"... on that same level, should i have my cake and eat it too? It's…
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measuring body fat
i always felt like any systems that measure body fat just don't apply to really chubby people... you can pinch a ton on me, and always will be able to, i have loose skin from pregnancies and previous weight. Even after a year at my goal, the skin never went away. The machines with electrodes seem like a load of crap to me.…
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is it skin or fat?
The last time i got skinny (15 lbs from where i am now but fitter) I still had flappy skin hanging. It was gross... I have had three kids, i have a lot of stretch marks, i spent the better part of my life topping over 230 lbs, so i don't blame my skin for being flabby... but how do i know if it's fat or skin? When i was…
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random injury - how long to wait?
I was doing the 30 ds pretty consistantly until monday...Then tuesday i couldn't do it (i didn't want to get sweaty because i didn't have time to unsweaty), so i went for a super brisk walk and i was fine. I hopped on a ferry that afternoon, and an hour into the trip (sitting, doing nothing) my knee went kablooie. Total…
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30ds AND c25k?
Would I be setting myself up for disaster if I started the couch to 5 k, and still continued to do the 30 day shred every day? I'm on day 2 of level 2, it's more or less kicking my butt... I can't do the advanced moves... I'm thinking of starting again when I finish, and making sure I get the jump moves, the full real push…
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MFP drama magnets
What are some of the favorite topics that get people's panties in a knot? I haven't been in the community long, but I'm starting to notice some trends... I just thought it would be fun to point them out here and have a chuckle I'll start: "I'm eating less than 1,000 calories / day and still not losing weight" "has anyone…
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people with travelling jobs
I am starting a new job that will involve a pretty decent amount of travel... if not out of town for day, but at least the occasional trip to the big city for meeting (without a car, I live on an island) Yesterday was an example of how I DON'T want it to go. I got up earlym had a healthy (ish) breakfast, grabbed an orange…
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overestimating?
I find it really hard to guess what I ate when i'm not serving myself, so I tend to take the bigger portion... like today I had rice, butter chicken and spaghetti squash. I have no idea how much I put in there, so I guessed a cup of rice, a cup of butter chicken (I server everything at home in a half cup measure) I find…
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what do i do with this hot mess?
! had a 12 hour day of travel today... I got up early, left at 7, drove an hour,, sat in a waiting room for a while, spend an hour and a half on a ferry, an hour on a bus, train, bus... lunch. stupid me eats a bento at a sushi place... tempura yams, stir fry, yam rolls, salad. I know a TON of sodium, and fried goodness…
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do guys 30ds?
^ what she said
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sprouts, wheatgrass?
I feel like I should be grpwing my own sprouts for sandwiches and salad... does anyone do this? I'm thinking like the curly ones... will chia grow like that? is there some controversy around alfalfa... what else grows like that and where do I get seeds? any other tips? I was going to grow them in a large bowl - like an…
