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sitting 12 hours a day job
Hi everyone :) I have a job that is 9am-9pm (most of the time sitting 12 hours a day). Its a very important career for me. Can anyone give me some tips please on how to manage both (keeping active, being fit, still maintain shape (plus lose some) and still do 9-9). I exercise on weekends the most I can do and usually…
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Ladies: How did you get to love your body?
I am asking this because i am struggling with my self-image, and recently Ive discovered with helps from friends that i dislike my body no matter what weight. Is anyone else like this? So, how did you get to change and love our body and feel comfortable in your own skin? Any wisdom ? :)
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This is going to be very complicated to whoever wants to help me.. :)
*Also, please dont judge me about my eating in the beginning, I was stupid i know this now* Okay I dont really know where to start. I have been trying to lose weight for like 3 years now. Before these 3 years, I lost weight by restricting my calorie intake (to unhealthy levels) and I was pretty active. I lost weight in 6…
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Cocoa :)
Omg if anyone has cravings after dinner / or late night, i think a good thing to make for yourself is hot cocoa :) ...with a bit of brown sugar, (or without). I think its perfect because if its dark cocoa, healthier for you, and warms you up (especially if you live in canada ) I usually make it half boiling water, half…
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Hi add me :)
Hi i want new friends :) I am a greater motivator, an optimist and friend =) About me: I am not the best eater and I am tying to change my habits into better eating habits, like smaller portions etc etc :) Sometimes i eat too much, sometimes too little. My goal weight is 105-110, im 145 now (because i gained :neutral: ) ,…
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How does Muscle burn fat even at rest?
How does muscle help burn fat? Or, why do people with more muscle have a higher (or perhaps more efficient) metabolism? For example, when a person has more muslce than another person,what happens in the body physically and chemically that would make the person with more muscle burn more fat? I just don't understand the…
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5'4, 120 lbs girls..?!
for those of you around the same weight & height range, how many calories are you eating to lose, what type of exercise do you do etc etc..? I honestly feel like if I eat 1500-2000, I gain. My TDEE is 1800. I gain weight incredibly easy i guess I screwed my metabolism.
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can't sleep cause I dont eat?
Whenever I under-eat sometimes (sometimes I just forget to, or I dont feel hungry), I always end up not being able to sleep, waking up at like 3//4/5am and just staying awake for a couple hours and than trying hard to go back to sleep again... (Like now as I am typing this up lol! Does this happen to anyone else and do you…
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my own dried fruit...
I put a whole bunch of fruit in a dehydrator and they turned out sooo delicious! all I did was just slice up mangos, bananas, apples, kiwis & pears .. NOTHING added to them :) Im just wondering, if some fruit is less sweet after it comes out of the dehydrator, does that mean it has less calories? like somehow the calories…
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Calories burnt through exercise.
I may sound a bit crazy, but I honestly do not feel that i burn a lot of calories! I almost dont want to log exercise anymore (I never used to) Last night I swam for 1 hr. 40 minutes (MFP said I burnt 635 calories!.. I was completely not tired, and I walked a lot around my university campus.. I dont know how to explain it,…
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Almonds vs. Almond Milk
HOW are almonds so high in calores & fat, yet almond milk is low (unsweetened) ? Do they extract the fat from the almonds to make the almond milk, just like they do in bell planation peanut butter? This has always confused me .. lol :)
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If anyone is bored out there, looking to help a girl out!
I am fairly new to calorie counting so please dont judge :) Im 21 years of age, 5'4. I currently weigh 120 pounds and am trying to get to a slimmer size, PREFERABLY 110 lbs! Please dont comment that I dont need to loose weight or that I am healthy.. I know this, I am doing this for myself because I want to feel more…
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No sleep some nights... to eat more or less?
This may be a dumb question (so im sorry in advance:)) but what happens to a persons TDEE THAT specific day IF say that person neve went to sleep.... to eat more ..or less? I am asking this because there are some nights where I just dont sleep lol! The other day I worked on an essay for my university and I stayed up all…
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Binge Eating for a 'thrill' ?
So i recently discovered how I can pack on around 2000 calories worth of food in under 1 hour, I like the rush & thrill of it. This morning I woke up, had some breakfast and oatmeal and some vegetables and than I wanted some cheese, and than some cereal. I stopped and started thinking, why am I doing this? Am i even…
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FUDGE-SICLES
Yum <3 who else likes fudge bars? :)
