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Any martial arts buddes?
About a year and a half ago I started MFP to improve my appearance. I started at about 149 pounds, and managed to get myself down to 128. At 128 pounds, I hit a serious plateau, and was eating a net of about 800 calories a day to try to get over that hump, but to no avail. I lost my motivation, and gained back a good 12…
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Feel like a cow
Nothing like shopping for a prom dress at a designer boutique to make you feel like a bloated pig. I keep trying to tell myself they're designer, they run small, but that still doesn't erase the number from my mind.
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Junk food junkie
Okay so I've lost weight before, but it was summer time, and I was eating grilled chicken, fresh fruits, and fresh veggies all the time because they were cheap and available. Now it's winter, and those things are not as easy to find and are much more expensive when you can find them. As a result, I haven't been eating…
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Newbie to squats
I'm a 5'2", 145 pound girl, and I'd really like to try out incorporating squats into my workouts. I've always been a bit intimidated to go near the squat rack at the gym. There are always a lot of very large, strong, scary looking men there, and I'm really worried I'll look weak and kind of sad at first, but I have 5…
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Back at Square 1
I started MFP back in April. I had just seen a particularly gruesome picture of myself, wearing a tight little black dress that emphasized all of my trouble areas. I felt disgusted, and joined MFP. I was quite successful. Between April and August, I managed to get my weight down from 149 to 128, only 3 pounds away from my…
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Plateau?
So I haven't lost weight in over 5 weeks, all the while counting calories very religiously. I exercise about 5 days a week for 30 minutes, and I'm set t eat 1200 calories a day. I guess this is the plateau. How did you get over the plateau? If I up my caloric intake, won't I just gain more weight? I'm really scared to eat…
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Is this normal?
So for dinner tonight I had a Smart Ones frozen dinner (rice and beans) and 14 almonds, and afterwards I felt so full. I felt as if I had just finished a massive Thanksgiving dinner rather than a little frozen dinner with some almonds. Is my stomach really that small? How long did it take for your stomach to shrink after…
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Garcinia Cambogia
Okay, so my mom has been taking garcinia cambogia extract tablets before her meals for the last few weeks, and swears that this extract is going to help her lose weight. I tell her she's crazy, it's just another stupid diet pill, and that it's not going to work. Granted, she has lost weight, but she has also been eating…
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Ice Cream Obsession?
Every evening, if I have any calories left, I treat myself to a 1/2 cup of ice cream. It's always the low fat, low calorie kind, and it's a lovely treat at the end of the day. But lately, it's become all I can think about all day. I just try to get through the day to get my ice cream, I think about it all the time, I count…
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Okay I promise I'm not stupid
But what is clean eating? I've never heard of it before joining MFP. I gather is has something to do with processed foods versus fresh foods? Just in simple terms, what is it?
