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Compensatory Exercise
Today I went over my goal and never did my usual one hour swim. Tomorrow I'm thinking of swimming for two hours to compensate. I've looked up about what to do after a binge or heavy food day and many sites go against compensatory exercise and suggest just doing a normal workout. Is it really that problematic to do twice…
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Cheat Meal Dinner - What to eat for breakfast and lunch?
Has anyone got any tips on a good breakfast and lunch to have on the lead up to my cheat meal dinner? I want to accumulate a lot of calories so I can use the bulk of them on the cheat meal but I don't want to starve myself leading up to dinner time. Anyone got any low calorie ideas for breakfast and lunch?
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Feeling so hopeless, helpless and generally demoralised.
I am utterly desperate right now so sorry if this post seems a little over dramatic! I have lost a considerable amount of weight before but as an emotional eater, depression and loneliness due to commencing a highly stressful job in a new city, saw me falling off the bandwagon and back into my comfort eating. I finally…
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Water for weight loss?
Anyone upped their water intake and lost weight? I have stopped drinking diet soda as of Friday and I am trying to consume about 2 litres of water a day in the hope that this will indirectly help me reach my goal.
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Switching to healthy breakfasts but becoming constipated.
Hello all. So I generally eat very healthy lunches and dinners but had been frowned upon for eating Bran Flakes for my breakfast as cereals have high sugar content... I have tried two different things and both have led to long-term constipation. 1. Because I could not imagine eating anything other than cereal, I tried a…
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Should I be eating more to compensate calories burned?
So I try to keep within 800-1000 calories a day but my hour swimming allegedly takes that down to just 300 calories. Should I be eating another 700 that day to go back up to 1000 calories logged, or is it a case of I have actually taken in 1000 calories and if I burn them I burn them?
