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Not losing, Doctor was NO help
Heya, I’ve been managing to maintain 160lbs (5ft9) for years now. I only started re-weighing myself a few months ago, was the same weight as 2011!!! Thing is, over the years I have been reducing my calorie total and increasing my exercise, currently doing 5.5 miles on weekdays plus an hour of circuit training every…
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Need help with 2 year plateau
Hello everyone! I have been lurking on mfp for 4-5 years (I think) and I have a problem, I struggle a lot to lose weight, and for the past 2 years, nothing at all has fallen off. I have shaken up my workouts, and I am getting worried as I have dropped to an average of about 1350 a day, I know that for a female who is 5ft9…
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Just got measured for wedding dress (on period)!
Hi there! I usually try not to get too upset about my body these days (though I still do quite a bit). It's just I have been trying on wedding dresses and I finally found one! I got measured and I'm on my period and massively bloated, I just felt so incredibly fat :( . She said my chest measurement was a uk 16 (I'm only a…
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Missing Periods
Hi guys, Long time lurker here who occassionally posts. I have a problem and would maybe like to hear people's opinions. I haven't had a period in 11 weeks, my diet has changed to 50% fat, 25-30% carb and 25-30% protien, but that was about three months ago. The amount of calories I have been consuming hasnt changed (there…
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Weight hasn't shifted on ages, should I log walking?
Hello there, Bit of a veteran lurker here (3 years). I'm stuck. I workout about 6 times a week, weights twice, running twice, circuits/power Pilates/trx once and normal Pilates once. I mix up my workouts (even running can be intervals with speed or incline or just a long jog). I was wondering if I should be logging my…
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Virgin Active Glasgow?
Hey! I was going to try and join a gym in Glasgow and the Virgin Active one looked quite good. A friend of mine reccomonded it, she's stopped going (pregnant) but I wanted a second opinon Can anyone reccomend it? Or any other gyms in Glasgow that they think are good? I'll be going on my own so any workout buddies would be…
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PCOS and calorie counting
Hey, i am going to the doctor tomorrow because I have all the symptoms of PCOS, and I was wondering if there were any sufferers on MFP? If so, as one of the symptoms is a difficulty losing/gaining weight, would my calorie goals be lower than a normal person of my category (sex/height/weight etc)? I know it is different for…
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Strained my neck/shoulders
Hey, I did the 3rd level of the 30DS and managed to strain my neck and shoulders. Wont do it for a day or two. Problem is, I've got sinusitis which im on antibiotics for and so I just have a constant headache. Are there any streches I can do to ease the neck pain. I cant use painkillers or the muscle patches as I'm on the…
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Sinus trouble makes it hard to exercise!
Hey! I usually hit the gym after work and at the weekends (cardio and weights) about 6 times a week. I feel that I've been doing really well in sticking with it. But last weekend I had a blocked ear, went to the doctor who misdiagnosed it as blood clots, I fainted and no one caught me so I fell right against a hard floor…
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Argh, I should have known!
I'm not new at this, frantically checking labels and such for calories, but, I have just started at a new place and the kitchenette place only has coffee sticks, I had been sinking about 4 a day and turns out they were 50 cals each!!! 200 extra cals a day!!!!! It didnt have the cals on it, it was only when I saw an actual…
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Protein Powder makes me gag!
I need more protien, I really do, I do about 12 hours of dance classes/running per week (not inc walking etc), I recently changed my protien from 15% to 30% as I have stopped losing any inches despite being under (but not under my BMR) every day, I am waaay under on protien and need ideas. I tried protien powder with milk…
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Do you have a rest day?
I am curious about this. Does anyone make sure to rest at least once a week? If so, what does that entail? No exercise at all? Or just going for a walk instead of a run etc. I usually walk for about an hour and a hald at 4.5mph with arm weights (on treadmill). Should I skip this entirely and skip any kind of exercise (not…
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Not lost any inches, help?
Hey, I am getting a bit frustrated, its like I cant lose any more inches, I eat about 1700-1850 a day but do loads of exercise. Jogging 3 time a week (between 8.5 miles and 13 miles per session), ballet, jazz, hip hop etc ( all in all about 7 dance classes per week). I stopped weighing myself cos I thought I'd probably be…
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Recently getting major hangovers?
I used to be able to take my drink, but recently, two glasses of sparkling wine and a glass of normal wine with a meal and I get a raging headache when I go to bed! I will have at least a glass of water/sparkling water in between each glass of alcohol. I don't drink that often, never did, but recently this has gotten…
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Sore calves after half marathon
Hey guys, I have upped my running recently, from two days of 8 miles and one day of 10 miles to two days of 10 miles and one day of 13.1 or 15 miles. My toenails went black so I got new bigger sized shoes (went to a proper running store and got them fitted). Only problem is, now I get pretty painful calves every run. I…
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I dont know how much to eat and fitbit isn't helping!
Hey guys, I know this is a pretty common question on the forums but I have no idea how much to eat, I'm averaging about 1800-1850 cals a day ( I recently upped it) but my fitbit calorie adjustment is always about 600 calories or more (sometimes 700-800). I got it because I thought I was calculating my activity wrong. I…
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Low Sugar snack?
Hey! I'm looking for snacks that don't double my sugar count (my face is starting to get a bit spotty, especially with eating mangos I think). I am trying to avoid yogurt as i am getting really bad eczema at the moment and the milk makes it worse (on that point, any other ways to get calcium?). I am a bit worried that i'm…
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How much should I be trying to lose?
I'm 160lbs and 5ft9, I'm 20 years old (BMI 23.6). I was aiming to lose 1 pound a week, but is that maybe too much for the home stretch, should I maybe be going for half a pound a week so that when I go on maintenence it's not too much of a bodyshock? Also, I've hit a Biiiiig plateau (like the one in the lost world kind of…
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I need iron, help?
Hey, I've been anemic before and was told by a nutritionalist that I am again, but didn't have time to go to the doctor before I went back to france. I have been getting dizzy recently although I'm getting lots of food and protien and stuff. So i reckon I need iron, any ideas how to get it? I had steak today and broccoli,…
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been 26 days, no loss :(
I just weighed myself and I am the same weight I was 26 days ago. I have no idea what else I can do, seriously. I feel so stuck. I've been totally diligent, drank the water, watched my sodium levels, not under-ate, exercised. THis has been going on for years and I feel like my goal is behind a pane of glass I keep benging…
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muffin top and saddle bags, help!
my main problem is saddle bags, the fat just above my hips is so annoying. I already do 300 crunches per night for my little bit of tummy, but that isnt really much of a problem. I also do some pilates/calanethics targeting the sides/saddle bags and the bridge. Any other ideas? cos it isnt shifting at all :(
