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Gaining inches???
Hi all, Usually I'm the one providing some sound advice, but I am stumped with what is going on with my body. This is pretty long, but I felt like it's important to help let you guys know what I've noticed and what I've been doing right so you can help me to identify what I've started doing wrong. I was burning fat…
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Problems with negative adjustment and syncing from FitBit
Hi all, I searched the forums to see if anyone else had had this problem but it doesn't seem so, so I am hoping to see if anyone can provide clarity. This has happened multiple times but I am just using yesterday as an example. Monday, October 14, 2013--My FitBit burned calories were 2501 according to the FitBit web site…
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Working out but getting bigger?
I searched the forums a bit and saw a bunch of people complaining that they were gaining weight although they'd been exercising a while, but couldn't quite find my problem. I have been exercising and gaining inches. There's no possibility that this is muscle gain because it is around my waist. I have checked my body water…
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Flu makes weigh-in unreliable?
Hi all, Last night, I spent around 4 hours throwing up (based on the timeline, it was food poisoning, but it could have been acid reflux...it does not matter). I usually weigh in on Sundays. My husband said maybe I should skip it. Does anyone have documentation from their doctor that says how long they should wait to do a…
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Greek Yogurt is sooooo yucky! What can I do to make it taste
I am trying to eat Greek Yogurt because it is higher in protein. I bought the Chobani with fruit on the bottom because it had a little more sugar than others and I thought it would taste better. But... YUCK!!! I even added a little packet of sun crystals and that just didn't even help at all!!! To me, the after taste was…
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Polar FT4 Low Battery Issues
Hi all, My Polar FT4 showed me the battery life was getting low. So I changed out the batteries. The battery symbol is still showing that I have less than half a battery life. Anyone else had this problem before? What do I do to fix it? I've had my HRM for almost two years with no problems and never had to change the…
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MYSTERIOUS WEIGHT GAIN
Last week on weigh in I weighed 163.4. Today I weighed 166.1. Yikes! I didn't eat fabulously the past week and over the course of the week went about 500 calories over my weekly budget. However, on that same stroke, I burned nearly 2400 calories in exercise, so really, I should have at least maintained my weight. I thought…
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Yogurt questions
Hey all, Here is the problem I am facing. I am trying to cut down on my sugar intake, but I want to be putting yogurt in my system because I want the natural probiotics rather than taking yet another pill. I absolutely hate hate hate greek yogurt and natural yogurt. I just can't even fathom trying to swallow it. I have…
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Which Target Heart Rate Method Do You Use?
I have heard of several methods to determine the best target heart rate for fat burning. I'm currently listed as being between 127 and 166 for my heart rate zone. But I have looked at the other method, which is 220 minus your age the result x 70% This would put my target heart rate pinpointed at 136.5. While I am…
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Rash around the mouth?
I started fitness boot camp about 3.5 weeks ago. It's really dry and cold in Utah, so when I got a little dry area above my upper lip, I thought it was just dry lips, so I just slapped on some lip balm and didn't give it another thought. Until it didn't go away. And it got worse. It burns all day long and feels dry all day…
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I don't understand the weight loss approach of 1200 calories
Okay, here is what I get: We are told that the human body needs 1200 calories per day to survive. We are told to eat back all of our exercise calories. Here is the problem I face. If I eat 1575 calories per day. And 1200 are burned by being alive and then 375 are burned by exercise (like TODAY on my diary), then I am at…
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ANGRRRRRRRRY and Irritated...
I have now been eating right and exercising for 3 weeks. I go to my boot camp class 5 days a week and burn about 375+ calories each time. I then eat rather healthy every day. I also go to a hula hooping for fitness class every Tuesday for an hour. Don't get me wrong, I am losing weight. About .5 lbs per week. Which is…
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Healthified Recipes
I found a bunch of "Healthified Recipes" on BettyCrocker.com a bit ago and tried them out and they were totally awesome so I wanted to direct you all there. I tried copy+paste for a couple but they came out horrible in this setting. Just go to BettyCrocker.com and search "healthier" or "healthified" in their search menu…
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Low LOW sodium mostly home made chicken vegatable soup
I recently created this recipe for me and my fiance and we love it. I was looking for a way to cook us some home made chicken vegetable soup and was having a lot of trouble getting low sodium alternatives to the traditional bullion. But, I finally did it and here is the recipe...please follow pretty closely, or you'll end…
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Weight Gain from Whey Protein???
Last week, I weighed in at 181 flat. My boot camp instructor let us all know that we should be getting about 20 grams of protein as soon after we work out as possible. I do boot camp 5x a week. So I started drinking a protein shake. It is Biochem Sports brand and is a Whey Protein Isolate. It has 20 grams of protein. The…
