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Cooked VS Raw Chicken
This is a potentially stupid question, but oh well. I know some foods, especially vegetables, have a higher calorie count when cooked. Does this apply to meats? Specifically chicken breasts. My question is, if I take 100 grams of raw chicken breast, and bake it in the oven, does this increase the calorie count, or will it…
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Do you see yourself differently?
I wanted to create this post to gather opinions on the weight loss process. I've lost a little over 30kgs so far with about another 30 to go and yet I can't tell the difference at all when I look in the mirror or when I compare myself now, to pictures I purposely took when I started trying to lose the weight last September…
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Heh...
Forgot I was in this group so I haven't posted anything at all. :P As I just finished university I felt like saying congratz to anyone in the same boat (and poor you if you still have more to go)!
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How to start out
Hi there. I'm ridiculously unfit. To clarify, I've spent the majority of the last 6 years either sitting or lying down with probably a maximum of about 20 minutes a day of actually moving about outside of the house. I had some issues with my legs that were unrelated to my weight which caused a fair bit of pain and so I…
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Shakeology - Does it work?
Having been told about shakeology by another user on here I've since done some research. It seems to me that simply eating healthily sized portions for whatever meal you decide to replace with a shake would be just as beneficial to your weightloss attempt? I understand that Shakeology has a significant amount of vitamins…
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Sodium - You are the bane of my nutritional existence
This is just a random rant about my love/hate relationship with sodium. I mean I love salty foods. Crisps, bacon, gammon, ham the list goes on & on but trying to stay below my daily allowance is abysmal. It's not even that I'm seeking out high-salt foods, I'm really not. I'll finish the day about 500 calories under my…
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The Moment You Realised it was Possible.
Sooo today I managed to get past my intial goal which is still pretty massive, but I'm about 56lbs down and about halfway there. The goal isn't really important in and of itself, but it's the first time I've actually felt a bit optimistic and actually considered the posibility that this might not just result in me giving…
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Soooo this made me giggle.
Just randomly saw this shared elsewhere and felt I had to repost it on here. Frankly laughter aside, I feel he totally deserves it. The story of child stars going crazy is really getting old and at some point these people have to face some kind of repercussions.…
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Heavy Lifting - Teach me please!
Okay to sum this up, I've lost around 55lbs and I've lost absolutely no inches from around my stomach. From a thread I made asking about it (and other threads) heavy lifting seems to be the way to go to really start making a difference. However, I'm 23 years old and have absolutely no gym experience (unless you count using…
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Toning Belts - Do they work?
Hi. I've been looking into toning belts and I wondered if anybody had any first hand experience. First of all, do they work on the obese? I understand that they help muscle definition (of course along with regular exercise) so I originally suspected they wouldn't really help with actually toning if you're obese (which I…
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About 50lbs down and no difference...
Hi. I started using MFP in September (2013) and have lost about 24kg in the last 4 months going from 330lbs to 276 or so. My problem however is that despite the weight loss, my stomach is exactly the same size as it was before. I've lost a bit of the thigh and neck measurements which were the only other ones I did so I…
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Back Hair - Gross or not?
Sooo I'm looking for opinions on back hair. Personally I grow a bit on my lower back and keep it shaved (which is a total pain trying to do it in the mirror and I'm even more worried about stubble) :laugh: After looking over the thread on chest hair I noticed this was being discussed a bit so I felt like asking: Is back…
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Smoothies
Hi everyone. I know this is probably an overdone topic, but does anyone have any good smoothie recipes? I know I could find quite a few by simply Googling them but I was hoping to get some feedback from real people and not just random ideas. I'm using a fairly cheap and yet surprisingly good blender (hey, I'm a student!)…
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Fruit - The Sugar Problem
I'll be the first to admit that I know next to nothing about proper nutrition. So I'm a little curious as to how bad it is to go over your sugar limit by eating fruit. I get the feeling that eating my daily allowance of sugar by having 3 nectarines is going to be a heck of a lot better than if I ate my daily allowance in…
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Mission Improbable
Sooooooo. After being overweight for a number of years I figured it's about time to get myself sorted out. I'm hoping to join the army in 18 months or so after finishing my degree and shifting another 80lbs & raising my physical fitness levels from pretty much sedentiary 24/7 to somebody with a good degree of endurance and…
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What's The One Thing You Like About Yourself?
Here's a little bit of a self esteem boosting thread after I noticed a lot of us are guilty of giving ourselves a pretty hard time on the forums. All of us no matter how down in the dumps we are have at least one redeeming quality and regardless of how depressed or self-deprecating we may be! Let's hear (or read) some…
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Home Exercises That Work For You
I was curious about the different exercises you guys have come up with at home. I'm talking about exercises that don't involve exercise equipment and are just something that you found online/ heard of from a friend/ invented yourself that seem to work for you personally even if many people don't see a difference from it.
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Day 3 - Am I Doing This Properly?
Hi all. This'll be the 3rd day that I'm actively trying to watch what I eat & to that end only eat when I'm certain that I'm hungry. However at about 330lbs my target calories are around 2220 per day according to MFP. The calculator that people reccommended I use on another thread (Scooybysworkshop) suggests that I eat…
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Is This Really Right?
Hi there. I recently tried to research how to calculate the basic amount of calories my body would need in a day simply to operate normally without any exercise as if I was completely sedentary. The site I looked at claimed the calculation was as follows: For adult males - Multiply the body weight by 10; add double the…
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What do you look forward to?
i was just wondering what everyone was looking forward to the most after reaching their goal weight? Personally for me I think it's got to be feeling comfortable in a tshirt. As it stands at the moment I wear layers (making myself look even larger :sad: ) just to give myself the illusion that people can't see the way my…
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The Evils of Fizzy Drinks.
Hi all. I was wondering what the negative effects of drinking considerable amounts any fat & caffeine free fizzy drinks ( such as pepsi max or coke zero etc) were on weight loss. Just to clarify this isn't me attempting to be smart and say there aren't any, this is me geniunely being ignorant of how these items effect…
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The 100lb + Club!
Hi There. I started using the site yesterday and I've already received some great advice about how to drop some serious weight over the next couple of years. The problem for me personally is going to be dedication. The max I've ever lasted in the past couple of years eating sensibly is 3 weeks and that was once. Every…
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What Music Motivates You?
Sooo I know for a lot of people music plays a big part in their daily exercise routine. I was just curious about the different types of music that can motivate people to keep pushing beyond what they thought they could do whether it's something like refusing dessert or running a marathon! Personally my top 3 would be as…
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Losing 100lbs +
This is my second day on the site and after a less than stellar first day (eating about 8x my daily sugar allowance) I'm having a little bit of a restart. I'm aiming to lose at least 104lbs hopefully over in an 18 month - 2 year time period and I was wondering if anyone thinking of a similar plan would be willing to share…
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Gamers - What is YOUR favourite game?
Just a random fun thread. What's your favourite game on any platform over the past 20 years or so? I'd have to say my top 3 are: 1) Final Fantasy 9 (First real RPG I played when i was about 10 and probably love it so much because it was such a big part of my childhood) 2) Final Fantasy 10 3) Persona 3 So as you can see I…
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Eating when full.
Okay. I'm going to be pretty candid about this; I eat like a pig. Over the past few years my diet has been getting worse & worse... For example instead of putting one pizza in the oven I put in two despite the fact that about halfway through the first of the two I feel full (despite being a very large 330lb 6'3 guy). It's…
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The One Year Weight Loss Challenge (50+ lbs)
I'm proposing a friendly contest between anybody willing to take part in losing 50+ lbs. I myself have over 100lbs to lose and thought it could be fun to see how other people manage to progress and may help keep us motivated as well as providing a resource of diet, recipe and exercise ideas. ---Contest Rules--- 1) Don't…
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Soooo... Here we go.
Hi. I'm just about to start trying to lose a minimum of about 7.5st (105lbs). I'm 23 years old and starting the final year of my degree at the same time which is going to be pretty hectic. This along with planned surgery (unrelated to my weight) and the following rehab means exercise over the next few months could be very…
