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Converting bounces on rebounder to steps?
Anyone have any idea how this might work? I'm not big on walking, personally, but bouncing on my rebounder (mini-trampoline) is something I enjoy a lot (especially with my headphones on). I know there's the goal of walking 10,000 steps a day (5 miles), but I'm curious if there's a way to convert the bounces I do on my…
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Questions about water and weight
Beginning round 2 with MFP, I find myself with a few questions. 1) At what point during the initial weight loss 'rush' would most folks say it stops being just "water weight" and is actual slow-but-sure "weight loss"? Five pounds? Ten? Twenty? 2) In an attempt to stave off cravings, I force myself to drink water -- if…
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Squats nearly killed me - what can I do instead?
Even after quadruple-checking to make sure I was doing them properly (using a mirror, going right up near a wall so that my knees wouldn't cross my toes, feet slightly angled outward, knees slightly angled outward as well, keeping the weight on my heels, keeping my back properly straight instead of hunching my shoulders),…
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Question about exercising to failure
I've read that when doing strength training, you should go for enough weight that at the end of a set, you just cannot do another rep (while still maintaining proper form). If you're doing 3 sets, though, do you want that failure to happen at the end of set #3, or should that happen at the end of EACH set you do? (And if…
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Exercise longer vs exercise harder?
Okay, this one confuses me. Which is better? Exercising over a set period of time, or doing a certain number of reps/sets/circuits, regardless of how long or short it takes? For example, is doing 3 sets of 15 reps of strength training, at the level of "oh my God this is INTENSE" any better (or worse) than doing as many…
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My first NSV
Went roaming around Costco today with my roommate (him pushing the cart, me popping up and down aisles looking for stuff), when I realized that we'd been there for at least 45 minutes, and for once, my back wasn't killing me from standing/walking that long. Not a huge NSV, I suppose, but if 20 lbs makes it easier to stand…
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2 months in, hit a stall, time to re-assess TDEE/BMR?
Okay, first off, I'm a math noob. I'll admit it right here. Started MFP on October 1st, and after two months, I've gone from 314.2 to 297. Which at first isn't bad - except that I've been hovering around that 297 mark for two weeks (296-298). I'm 5'8", and lead a rather sedentary lifestyle. I have a desk job (though I am…
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So stressed right now! :( AAAAAGGGHHH!!!
Not only am I currently trying to lose weight (and doing pretty darn well, all things considered!), but I'm trying to get the gaming studio I work with off the ground! And our first IndieGoGo campaign went live yesterday, but it's going so SLOWLY! I am so not patient... I feel like the Frantics' comedy sketch "Tae Kwon…
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Anyone else here with PCOS and trying to lose weight?
I was diagnosed with PCOS back in my early 20s, although at the time, I was also fortunate enough to be hyperthyroidish, so the weight thing wasn't too much of a problem. Now, on the other hand, with me at age 39 and my thyroid presumably done with its mad dash (not yet been re-tested), the weight is on. 314.2 to be exact…
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5000 steps - all at once or over the course of the day?
This one kinda confuses me. I picked up a new pedometer, and after the fun and games of calibrating it to my usual stride, I see I put in ~1000 just at work (I work a desk job, but I'm routinely getting up to get copies, go to clients'/managers' offices, use the bathroom, go to the break room for water, etc., and I am…
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Prosciutto Wrapped Scallops
Believe it or not, this is actually diet-friendly. :) PROSCIUTTO WRAPPED SCALLOPS 1 lb scallops (I bought a bag of frozen scallops, and thawed them prior to cooking) 1/4 lb prosciutto (if you can get it at the deli counter, have them slice it as thin as they can get it) several sprigs of fresh rosemary lemon juice sea salt…
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For your amusement and motivation...
In another thread, I'd made a joke (which some folks found amusing) about why we have the occasional weight gain or plateau during our weight loss efforts: But the real entertainment came when I rewrote the lyrics to Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive" from the point of view of a dieter talking to her body fat. And so I share…
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Calories vs Sodium vs Sugar
So after a couple weeks, I'm now seeing a pattern with my food. I usually come in under my calorie limit (yay!), but either my sodium, my sugar, or both are over their limits (boo). It's not that I put salt on everything - hubby broke me of that habit years ago. It's more a matter of the fact that my lunches at work tend…
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Heya everyone
Here I am, gritting my teeth and trying this weight loss/healthy living thing (again). My last effort was a doctor-monitored diet five years ago that worked great until I went off it and realized I knew nothing about maintenance, and boom, it all came back and then some. But I heard a lot of good things about MFP, and I…
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Daily calories + exercise net/loss question
As of Oct 1st, I have begun what my friends have nicknamed the "Koverhaul". No more soda (*cries*), following my daily allowed calories (1670 at present), trying to watch what I eat, and revamping this 5'8", 314lb body of mine into a 5'8", 175lb version. At present, having not yet been cleared by a doctor for exercise,…
