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My puppy passed
On June 29th my puppy died. He was a 9 month old white GSD that I adopted, his litter (of 12) got surrendered to a rescue when the mum refused to feed the pups. They took x-rays and his heart was 3x the size it should have been as well as having swollen lungs. They suggested it was a heart defect he was born with, that it…
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High Fat Diets
Ok just a question. Is it possible that if you eat a high fat diet, your body can recognize this and will release stored fat easier (faster?) because there is an abundance available to it for the time being ? This is assuming that you're in a small deficit (or tdee) and have no metabolism damage.
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Running more than 3 times/week?
When do you graduate into running more than 3 times a week? I'm training for a half marathon but I've been only doing 3 runs a week (I've been running since February). Each time I try to run more, on my usual off days, I get tired pretty fast. Like Monday I'll run for 80 minutes, but Tuesday I can only do 20 - 30..…
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Suck in abs while running?
Just wondering if you should lol. When I run I sometimes touch my abs to feel if they're working, I guess... It varies, but I try to keep them engaged. Is it good, bad? What should I be doing? :smile:
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Why do people act like eating is a chore?
Honestly. My maintenance is 2300 cals, and some times I'm still starving after that, two days this past week i ate 3000 cals! How do some people claim they're too full after 1200 cals? :noway:
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What kind of stretches?
Ok.. Going to be honest, I've been running since February and I've never ever stretched for my runs. But these last 3-4 runs I got really bad cramps/pains/tightness in my sides and calves about a minute or two after i start, they're sharp but they go away with pressure (like if I hold my hand on the spot).. I think its…
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Binging on.. Protein ..
I didnt realize I had so much in the fridge I had to cook, so I had myself a grill-fest. I grilled 4 chicken breasts (all weighed out to ~2lb) and some 15% hamburger patties (18oz). Then I ate it all. :noway: No mashed potatos or rice with my chicken. Just chicken. No buns with my burgers.. Just the meat. I devoured it and…
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TDEE - % or NEAT + Exercise Cals?
Just wondering what the majority of you guys do. I think NEAT is the right term (Basically sedentary TDEE?) I eat TDEE - 10% but I'm thinking of doing NEAT + exercise, I've upped my exercise a bit because I'm training for a half marathon but it wasn't enough to move my activity bracket. As a result I feel like I'm starving…
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Poop Question!
Ok. So, lets say someone were on a VLCD, would they experience constipation of sorts because their body is using up the majority of their food so there isn't as much 'waste' to excrete? Would you be able to use this as a way to measure if you're eating too much / not enough? Like if you poop a lot, then you're eating a…
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Ease back in ? Y / N ?
I took an un-intentional 2 week break from running. Before my break my longest run was 42mins (the day before). But this Saturday I was only able to run for 6 minutes and then I got winded. I felt kind of defeated when I was only able to run 6 minutes. I'm very very eager to do at least 30 minutes on my next run day…
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Hills
Anyone else despise hills? I can jog for ~20 minutes on flat ground, but when I try to jog on hills I can barely go more than half a mile, my feet get all achy and dumb lol ): How to master hills?
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Mental blocks skfASDfasf
I'm having really bad mental blocks and I'm being all negative and poo-y. One of the dogs is sick and was vomitting all night, so I never got a good sleep. I didn't do my run because said dog needed to be cared for and stuff. I'm leaving to Georgia in 2 weeks for 2 weeks. I'm really bad about leaving my dogs. Last year I…
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Hiking + Running?
Today I took my dogs for a 8 mile hike with a 3,000 altitude gain, but I forgot that tonight was my run night. Is it safe to double up or should I hold off on my run until tomorrow? I'm not sore currently but while we were going up I could feel it in my calves. I don't want to hurt myself. Also, how much of a difference do…
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Miles or Time?
What do you go for? I personally go for time. I get a lot more impressed when I think "Wooo I ran 30 minutes!" over "Wooo I ran 2.41 miles!" I also find if I'm doing miles I choose landmarks for every 0.5 miles, sometimes ever quarter miles, all I can think is "am I thereee yeeett". But if I'm doing time (and not looking…
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Fasting --> Vomitting / Fainting ?
Ok so I've come to the realization that.. My body is dumb. A few years ago I was able to do Intermittent Fasting, and I felt good! I began my fast at 8pm and broke it at noon the following day. This past week I was trying to get back into IF because if I eat in the mornings I get really sluggish/weighed down and fall…
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Lower ab moves while standing?
Hi all. So my lower abdominal muscles SUCK! I can't keep my legs in the air for more than 1/2 a second and all I can really do is bicycle crunches and reverse crunches. I can't do scissor kicks or any moves with my feet off the ground. I really mean that I can't. My legs either drop as soon as they're up or my back flies…
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Too much Protein?
Okok, I know protein is supposed to make you feel more full, but when I have a lot of protein (~100g) my stomach growls ALLLL day and night. I'm not hungry, but it growls and growls and growls. Where if I have only lower amounts(~60g) then I am perfectly fine, but when protein is down, that means carbs are up. I know carbs…
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Headaches & running
When you have a headache should you power through or sit it out? I don't want to hurt myself but for some reason I feel like running might help, at the same time I don't want to make my headache worse. Thoughts?
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I've got a question regarding my cals
So I slipped up this past year and put on 15lb or so I came back to MFP on March 15th to start logging and tracking again Today marks about 20 days of watching my diet & such.. I have my cals set to 1800 I added my totals for the past 20 days and divided them, my average came out to be 1708 (some days I eat 2000+,…
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low or no sugar foods?
hi all~ trying to cut sugar out of my diet. @__@ I used to be consuming 60g+ a day, and of healthy sugar too. Apples, bananas, cherries.. however i've come to the realization that sugar is sugar, and we need to break up. today is my 3rd day of eating below 26g of sugar, but it's so hard when a banana is 17g of sugar, and…
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Broken hand.. resistance training help D:
so, my hand has been broken for about 3 weeks and i still have 5~ weeks of recovery time, thats if i don't need surgery. but i can see my muscle just fading away and I have no idea what to do. ): i can't really do anything with weights and my mind is about that limited. anything like squats/crunches/ something that can…
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Active level question..
hello~~ so I'm looking to maintain/gain weight. i used to take online classes so i was able to get a good estimate on what i needed to eat back exercise wise. but about a month ago i started attending regular highschool again (i'm only 16, profile is a lie~). somehow I was put into two P.E. classes.. So M, T, Th, F I have…
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sodium overdose!
Normally, I'm RREEEAALLY good with staying below 1,700 sodium. But the past few days I've been craving soups and just have no motivation to make things at home and, like right now, caved and had pizza. So my sodium has nearly doubled the past 4 days, and tomorrow will too, because I'm going to olive garden with the family.…
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Side planks, ow.
Does anyone else have a horrible time with sideplanks? Maybe I just have bad form but it feels like every time i go back down and put my hips on the floor something digs right into my side, maybe is a muscle that i never use, but afterward I have a hard time doing anything involving my hips. Walking, sitting, stretching.…
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Is this okay?
hellllo~ i just wanted to know if this is alright.. for a.. weekly workout plan type thing. because i'm not really knowledgeable on exercise. is it too much~? monday: 30 day shred no more trouble zones or some random P90X vid tuesday: 30day shred turbofire wednesday: 30day shred rest-ish day thursday: 30day shred no more…
