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High Blood Pressure
So, I'm a 30yr old female, in a healthy BMI range, work out 4-5 times a week easily, don't smoke, drink little, and with a pretty reasonably healthy diet. I have a blood pressure monitor at home because I started getting white coat hypertension, and my blood pressure was elevated after a stressful period last year.…
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Elliptical Trainer / Crosstrainer
So recently I have been reading up on this and asking some of my fitness friends their thoughts on this. It seems a lot of people rubbish the effects of this machine on weight loss - I mean most of my friends do just go on the "do weights instead" option, but for example my weight loss stalls when I do weights and my body…
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UK Based MFP'ers?
So I've been going on MFP for on an off for a year, but this time since 1st November with more determination than ever. I would really like to have some more UK based friends as well, to see and be inspired by what other people do in their calorie allowance and with their food - so I can sneak some ideas for new meals as I…
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Water weight & scales
So, November was a reasonable month for me and I did appear to finally make a dent in some weight loss by upping my liquid intake drastically and being very committed to the gym. However, I noticed last week that I don't seem to be drinking much beyond 5pm - so when I weigh myself first thing in the morning (every day) I…
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Metabolistic damage/calorie levels
So, it appears I have found the trick that works for me in terms of weight loss. I just need to drink about 3l a day (herbal tea, no added sugar flavoured water, water etc) and that seems to be doing the trick for me. Either that or the increased level of exercise. So I am still aiming for roughly the same number of…
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Really struggling and at my wit's end!
So, I've been attempting to lose weight all of this year now. Last year I lost a lot of weight when I went through a rough breakup, but found happiness again and piled on the weight. I am 165cm tall, (5'5'') I started the year at 66.7kg, and managed to lose 4kg just before I went on holiday in September (to the US),…
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HRM & Tachycardia
How accurate are HRM calorie burn counters for a person with tachycardia? I am easily at 120 bpm even when just standing up. I go on the treadmill at a reasonable pace, still able to talk, yet my HRM is at 190 or above. Running a half marathon, I max out at about 207-208 and average 196 for the time I run. With gym…
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Accuracy of gym machines calorie burn
Hi everyone, Despite being able to have lost a little of weight earlier in the year (very slow, unfortunately) I have come back from a holiday heavier than I started, and seemingly on a never ending plateau (5 weeks and counting). The calories on the machines in the gym seem way out of whack - I don't believe I burn those.…
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From Flab to Fab - 110 days to 30
So, I am back here. I started again on the 1st April, with the snappily named "from flab to fab" in 110 days. Last year, was a crazy year with lots of change, resulting in me both being at my skinniest (and unhappy) as well as largest (but happy). Since the beginning of 2014, I had made serious inroads into being healthy…
