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I got a fitbit for mothers day!! :)
I have it synched up to mfp so do I change my activity level to sedentary and let it add in the calories automatically or do I keep it at at lightly active where I have always had it?
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squats
I was at the gym yesterday and noticed a woman doing squats with quite a bit of weights on the bar....well a lot to me since I'm only up to putting 10 on each side. Anyways, she was only going down a little ways each rep so this got me wondering about my own form. Is it better to put on more weight and go down only part…
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Increase reps or increase weight?
Ok so I've been using the strength training machines at the gym for about 2 months now and in the beginning I asked the free trainer if I should increase weight when it started feeling easy and he said to start by adding more reps first. Well I took his advice for about a week and then began increasing the weight. My…
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0 calorie foods??
http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/c6/e8/21/c6e8218ec1901f00474d3844cdeb9a99.jpg My sister sent me this pin regarding 0 calorie foods. Apparently your body burns more calories digesting these foods then what the food actually has. I am guessing this is the same concept that others who have been on WW have encountered…
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Finally got the chance
After eyeing the lift bar for several weeks I finally got the chance to get trained on doing squats with it and boy oh boy am I feeling it!! Unfortunately the gym that I go to only has 1 and it is dominated by the men :grumble: Got some looks from some of the other women like I didn't belong, but just kept going. Maybe…
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how to log strength training?
I'm a little lost on how to log strength training. I've just started back to the gym this week and have only been doing about a half hour on weight machines and half hour on cardio. However, when I put in the strength training that I did with the weight and reps it doesn't say that I burned anything. For example I did…
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Probably only woman on my street....
to not want the neighbor guy to use his snow blower on our drive! My husband had to work today and we got about 4 inches of fresh snow this morning. I set out with my shovel and the neighbor man walks over with his blower and asked if I wanted help. I politely said "no, that's ok. I want the exercise" and he responds by…
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Introducing myself after 6 weeks :)
Hi, after 6 weeks of using mfp, I am finally introducing myself! I have been "trolling" the boards and looking at everyone's success stories and I am excited to someday share mine on here. I started out at 185 lbs. and my goal is to get down to 145 maybe more. My weight has always been an issue. The lowest I have ever been…
