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Why do so many female body builders get fake boobs?
I look at a lot of fitspo in order to get me motivated during my journey and it always seems a bit bizarre the amount of women that work so hard to achieve an excellent figure and then they go a get C or D cup boob jobs that look so fake like two halves of a grapefruit have been sewn onto their chest. It's looks so…
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Modifying Stronglifts
I know the whole point of strong lifts it to get stronger but I would really like to modify it like this Workout A Squats 5x5 Hip Thrusts 5x5 Deadlifts 1x5 Workout B Squats 5x5 Hip Thrusts 5x5 Barbell Rows 5x5 This is because I really don't want visible back muscles and I certainly don't want to get too big in the shoulder…
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Your love life and your weight loss . . .
How has your love life (or the lack of) affected your decision to lose weight? And go . . .
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Around 5ft? What clothes size do you wear?
Hi all, I'm just curious to see what sizes everyone fits into. I told my friend I think I will probably end up being a size 6 by the time I'm done with my weightloss. Currently a size 10 down from a 12. She said she doubts its even possible for her to get to a 6. (She's 5ft 9, curvy and big boned.) I'd just like to know…
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Only losing weight every two weeks.
I seem to have noticed a trend with my weight loss. It seems like I only lose weight every other week. My weight loss will stall on week 1 maybe even go up for a bit then I drop 2 pounds by the end of the following week. I don't really have a question as such because I pretty much know its just my body readjusting to the…
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My bum is rather flat. Will squats actually work?
I'm trying to get my stomach down but I notice as I lose weight my bum is vanishing even more. I don't want to end up with a butt like Chloe Sims (or her teeth - but thats for another thread) yet I already feel like I'm there: Are squats going to work for me or should I accept my big boob flat bum status?
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That line down the middle of your stomach
I've tried to look it up but I can't seem to find a name for it. Some people say it's called the linea alba but that seems lower down to me based on guidelines. I ask because I have it - in fact I've had it at a higher body weight. Can anyone tell me what it means to have this line? Here's a pic for reference and no I'm…
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Body Visualiser
I have no patience so in order to work out what I might look like at a lower weight I thought I'd check out this website and enter in my stats. Interestingly it predicts that based on my measurements I would weigh 110lbs (hahhhh yeah right!) Anyway you can find it here: http://bodyvisualizer.com/ For me personally I think…
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Fat 2 Fit Body Fat Calculator
So I followed the advice of a well-known thread on here. Can't remember what it was called but it suggested that in order to get an accurate body fat measurement you should use the 3 different Fat 2 Fit Calculators. It measured my body fat roughly the same as other websites but one of the body fat tests came out at 11%. It…
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If your heart rate is naturally quite high . . .
If your heart rate is naturally quite high do you burn more calories as a result? My heart rate is rather high for a variety of reasons. My own personal elliptical doesn't have one of those hand pulse hrm's but the last time I used one in early December my heart rate reached 170 and the machine kept telling me to slow down…
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Can your weight fluctuate in the downwards direction?
I'm always hearing people say that weight can go upwards due to TOM, water retention, bloating etc. but is it possible for the scales to give a lower reading than what you actually weigh and if so under what circumstances?
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Stretch Marks after exercise!!!
I just completed day 9 of the 30 day shred and felt a small pain shortly after I sat down. I had a look and low behold I have a stretch mark on my tummy! I mean WHAT THE HELL. All my puberty ones have faded and now I'm exercising and a stretch mark has appeared. It wasn't here last week - I don't even think it was there…
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So confused by my weight :(
I've been working out and logging since mid November 2013. I really need to lose 30 pounds. I am 5ft and the last time I checked the scales back in November I weighed 161 lbs now I weigh 157 lbs. I was really hoping for more weight loss than this by now. I think the main reason I feel so confused is because I can fit a UK…
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I can see something
When I lie down and look either side I can see the top (side) part of my leg that I couldn't see before. I have attached a reference in order to explain it better - its where the womans purple knickers are. Is this normal?
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Why do so many MFP users dismiss high calorie burns?
I frequently rack up a neat deficit doing the elliptical/cross trainer, gradually increasing the resistance (whilst using 5lb dumbells which I don't include when entering my values) and I can net anywhere between 450-900 cals doing this according to my weight and length of time spent according to MFP. I know that MFP…
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Are you logging your calories on Christmas Day?
Well are you? Or are you just going to write it off?
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I went over by 600 calories yesterday!
I've been doing so well eating around 1200 net and 500 cals per day for nearly 3 weeks but yesterday I ate McDonalds. A double cheeseburger and fries! Why did I have to eat the fries. Now I feel so ashamed. And I just ate cake but its ok as it was only a tiny cupcake but still I'm so disappointed I wiped out all the…
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If you have more muscle than average?
I'm still quite new to the forum despite logging in for about two weeks now but I have a few questions. Does MFP calculate your calorie burn purely by your weight and nothing else. I am overweight but I also have a considerable amount of muscle hence why I am a size 10 despite weighing around 11 stone so surely I would…
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New to the forum! 5ft and from the UK
Hi everyone, Been tracking my calories on here for 5 days now so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 5ft and currently around 173 lbs. I have a very high level of muscle on my body so for me its a case of getting rid of the fat on my abdomen which is pretty much where most of it is. I have very toned legs and relatively…
