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Weight Lifting Advice for someone with bad knees
I am just getting back into weight lifting but I have many jobs and a dog, so I need to keep my workouts short. my biggest obstacle is my knees which are messed up (hereditary issue). I can't jump or even bend them too much. During my last very effective fitness effort, the exercises my trainers had me doing would slowly…
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And then my brother lost 20 pounds accidentally
Don't you love it when you're on the weight-loss struggle bus and your brother accidentally loses 20 pounds just by switching his favorite fast food from burgers to Panera. Part of me is so happy for him, but part of me wants to shake him. Please stop tightening your belt near me!!!!...but good job yo!
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Binge Eating at Night
For some reason I have been binge eating after work to the tune of about 800 calories at a time (1/2) of my daily calories. I can't seem to stop myself and feel totally out of control and helpless. I don't even feel hungry when I do this and I don't take any pleasure in the food. Strategies? Commiserating? Just feeling…
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Staying on Track during Road Trips
I'm going on a road trip next week which will entail 25+ hours of driving total. What are your favorite snacks/foods to take on the road and what tips do you have to stay on track when you have less control and planning ability? Thanks!
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Burning fat or muscle?
I'm a little confused. What makes the body burn fat as opposed to muscle. I see so many posts about weight lifting to help you retain muscle as you lose weight, why does that help? What are the factors that go into this? Whenever I do I weigh-in with my trainer she uses some type of handheld tool that says I've gone up in…
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Learning to be hungry
I used to think the feeling of hunger was kind of like the feeling of pain: something to be immediately treated. Now I think it is kind of weird how low my hunger tolerance is. I'm just curious... do many of you think you should try to avoid feeling hungry during weight loss or have you learned to just accept feeling…
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Vitamins and nail health
Lately my fingernails have been bending back (ouch!) way more than they ever have before and my toenails are all cracked. At first I was paranoid I had some kind of fungus but that was ruled out by a physician who said it was trauma to the nail. Now I think I must just not be getting enough of some vitamin that is making…
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Poor Person's Guide to Losing Weight?
So I need to pay off my credit card bill and I'm eeking by on about 1400 a month (thanks a lot MLS). I'm looking to cut my grocery list to the cheapest it can possibly go, which I'm thinking is between 75 and 100 dollars a month. Can anyone help me achieve this in a weight-loss friendly way? I'm feeding just myself and I…
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How to increase weight
I've read a bunch of posts about this, but I still don't understand. looking at my curling (just for example), I can currently do 10 lbs for 5 sets of 5 lifts. I'd like to go up to 12, so should I start by going up in reps with 10 lbs, or do I make 1 of my sets 12 and 4 @ 10, adding another set at 12 each time? What is the…
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Where to buy clothes while losing and what to buy
So I need to lose about 100 lbs total. I've lost about 18 so far (2 months) and I've gone down a size in pants to a 16. I'm anticipating needing new pants soon, all mine are really baggy at the waist and butt, so a belt won't really help. My shirts will probably last at least another size and the dresses and skirts…
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Will I gain it all back?
I have lost roughly 20 lbs in 2 months, and it seemed a little too good to be true so I decided to do a google search (so reliable). I searched "safe to lose 20 lbs in 2 months?" and all the answers came up no. Most of them said it would all come back with a vengeance if I lost it that quickly. I don't really get why…
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If you could only do 5 resistance exercises
I'm trying to get started weight lifting but I'm too intimidated by the chance of injury and my lack of knowledge. I want to keep it very simple, so if you could only do 5 exercises (cardio aside) for the rest of your life, which ones would you pick. I will probably expand once I feel comfortable with these. I've looked…
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How long to lose water weight
I was on a freaking roll (16 lbs), then I went home for the holiday. I didn't eat that much more than I was supposed to, certainly not enough to gain back 5 lbs. I have to assume that the super high levels of delicious sodium I ate have lead me to retain water. How much water weight can one person have and how long does it…
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It all started with fresh produce
They came with the bananas but they never left! I am just overrun with gnats, and I don't know what to do. I'm keeping my drains clean, keeping fruit in the fridge etc, but still they continue to flourish. I think they're drawn to the fruit/vegetables I have to leave outside of the fridge, I've just given up on bananas.…
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The Skinny Rules
I just read Bob Harper's Skinny Rules and loved it. I'm just starting working on my health and exercise (day 4 woooot) and I really love most of his advice. I'm just curious if anyone has had success using the rules or the recipes? Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools
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napping problem
I'm doing great with my calories and appetite, but I have noticed lately that I'm becoming extremely nap-prone. I feel great and energetic for most of the day but just really want a nap sometimes and if I take one it can go for hours. I have always had a problem with excess napping, but for a while it went away when I…
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Will my stretch marks fade?
So I'm approaching 15 lbs of weight loss including the 2 lb I lost before I started logging. It looks like this time I might be in it for the long haul, so I'm thinking longer-term. I have had hideous stretch marks since high-school, so bad I can't even bear to wear short sleeves because my upper arms are just awful. I…
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Getting Used to Your New Face
For all those who have had major success and gone from obese to a healthy weight, did your new face and body take getting used to? I'm a long way off from the point where this would become an issue, but I have been overweight my whole life, so I don't even know what I would look like at a healthy weight. Some people look…
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Should I eat if I'm still hungry
So I was mega hungry tonight and went over by roughly 100 calories (nbd I know). Maybe it was T.O.M. that made me so ravenous, maybe it was the lack of vegetables in my diet today. I tried drinking water, waiting half an hour, I was not bored. It just made me wonder what you all personally think. If you're still hungry but…
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Where did you lose weight from first
I know you can't target areas to lose weight from, but weirdly, I'm losing the most from my chin/neck first. It's kind of random, but I will definitely take it. My double chin is by far one of the attributes of being overweight that makes me feel the most insecure. I won't even wear my hair up because of it. I'm really…
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I just wish it showed
I'm actually really pleased with my progress and my rate of loss overall. I've lost about 13 lbs in 4 weeks (ignore ticker-TOM water retention). My problem is, I gained about 15 lbs since most of my family last saw me a year ago, which is what initially made me want to change to a healthier lifestyle. So in early July…
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Raw vegetables don't love me
So whenever I eat raw vegetables I become sick in one way or another (enough said). I had 20 baby carrots recently and I thought i was going to die. Weirdly, fruit doesn't have the same effect, nor do cooked vegetable. Anyone else have this or know why this could be? Any ideas about good ways to work more cooked vegetables…
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Can we just take a moment
...to talk about how freaking delicious Brown Cow Yogurt is. It is better than ice cream, I kid you not. It's the cream top people, I just don't even know how to express my love. What is your "omgsogood" food of choice?
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Chia Seeds, Hemp, and Flax
We just got a new "health food" store in my area and I was like a kid at christmas with their bulk bins. Now I have hemp, chia and flax seeds and I'm not sure what to do with them. I get that you can toss them all in smoothies, but I can only have so many smoothies. If you eat these foods, what are your favorite ways to…
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I'd like to add some strength training...
I'd really like to add some strength training to my workouts (all cardio right now). Everyone on MFP seems to laud the effectiveness of strength training in preserving muscle mass during weight loss, which I would obviously like to do. I have tried to do this before and I've run into two major problems 1-I get overwhelmed…
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What should my activity level be?
I'm a teen and reference librarian, so I do spend a lot of time sitting at a desk. I also shelve books, carry boxes of books, play just dance with the teens and go up and down stairs a few dozen times a day. I get about 30 min-60 min of exercise outside of work from walking my dog and swimming/elliptical. I'm just trying…
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Why does coffee want to kill me?
I used to be able to drink coffee like a boss, now it's like it wants to take me down. When coffee meets my mouth its like "oh, hello there old friend, fancy meeting you here" and then when it meets my stomach it suddenly starts shouting "destroy!". It feels like someone is reaching into my guts and squeezing them, I also…
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Question for Swimmers
I swam in high school and luckily for me my gym has an awesome, uncrowded pool (I hate sharing lanes) and no kids allowed! I'm just wondering what other swimmers have found works best for them as far as a pool workout: distance, sprints, or some combination of both. I started out with short, intense 25s and 50s, worked up…
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Read my Diary
Hey, if anyone has time, could you just glance through my food diary and tell me if it is looking ok. I welcome suggestions for where to improve and just general opinions/ what has and hasn't worked for you. Don't be alarmed by my exercise calories, I am 99.9% sure they are WAYYYYYYYYYY over what i'm actually burning. I…
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How do I log this?
I just spent 3 hours pulling up carpet and prying tiles off a floor. What would that fall under? No heart-rate monitor, sadly. I sweated like a beast, though, so I'm pretty sure I burned a lot of calories.
