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Please help!!! What's going on?
I'm a 5'7" female, 22 years old. Normally eat 700-800 calories a day and exercising regularily (40 mins of walking, 6 days a week plus an active lifestyle (aka lots of outdoor work as well as carrying my 18 lb baby around). People are *always* telling me I need to eat MORE, so I'm trying, but all it's doing is making me…
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Decreased carbs = constipation?!
Approx 2 months ago, I decreased my carbs to mainly those found in fruits/veggies (NO breads, granola, or gluten at all), and increased protein intake (yes, and healthy fats). I thought this was supposed to be a good idea, but since then I've had *horrible* constipation... any advice? What am I doing wrong?
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More protein than carbs
I'm looking for recipes containing more protein than carbs- any ideas? (other than just eggs, lol)
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Weight Gain after starting new workout??
I've done a lot of working out over the years (walking being my fav). However, recently I've been inspired to try some more toning so just started Jillian Michaels' 6w6p and have *gained* 2 1/2 lbs in 2 weeks!! Is this normal? I'm def eating calorie deficit and my clothes aren't getting tighter but the scale's just…
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How to start) strength training/toning?
For years I've done a lot of walking and jogging (as well as Shaun T's hip hop abs). Recently I've been noticing (mainly from mfp) what a big difference strength training can make and I'd like to give it a try (I'm not looking to lose a ton of weight but rather firm up). Any suggestions for a beginner? Also I have a 6…
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Under calorie goal and gaining?!?!
So, according to MFP I'm way under my caloric intake goal. Someone mentioned that being not eating enough calories puts your body in starvation mode and keeps you from loosing weight. The past few days I've been trying to increase calories but noticed that I'm up a lb or 2 on the scale now too... What am I doing wrong?…
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Not reaching calorie goal - what's wrong?
I'm new to the forum but according to this, I'm not eating enough calories (breastfeeding 6 month old and exercising at least 6 days a week). This is only my third day but so far I've been over a 1,000 calories "under". Did this happen to anyone else? How accurate is the calorie counter? Any help would be appreciated.…
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Breastfeeding mothers???
Any breastfeeding mothers out there? I'm new to myfitnesspal and am wondering how many calories you put in as your goal? (nursing 6 month old, she's eating 1 meal solids but still nurses 5-7 times a day). Do you put "breastfeeding" as an exercise??
