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Fitocracy Invite?
Howdy MFPs, I'm REALLY REALLY REALLY interested in joining Fitocracy. Does anybody have an invite they would like to spare? :happy:
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Napping Before Workouts: Your thoughts?
Hey MFP, on my days off I can bang out a exceptional workout, even double my workout time. However, during the week I tire out very easily during my workouts. I figure that it has alot to do with me being at work 8 hours daily. I was thinking, could a 20 min power nap help me with energy/endurance during my workouts for me…
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"I want to lose weight so I can...."
In this weight loss journey, I have certain aspirations that I would like to accomplish. For as long as I can remember, I've felt that I'm not living the life I'm destined to live and being the person I'm destined to be. It's crazy how much being overweight, obese, whatever you wanna call it, hinder your life. What are…
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"Yahoo's The Truth About Calories" - MUST READ
This is an article I read on Yahoo a few minutes, insightful. What are your thoughts? http://health.yahoo.net/rodale/MH/the-truth-about-calories You can't go anywhere without being confronted by calories. Restaurants now print calorie counts on menus. You go to the supermarket and there they are, stamped on every box and…
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Weight Loss Milestones Reminders
I was thinking of buying a charm bracelet and adding a charm to it each time I LOSE 20 or more lbs. I was wondering. Does anybody else here on MFP do something similar to this?
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Size of the Polar FT4 Wearlink
I'm strongly considering buying the Polar FT4 this weekend. I have a few concerns.... 1. This may be a dumb question: Is it mandatory that I wear the wearlink everytime I workout for the watch to work? 2. I'm a big girl. How big is the wearlink? I would really appreciate everyone's feedback. Thanks
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Did I really burn that many calories???
Today, was my at home workout. I ended up doing about 25 minutes of the Cardio Excercise on the Liverexercise.com website. I admit I was doing it at a slow pace, since it my first cardio workout in a while. I usually do the treadmill at the gym. Most of my reps was between 5 to 10 and I was sweating quite a bit (my clothes…
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WTH! Only ate half of my target calories.... Help.
I usually eat every 2 to 2 and a half hours, breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner (I haven't ate dinner yet today). I plan my meals out weekly and portion control very closely. Through out the day, I'm not constantly hungry and sometimes I have to make myself eat to use calories. My food choices are healthy and filling.…
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p90x Workouts - Calories Burned
Right now, I don't own a heart monitor that calculates calories for me. How would I calculate the calories I burned during one of my p90x workouts? It's not listed in the database and I would like to log it in my Exercise Diary. Thanks for any feedback.
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Best New I've Got In A While
Since my official start on my weight loss journey, I weighed myself for the first time 3 weeks ago. Today, I weighed myelf again and was totally astonished that I'd lost 10lbs. I damn near started crying, lol. What changes did I make in the past 3 weeks? I eat a sensible breakfast EVERYDAY. I've incorporated working out on…
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Help! I only ate half my allotted daily calories today.
I'm a little confused on this calorie thing. I admit I've never counedt calories before and a little insight on the subject would be great. I entered all the food I ate today, piece by piece, even disected meals. At the end I only ate half of my allotted calories for today. I worked out today and burned 135 calories. Ok…
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For Texans: Has Anyone Tried MyFitFoods?
A few weeks ago, I tried MyFitFoods. It's a pre-prepared food service specializing in healthy, low and/or healthy carb, portion-controlled meals . The food is made daily and you can drop in a pick up your meals because they have large refrigerators. They have breakfast, lunch, and dinner. To my surprise, the food was…
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So....I want to do a 5k walk. Any training suggestions, sto
First off, I 'm a big girl. One of my goals is to COMPLETE a 5k walk. I've set a goal to participate in a 5k walk in July. I started today working out on the treadmill. Does anybody have any advice or success stories with doing a 5k walk?
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So my journey begins....I mean it this time.
Enough if enough! I'm starting my journey to a healthier, happier me for real this time. No more second guessing myself and then kicking myself in the butt later when I'm out on a Saturday night and can't enjoy myself because of how I feel about myself physically and emotionally. I owe it to myself to REALLY live my life.…
