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Divorce lead to gaining back my 30lbs and now I'm stuck. :(
Good Morning! I am beyond frustrated right now. I just canNOT seem to get the motivation back that I once had and I just don't know how to push through this. Backstory: In March of 2011 I realized how out of control my weight had become so on my 29th birthday in April on 2011 I started using MFP and made a huge lifestyle…
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Looking for Rockin' Results the 2nd time around!
Good Morning! I started using MFP in April of 2010 and had great sucess in losing 30lbs between April and August. I was able to maintain that loss for several months until this past June when my husband and I separated (and ultimately divorced) and I gained 20 of those 30 back. :( Now it's time to get back to business…
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Increase my fiber?
I just added fiber to my food settings today, after a friend asked if I was getting enough of it? This is one area that I have never kept track of. Turns out I am rarely close to my daily fiber recommendation. So my question is three fold: 1) Do I need to/ should I increase my fiber intake? 2) What are the benefits of…
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Motivation Needed!
Good morning Friends! I am in serious need of a jump start. I was doing GREAT from around April when I started with MFP until the beginning of August. I was loving the "new me". I loved to work out, I was eating great and cut a lot of the bad foods out of my diet. I posted 3 month pictures and update on my blog in July and…
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Eating Exercise Calories The Next Day...is this okay?
Good morning! Here's my situation. I have been doing Insanity in the mornings before going to work and then in the evenings I go to Zumba. On days where I do both I'm burning between 800-1200 calories. This week my average calorie intake was around 1500 (my daily goal is 1200) but my net calorie intake never reached 900.…
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3 months of hard work.
Hey all! I just do not have the energy to fight with trying to upload pics here after doing them on my blog. But feel free to check it out. I love checking in on other people's progress so I thought I might share too. :smile: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/MJKing2
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Lesson Learned (at least for today). :D
I'm sitting here eating my afternoon snack of a Weight Watcher cheese stick. I realize that I took about 3 strings and the rest has been sitting here in front of me for about 5 minutes. What am I doing!? I'm obviously not hungry if it is sitting RIGHT in front of me and I'm not eating it. Hello "eating out of boredom!"…
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Should I update my Exercise Goals?
Hi All! When I started tracking with MFP I did not work out AT ALL. I sat my goals at 3 times a week for 30 minutes. Now that I've been doing this a few months my exercise has increased dramatically. A typical week for me is: Sunday - Friday: Insanity in the morning Monday, Wed, Thurs - Zumba for an hour each night And I…
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Shin Splints Are Going To Be The Death Of Me!
Yes I'm back! I posted a topic about shin splints around my 2nd week into working out heavily and I'm back. GRR! Shin splits and leg cramps are going to be the death of me! Last night during Zumba they started kicking in again. The are throbbing this evening and I'm honestly not sure what to do. It seems like if I work out…
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New HRM...is BPM too high?
My wonderful husband and son's just gave me a new HRM for Mother's Day. It's the Polar FT4 which allows me to enter weigh, height, sex, and age and it does have a chest strap so from what I understand it's pretty accurate. It says that my range should be between 124 and 162. I've only gotten to use it twice, but both times…
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How should I record my walking?
Hey there! I'm been consistently walking/jogging a 3K in 30minutes or less,but I'm not sure how to enter it into my diary since it's all added by mph. Can anyone give me an indication of how I should be entering this in? I know that this isn't impressive, but I want to make sure that I'm not over estimating or under…
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Shin Splints - Day off or power through?
I know that there are probably posts out there with this same question but to be perfectly honest I'm in a little pain and too tired to search through them right now. :yawn: So... here's my question: I have been working out everyday since last Monday, so 10 days. Always at least 30min of cardio (usually walking and…
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Day Off...pro or con?
Do you take a "Day off" from working out? Is this good or bad? Do you just scale down what you've been doing but still do something? This is my first really committed week. I'm a creature or habit and I live by a schedule so I'm wanting to continue on the right foot. I'm just wondering if my body needs a day to rest or if…
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Support requested!
Hey All! I'm pretty new and when I originally joined the site it was strictly to keep track of my calories. I didn't have any intentions of being a part of this community,but this week I've kind of dug in and realized what a great support network this is and learning tool for those of us at the beginning of our journey. So…
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What time do you eat breakfast?
Hello all! I'm pretty new and I wanted to get some feedback from anyone who is interested in giving it. :) I have always heard that you should eat breakfast soon after waking up to get your metabolisim working. However, I find that if I eat first thing in the morning I am hungry all day and usually end up going over my…
