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feel cold a lot of the time
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Any non jumpy legs apart exercises for time of month?
I don't like doing jumpy exercises when it's my time of month and also exercises where you have your legs spread out ahem ahem. I struggled to find any good workouts for myself during this time so ended up doing belly dancing for fitness lol its not always possible to walk outside due to weather so any suggestions would be…
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slimmer dressed than undressed
Whenever I am changing I do take a look in the mirror as most of us probably do ti see the changes and all. I always find I look slimmer clothed than in the flesh. Is it just me or do others find this too?
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UK people suggest another bread
I have been eating the Nimble wholemeal bread for a few weeks now it is 51 calories a slice and I can have 2. I am getting bored of it now but moat other nutty breads I see are like 80+ per slice. Any ideas?
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I have never really liked fast food, am I the only one?
Hi So as the title says I haven't ever liked fast food, I mean any of the places McDonald's, cheeseburgers, fish and chips, chicken chips although I do like Nandos but not fried chicken. I prefer always have to cook meals myself, I eat out on occasions and think I could cook this much nicer myself and then I go and do it.…
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Why just egg whites
Often I read members here eating just egg whites in whatever form, why do they just have the whites? Do you not like the yolks? What do you do to the yolk, throw away? Always wondered. ...
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Your worst exercise?
Which is your worst exercise? I used to hate push ups because I couldn't do them, I can still only do push ups on my knees but I am better than I used to be at them. I HATE burpees too and Jillian michaels likes to throw them in her workouts. I am currently hating side planks too lol
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Trapped nerve!
I recently started doing light strength training at home along with videos on youtube, I ten do my usual cardio too, on on Tuesday I did my workouts and after wards like and few hours later my lower back started feeling uncomfortable. I have since been taking painkillers and doing back exercises sent to me in a link by my…
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feeding the toddler
It is very difficult sometimes when I am feeding my toddler and holding her bit of whatever in my case right now an almond croissant and she takes a bite toddles off leaving me their waiting for her to come back for more. I have been good and not taken a bite but oohhhh I came close lol Does this happen to you mums?
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Please help with my Polar FT7!
It arrived in the post today and I was so excited to use it for my workout, I put it on prior to working out for a bit to get used to it. The problem is the heart rate transmitter. Sometimes when My heart rate os detected it works fine for a minute then a message appears on the watch to check heart rate transmitter. I have…
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slight soreness after strength but not cardio. normal?
I workout 5/6 times a week at home using Jillian michaels videos and anything else that seems like I would enjoy it. I recently started doing strength training at home too, again following youtube videos. Today I did Bob Harpers weight video. I can do high intensity aerobic workouts and never ache or feel sore but weight…
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Do you forget?
I have lots of my recipes created and saved in mfp and sometimes I forget what the serving size was. I was just looking through recipes and came across my carrot cake recipe and can't remember how many slices the cake would be to make each serving 190 calories. I will write this info in a book from now on too. What do you…
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advice for treadmill program to use
I always use the fat burner option on my treadmill, there are other programs such as speed interval, manual and others I can't remember names right now. Which program is most effective for maximum calorie burn? I usually use for an hour.
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logging food preparation. ..do you?
I don't usually log the time for food preparation as I never really thought I ought to but have noticed some do. It got me thinking maybe I should because I do spend quite a bit of time in the kitchen on my feet cooking for my family of 6. I always cook from scratch and in between stirring the pot etc I am clearing up ,…
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aldi fitness tracker
This will be in the shops this Sunday in special buys, looks like a fitbit watch thingy to track steps etc. It will be priced at £29.00, anyone know if it is a good device to have? I am just interested in knowing calories I burn walking and exercising really and this price is not extortionate. Any ideas?
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a quick tdee question
Hi I have been here for about 2 months now for the first time ever counting calories and must be doing something right as I have lost weight. I was reading yesterday about tdee, I don't do any fancy things just logging calories when I can as accurate as I can and exercise. My MFP has set me to eat 1210 calories a day, my…
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My recipes
Hi all Firstly sorry if I posted in the wrong section couldn't think where this should go but I need support in finding something lol I have quite a fee recipes I created on MFP, sometimes I want to go back and see what the recipe was as I do tweak them a lot. Is there a way to see the actual recipe quantities and…
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To those that walk to burn
Where do you walk? Do you plan a route where you will go? I do alot of cardio at home watching youtube videos but do often like to go for a walk but it is never anywhere far from home just within the area. I wouldn't know where to go if I wanted to walk further. I mean where dead ends are, where the dangerous quiet roads…
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My road
The road on which I live on is a quiet road with the road blocked on the bottom end so no cars can pass on only to access houses on the road itself. I have been here about 7 months now, when i moved in in December i used to see a group of people on Tuesday evening that would walk up and down the road and someone blows a…
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Omg omg omg
I just ate to keep my fast for today and dh had made eggy bread, i just created a recipe (estimated) he made it for 4 of us but i had to slices. If the recipe creator is right estimated by ,e (i hope it wrong) the breakfast alone today was 647 calories!!! I wish i hadn't eaten it now . I don't even have that for dinner.…
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What are macros?
People often discuss their macros, what are they talking about?
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how to work out calories in fried foods?
I often create my own recipes as majority of our food is made from scratch. How do I work out calories for fried food? Obviously I cam weigh out the ingredients but if something is then deep fried how do I do this?
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I didn't know this
I haven't changed MFP profile as I lost some weight, I only looked at the graph yesterday and thought I will add my weight so I can see the graph. Anyway after weighing myself today as it is weigh day i updated it. The calorie goal has come down by 40 calories..... i didn't know this would be changing as I lost weight,…
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My breakfast calories - ramadhan day 1
Hi I will be keeping my first fast for ramadhan this year, I was just Browsing my foods to see what I might have for brekkie and pre log it now. My total is 431 calories if I go with what I am thinking to. My usual breakfast when not fasting is usually between 250-300 calories. I will have 869 calories for when I break my…
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bread
Which bread do you eat? How many calories per slice? How many do you eat any one time? I buy Hovis nimble wholemeal bread and Hovis seed sensations. Sensations is 82 per slice nimble is 51. Nimble I might have 2 at brekkie and seeded one just 1 slice.
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How many calories per meal?
My goal is 1350, I do it this way, log my workouts and at the end of the day have about 2-300 calories left which I don't eat just in case my workout or meals logged calories are too high . I do get in a tizz after lunch and worry that I might not have enough left for evening meal which is my main meal and my must have…
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Quick question ...weighing food
I am about to create my own recipe to get calories per serving, the chicken I am using is frozen. Do I weigh it frozen or wait for it to defrost?
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gutted about this recipe
I am making Mexican enchiladas for the family for tonight's dinner along with a bean salad. The main we used to have quite a but but not made it in a long while. I put the main ingredients into MFP recipes and was shocked to learn that a main meal serving of 2 tortillas is about 900 calories and that is using wholemeal…
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Your bmi
As you loose weight are you looking at your bmi range at all or just your actual weight? I am within my bmi range but am aiming to be at the lower end. No one mentions bmi here so o wondered what people are doing.
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How to log these exercises on MFP?
I just did Bob Harpers biggest looser power walk 3, it has skaters, jumping jacks, jogging running in it too. Also I did Bob Harpers body conditioning workout which was all leg workouts. How to log these workouts? Thanks
