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Elliptical says only 120 calories burned...
Hello! It's been a bit since I posted here, but I have a burning question (ha ha, get it?): I've recently taken up using an elliptical trainer, True brand. I can set my weight (200lbs), difficulty, resistance etc. It's a pretty good machine.. And when I am done with 30 minutes on it, MFP says that should come out to ~400…
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My First Morning Workout Plan
> Basic Stretches > 25 sit ups + 5 per day until I reach 100 > 5 push ups + 1 per day until I reach 50 > 20 leg lifts > Basic upper body weight training (15 reps each exercise) Really new to working out, really physically weak but willing to persevere. Please critique and throw me ideas! I have no idea what I am doing,…
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1200 Calories
If I go over, MFP says I won't meet my projected weight loss, If I stay under, MFP says I'm risking 'starvation mode'. I'm not hungry eating 1000 or 1200 calories and don't feel like I need to eat more, but I don't want to enter starvation mode either. What do I do?
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Need Inspiration for Couples Work Out Plan
So, my boyfriend recently decided he wanted to get fit with me! I need some good ideas for a muscle building and cardio workout we can do at home together. Even though he is a boy, he doesn't have any more muscle mass than I do, so we're about at the same level right now, although I know that he'll have to make adjustments…
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Motivating my Boyfriend
So about a week ago, my boyfriend says "I realized last night that I want to go on a diet with you." Two years ago, he got his first real active job at Home Depot on the bottom of the food chain - cart boy. He spent all day walking in circles, and lifting heavy objects for old people. He biked three miles to work, and…
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Splurge Day?
So my boyfriend and I walk two miles to church om sundays. We stop for breakfast, and then in the afternoon usually pal around town on foot before heading two miles home again. Because of this, Sunday is usually my splurge day. I have a breakfast sandwich with extra bacon and coffee. The extra walking and activity usually…
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Big Breakfast or Big Dinner?
Here is my normal diet: Morning bagel with cream chese Progresso soup and an apple Dinner is different every day.. Usually I eat the most at dinner, but is it better to eat a big dinner, or a big breakfast? Opinions?
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Sugar Intake - On My Way To Diabetes?
So, I'm finally getting my overall calorie count to the point where I'm consistently under, but a couple of things are bothering me about my overall nutrition.. I pretty much always eat too many sugars, and usually also too many carbs. Diabetes runs in my family pretty heavily (all of my mother's side has it, and some of…
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Just Bought a Gazelle
Just bought a Tony Little Gazelle off the CL. Kind of an impulse buy but I have to have something to exercise on. I figure if I watch one episode of TV drama a day while using it, that's 800 calories burned each time...! Anybody have experiences with it, good or bad?
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Having A Hard Time With Calorie Limit..
I can stay under my calorie limit as long as I've exercised - but I know that's not really the idea. The idea is to eat the calorie limit they've suggested and burn more calories by exercise... Isn't it? Am I doing this wrong? If I "earn" calories by exercise, I want to eat them too, but on the days I don't exercise (like…
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Obese Parents, Bad Habits.. I'm too young for this!
Hello forum! I joined MFP over a year ago, but I got so easily discouraged, I quit as soon as I started. Then, I was 160lbs with a goal of 130lbs... Now I'm 200lbs with the same goal. : ( This time it has to be for real. I went over by 1000 calories on my first day of dieting, but only 119 on my second day! That's good,…
