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how to properly use MFP food tracker?
So, i am not new to mfp, been here for almost seven years. however i have never used it 'properly' as i always had small amounts to lose. Well now i need to lose thirty lbs after my second child. so i have a few question, i am finding it difficult understanding what the net means and what i should aim for my net to be?…
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Anyone lost weight with calorie counting alone?
Hi all. So I recently gained 50lbs after the baby plus developing hypohyroidism. I have been trying different diets but isnt working. I have gained on keto. I lost 17 lbs on low fat diet but wasnt sustainable. So looking for motivation. Has anyone lost successfully with cico, if yes what was your daily intake and deficit?…
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Need help. Accountability
Hi ladies So i am 15 weeks pregnant. And i have developed a food addiction. I am eatong when i am not hungry. Already gained 20 pounds at 15 weeks and honestly its from overeating not hunger. I just had a large pizza for dinner. I am at risk for diabetes and yet injust seem to always want to eat. Has anyone struggled with…
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Jaygirl OMAD starting 22 Aug 2015
I have one OMAD before....and lost weight on it. So i am more than willing to start again. I currently relocated and so i havent been working for the past threee months, and have gained some weight. Starting OMAD today at 193.0lbs. I plan to do this along with a 45 minute cardio workout about 5times a week. Will be…
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Zumba September Challenge
As a continuation of our august challenge here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1053821-zumba-august-challenge Welcome to the Zumba September Challenge Group. The Plan is to workout with zumba for at least 30minutes a day 6 times a week! Please indicate your interest. I am a Zumba lover! And it works Please visit…
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Zumba August Challenge
Welcome to the Zumba August Challenge Group. The Plan is to workout with zumba for at least 30minutes a day 6 times a week! Please indicate your interest. I am a Zumba lover! And it works
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ANY Tae Bo fans?
I love BIlly blanks Tae BO, even though it makes me almost cry each time i do it, but i always feel accomplished afterwards, and i love the sore muscle feeling in the mornings!!!! Any BillyBlanks lovers out there? Please add me too!
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Is the HRM Safe in Pregnancy?
Not sure, just need to be sure
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Do you binge when you lose appreciable weight?
This morning, i stepped on the scale and had lost more weight, looked at my ticker and saw it was about 10lbs to go. Suddenly i wanted to eat the whole world. It seems to happen to me a lot, when i lose weight, i just feel like.........yeah, now i can start junk eating and stop working out, my head keeps saying 'afterall…
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After one week of eating back my exercise calories.
So last week, i decided to follow advice. I increased my workouts and was burning 600 calories per day, and then eating back all ym exercise calories (which i was enjoying by the way)!!! lol. At the end of the first week, i have gained 3.2lbs. I guess i would go back to not eating the exercise calories back. Sad!
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DO NOT JOG ON THE TREADMILL
So i decided to register at a gym yesterday........after so many months of laziness and weight gain. And the 'trainer' starts me off with warm up, then takes me to the treadmill. Just directly in front, there is a big sign saying: " DO NOT JOG OR RUN ON THE TREADMILL, JUST WALK AT THE PACE GIVEN TO YOU". And then i asked…
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Zumba calories burned 27/2 to 4/3
Hi everyone. i was thinking it would be a good idea to set up small goals to help us achieve our weekly zumba challenge. I hope you guys (and Vleeon who created the group) are okay with it (if not we can forget the thread) This is a weekly challenge to meet at least 210 minutes of zumba (30 minutes a day), though you can…
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MY ONE week Results for 6 week 6 pack
I started the 6 week 6 pack on 1st of January, and i dont know why, but my tummy size decreased significantly from the first day, this is where i am now at day 7 . (I somtimes mix with taebo abs, but my main workout is the jillian 6 week 6 pack). This is my first post in the success story section!!! Hope the pics show
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Zumba Calories burned 20/2 to 26/2
Hi everyone. i was thinking it would be a good idea to set up small goals to help us achieve our weekly zumba challenge. I hope you guys (and Vleeon who created the group) are okay with it (if not we can forget the thread) This is a weekly challenge to meet at least 210 minutes of zumba (30 minutes a day), though you can…
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HRM advice? My polar is spoilt
I got a polar ft7 sometime last year. And for the past two weeks, its been going crazy which is so annoying. i have changed batteries, washed strap, but nothing. once i want it to tart measuring my heart rate, it just goes straight to 236, before i even start working out. and it stays therre through out. any advice? I cant…
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6 week Six pack Challenge, starting January 1st 2011
Hi everyone. I am Jaygirl. Been on MFP for about 9months and love it!!! I was recently diagnosed with prediabetes, and i am working really hard to make sure it doesnt go on anymore, thus the dieting and exercising. I have a body fat of 36.4% and i am to take it to below 30 by the end of March (or more than that). My waist…
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My fiance likes fat women
I met my fiance 5 years ago, when i was overweight. He didnt have any complaints, as he is sexually attracted to plus sized women, (size 14 AND ABOVE). however, the weight wasnt healthy for me, and i began to have prediabetes. I started working on my weight and i am currently a small US size 10 (roughly). He has been very…
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Working out in the cold
Hi dear MFPs, i leave Africa in the next three days to uk, its pretty warm here, 29 to 32 degrees and i am used to working out here. a little worried that it might be difficult to work out in uk since the temperature is between 8 to 10 degrees. Feels like my joints would be too cold to workout. Any advise? how do you…
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My periods are disappearing!!!!
Any one noticed a decrease in duration of thier periods with weight loss? I notice since i started seriously working out, my periods have drastically reduced from 5 days to 2 days now, not as heavy as before. I am not underweight, i still weigh 170lbs and have lost only 15lbs since i started. any ideas?
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Please help me with how to log this food in
Hi all, i just had a home made burger, a small burger bread with one slice of beef in it. Burger beef. how do i log it in? thanks
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has anyone successfully lost weight through walking?
Hi everyone. I realise that walking is the exercise i love, since i got the leslie sansone dvd, i could do 10 miles at once. however i am always skeptical that i might not lose enough weight since its not high impact aerobics or like running on a treadmill. My hrm is arriving soon, but for now i do not know how much…
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How do you cope with high intensity workouts?
Hi everyone, I just got Turbo fire, and i am getting devastated. ITs 3:30 am here, still struggling with doing the 30 minute workout, i just get tired by the 5th minute. I feel i cant do it. How do you guys get the strength to do such workouts? I have only done zumba, hip hop abs and turbo jam a few times, but this workout…
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MFP blackberry group
Hi all, i felt having a support group on blackberry for we mfp users could be helpful, It was quite helpful when i was on spark people. Please send me a message with your PIN so i could invite you to the group, or scan the barcode in the image below:
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What Heart Rate monitor should i get
HI everyone, I am thinking of getting a new heart rate monitor thats not too expensive but also good. A friend of mine suggested sportsline heart rate monitor watch, please any ideas? thank you
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11 pounds down!!!!!!
I have been on this site for 106 days, and i have lost 11 pounds. I know its small, and i dont have any picture to post about my success just yet, but i guess i just want to share the news. ITs the first time i am successfully losing weight, and i plan to keep on losing the weight. Thank you mfp, thank you friends, thank…
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why cant i get below 80 kg?
I dont know if this has happened to any of you? I never seem to get below 80kg. I have been on mfp for 100 days, consistently. I lose weight, then when i get to 80 i begin to add weight again , i get discouraged, stop exercising, then get to 85kg, then start to lose again down till 80. Last week when i got to 80 again, i…
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what are prtein shakes for?
Hi all, been stumbling across various posts about protein shakes and all. I live in Africa, had never seen one before.......till last week at a pharmacy store, they had just imported it, So i am curious, wanna try it out, but wish to know what exactly its for. how does it help weight loss? Am i supposed to take it instead…
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How to surive food addiction?
I have come to the conclusion that i am addicted to food. I just had six cups of kellogs apple jack cereal with six spooms of powdered milk, at a go. My tummy is so bloated and uncomfortable. yesterday i had 800 calorie breakfast, one large peperonni pizza for lunch and chocolate donuts for dinner. I didnt have to guts to…
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LADIES NEW SHOW CASTING FROM THE PRODUCERS OF Biggest loser,
From Arthur Wornum's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/notes/arthur-and-jesse-wornum-biggest-loser-11/ladies-new-show-casting-from-the-producers-of-bl-you-dont-leave-home/219157284776230 DO YOU HAVE 50-100lbs TO LOSE? The Producers of The Biggest Loser have a new daytime talk show for ABC that will help you shed the…
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unproportional weightloss. i want my bust back!
Hi mfps, been on this site for over a month now, and its been wonderful. However, my major problem is that I am losing majority of the weight from my bust. When I was formerly slim, aboutwo years ago, I still used a DD cup, but my waist was 26. I expected that if lose weight, it would go back to that form, rather, my bust…
