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Is it impolite to run on the sidewalk?
I've only just started running, and I just run around my own neighborhood. I usually run on the side of the road (against traffic, so I can see cars coming), but today I moved to the sidewalk when I realized I was on the busiest part of the busiest street in my neighborhood, right during morning rush. While there, I…
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Range of calories?
Do you have a range of calories around your goal that you consider acceptable? Like, you allow yourself to be this many calories over or under your goal?
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Does a nap hurt?
I'm a stay-at-home, homeschooling mom, and aside from working out, my days are pretty sedentary. I sit when I read to my kids; I sit when I'm teaching or listening to them practice reading or whatnot; I sit when I play board games with them. And then when I have free time, I'm sitting to read, or play on the computer, or…
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Weight Watchers Scale and % Body Fat?
A couple of months ago I bought a Weight Watchers scale. I don't recall exactly what model it was or anything (and the box is long gone), but I noticed after I bought it that it tells % Body Fat. Anybody know how accurate that is? Is it accurate enough to be worth tracking?
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Estimate calories burned at a different weight?
I have been doing a kettlebell exercise video, and the website for it says that this workout burns 8-12 calories per minute for a 130 pound woman. Is there a formula I can use to figure out what the burn would be for me at 152 pounds? I know it wouldn't be completely accurate, but I don't have a HRM, so I'd like to at…
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How long to get through your first workout video?
Ok, before three months ago I never really exercised in my life -- not counting a few half-hearted attempts that didn't last beyond a couple of weeks. I've never really been fat, but I've also never been in shape. The last 90 days I have done some form of exercise every day -- walking, jumping rope, pushups, crunches,…
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Hyperventilating during crunches?
Ok, for the last three months, I have been slowly working up from doing 6 crunches in a set to now about 22. (I'm using an app that increases the number every day, with a goal of 100 in a set.) Ever since I got close to doing 20 crunches, I started feeling dizzy around number 18. I used to have panic attacks, where I would…
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How on earth did I gain 4 pounds in one week?
I'm very upset and confused about this. I've been here for two months now. I've been slowly, but steadily losing weight the whole time, and had lost a total of ten pounds. Last week I weighed in at 155. This past week I have not changed anything, except eating out a little less. I eat the same thing for breakfast, lunch,…
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Looking for SIMPLE healthy dinner recipes
I hate to cook. I really, honestly despise it. Just to tell you my loathing for food preparation, I'd rather eat a plain sandwich with only deli meat and mayo than be bothered to cut up a tomato or some cheese to go on it. But I have to make dinner for my family, or else my husband will keep tempting me with takeout, LOL.…
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What are your other (non-fitness related) goals?
Is anybody working on improving other parts of your life besides eating right and exercising? Here're some things I am working on: * I homeschool my kids, and I by the end of the year I want to have my oldest two ready for high school. In order to accomplish this, they have to complete their last math and grammar courses…
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Does strength training burn no calories??
Why don't we get any credit for calories burned during strength training? Does it really burn no calories to do crunches or push ups?
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30yo mommy, trying to make life-long changes!
Hi! I've been on MFP for about a month, and I'm just now introducing myself. ;) I'm Michelle, about to be 31, mom of 7. I'm 5'6", and I just weighed in at 157 pounds this morning. I'm trying to get down to 130 by my anniversary at the end of September. While I *really* want to lose weight, my focus is on making changes…
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Quick -- Ideas for food to take to the zoo!
In an hour or two I'm about to head out to take some of my kids to the zoo. In the past, I would have taken them for lunch at the McDonald's in the Science Museum across the street, but now I'd like to do something healthier. I'm looking for ideas for something I can pick up at the grocery store on my way out. Something…
