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Visual Guide to Women's Body Fat %
I only really found this one: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages. It does a decent job of illustrating the extremes at a few varying body fat % levels; pitting a skinny 15% female against a stacked 15% female etc. But I'm kinda more interested in seeing all the grey area in the middle that would…
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What to look for when buying a treadmill off Craigslist?
Please, I'd rather learn from other people's horror stories vs. experiencing my own. Aside from all the normal Craigslist scam/creeper warnings... what are things I need to check for before forking over cash? Preferred brands? As for my needs... I primarily prefer walking, at about a 4.0-6.0 incline and between 3.4-4.2…
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BMF Activity Manager VS JM 360 programs
Did anyone go with the Jillian Michaels version at setup? How do you like it? I'm thinking of switching.
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BodyMedia vs. Polar HRM: my love/hate relationship triangle
So I've been using my Polar FT7 HRM for about 18 months now. I ALWAYS tried to eat all my exercise calories back. Well lo and behold, last week I sat down and analyzed 82 weeks of data. LOTS of data; everything from the obvious averages (weight for the week, net intake, gross intake, calories burned, minutes worked out,…
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Help: upgrading Polar HRM to either FitBit or BodyBugg
I'm considering upgrading from my Polar F7 HRM to an all-day device, like FitBit or BodyBugg. Because MFP assumes a woman my age & height is 26% body-fat if you figure their estimates backwards via Katch-McArdle, MFP caloric estimates have not worked for me in quite some time, and there seems to be a forever moving…
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Does Truvia have Splenda's metallic aftertaste?
I'd like to try substituting it for sugar in a zucchini bread recipe. I'm subbing egg whites for whole eggs and applesauce for oil already. My mom is a die hard Spenda fan though and to me it always seems like after a bite/sip with something using Splenda, I feel like I'm gagging on a metal spoon :( I was hoping Truvia…
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Calling all abdominoplasty & breast augmentation vets
Please please at least message me if you have privacy concerns. Welp... my mommy makeover/put Humpty Dumpty back together again/reward for having 3 kids/investment-method permanent birth control surgery is scheduled for Aug. 12th. Today I asked how long I should freeze my 24hr fitness membership for & was told I could…
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Calling all active-duty, veterans, and really motivated depe
Ok, I have MFP buddies who share my stats, MFP buddies who swim like me and MFP buddies who's posts I admire, but I'd REALLY like to round out my support network (and other's) with military peeps who just GET our lifestyle and each other! (Forgive me if somebody beat me to a group like this; but I haven't seen one yet).…
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Net calorie geniuses, need help! 29 weeks documented.
Ok, so could you please peek at my net calorie history here and help me see where I went wrong? My macro breakdown hasn't changed much: 40% carbs, 40% fat & 20% protien. I'm figuring it's gotta be 1.) I've been in calorie deficit so long I've slowed my metabolism down despite periodic "eat more to lose" bumps or 2.) I've…
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"Our MFP MILITARY Family" Roster update:
PLEASE PASS THE WORD ALONG OUR "NETWORK". If I forgot you or someone you know, please message me asap. As most of you know, our military themed threads usually lack the constant activity needed to "float" and stay visible, thus a new one crops up every couple weeks bringing in new faces along with the old. The signature…
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Where can I get long inseam yoga pants for cheap?
Today's status update pretty much sums up my frustration. Problem being, I don't want to spend a bunch. Being 5'8"-5'9" though and the legs that go with it usually means specialty store or catalog which almost always means overpriced :( Any of the cheaper big box stores carry lines that cater to amazon-women? "Greeeaaaat.…
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Strange NSV: rings too loose, the gym, creepers & I'm gettin
Okay, so my wedding band & engagement ring combo has been resigned to my "Mother's day" necklace for the past several months. The last time they were resized I was 20+ lbs heavier & my hubs needs his resized too. We agreed it would be our anniversary gift to ourselves this fall. So he goes without (military, everybody in…
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When "Eating More To Lose" makes you wanna hurl...
I swallowed that jagged little you gotta "eat more to lose" pill months ago. I get it, that's not the issue, so let's get that straight right now. In summary: wks 1-6: netted 1500/day average, lost 1lb/wk. Started at 162lbs & 26% BF. wks 6-11: netted 1450/day average, lost 1lb in that entire time. 155lbs & 19.8% BF. Saw…
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Anyone else here think Jillian Michaels is...
racist?!?!?! Hmmm. Ever notice in JM DVDs, the "easy" example is always a blonde "Barbie" type and the "hard" example is always a ripped "woman of color"? I think Jillian is racist! At least that's the case in 30DS & 6W6P. Discuss...
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Ladies who do pullups...
How many can you crank out on your first set or when trying to max? My personal best was 8 in the Marine Corps; granted, I can't dead-hang & lockout each time like the guys were supposed to (otherwise my elbows like, "pop out" and I can't pull them back together enough to bend), but I drop to at least where my arms make a…
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Do you have a gym "crush"...
and when I say "crush", I don't mean someone you wanna wrestle between the sheets. I mean someone you kinda idolize, who motivates the hell out of you and you are just a teensy bit jealous of, probably the same gender even though most women are under a 2 and most men cite 0 on the Kinsey scale ;) Maybe you've talked to…
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NSV: The pre-TTC/preggo jeans! SANS muffin-top! Pic
I thought this day would never come! When we first decided to start TTC (trying-to-conceive) our now 16 month old daughter (3rd baby), I knew I'd have to give up my 3 15mg tablets of Adderal per day for at least 2 months before. I was 147 then and these size 11 Vigoss jeans were a size too big then. It took 4 months of…
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Parenting and the "clean your plate"/dessert mentality
How do you stop it and just TRUST your kids to eat until they're full? How do you not cringe when you scrape their leftovers into the trash? How do you know they're not eating a food because they are full or just not wanting to expand their palate? Isn't it hypocritical to ask kids to "fill up" on dinner in order to get…
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Please recommend & review best workout iPhone apps!
I am considering a C25K iPhone app to use at the gym (I did enough outside running in the Marines, yeesh). It's between the one by Bluefin Software and the one by Benjohn Barnes. What are other apps that have proven very useful/essential to your workouts? (other than MFP of course!)
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Delayed billing for Polar HRM, anybody else?
So, I ordered my HRM from them on June 2nd. Paid a little extra for the 2-3 day shipping, received my HRM on schedule, etc. Well, it STILL hasn't posted to my account. Anyone else experience this long of a delay? The weirdness doesn't stop there, not even close. Last week I was woken up by an automated call from Dell…
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When is it no longer "baby weight" TO YOU?
Parents ONLY please. When is being a new mom no longer an excuse? Moms, how long did you plan to give yourself to get back to normal without feeling guilt? How long did it actually take you? What is your weight "history" during childbearing years thus far? Guys, how long of a "grace period" do you give before broaching the…
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Handling HRM results from prolonged mod. activity...
Ok, so I'm aware that HRMs are not stellar at calculating calories burned during times of rest/sedentary behavior. But I find myself (and I notice others sometimes) tempted to wear it for prolonged active periods not strictly classified as "workouts". Case in point: a couple days ago I undertook some whole house/spring…
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Needed: Scientific Fitness Guru to answer HRM ?
Ok, awesome... so my Polar FT7 arrived in the mail yesterday and I was pretty stoked until I realized that the only info inputs were my: Weight: 156 Height: 5' 8" (rounded that 1/2" down) DoB: (30 years old) Sex: Female No inputs for the stuff that makes it super accurate like…
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Met BF% goal, but not weight/clothing size; NOW what?
So I'm practically at my goal body fat percentage-wise, but would still like to lose an additional 11-18lbs (I'll re-evaluate when I hit 145 to see if I can go to 138 without compromising WHR/"curves") and 2-3 clothing sizes (from a 10/11 in jeans to an 8). I guess my question is, NOW WHAT? I don't really have much…
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Lumbar HypOlordosis: stuff I can do on my own to fix?
So yeah, got a great deal on a chiro evaluation only to freak at the proposed cost after his, err... sales pitch. TriCare won't cover any of it and chiro through the VA would take too long. I did get to see the x-ray and it was kinda scary, but shows why I can't get by booty to pop out like I want. It doesn't cause me…
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Ladies, time to choose: your FANNY or your FACE!
(LOL apologies to our UK members, the article is from the US.) Seems like a delicate balance: from http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/aging-advice (My personal experience: My kid sis is 2 years younger, a vegan marathon runner with VERY low body fat; she's in excellent shape, but from the neck up may as well be a decade…
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Help! Losing weight, but WHR is climbing, not getting lower.
Don't let my siggy fool you; last week I had a 29" waist and a 40.75" hip, putting me at a WHR of .711. Ok, I know this is going to really trip up the die hard fitness freaks on here; but that whole washboard ab/supertight core/straight line from your ribs to your hips thing that is so IN right now is so unattractive to…
