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Sometimes I feel like there is no point.
This post is pretty vain, so if vanity is something that bothers you then don't read it. I am a female with the dreaded apple shape/inverted triangle. I know that there is no way to change my shape and apples in my opinion tend to be the lesser attractive of shapes no matter how much they weigh, or how toned they are.…
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Always hungry *with an example of my diet*
I'm allowing myself 1437 calories a day (my tdee). I try to eat things with protein and fiber in it. Things like eggs, chicken breast, etc. I've heard this makes you feel fuller. I am 5'3 and weigh 170 pounds. This is what I ate yesterday Your Food Diary For: Monday, February 15, 2016…
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How do I weigh/measure this? ( chicken drumsticks )
I am having boiled chicken drumsticks ( sounds gross but it's pretty good). Everywhere I look ( including through the mfp food search) measures the amount of calories in an individual drumstick. I usually use this no problem, but today since the chicken is being boiled it will be falling off the bone. So I need to measure…
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logging calories you don't have a food scale
how should i log my calories when I don't have a food scale said things like meat? I pkan on getting a scale tomorrow, but what do i do when I'm unable to weight it? Do I just eyeball it and overestimate the calories?
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Lpst 20 pounds... Don't feel like I lost anything
Before Now
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What effects can sodium have on your appearance?
OK, so I started my journey in feb. I've lost 20 pounds since then I felt like I can't see much of a difference. Until a few days ago, I paid attention to my calorie intake only. I never looked at my sugar intake,sodium intake, etc... I'm just wondering if the fact that I have always ate a ton of sodium is contributing to…
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I've lost 20 pounds... But I feel like I look the same.
Before http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/beagle12/65c93753-5206-4a59-8c88-f38560c6e3c0_zpsb796cefe.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/beagle12/Snapshot_20140328_10_zps030b56c8.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/beagle12/Snapshot_20140328_10_zps030b56c8.jpg Now…
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how much weight fluctuation in a day is normal?
I weighed 142 the other day. Today i ate horribly. I had a couple oreos, a grilled ham and cheeses with a cup of instant ramen. Then i had around ten fried Chicken wings dipped in mild sauce ( its this saucemixed with ketchup and bbq sauce ). I had two hand fulls of fries dipped in the sauce too. I also had 4 or 5…
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Close to my goal and still very, very unsatisfied.
I started my weigh loss in Feb. I have lost 20 pounds so far. I was 160 and I'm 140 now. I still am very unsatisfied and I can't see myself being happy with my body's appearance at losing just 10 more pounds. I feel like I have to lose another 20 pounds at minimum to achieve the lean and toned look I was. Has this happened…
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being way under your daily calorie goal.
So i went way under my calorie goal yesterday. I had about 200 after I exercised. I had no appetite. So would it be ok to eat extra calories today to make up? Or should I leave it?
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500 -calories until hours?
I just bought a HRM and decided to wear it to get used to it... I've had it on for about two hours and it says i have burned 500 calcries. This is just doing housework. Laundry, vacuuming, sweeping, cooking, etc... Does this sound accurate? I weight 157 pounds....in 5'3
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Boyfriend not supportive at all.
My boyfriend is not supportive at all. Firstly, he doesn't care what size I am. He has a thing for big women anyway. He is also Puerto Rican. I don't know how much you guys know about the culture, bit it is mostly acceptable for women to be overweight. even preferable. He cannot understand why I am so self conscience being…
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Need help adjusting heart rate monitor. * Please help!*
I bought a heart rate monitor last night. I just tried to use it. it calculated my heart rate but not the calories I'm burning.... I exercised for about 12 minutes before I stopped because I think I at least burned ONE calorie but It hasn't calulated it.... I just went though the setup, and it says ''fat, burn, 65-80…
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Broke riding.
Has anyone had any success with weight loss from bike riding? How much did you lose and did you combine it with other workouts? I want to start bike riding to see if this would be of any aid. I wouldn't be riding alone. I have a 3 year old who would be either riding on a seat attached to the bike, or in a wagon attached to…
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Do you have a certain body type you would like to obtain?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtpr0CArPs I would really love to have the bodies of these girls. especially the girl in the white sports bra. Sadly I don't know if this attainable for me or not. I can't ever imagine myself with that type of body.
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Am I am ''apple''
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/beagle12/65c93753-5206-4a59-8c88-f38560c6e3c0_zpsb796cefe.jpg http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2/beagle12/Snapshot_20140328_10_zps030b56c8.jpg I carry most of my weight in my belly. The area between my ribs and pubic bone. I am 153 pounds and wear a size 8 jeans. Am=An
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short girls.
I need to hear success stories from short ladies. Particularly from women who are in the 5'3 range and had around 20 pounds to lose. How long did it take for you to lose weight? How many pounds did you lose until you started seeing a difference in how your clothes fit? I hear that short people start seeing a difference in…
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I fell off the wagon. Needing some serious encouragement.
I started my journey feb 14th. I weighed myself about 4 or 5 days ago and say I lost about a good amount of weight. I weight 160 starting and when I weighed myself I was around 148... So I decided it would be safe to allow myself a treat. That kick started about 4 days of terrible eating... Completely back to my old…
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I want to lose 30 pounds by mid/late june.
I have been trying to exercise at least 45 minutes a day. I usually just do cardio. I have a calorie limit of 1200. I am 5'3 154 pounds. I have a 37inch waist and 24 inch thighs. I started on feb 14th at 160 pounds, so I have lost 6 pounds so far, though I haven't had any weight loss in the past week or so. What else do I…
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Exercise on ritalin.
I am prescribes 54mg of ritalin for adhd. I asked the nurse practitioner if it was ok to exercise while on it and she told me it was. She said if I feel my heart rate going up too fast to stop. The thing is I felt my heart rate go up very quickly while doing a light cardio workout. It usually takes a lot longer for my…
