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Woman loses over 800 lbs
Wow http://allday.com/post/4924-woman-loses-over-1000-pounds-and-looks-incredible-now/
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Motivation vs discipline
I just read an interesting article on motivation vs discipline which really resonated with me. "In summary, motivation is trying to feel like doing stuff. Discipline is doing it even if you don’t feel like it. You get to feel good afterwards." http://www.wisdomination.com/screw-motivation-what-you-need-is-discipline/ and…
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Interesting article on labels calories vs actual calories
I found this article pretty interesting - talks about the digestibility of food and how it impacts on the calories your body uses. http://theconversation.com/why-most-food-labels-are-wrong-about-calories-35081
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Starting again properly
Hey all, I've been on the site for about 18 months ago, and ended up losing close to 20kg. However, pretty much all of that was in my first 6 months on the site, and the past year I've been maintaining my weight (and have just put on a couple of kg again). I've decided that it's time to get back into it, and so to that…
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13 months, 21 kgs down
I've had a couple of months where I haven't been committed to my weight loss, but have recently got back on the wagon properly with the healthy eating, counting calories, going to gym - all that good stuff that makes the weight disappear. Since I started 13 months ago, I've been taking a photo of myself every month to…
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Amazing attitude
Not sure how many of you might have seen this guy already, but his attitude is phenomenal http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1vqzHx/www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DGc4HGQHgeFE
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Black Metal Vegan Chef episode 2
Really funny - give it a watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy2my_diH6A
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Creatine?
Hi guys, I'm looking for some advice. At the moment I'm doing strength training 3 times a week, working on a 2 workout body split, with my weight set in the 6-10 rep range and cardio 3-4 of the other days. My main goal is to lose fat (currently sitting at about 34% body fat) but I'd like to build muscle as well. Now I've…
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7 Biggest Weight Relapse mistakes
I was looking around on Tom Venuto's site the other day and came across a very interesting article at http://www.burnthefatblog.com/archives/2011/04/7-biggest-weight-relapse-mistakes.php I highly recommend his stuff - apart from the great articles on his page, both "Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle" and "The Body Fat…
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Workout schedule and stationary bike technique question
Hi all, I've just joined a couple of days ago, and was wondering whether anyone had any advice for my exercise regime. I'm looking to do strength training on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, alternating between two different workouts to try and work different muscle groups, and then work on the stationary bike on the other…
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New to MyFitnessPal
Hi all, Well, just to introduce myself, I'm Steven from South Africa, and I've decided to try and lose a bit of weight. I've been dieting on and off for the past 6 or 7 years (I was originally 111kg when I started, and then went down to 89kg - back up to 103kg now), but I'm feeling extremely motivated and excited about…
