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miss working out
Right, that's two weeks of not working out now :disappointed: I got down with a really bad cold and a small asthma attack. The cold is gone and asthma is almost gone now, which is good. I went swimming on Friday, and even got a new time record (1000m breast in 23:49) but I could not swim on Saturday. I really miss workout…
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Argh, hunger! For first time in months
I don't know what's going on. I've been on this since July and during periods of weight loss and maintaining I've never once felt hungry or felt like I was missing something. Doesn't matter what kind of workout I did. Today, I've been hungry since some time after lunch. Seriously hungry! My usual after-lunch office salad…
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calories big bag training
Gosh.. any idea how much calories I should be using for big boxing bag training? For bodyrock-type workouts* I use about 190 per 30 minutes net above BMR (net means: pure workout time, no breaks, without warmup or stretching). This seems to fit well with my overall weight loss progress. * 50 seconds as many pushups as…
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weight loss and asthma medication paradox
This is the second time I'm having an asthma attack (a very mild one! I could do without medication but it's easier this way and probably better) and I'm dropping weight big time again. Went from 62.3kg to 60.6 in 5 days. My normal weight fluctuation is not more than 200 grams up or down, and up to 300 upwards for 2-3 days…
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HRM slows down heart beat. Who else?
A quick question: if you use a heart rate monitor, does something happen to your heart rate when you look at it? Whenever I work out and look at my heart rate it goes down by around 10 beats per minute. It's kind of annoying when I'm training so intensely that I cannot speak anymore (like spinning classes) as I get…
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Will full fat yoghurt keep me full?
I'm usually eating my highest calorie meal for dinner at 17:00 with my husband together. Breakfast and lunch are fairly light. I just heard that today the office canteen will do England day. A loud moan went through the office as everyone dreads it. Imagine Asian cooks doing British without knowing what British food is:…
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MFP decifit below BMR O.o
Oopsie! MFP is setting my goal calorie intake below my BMR at the moment with the smallest loss option I can chose. Weight 62kg Size 169cm Age 40 According to Scoobys, my BMR is around 1366, with a BMR at 1639 (this is in line with MFP). MFP wants me to be on 1340 with a 0.25kg loss per week. Time for some custom settings,…
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Stop wristwatch for swimming
Hiya, at the moment I use my iphone for measuring lap times. It's far from ideal as I need to reach out of water, and if a water drop falls on the wrong spot my previous lap times get deleted. I want a swimming watch with split laps function. Though so far I can only find huge bulky male watches that allow you to operate…
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What do you do when you have a cold?
So I'm having a cold at the moment. I noticed I cannot really do my convict conditioning routine as I'm fighting so hard for every rep and don't even get near the last results. I did do higher intensity bodyweight workouts the last two days (told hubby I'm doing some light stretching :disappointed: ) which seems to work…
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got a cold
Bugger! I've just decided to stop maintaining and see if I can lose a bit more weight as I'm still not really happy with my thighs, and now I'm getting a cold. Been fighting against the first signs for days already and thought I'd won - but now the cold is winning. Only managed to do half of my workout today, and the way I…
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Back from vacation
Just came back from vacation: nearly three weeks in Thailand and Cambodia. Nearly three weeks without internet and counting and I have not gained any weight even though I had 2-3 glasses of coke or similar sweet stuff each day, and quiet a few small bags of crisps. Guess I really needed the sugar and salt in that humid…
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Age dependancy on BMR
Wow, I've just been playing with the scooby calculator and saw something I've not noticed before. I was wondering how people smaller and lighter than me can have a BMR way above me... until I realized I forgot to fill in my age. age 20: 1464 age 40: 1370 As I am 40 that explains something. At this age however, I'm fitter…
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Bodyrock - what's up with the older workouts
Does anyone know what's up with Bodyrock? All their older workouts seem to be gone from their website, and while the videos are mostly still on youtube, they are set to private :disappointed: Of course you also cannot contact them via facebook or twitter.
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Tense back muscles - lokking for right stretch
Another stretching question I'm afraid. Every now and then when I work out I get stiff, hurting muscles on my back, always on my shoulderblades parallel to the spine :disappointed: I'm warming up with some light cardio and dynamic stretching, and stretch extensively after the workout. But this seems to be a spot I cannot…
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calories in supplements
I'm on quite a few supplements at the moment (Ca, Mg, Fe, B12, D3. prescribed by doctor) and wonder how many calories they have as I like acurate logging. Surely they should have some calories, right?
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Validity of BMI, and age
If I look at BMI calculators in my country of origin I see that the optimal BMI range for my age (40) and gender (female) is 21-26, while others only give a range of 18.5-24.9 without differentiating between age groups. My BMI is just above 22, thus that's fine. Besides that I question the validity based on body shape (I…
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stretching: outside thighs & hip joint
I'm looking for a stretching exercise for the muscles on the outside upper thighs and over the outside hip bone. I notice that those muscles get rather tight (from lunges I suppose) but I cannot find the right exercise to give them a decent stretch. Any ideas?
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Searching for groups
Am I missing something? I'm trying to find some groups for support, but cannot find any way to search for them anymore. I only seem to be able to browse through the endless list of groups. Is there no other possibily anymore? Thanks
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Low blood pressure? How do you work out?
So since I lost 10 pounds my old friend is back: feeling dizzy, tingling head and tunnel view for a few seconds after standing up. I've always had it as a teenager and up into the late 20s, until I gained some weight. Ok, it means standing up slowly (not that I ever think of it), but I also noticed while working out…
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log calories for workout - alternatives
At the moment I'm logging workouts that seem to work out well with the calories I'm burning based on experience. For example I'm using the 8km/h walking for certain strength trainings with cardio elements, something else for fast breast swimming, etc. The calculated calories just fit for me and as I'm interested in the…
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Squats and lordosis
I'm looking for some technical advise for doing squats with a lordosis. I'm generally very flexible. As a kid I could bend over backwards and reach the ground. Well, I don't really manage that anymore, but my lower back is still very bendable backwards, and hardly foreward. This combination makes it difficult for me to…
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Lost weight, old clothes don't fit
I'm currently at a weight that I last had when I started university. During my masters I was about 4-5kg heavier, and then gained some more when I started working. Anyway, during my Masters I bought some suit trousers that fitted well. I haven't worn them in years as they were too small. Now they fit again... kind of. They…
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fighting candy cravings
Oh great! I've not been exercising for a bit because I'm having some health problems, which get really worse after exercising and I lose a lot of weight if I do. I suspect a vitamin B12 deficiency (enlarged red blood cells, low storage iron and a few other things) though the doctor I went to first didn't do the right B12…
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mineral/vitamin deficiency that causes weight loss?
Hi all, I wonder if you know about a mineral or vitamin deficiency that can cause weight loss. My last blood tests show that I have several deficiencies (storage iron, zinc, magnesium, Vitamin B3, Vitamin D12, etc...) and I need to know what to tackle first - or if there's something else going on. Doctors are unfortunately…
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App doesn't save data on website
Looks like I cannot post in the technical help forums :9 The last few days I've logged my weight from the iPhone app. Today I use my computer again and see that none of the previously entered weights are present. I've noticed this before. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Any idea how to fix this - or are website…
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3 weeks of maintaining.
Went down from 75 to about 65.5kg (169cm) and am now hovering around 52.2 for around three weeks. Been on two trips during that time where I decided not to track food (how to track doro wat and injera, or other unknown food) but everything went well. I'll keep up tracking again in due time but first I'm going on vacation…
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Indonesian food - what to eat
I'm going to Java and probably Lombok for 2-3 weeks in November. Any recommendations for healthy and not too calory heavy food? I need enough energy for some hikes and lots of sight seeing but at the same time I currently cannot eat too fatty foods as it gives me reflux. Thus no fried rice anyway. Any recommendations for…
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doing stronglifts and becoming less muscley
Maybe someone has an idea? I started Stronglifts 5x5 properly some 4 weeks ago. Since then I seem to be losing muscles. At least my *kitten* is less round and the side of my thighs are showing again. My belly isn't as flat anymore as it used to be. Maybe the problem is that I cannot do Stronglifts as often as it's…
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tingling and circulation problems after sport. What now?
I know nobody can give me a diagnosis, but I can only see a neurologist in December (live in a tiny country with serious neurologist shortage). Has anyone experienced something similar and give me some advise on what to do in the meantime? I had a spontaneous and first time ever asthma attack. Got lots of medication,…
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Oh my god! Chili's calories *faint*
We're meeting friends tonight at Chili's (no idea why they always chose fastfood outlets) and I just looked at the nutritional values of their food. OMG! How can it not be a crime to serve something like that? An appetizer with 1900kcal and 135 grams of fat and more salt than I eat in three days? O.o A salad containing…
