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Fitbit Friends & Active Users
Hi! I got a Fitbit for Christmas and I would love to have friends on there. My husband has one and we have been challenging each other, but I would love to have more Fitbit friends or active MFP friends. Any MFP Fitbiters out there?
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Cutting Carbs Question
Ok...My husband has decided to do low carb until May (for work reasons) and I want to be supportive and do it with him. Now, my questions is, if I cut carbs for the three months and then bump it back up to the 120-150 g that I have been doing, am I going to see a stall in my weight loss or a difference in anything…
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Deciding a Deficit…Help!
This may be a stupid question, but, I am working on making sure I understand what my body needs to lose fat and build muscle. I am 5'1" and 163 lbs. Right now my calorie goal is a little more than 1400 calories BMR of 1456 TDEE of 2258 I know how BMR and TDEE work, but I don't know how determine the best calorie goal. I…
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Thanksgiving Help
This year is my first year preparing a Thanksgiving meal. I have always helped my mom and grandma, but they usually have everything under control. And it's not that I can't cook, I definitely know my way around a kitchen. The biggest thing is that my husband has been stationed overseas for 2 years and hasn't had a homemade…
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Fitbit vs Vivofit vs Anything
I am wanting to ask for a fitness device for Christmas and am wondering what devices everyone uses and loves. I use my Polar everyday for workouts but I want something that will do more than just measure calories. I know the Fitbit is popular but I have been watching the biggest loser and they advertise the Vivofit. So…
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New Friends and April Goals
This past April I turned 22 and was at my highest weight ever. I had just recently gotten engaged and was on my way to graduating from college. I was happy with so many aspects of my life, getting ready to marry my best friend, finishing my degree from the university I had worked years to get into, and making memories with…
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Help! Starting lifting routine and trying to build lean muscle
Hi everyone! I have lost about 20 lbs (sometimes more or less depending on weight fluctuations) and am looking to do more weight lifting than cardio (still keeping some cardio though). I really want to find some books to educate myself on lifting, nutrition (I am assuming with the change in workout I need a change in meal…
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Pre-Wedding Progress & Bridal Bliss
Though I don't feel I deserve to be posting onto this section of the Message Boards just yet, I wanted to share my progress and how thankful I am. I got engaged this past spring to the man or my dreams, I could not love him more. When we met I was far from the athletic, fit girl that I used to be, college not only gave me…
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Positive Patty
Since I was about 11, that age when you really understand the whole "fat vs thin" thing, I have had self esteem issues. I have gotten in the habit of constantly thinking negative thoughts, and really putting myself down. I never thought anything of this habit, it was just how I interacted with myself, but recently I heard…
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Retail Rudeness
Warning, this is part venting post and part general wondering. So earlier this week I went into Victoria's Secret to purchase a new bra. I had a sales lady measure me, but as she did it she looked confused and then said, "You're a 42 B, I guess", now mind you I haven't been a B cup since middle school and generally the 36…
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The Biggest Loser
Hey everyone, I have never started a group before, but I felt inspired today. A woman from my home town, Sonya Jones from Litchfield, IL, is on the Biggest Loser this season and I thought that a challenge group would be fun to work along with the show. I don't know how it would go exactly, but I just wanted to get some…
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Post Workout Calories
Hi everyone. I just saw a post about protein powder, and my question is somewhat similar, but I wanted to get a more specific answer. Ok so I have bought a couple of protein powders to drink post workout. I have trouble getting to my calorie goals most days and then adding workouts doesn't help, so I wanted one that would…
