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Swimming
It's starting to get hot, and tomorrow is actually the first day of summer. I am fortunate enough to have a pool in my apartment complex, it is right outside my front door! I'd like to swim for exercise with the heat coming and to add some variety to my workouts. I have no idea how big our pool is, it's not that big…
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Work in Progress
Bear with me hear because I am not sure how to add photos to my post. But, I am the one in the blue shirt in the first photo, ugh! And the second photo is the new me. I've lost 15 pounds since joining MFP, but I started to diet and exercise prior to joining. I did not own a scale so I am not entirely sure how much I've…
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Almond Milk
...is surprisingly good! I just started using it this past week and I love it. I tried soy milk in the past and it just wasn't for me. The almond milk is really good in cereal, especially unsweetened cereals. When I drink it straight I can taste the almond if I really think about it. The rest of my family drinks regular…
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Too much exercise = too many calories to eat for me?
I"m really at a loss here. I set a goal of 1600 calories per day. Today after breakfast I took a 2 hour and 15 minute hike, mostly up hill. MFP says I burned around 1200 calories on this hike....and that I now have 2400 cals to eat for the rest of the day! This is after breakfast , a light lunch, and a snack! How the heck…
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How we view ourselves..
It is kind of crazy how we tend to view ourselves. Prior to starting MFP I had been extremely weary of scales. In fact I do not think I had weighed myself in well over a year. I do not own a scale at home so I had to estimate my starting weight when I signed up here. In my mind I was being generous at my guess of 240 lbs.…
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Days Off?
Do you ever take days off, like special days? I am just getting started, today is day 7 of tracking my calories and exercising daily. Today is one of those days that I know I am going to be tormented with delicious foods because it is my birthday and my husband is getting me a carrot cake and taking me out to dinner. Part…
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This seems like a lot of food!
MFP reccommends I eat 1780 calories a day, and then I do some exercise and they say I get even more calories. I feel like I am eating more than before I started dieting. Does this seem right? Also, is it ok if I don't eat all these calories. I literally could not eat another thing last night and ended up with over 700…
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Water?
I use the mobile app and am logging how much water I drink also. By cup, do they mean an actual measurement of one cup, or like one glass of water? I was never quite sure about that.
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Just getting started...
Hello, my name is Courtney and I am just getting started in trying to lose some weight so I can feel better about myself. What got me started is very ironic. I won a nice mountain bike from Marlboro cigarettes. It showed up last week and I looked at the tiny seat and considered buying a bigger seat. Then I decided I am…
