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Sorry if this has been asked - Charge HR overestimating steps/burn
Hi all, Sorry if this has been asked/explained already. I've been using a Fitbit One for a few years an found that it was pretty accurate. I got a Fitbit Charge HR yesterday and tried it out today. Right now MFP is saying I burned over 1,000 calories (I'm 234 pounds, female, 5'5"). This seems so ridiculously high. I did do…
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Lost MFP Friends When I Got Pregnant - Need More Friends to Stay on Track!
I'm not new to MFP at all. Been here for a few years now an have had a lot of success in the past. I got pregnant last year and even though I told everyone I would stop tracking while I was pregnant and come back after I had my baby, I still lost a lot of MFP friends! Now I'm back at it after having my baby in February (on…
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Trying to Conceive When Overweight
Looking for advice from women who have kids or are trying to conceive. I am 29 years old and currently 5'4" and around 230 pounds. I've been trying to lose weight since I was about 12 years old and my weight has yo-yo'ed a lot in the last few years. I just got married last year and we are hoping to have our first baby…
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Overwhelmed and Frustrated
Sometimes I just feel completely overwhelmed with the amount of weight loss/nutrition/exercise information that's out there. I'm no stranger to weight loss. I've been overweight my whole life. In the past 8 years, I've really tried to lose the weight but I just keep yo-yoing. Highest weight was 225, got down to 165 at one…
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MFP Friends That Aren't Being Very Healthy.
I'm having some struggles with some of my MFP friends. So many people have really unhealthy habits. They are often eating REALLY low calories each day, wanting to go on silly fad diets, posting on their status how they ate a cookie and now they want to purge. It's really hard because I know I'm no expert in weight loss but…
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Such a neat idea for motivation!
I just found this picture on Tumblr and I think it's such a cool idea! I think it would be so motivating to move each one every time you lost a pound! I really want to do this!
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New to MFP, not new to weight loss attempts! Looking to meet
Hi everyone! :smile: This is my story: I've been overweight since I was about 6. Before that, I was tiny! According to my Dad, the weight started to pile on when I got my tonsils removed when I was 5. (Hey! They let you eat nothing but ice cream and popsicles.) I did alot of yo-yo dieting and weight loss gimicks when I was…
