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how often do you guys eat sweets?
i always set aside about 100 calories for something sweet every night. by sweets, i mean something unhealthy such as chocolate or cookies or such, not fruit or yogurt. so how often do you guys splurge?
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food question
if i eat junk food, and i stay within my calories, i'll still lose weight, right? for an example, i just ate cream cheese and ritz crackers. not the best food choice, i know but as long as i stay within my caloric allowance, i'm ok? what if i'm using my exorcise calories for this?
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munchies
i have a bad case of the munchies (not the drug-induced kind) i'm not hungry at all but i really want to eat something. i've tried drinking water but that doesn't help. what's going on? how can i put a stop to it?
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questions
i had some questions that i wanted ask but i don't want to spam the forum so i'll ask them all in one sitting: 1) i only have time to work out about half an hour a day and burn roughly 300 calories. could this hurt me? i've read that people are burning 500+ calories but there isn't enough time in between classes for me to…
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breakthrough dieting secret!!! what the government doesn't w
are you guys ready for this? the one secret that is guaranteed to make you lose weight, kept a secret for all of these years!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: DIET AND EXERCISE:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: - eating a healthy, balanced diet with plenty of exercise... come on people. i was reading an issue of people magazine on celebrity…
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how would you describe your normal daily activities
i'm not sure if i should do active or lightly active. i'm a college student so i spend a decent amount of time walking from class to class but i'm also sitting in lecture at least three hours a day. so should i do active or lightly active?
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ugh...i feel sick...
so i went to king's island today in mason, ohio. i wasn't planning on going over my calories for the day but we were going with my aunt and cousins and they wanted mcdonalds for breakfast. not a good start. by this point i had already decided to make it a cheat day. lets just say i haven't eaten this much in a long…
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hip abduction
i've heard very negative things about this machine like it doesn't burn any fat and only makes your thighs bigger. is this true? it works out the inner thigh which is the part that i want to work out the most so i'm hesitant to stop using. has anyone had a bad experience with this machine?
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eating around work
i work tomorrow form 4:30 until 10:30. during this six hours, i won't be able to eat anything at all. which means that i'll have to eat when i come home at around 11. and after work, i'm always so exhausted that i want to go to sleep right away and i know eating and then going to sleep is a big no-no. what is a hungry…
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am i really hurting my chances?
today, for whatever reason, i had a huge sugar craving. i usually allow myself a treat everynight like a skinny cow skinny dipper or something so i can make sure i'm not depriving myself. i had that today plus 3 starburst, a nerds rope, and a chunk of chocolate. i'm still within my calorie limit for the day so is this…
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frustrated
grrrrrrrrrr........i've been using mfp for two weeks. i stepped on the scale today and i havn't lost anything and i'm not sure why not...its really frustrating...i'v been keeping within my calories and i've been going to the gym 3-4 times a week...
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cheating on the treadmill
at the end of my workouts, i like to go on the treadmill at a speed of 3.0 and an incline of 15. i figure its a great way to burn extra calories and stretch the legs. but i noticed its much easier walk at a high incline if your holding the side of the machine. am i losing effiency when i do this and cheating myself out of…
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counting calories when eating out
i'm having trouble keeping an accurate calorie count when i eat out somewhere that doesn't provide nutritional information. i know you can find the info for big companies but what about those little cafe's? how do you add those calories? also, what does everyone do when someone else has prepared the food? how do you count…
