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I have 100+ lbs., but I'm overwhelmed and stuck...help, friends and support appreciated.
Hello, I'm Maria. I have struggled with my weight my whole life and I have tried everything to lose weight at some point my life. 2 and a half years ago I lost 50lbs for my wedding. I felt so much better about myself. Once married, I had to adjust and found it difficult. I gain the 50lbs. back and more. Now I am at my…
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NEED FRIENDS & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR THIS JOURNEY-COME ALONG!
Hello everyone! I hope that this new year finds all of you well! My name is Maria and I am back after being away from too long. Last year I was prepring for my wedding and I was able to lose approximately 45 lbs. of the 250 lbs. that I need to lose. Every step of the way was extremely difficult, between controlling my…
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Calorie calculations?
How are calorie burned calculations generated on this site? The calculations seem to be too static--everyone burns calories at different rates. I may burn less than someone else in a 45 minute workout. Help I need some light shed on this--it is bugging me. :( I don't want to take in more than I burn off.
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Heart Rate Monitors: My Mio Active
Hello Fellow Fitness Pals: I just got a heart rate monitor, but I'm very skeptical about its accuracy when noting the calories burned during workouts and in general throughout the day. Does anyone have any input on their HRM and accuracy issues? Wishing all of you a great day!:flowerforyou:
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Protein Shakes
Hi Everyone...I'm bound to up my protein somehow! I'm heading to GNC after work, before my Weight Watchers meeting tonight. Can someone fill me in on a good protein source or brand in the form of shakes that you may have used that tastes good and can effectively help with my supplementation of more protein? Thank…
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I hate the scale, don't you?!?!
I hate my scale...first of all it measures my weight at around 2-2.5 lbs. heavier than the Weight Watchers Center scale...and it makes me obsess about the numbers. I've never been a lover of math...but the way I obsess about the numbers on the scale now is obscene!!! Secondly, I can't go to any other meetings so I always…
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Trying really hard...but still need some advice.
I need some help...I have been eating more vegetables and fruits than I ever have, consistently, in my life. I have been doing an hour of Zumba 3 times a week and I have been eating more tuna, salmon, and turkey than I had been in the past. I have been logging most everything here at MFP. I feel that I'm doing much better…
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Excercise calories - Bad eating days....Help, Please.
Hello everyone, welcome to a new week! I have a question about my exercise earned calories (which I should eat), and dealing with not so great days in a week. Let's say I had one really bad day of eating and unwise choices and no exercise. If I do exercise for an hour each day after that should I not eat those exercise…
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Zumba
Hi everyone! Hope you have all had a great week and that you are all looking forward to the weekend! Who loves Zumba like me?! How do you go about tracking your Zumba workout experiences? Let me know and let's chat! Have a great weekend!:flowerforyou:
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Daily Calories and Exercise Calories
I understand that when I exercise I should taking the regular daily calories but that I should eat the expended calories as well. But since I'm just coming around that understanding (after a life time of being told to eat less food all the time) I need some help to get on the right path. Please help...here is my scenario…
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Sugars from Fruit vs. Total Calories
HELP....please! :flowerforyou: I have around 1,800 calories to still eat after including exercise (I've already eaten Breakfast and Lunch). My goal is to eat these calories but to do so in the healthiest and wisest way possible choosing from whole foods (fruits and vegetables) and non-processed or healthier processed (for…
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I'm baaaaaaaaaack - I need all the help I can get....
Ok, I'm back....(Sighing deeply). I am doing Weight Watchers in conjunction to tracking my food and activity here on myfitness.com. Last week I know I ate a lot less than usual and excercised, oh, and had my water each day...I didn't eat more because I wasn't hungry and I didn't want to eat when not hungry. I still saw a…
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Calories per day Question! Please help me...Thank you!
I just tracked what I will be eating for breakfast and lunch today....I'm supposed to get around 1,760 calories per day, but I also logged the Zumba (dance) class I'll be doing this evening which is an hour long but I give it 55 minutes . It said that for 55 minutes of "general dancing" I would expend 660 calories. So this…
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Confused...Help!
Hello Everyone! Unfortunately, last week I gained .4 lbs back....that doesn't seem like a lot...but since I have to lose +100 lbs. every little bit counts. I am a bit confused with the amount of calories that I really should be putting in my system. I will bare my soul, we are all here for one thing to be healthy. Not that…
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Lapse in Judgement in Food Selection
Alright since March 30 I have lost 9.6 lbs. Which I think is very slow and very little weight loss, but I have resolved to the fact that something is indeed SOMETHING. I struggle with emotional eating and lapses of reason when it comes to eating. In the spur of the moment I will set my mind on something and I'll get it,…
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New & Slowly Losing...
:flowerforyou: Hello everyone, I'm Maria, and I'm recently new to myfitnesspal.com. I'm using this helpful site and currently doing the weight watchers plan in conjunction to this. I wanted to be able to calculate the calories that was possibly intaking daily. I have been using this for about 10 days now and I've only lost…
