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Looking For Opinions On My Plan:
Hey Guys, I know you are all intelligent and knowledgeable folks with your own experiences, I was hoping you could impart some of your wisdom my way by looking over my plan and letting me know your thoughts on it. I am 23 years old, 179.5 lbs and 5’9”. I have lost 15.5 lbs on this journey, which started at the end of April…
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Spin-off: What Do You Burn Doing the 30DS?
For those with HRM's, what do you usually burn when doing the shred? Please include height, weight and fitness level! I have only just started (day 3 today) and find that it royally kicks my tush. In 25 minutes it says that I am burning around 320 calories. This is my first intense form of exercise in a while. I am 5'9"…
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Huh... What's Going On Here?
So I have felt that July has really been a crummy month for this weight loss journey of mine. I started in April and for the months of May and June I was losing ~6 lbs a month. Now it's July, almost August, and I am still only sitting at 2 lbs lost! I weighed myself 2 days ago and I was down to 178 (which would be 4 lbs…
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30 DS - Water Retention
Hello 30DS'ers! I have recently started the program (I am on day 2) and am wondering how long you noticed water retention for? I weighed in at 178 lbs before the shred and I am up to 180.2 lbs now. I know that your body holds on to water when you strength train (it usually sits in your muscles where they have teared), I am…
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Health/ Weight Loss/ Body Image Books?
Hey Guys, I am looking for some education, informative and maybe even beneficial/ life changing material to read. It's kind of all in the title. Have you guys read anything particularly good?
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Work Out DVDs, Adding to the Collection
Hey Guys, I am hoping to add some DVD stuff to my collection for work outs at home. I have the 30DS and Ripped in 30, is there any other JM's DVDs that are fabulous? I am also going to pick up Rushfit. :) Thanks!
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Carman Electra DVDs?
Has anyone done Carman Electra's (sp?) Fit to Strip Disk 2 DVD? I just tried it last night AFTER a work out because I thought it would be easy peasy stuff... I had to shut it off after 15 minutes. Holy crow!! Anyone else try it? Thoughts? I am going to try it again without exercising before hand!
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Selling Myself
My "real life" friends, that were supposed to be my supports, have up and left me. So I am here, on this journey, without good friends to help me to keep going when the times get rough. I am looking for some e-friends who would be interested in stepping into their shoes! Who am I? I am a 23 year old gal from Canada. I have…
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Discouraged - Unknown Weight Gain
I have been doing really well with my journey. But suddenly, this week, I have gained 0.8 lbs. I know that this isn't a lot, but my the discouraging thing is... I have no idea why it happened. I have not gone over my alotted daily calories (1200). I eat back my exercise calories as my caloric limit is low. I exercise at…
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Kettle Balls or Dumbells?
Pretty straight forward question. Looking for weights to use at home, especially with Jillian Micheals DVDs. Any suggestions on where to buy them? Or approximate price?
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Blue Diamond Almond Milk
Can you get it in Canada? And if not, what stores can you get it in, in the US? I want to try it... Any other almond milk experiences or suggestions are welcome!
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Hi, I'm New... To Drinking Water
Hello MFP'ers! After a week of 0 weight loss, I did some soul searching (more like diary searching) and noticed that my sodium intake was way over the recommended amount. Chatting with others on here has taught me that high sodium can lead to retaining water. I never drink water. I never really drink anything. SOoooo I…
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Cereal
What brands are the best bang for your buck so to speak? I am going shopping in 15 minutes!
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Aspertame = Sweet Saliva?
Has anyone else experienced this? I drink a diet coke or coke zero and then suddenly I have a really sweet tasting saliva. It's happened about 4 times and the diet drink is the only thing that I can think of. I have gotten paranoid and asked my fiance to smell my breath (much to his dismay lol) to see if it smells fruity,…
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Being Really Hard on Myself
I weigh in "for real" Wednesday mornings. My goal is to lose 1.25 lbs a week (5 lbs a month total). This week I lost 1.4 lbs and felt good about it. I have been blogging with friends who are also on their weight loss journey, and this week I read about another weight gaining week for my friend instead of a loss. So I…
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Can You Help Me With My Plan?
I have a goal to lose 1.25 calories a week. I am currently 182 lbs and the goal weight is 140 lbs. I try to do some form of exercise every day, whether big or small. My current calorie limit is 1200. I have been losing 6 lbs a month with this. I have not gone over my limit in ~6 weeks. I am not hungry/ starving and I try…
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Crunching Numbers = Confusion
So I know that the estimate for losing a lb a week is a 500 calorie deficit a day to total a 3500 cal deficit a week. Well last week I had a 3640 calorie deficit and lost just over 2 lbs a week and this week with a 3931 calorie deficit I have only lost 1.2 lbs. I am SO confused. Can the thermal effect of food have that…
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Which Website?
I see people with pictures in the their signature of a CGI person who is demonstrating a "before" "current" and "goal" weight. Does anyone know what site I go to to get that for someone my height and weight? Thanks
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Bad Revelation
I was using a cheap analog scale to weigh in. I had gotten myself down to 178 lbs, a 10 lb loss, yesterday. After weighing myself a couple of times consecutively I realized that the scale fluctuated with each weigh in by up to 3 lbs. So I decided to pick up a digital scale at Walmart. When I booted it up and stepped on...…
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What Scale To Purchase?
Hey Guys, I have been using a piece of crap analog scale that cost 5 bucks at Walmart and I am finally fed up with it. I have to recalibrate it every time I use it, I will weigh myself 5 consecutive times and 5 different numbers (In 5 minutes) and I can barely read the tiny numbers and ticks even with glasses on. SO... I…
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Different Polar FT4 models?
What's the difference between the FT4 and FT4F models? Just about to order mine and I want to make sure I am getting the right thing!
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Anyone My Size Want To Post Successes?
Hey Guys, I'm a month and a half into this life change and I was wondering if there is anyone out there my size that can show me what I am hoping for can be done! I am 5'9" and started at 188 lbs. I am currently 179.5 lbs. My goal? 135 lbs. Thanks so much!
