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Help Planning My Workout!
For those of you who use apps when you go to the gym, are there any good (preferably FREE) apps out there that will provide me with a workout for the machines at the gym? My gym used to have one but it's been out of order for the last two weeks, and now I feel kind of lost when I go. I like to use the Nike one at home for…
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Happy Accidents
So the last time I was at the doctor was early September--I had taken two weeks "off" my calorie counting, the first for a cold, and the second for extreme abdominal pain. I had gained 2 pounds. Disappointing but better than I imagined. Fast forward about a month: I was so worried about getting on the scale since those two…
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5K NSV!!!
I sort of fell off the band wagon for a little while, ended up getting sick...but then, not sure how, I got well the day before I was to run a 5K. I wasn't sure I was going to do it or not, but my pastor and his family were going to run with me...and I really wanted to conquer this 5K thing. So I went. Early morning on…
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Angry with Myself :(
So I was doing really great with my weight loss--lost 16 pounds, was doing the 30DS...until everything happened and I fell off the proverbial cliff. My ankle started hurting, so I took off from the 30DS before I killed it. Then I took another day off from the 30DS to fully recuperate. Then I got sick, and the last thing I…
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The Poor Woman's Diet
So...okay I know there are good foods/bad foods to eat for a diet. I know what's best to eat, and what's not good to eat. My problem is this: my husband and I have four kids! It's hard enough to scrape together money for ANY groceries, let alone fresh fruits and veggies, etc. I try to "splurge" by getting 1% instead of 2%…
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Victory or Non-Victory?
I shaved 2 minutes and 6 seconds off my 3 mile time today!!! Wooooohooo!! Take 2 more minutes off and my old field hockey coach would be proud. :) Non-victoryish...well, not sure...just as I was running up to my house (I was on the home stretch, so I was running hard), some guy in a truck started hollering at me...I'm…
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30DS: Should I Go On?
Today would be my 10th day of Level 2 of the 30DS. But my ankle is killing me. Some days I do just the 30DS, and some days I run 3 miles and then do the 30DS. I was trying to do the 30 days straight through, but I just came back from a run and my ankle is not feeling friendly. Do I skip a day or two to recuperate? Or…
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What to do with my extra calories...
I always work out at the end of the day, after my kids are in bed. I know a lot of people say eat your exercise calories, but sometimes after I'm finished exercising I come up with 100+ extra calories (I usually try to plan for the excess but am not always on target). Is it really worth it to eat my exercise calories at…
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WHY?????
I don't know if there is something wrong with my scale or something wrong with me, but what the heck--WHY AM I GAINING WEIGHT????? I'm doing the 30DS--on Day 9 of Level 2. I drink 6-8 glasses of water a day. I always eat within 100-200 calories of my calorie goal (including exercise calories--I never eat under my regular…
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Waist Trimmer Belts?
Do they work? Do they just trim inches off the waistline or do they help shed pounds too? Is it worth looking at?
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Do You Ever Have Those Days...?
...when it doesn't matter where you were and what the scale says now, and it doesn't matter how your clothes fit before and how they fit now--you just don't feel successful with your weight loss? I've dropped down a size and I've stopped using one of my belts because it's too big anymore--but I seem to always find an…
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No More Pants!
2 NSVs today: #1) I fit into shorts that I couldn't even button at the beginning of the summer! And I don't even have to suck it in! :) #2) Today I gave into the fact that 14s are now too big, when I had to tighten my belt super-tight just too keep my pants on. #3) I fit into my size 12 jeans comfortably! Before I gained…
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25 Down! 36 to go!
My weight has been fluctuating up and down lately, and I think my Wii board is sometimes out of whack what with our floor not being level and everything...anyway. Good results for me today. I put it on what seemed to be a more level surface today, and it dropped me 7 pounds! To date, since I joined MFP in June, I've lost…
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Take the Good with the Bad...
So I got on the scale tonight, and I was afraid to see what it would read, as I upped my calories a little bit to eat my exercise calories. And I lost 5.1 pounds!!! Now, there are several influencial factors here: one being that my weight went up 4 pounds abruptly for some reason last week, and secondly because I was…
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I don't know what else to do!
Okay I need some input. And if you're not okay with TMI, then turn around. Not that anybody wants to know, but I have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). With that sometimes comes diarrhea and sometimes constipation. Daily, I take my IBS medication, a stool softener, and a fiber supplement. Now since I've started MFP, I've…
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NSV! (It's Been a While)
I ran 3 miles tonight! Wasn't sure I could do it, but I kept pushing. My time was 34 minutes, 40 seconds. The closest I had to that was field hockey my sophomore year of high school at 33:33 (I think)! If I keep pushing it maybe I can beat my best time (I forget exactly but it was under 30 minutes--field hockey, junior…
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Thoughts on Caffeine...
Sometimes (like today) I take a caffeine pill to wake me up, because I'm on the verge of falling asleep at work. Along with the caffeine, I get REALLY hungry. Does the caffeine burn calories? Or the energy it produces? If so, how much?
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Thoughts on Caffeine...
Sometimes (like today) I take a caffeine pill to wake me up, because I'm on the verge of falling asleep at work. Along with the caffeine, I get REALLY hungry. Does the caffeine burn calories? Or the energy it produces? If so, how much?
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Muscle Weight & 30DS
Okay, so I know a lot of times, when you start exercising, you gain some muscle weight. I've been exercising for over a month now (just running, light strength training) and haven't gained. Well today was my 4th day of 30DS, and I have gained 3 lbs!!! Did anybody else gain much weight at the beginning of 30DS? How quickly…
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What Am I Doing Wrong?????????
For 5-6 weeks, I consistently lost 1-2 pounds per week. I was doing great! I was exercising and eating right. With no change in my diet but a boost in exercise (started 30DS, sometimes I walk also but not always), suddenly, at the end of last week--I gained FOUR POUNDS!!! I've lost no measurements with 30DS--instead, I've…
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I need all the ideas I can get!
I've been eating healthy and exercising and lost 16 pounds, and now I'm gaining! How do I reverse this and start going back down?
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NOT Motivated :(
I don't know, maybe it's that time of the month. But I am just NOT motivated today. I did a 3 mile walk/run and my 30DS today, but I really didn't want to. I'm a little depressed that I gained 4 pounds since beginning 30DS, and I guess that has put me in one of those well-if-I'm-not-losing-I-might-as-well-just-give-up…
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Another NSV! (with a down side)
These are getting more frequent :) but I don't think my husband is interested in these so I have to share with someone! Today I was talking to our receptionist at work, and one of my co-workers came out and commented on "that skinny girl standing at the front desk" (me)... ...I ended up talking to both of them about MFP,…
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Small NSV
11 minute mile today! :)
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Let Me Just Say...
...thanks to everyone who posts their before and after pics! I'm on here just about every night looking at pictures to motivate myself to keep going! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :smile:
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Is it okay...
Is it good to do an additional workout with the 30DS? I don't want to overdo it, but I don't want to miss out if there's something else I can do as well.
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30DS???
I'm going to start 30DS tonight (wish me luck!). How do I classify that under my exercise?
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Exercise & Work
My dilemma is this: Sometimes I know I won't be able to work out in the evening, but I can't get up early to exercise, because I'll get too little sleep (and that means falling asleep at work or being cranky--or both!)...so I'd like to exercise at work. I have done this before, and it's okay...I work in a good area. But…
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NSV (A few days old)
So I couldn't decide whether I wanted to share this or not...apparently I decided to. Anyway I have this brown skirt that I sometimes wear that I have to button at my waist, because it won't sit on my hips. I haven't worn it for a while because I hate to iron...so I ironed the darned thing and wore it on Sunday. I went to…
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Help!
I made a couple of bad food choices today, and now I'm down 500 calories and that doesn't even include dinner! What can I eat for dinner without starving myself and how can I make up those calories? Should I do a heavy workout today and tomorrow or is there some sort of ridiculous workout I can do tonight that will fix it?
