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Pasta help please!
So I'm craving pasta like crazy, but everything I find is super high in calories! So my question is, has anyone stumbled across a reasonably 'healthy', low calorie pasta in Australia? OR, does anyone make their own pasta dough and have a have a healthy twist on it? I make my own sauces which are pretty low calorie, but…
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Tofu Newbie.
Okey dokey. So I wanted to try something different. I'm sick of, well, meat. The only tofu I had available to buy was what they called 'Classic medium tofu'. I cooked it tonight in an apricot nectar style stir fry, and it was pretty average. How do I make it tasty? Can I somehow crisp it up? Help would be greatly…
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Running Pain
So I'm a newbie at this running thing. As in I've never, ever done it before. I've lost 40+kgs and decided I wanted to conquer jogging/running! It's the one thing I've found the most daunting, and impossible. And I'd like it to not be so impossible! I did my first day of Couch to 5k yesterday, and today my shins are…
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Sugar help
Hi everyone, I'm having massive trouble beating my sugar cravings. I've been at this for about 18 months and have been able to mostly keep myself in check, but just recently I can't seem to be able to help myself! Eating chocolate and way too much dried fruit isn't doing me any good. I do a bit of catering, so I have to…
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Succeeded then failed. Sigh.
I was so proud of myself! I'd lost 50kg (110lbs) over 12 months and was feeling fantastic. Then last month was my 21st, and I allowed myself a little bit of my birthday cake, chocolate mudcake, and since then I have just gone way down hill. So far down hill I've gained back 5-6kgs and can't seem to stop my uncontrollable…
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Eliptical Trainers: Yay or Nay??
Okay so I'm looking into purchasing one of theses suckers. Would one be a wise investment? I also weight train, and use a stationary bike religiously, and this has been working really well for me, but I'm looking to do something different. Does an elliptical leave you sweating buckets and feeling as though you've given it…
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I'm so bummed. Help Please!
So 1 year and 5 days ago, I started my weight loss en-devour and have lost 46.5 kilos in that time. Which is good and everything, but I've hit a wall. I can't make the number on the scale to go down, in fact it's actually sneaking back up. I net probably 1200 calories a day, sometimes more. I work out 5-6 days a week, and…
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Rowing Machines
Okay, so I'm looking into buying one of these machines, but have no idea what brand to buy, and what's good and what's not! I don't want to spend a ridiculous amount (I'm just a poor student! haha) but all the ones I've looked at so far are $1000 and over...that's well out of the ball park for me. So any help and advice…
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Puff Pastry
Okay, I want to make some bolognese pies. Or any kind of pies really....But the puff pastry is a killer for me! For each pie I'd use a little bit less then half a sheet of Pampas Puff Pastry which according to the MFP data base is 228 calories! So I was wondering if anyone had a low calorie alternative to puff pastry?…
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Ankle injury.
Okay, so I just sprained my ankle and boy, did I do a good job on it! It's twice the size and all the colours of the rainbow. Are there any exercise I can do so I'm not just sitting around while it heals up? I'm super frustrated I can't keep up with my workout schedule. Any suggestions would be great! :smile:
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Slim Pasta
I was shopping the other day and stumbled across a packet of 'Slim Pasta' spaghetti. Intrigued I picked it up and for a 125g serve it was a ridiculous 8 calories! Yea, mind blown. I tried it today, and I knew it wouldn't taste like proper spaghetti, but it wasn't too bad. It had a kinda chewy texture which was unusual to…
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Vibration Machines.
So I've heard about these machines and have been curious about them. My neighbour has one and since she has fallen pregnant and can't use it, so she has let me borrow it. Are they any good? Do they actually benefit the person using it, or do you just look like a tool? haha I don't plan to use this machine as a singular…
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I'm...stuck.
I've never had this problem. In the last 5 1/5 months it's been smooth sailing for my weight loss! But in the last week, I've just gotten stuck. Not only am I not loosing, but it seems I'm gaining and I've been eating healthily and exercising! Last week I lost 1.2kg and that put me down to 95.6. I was super happy with…
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Do I need to toughen up?
So yesterday I worked in a shearing shed and I had to pick up the fleeces. Which meant I had to do the equivalent of 700 squats... minimum! And today my legs and back are in agony, and I'm assuming they will be for a few days to come. Should I continue with my normal exercise? I mainly cycle, but even looking at my bike…
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Wii Workouts.
I'm looking into getting a Wii, and was wondering how effective the workouts are. I wouldn't use it to replace my usual routine, just add to it. But I'm a little stand-offish about the whole thing! It seems too enjoyable to be effective! So I'm wondering if anyone out there can tell what the workouts are like. Do you have…
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Is that all??
So I've worked my butt off ALL week. Watched what I've eaten and done at least 40 minutes of exercise every day. And around spins my weekly weigh day and I've only lost 0.4 kg. WHAT! Normally I lose about 1kg a week. So I'm feeling pretty bummed. I was hoping for a really good change on the scales, because I needed that…
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Cross trainer/Elliptical; help please!
Okay, I'm looking to buy one of these suckers. So first question; is there a difference between the two? Or is just a case of different names for the same machine? Second question; what is a good brand to buy from? Preferably a company within Australia..since that's where I live. Any advice is greatly appreciated! :smile:
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There is a difference!
I've been here for about 3 months, and I've lost 16.5 kg (36 lbs). I felt like nothing was changing, and I was wasting my time because a lot of people say that at 10kg you should see a difference. After reading some stories from here about always taking progress pictures is important, I decided take some happy snaps to see…
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Overwhelmed and feeling hopeless.
I'm completely overwhelmed by strength training. I know that sounds stupid but I am! I've tried doing bits and pieces, but I feel as though I'm not doing them right. I mean, I know the exercise I need to do, but where do you start when you can barely do a single push up? I have recently purchased a set of resistance bands,…
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Feeling a little bummed.
I've been using this site for about 2 months now, and I've watched the scale go down. I've lost about 11kg (24lbs) but I've seen no physical results! I thought by now I might have noticed a smidgen of difference, but nope. Am I doing something wrong?? Sigh. Guess I'm feeling a little unmotivated and down at the moment. How…
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A Sheepy NSV!
So I'm a farm hand, and have have been using this wonderful site for a little over a month, and today was the first sign that my hard work is starting to pay off! Before this site if I ever had to hunt sheep up into the yards, I would have been giving the dog a work out casting her behind the sheep, but this time I was…
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Stuck on Strength Traning!
Okay. So I exercise at home. I use a stationary exercise bike for an hour most days, so that's my cardio covered at this stage. What I'm stuck on is strength training. I don't have a gym where I am, and the only weights I have are 5kg ( I think that's 11 lbs...) dumbbells, and I don't really have the finances to go out and…
