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misleading calorie info on products
Here's what I just potsed on Cobs Bread's facebook page. What are you willing to bet they spin this somehow... like the stores are in charge of their own slices and so it has nothing to do with them? How about there must be something wrong with my scale? What do you think? FACEBOOK POST So I'm tracking my food, trying to…
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I met a Groundspeak Lackey!
At the big Mega Event on Vanvouver Island... And she gave me a Lackey Geocoin too!! I'm beyond happy about this :) Very exciting!! And she was so cute and sweet too. Deedee
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Eat To Live - open diaries?
Looking for fellow MFPers who ascribe to the Eat To Live lifestyle as outlined by Dr. Joel Fuhrman. Just want to see how you're doing and what you're eating. Mainly how you're getting to your calorie goals, how you have your macros set up, etc. Very much considering learning a lot more about it because I've been stuck on a…
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3 month plateau here!
SW 230 GW 165 CW 195 I dropped from 230 to 195 and then everything just stopped working. It was around the time MFP suggested to me that I reconfigure my goals and it dropped me from 1600 down to 1400 a day. So the premise is that if I'm working out I shouldn't have heeded that suggestion, do I have that right? I also only…
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daily goal changed, how to change back?
I was messing with my goals to see what effects it would have on my macro nutrients, timing, etc. I even changed my weight loss goal all around from 1 lbs to 1/2 pound, etc. Just trying to learn more about how things effect other things. Then decided to just put it back how it was. But now my daily goal is 200 calories…
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Life lesson learned... huge NSV
I am sitting here with ice on my knees, and my elbows are next... because today for my workout, I went ice skating for the first time in 9 years! Was it a great workout? You bet - let's say I showed up on my scooter with the jacket closed and left and rode all the way home with it wide open, and it's NOT particularly warm…
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Dumbbell comfort grips
Here's my new dumbbells I got for Xmas. Is there such a thing as grip covers or anything to make them more comfy, or are they designed to be used as is without any modifications? I'm totally gluing sparkles to the weights, LOL!
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Bally Exercise Ball - burst risk?
Did your exercise ball come with a measuring tape to show how large it should be when it's fully inflated? Mine burst when it was at least 5 inches UNDER being properly inflated, with no weight even on it. The replacement ball is looking tight now too but it's still way under inflated. I think I have lost my nerve to even…
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HRM owners... help with question pls
Please tell me what your resting heart rate is when you're sitting around not doing anything. and What is your workout rate, while you're working out hard. What is the difference between them? This are my number: Resting: 50 Working out hard: 125 Difference: 75 I'm very curious what the DIFFERENCE is because I can't go by…
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Six Months to ONEderland/Halfway Point (pic)
I started this healthy lifestyle journey with a lot more than three strikes against me. I started this journey with at least half a dozen really good excuses in my mind of how it wasn't going to work and how it wasn't going to even be my fault. I'm an eternal optimist tho, so I confess to also starting this believing I…
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You love MFP? PROVE IT... what have you done for MFP lately
I've seen hundreds of posts about how much people love MFP. How much they owe MFP for changing their lives, etc. HUNDREDS. But how many of those hundreds have done the one thing they could do to make MFP better? Namely - EDIT INACCURATE FOOD VALUES! So let's see how much MFPers really love this site and get the database…
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New Moon - Swan house on Google Maps
http://mentadd.com/twilight/links.php This is a link to my website, that shows the disappearing set house in Surrey. On satellite images, it's not there, just an empty field, but on street view (when the car was taking pics on that street) it was there! Pretty cool. I don't see why they couldn't have left it standing and…
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2400+ GEO-calories
I sure burned a lot of calories caching on pretty steep terrain around UVic and Mount Tolmie, in very windy, wet and cold conditions. I was out for about six hours and did stop for a quick lunch but only logged 4 hours (2 hiking cross country and 2 hiking up hills) and I went ahead and ate (and enjoyed) about 600 of those…
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derailed by medical bad news...
Has anyone been in the middle of their weight loss journey and had to deal with completely unrelated devastating medical news? If so did you carry on or falter for a week or two or quit or just dig in deeper or WHAT did you do? I feel like I'm going to burst out crying any second over and over all day long (but I never do)…
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OPD - a crazy condition - but does it really exist???
OPD (ONEderland Proximity Dysmorphia) does indeed exist!! When one reaches about 205 pounds, the proximity to 199 causes a dysmorphic reaction in one's ability to reason, tell time, count days, tally weight or any abilities involving math really. I even caught myself writing a complaining email to someone, where I said -…
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Big huge 300 calorie salads okay?
I have lost 30 lbs in about 18 weeks, so I'm not complaining but I am trying to think AHEAD to the second half of my weight loss... I am not to the halfway point but I think I should have a pretty solid game plan by the time I get to the halfway mark so I can plan things. So my question is - I have been eating huge salads…
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zumba basics - learning the dance steps...
I spent an hour learning the moves today - first time trying it - and I worked pretty hard... I'd call it moderate effort and I used a zumba calculator that puts your weight and effort and time and calculates and I put in 45 cuz there was some time between moves it gave me 500 something so I rounded it down to 500. Sort of…
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Winners - you ARE one, and so am I! :)
This is such a slow and careful process that I have to remind myself that I am already a winner for being here. For knowing what tools to use, for using them properly, for putting in the effort to do this. For confidently waiting for the results of lots of hard work. If you're not at your goal weight yet, maybe you don't…
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turkey bacon vs turkey bacon
I was just reading a post in success stories where a poster mentioned eating turkey bacon, 100 cal./per slice. Mine is only 25 cal./slice and frankly it's nothing to write home about. What turkey bacon is good? Mine is Lilydale daystarters - just a bit boring to be honest... not terrible but definitely uninspired.
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report graph analytics
Do you see what I see? Maybe it's nothing - but it seems like something. I do NOT even exercise hard, I really don't... I have an implanted defibrillator just to restart my heart in case it stops and I take drugs that keep my heartbeat slower than normal, so really really I definitely not exercising real hard or real long…
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Weight Check-in question...
Do you put your new low the first time you see it, or do you wait to see it 2 days in a row, or what? I put it in the first time I see it. Sometimes it goes away for a few days and then comes back, but I figure if I see it (2 or 3 times because you can never see a new low enough times, LOL!) on the scale one day, I should…
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Do a Pit Reset to eliminate B.O. from your life
Sweat is 100% odorless. It's sad to see so many people believe that sweat just naturally stinks and there's nothing they can do about it. Sure based on your diet, medications, or just your personal chemistry it's possible to excrete chemicals or toxins that do smell, but the vast majority of sweat on the vast majority of…
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Hello from Oak Bay, BC
I'm 5'6"ish (slightly over) I started around 230ish and I want to get down to about 155ish I live on the southern tip of Vancouver Island in gorgeous Oak Bay. OB is affluent so I'm surrounded by trophy wives who jog up and down the coast every day making sure they maintain their trophy bodies. I want to be fit and strong…
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Wii Fit super hula hoop
I did 915 right and 914 left yesterday... first time I've done hula in over a year. OOPs because today I went to pick something up by bending over and OUCH MY BACK! I took a couple ibuprofen and hit the hot tub for 15 min. I can still feel it but subsequent bending overs (done much more carefully) aren't too bad. I hope…
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HRM and heart patients
I'm on my last week of Cardiac Rehab work out program at my local hospital. Last year I gained enough weight after two surgeries to get into the program after I had a heart defibrillator implanted to restart my heart in case my genetic arrhythmia caused my heartbeat to become disorganized and suddenly stop. The second…
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800-1100 dinner?
I have a lot of calories left over today and only dinner to go. What in the world am I supposed to eat that has that many calories AND is still somewhat healthy? I know a fast easy way to get that many, but it involves pizza or fast food... 99% of my food at home is super healthy and I have no idea how I could eat that…
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Transition to maintenance Success Stories please!
I'm barely 1/3 of the way to my goal and I'm already stressing about the transition. I'll have to add 500-700 calories a day I think or something like that. Hard to believe now, but apparently thems the facts. I figure just add 100 a week so take at least 5 weeks to transition in hopes of not gaining and scaring my new…
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macro nutrient balancing - short on carbs AGAIN
I manage to come in on my daily calorie count target pretty well I think, but when it comes to my macro nutrient balance, my carb comes up short quite often which makes the percentages look like I've done too much fat/protein and I just need a carb snack somewhere in my day that doesn't have especially protein in it to get…
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Shoe sizes and weight loss
If I go from 230 lbs to 160 lbs, should I expect to wear a different size shoe by the time I reach goal? Because shoes are expensive, so maybe I should wait until goal to buy new? Except I could use new cross trainers sooner rather than later. I'm 5'6" and I wear a size 9 now, but last time I was around 150 lbs I could…
