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No real weight loss for 4 months - advice?
Hey everyone, I've been scratching my head over this for a while now, since nothing I'm doing seems to shift any weight. I'm female, 5'2, 190lbs and 34 years old. For between 3-4 months I've been calorie restricting, but I've lost 2-3 lbs total in 16 weeks. It's a loss, but that's more what you'd expect to see in one month…
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53g vegan protein, 450 calorie nutrition bomb
60 grams uncooked edamame noodles 90 grams quorn vegan chicken pieces 1 generous cup of broccoli 1 generous cup of fresh spinach * 1 tsp toasted sesame oil 1 tbsp mirin 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tsp sugar 3 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes 1. Heat the oil in a nonstick frying pan. Add the quorn and cook until golden brown.…
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Looking for friends for shared motivation! :)
Hi everyone! I'm not new to MFP or to losing weight, but I had a rough year with health issues and university stress and somehow managed to creep back up to my starting weight :( But I'm back, I don't want to give up on myself and I'd love some new friends to share some PMA with! I'm 5'2 (157cm) and 196lbs/14st/89kg,…
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Minimising loose skin during weight loss
Good morning everyone :) I'm currently losing weight and working out every day, and as I have around 60lbs to go until my goal, I'm thinking about possible loose skin, particularly around my middle. I was wondering if any of you have some lotion or oil recommendations to minimise loss of elasticity in the skin as fat is…
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3lb loss in 12 weeks?!
I seriously think that I might have a health condition that impedes weight loss. Since the first week in January I've dropped 3lbs, and I am very strict with my calories. I eat 1500 every day, and work out 30 minutes a day with P90X3, and my carbs fall between 100 - 150g daily. My fat intake is between 40-50g per day and…
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5'2 girls calories!
Hello, just wondering how many calories you 5'2 / 157cm ladies are eating, are you exercising, and how much weight per week do you lose? :) Bonus points if you're hourglass shapes/ big boobs like me!
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Super hungry, should I change my macros?
Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice. I'm on a gentle calorie deficit at the moment (have about 40ish pounds to lose) and I'm trying to work my macros into my calorie allowance, which I just about manage most of the time (1500 calories: 150g carbs, 50g fat, 113g protein) but on some days I just get outrageously hungry,…
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PMS hunger!
Anyone else get crazy hungry before your period starts? For the past two days I've been struggling to stay within my calories, and sometimes I plough through the exercise cals too. I'm trying to get in proteins and good fats to stave off the hunger, but I'm fantasising about cookie dough ice cream...
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Pull-ups help
I desperately want to do pull-ups, they work all the muscles that I most need to work on. But at the moment, they're impossible - my upper body is really weak and I'm carrying about 50lbs that I need to lose. The fat's coming off, but in the meantime I've got this pull-up bar mocking me. I can do assisted ones with a chair…
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Intensity Question (P90X3)
I'm doing the P90x3 programme, which I'm enjoying quite a lot, but as my upper body is quite weak compared to the lower, when it comes to The Challenge (which is just pull ups and press ups for 30 minutes) I find I have to work at a lower intensity because I'm physically not strong enough to do what they're doing onscreen.…
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P90X3 Diet Plan Question
Hello all, I have a question about the caloric intake recommendations in the P90X3 plan. I've been losing inches quite comfortably on 1400/day with very little exercise, and I wanted to actually start getting fit. Many people recommended P90X3 as it's had great results and is only 30 minutes a day, and includes…
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Deutsche buddies? :)
Also ich studiere Deutsch und will einige freunde, mit wem ich üben kann :)
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Please kick my *kitten*
So. Easter. Need I say more? I'm struggling getting back on the wagon, there's far too much leftover chocolate in the cupboard and some recent guests from Belgium brought us an assload of cakes yesterday. So. HALP. ;_; Can I get some volunteers to friend me and kick my *kitten* back in line?! Thanks! Also any tips on how…
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Slow losses - genes, or something to improve?
I'm sure this is a common issue, but I lose weight at a rate of around 1lb every two weeks. I know that it's better than nothing at all, but I'm just thinking maybe there's something that I'm not doing that could rev it up a bit. I eat clean for about 90% of my diet, I have the odd treat such as a couple of chocolates or a…
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Sweat in a weird place
Do you sweat in an odd place? There's the usual face, underarms, back... my weird place is my knees! I get perfect circular sweat patches over my knees when I've been running a while!
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Opinions on eating RMR for weight loss?
I've been reading some nutrition articles lately that warn against eating below your RMR/BMR (resting metabolic rate) when trying to lose weight and to have it as your absolute minimum daily consumption of calories. Going under that number affects basic repair and maintenance processes in your body. It also supposedly…
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heart rate: polar vs life fitness calorie burn
Polar says 231, the treadmill says 186. Both reading from my chest strap.
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100 calories burned in half an hour of nothing much?
I'm trying out my new polar FT4 hrm just bumming round the house, so that I know how to use it when I work out. I clowned around doing jumping jacks for about 20 seconds, but other than that I've been making dinner or sitting, hovering between kitchen and living room. I went up and down the stairs maybe twice. in 30…
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Fat to muscle pictures!
I came across these while cruising fitness tumblrs, as we tend to do in the throes of the January re-dedication to getting the flab off. Check some of these out, they're incredible!! None are of me, unfortunately... YET! :) http://iwantobe120.tumblr.com/tagged/beforeandafter
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Do breaks during a workout affect calories burned?
The reason I ask is because I tried Turbofire and found the steps too quick to follow and switched to Tae Bo after 15 minutes, so that time between was a break, and then during Tae Bo because I'd done a 15 minute workout before that, I took a couple of breaks during that (only a few minutes, and the Tae Bo was a 52 minute…
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Dropping weight and training for a race - need buddies! :)
Hi folks! I need some new MFP buddies, most of the friends I have on here seem to have stopped using mfp regularly, so would anyone like to buddy up? Motivate each other :D Male or female, dieters or fitness nuts, it's all good. So, I signed up for a race in June, never done one before, so I'm starting my training now.…
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Step away from the cake
Hello chaps! I was thinking of a way that I could keep myself motivated during the new year (and stay on the wagon, damn it) so I started to write a weight loss blog. Does anyone else do this? I tend to find that having an outlet for diet/exercise related things allowed me to see the lighter side even by writing it, and it…
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I need epic running music!
I'm doing week 4 of C25k, and I just had a preview listen to the week 4 podcast by Robert Ullrey, and... the music is so, so bad, haha. I thought - I can't run a more challenging distance without proper music putting a fire under my *kitten*! so, I'm looking for spine-tingling, driving music that's great running…
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Julie M. lost 34lbs!
... I believe that fibs and photoshop sorcery are at work here... if the woman in the before photo is the same as the one in the after photo (which I DOUBT) then she's lost a hell of a lot more than 34lbs. She's also apparently lost her face, and had another one glued on. This ad bothers me whenever I see it - had to say…
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Newish to weight lifting - advice?
Hello! I've always stuck with cardio, but I've had a couple of sessions with a fitness instructor that have encouraged me to get more into lifting. Currently I do a chest press (2 sets of 12, 10kg), a leg press (2 sets of 12, 25kg), tricep pull down (2/12, 5kg), squats on a balance ball with dumbell curls (2/12, 6kg) and…
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Looking for encouragement buddies! :D
Hi there! I've been on MFP already for a little bit, but this is my first forum post. :D My name's Fal, and I have about three months before I start University, and I want to do what I've never done before - get to my healthy goal weight. I've always been overweight even as a kid, but this year I have made a promise to…
