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I Have Noticed Many People Returning, Having Regained Their Weight ...
So, I want to hear your personal stories as to why you regained the weight, and what you would do differently with hindsight. Would you have stayed on mfp longer, tracking, until you had been in maintenance for a year? Would you have lost weight less aggressively so that it was easier to adjust to maintenance? Was your…
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What Has Been Your Worst Binge Since Joining MFP ?
I am curious. I do not binge often now and I no longer have the insane binges I used to when I was training really intensively, but I still find them upsetting when they do occur and for me, it is always on sweet, doughy things, cake or creamy, sweet things. In terms of this post, I mean eating a large quantity of food in…
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So - Is There Such A Thing As Different Builds/Bone Structures?
I know the whole ectomorph/Mesomorph/Endomorph thing is a load of nonsense but I am wondering, given the BMI ranges for each height are so broad, do people really have different bone structures/builds? I am asking because I have noticed that people of the same height and weight can appear entirely different in terms of…
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9 Inches Large For a Female Arm ?
Measured my upper arm out of interest tonight and it is 9 inches. My thigh is only 10 inches larger. What do your biceps measure, ladies ?
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Woot! Halo Top Coming To The Uk
Have seen so many people posting about this delightful and low calorie dessert and it is so unusual for such things to make it over here. I am sure the price will be extortionate but I definitely want to try it... hoping we get a good range of flavours.…
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For British Ice Cream Lovers
I noticed, on googling to find out if they sell the infamous USA branded Halotop ice cream here in the Uk, that we have our own low calorie ice cream available, albeit at rather a high cost (£4.99 a pint in Waitrose) . I am not a great ice cream eater but nevertheless, I went and bought 3 of the flavours to try at some…
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5’9 - 5’11 ladies - What Are Your Stats/Goals?
I am curious to see how you other tall ladies are doing and to see how different we all are in terms of our stats - height, weight, goal weight, bust, waist, hips, clothing size, body fat % if you know it. Also curious as to whether you find being tall a benefit or an annoyance ? Personally I have always wished I were a…
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10k Calorie Challenge - Found this quite interesting
Video exploring how much fat is potentially gained when someone eats 10k calories in a day as opposed to their usual intake. I found it fairly informative, but others' views might differ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdaM3f_odqI
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Question On Maintenance Weights
I am not sure how to word this. But. I am grappling with the issue of what weight to maintain. I have been relatively comfortable at my current weight but three years ago I was 12 Ibs heavier and a great deal stronger and fitter. I got a little caught up and obsessed with the scale number again (happens when I am stressed)…
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Seeking Friends In Maintenance And/Or Whom Are Into Getting Lean
Seeking friends who log regularly and whom are maintaining their weight now or who are into getting fit and lean. I am open to adds from those losing weight too, as long as they are eating above 1400 calories. I am aiming to maintain or even gain a little weight to get back to how I looked in my profile picture, or at…
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Any Of The Polar HRMs Any Good?
I used to have the Polar FT4 but obviously it is outdated technology now and only available on ebay. Are any of the current ones with chest strap any good ? I just want to use it to get a more accurate idea of my burns during intense exercise as I lost weight using the mfp counts for most activity. (the fact I have COPD…
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Anyone Else Get Bloated After Intense Workout?
I was, back in 2013, incredibly fit, training a few hours per day, in both cardio and weights and then I stopped for the best part of three years due to depression, medication and other factors. I started cycling again 7 days ago, and finally dragged myself back to my old gym today. I did 55 minutes of intense interval…
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A Success Story Of A Different Nature
I am a little wary of posting this, because my success story is not a story of weight loss from obesity, but of making good headway in overcoming a decades long eating disorder, and gaining weight since joining mfp. I developed anorexia when I was 13 years old, and it continued on and off for ten years following, taking me…
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So... Does The Average Woman Maintain On 2000 calories?
I replied to a topic about 2000 calories on another forum, where I said that the majority of females, other than those who are older, shorter or have medical conditions, can maintain their weight on 2000 calories a day (which seems to be the common recommendation on nutritional labels etc) to which another poster replied…
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Ricotta Cheese - Give Me Ideas
Never bought it before and have only ever had it stuffed inside fresh figs or apricots. Anyone here have some other ideas as to how to make some good snacks/desserts using this cheese?
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Your Most Delicious/Decadent Restaurant Meal?
Just wondering what you guys consider to have been your best meal out, of recent times? Tonight, I took my bf out for a birthday dinner and the food was amazing. For the starter, we shared fresh baked figs, stuffed with stilton and wrapped in pancetta. For the main, I had rump of lamb in a mint gravy with buttered mashed…
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Chinese Buffet Coming Up - Advice please?
I have had chinese meals before, but not a buffet. Never really used to worry too much as I only have chinese once a year, if that, but I am on a cut right now so want to know which options are going to give me the most bang for my calorie buck. I will most likely be working out the same day, and will have about 2000…
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My First 5k NSV
Ran my first 5k today and I came in as the first female in just under 24 minutes. Now, this might seem a rather minor nsv but I have COPD, diagnosed at 28 and just 66-68% lung function. So, I am a little bit proud of myself for this, moreso because I had not run in months and running has only ever been an occasional thing…
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Seeking Like Minded Maintenance Friends
Pretty much maintaining. May well add some more muscle at some point and return to a higher weight. I am looking for others who are maintaining, and who are preferably eating close to my own maintenance which is a net of 1600-1700, and a total goal of 2000-2800 per day. My profile is open if you want to know more about me…
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How Amazingly Creative... I want lunches like this!
Love this, what a wonderfully creative mother. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-2610244/Packed-lunches-look-good-eat-Creative-mother-turns-picky-sons-lunchboxes-works-art.html
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For Ye Cadbury Creme Egg Fans...
An article on how they are made. Just for your enjoyment. Oddly, I just cannot get into them myself, but still quite interesting. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2606766/How-MAKE-Cadbury-Inside-Willy-Wonka-style-chocolate-factory-1-5m-creme-eggs-EVERY-DAY.html
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How Many Struggle With Moderation?
I am curious as to how many of you, cannot have large quantities of certain foods in your home, lest you eat them all ? Lately, I have been repeatedly challenging myself, in my attempts to be one of those people who can have large quantities of certain foods simply sitting in their home, and only have a portion a day...and…
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Your Most Recent Binge/Excessive Eating Episode?
I have lately had a few bad episodes, usually weekend, late night, boredom eating... I workout like a beast, but bleh, I am still working on getting a grip on the whole eating certain foods in moderation concept...Either that or I need to accept that not everyone rolls that way, and adjust to having a few crazy nights a…
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Tiny NSV
My gym has been holding contests weekly this month, and I finally entered one to see who could hold a lateral raise the longest (holding a dumbbell in each hand, above shoulder, out to the side, as long as possible). I won for the females, with 2 minutes 5 seconds, which got me a month of free membership. Small, but it…
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The Binge
What is a binge to you ? I see many people referring to different things as binge, from going 200 calories over, to eating in excess of 5000 calories. I have had a lot of issues with out of control eating episodes in my past, and still occasionally. But I sometimes wonder, is calling this behaviour a binge and putting very…
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How Very Sad.
Original text removed, lest it cause offence, the general gist having been my asking what peoples' opinions are, on what enables some people to reach this point... respectfully. Very sad, and a waste of a young life, imo.…
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Ageing and Food Sensitivities?
Has anyone else found that as they have got older, they have become sensitive to foods they could eat without issue when younger? I have found, since hitting my late 30s, that I can no longer tolerate peanuts, many pulses and wheat, without getting terrible issues with stomachache and gas.
