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Ethical food consumption
I would like to open a discussion about ethical eating, but if possible I would like to extend it beyond vegan vs no vegan debates since it always ends up in a very heated debate with two separate clans. I think we all can make our eating a bit more ethical and environmental friendly, whatever our views are. I, personally…
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What made you fat?
All of you who have lost weight or are losing it right now, what do you think - what made you fat in the first place?
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Daily Victories - What are you Proud of Today?
Most of us know what we need to do in order to lose weight, get fit or increase the quality of life. But many of us, also get trapped in perfectionism or get stuck in the "on-track" - "off-track" cycles because it's hard to maintain everything we committed to. It's so easy to focus on our daily failures and get discouraged…
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Gallstones diet
I am 33 and I was diagnosed with gallstones recently. First few months I had attacks almost every week. Letter, when I learned what food causes pain and started to avoid it, I was pain-free for about 4 months. Until this week when I got too relaxed with food. Doctor's recommendation is surgery and removal of the…
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Feeling important
I don't know about you, but I feel like being in the "important mode" is the main factor for success for me. When I feel important I can move mountains. When I feel unimportant I can't get out of the bed. I am not talking about "I'm important" in the going-to-manicures kind of way. I am talking about the deep feeling that…
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Loosing weight before getting pregnant
This might be a silly question, but I am hoping to hear experiences and thoughts of women who have more experience than I. I am a bit overweight (BMI 26.1 at the moment) with around 20 lbs to lose ( 5'8" and 172lbs/173cm 78kg ). I am 34 years old and we would like to have children. While I wish to have a baby as soon as…
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Skills we need for long term success
Recently I've been listening to an interesting podcast (phit-and-phat) and one thing that resonated strongly with me was the statement that we need to meet ourselves where we are at the moment and from there build up our way to where we want to be, every day trying to be 1% better, not beating ourselves up every time we…
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How to start?
I have 82kg/180lbs and I am 175cm/5' 8" tall. My TDEE should be approximately 1850 cal. I have to lose around 16kg/35lbs. At the moment I can't do heavy exercise because first I need to take out some stones from my gallbladder :) But I can walk and do lighter exercises. How do I start? How many calories should I cut at the…
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A year of commitment
I was here before. I even lost a decent amount of weight few times. Last time when I got close to my goal I guess I got disappointed because many things stayed the same. During the time, I forgot why am I doing it and what problem I am trying to solve. This time, I want to do it slowly and steady. I will use this topic to…
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If you want to join - simple yoga 100 days challenge
If anyone wanted to join, here is a simple yoga 100 days challenge: - every day do some yoga, it can be just 3 poses when you get up, or more if you feel inspired. - log it on the thread (either each day or in bunches :) )…
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100 days log (plus progress, struggles and reflections)
This is thread where we log our daily yoga practice and where we can also share our daily struggles, tips, ask for advices, celebrate our progress.. :) You can log each day (like day 1- done, day 2 -done etc.) or you can log weekly (day 1-7 done, day 8-15 done etc. ), however fits you the best. The most important thing is…
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Can small every day efforts increase strength?
Hi, I've been reading a lot of fitness blogs and most of them put an accent on not too frequent but heavy training in order to build strength and muscles. I tried that in the past but after years of doing nothing it's usually too hard for me and I quickly quit. So, my question is - will I make any progress with small…
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Focus forward
Last few months I was whining on this forum about lack of motivation and difficulty to care about my body at all. Last few years I am switching between great motivation and care for my weight and total neglect and apathy toward my body. I am not struggling with the healthy lifestyle in a way that I dislike healthy food or…
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What to do when you don't care?
What to do when you don't care about your weight? But at the same time you know that you will care once in the future and one of your future selves would need to take care of your mess? Last few years I am alternating between those periods of caring about my body and not caring at all. Its almost like some kind of a…
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Can't get back on track
I hate to be the whiny one who constantly rants and does nothing, but looks like that's exactly what I am doing these days. I've lost 20 lbs this spring, mostly through diet and occasional work around the house and at the garden. It felt so effortlessly, easy and actually enjoyable. Then summer came, with all those hot…
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Snack free 7 days challenge
The challenge is simple - no snack for a 7 days (1 week). You define how much meals you're allowed to have (3, 4, 5..) and stick with it for a 7 days. Snacking is one of the biggest sources of mindless eating. It makes us vulnerable to constant temptations. My experience is that even my focus is better when I don't snack,…
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Process visualization exercise - How did you lost weight?
Here is a bit crazy question, actually a visualization exercise. For all of you who are working on loosing weight and still have some weight to loose in front of you - if you want to play with me a bit - let's pretend that we're already there at our goal weight. How did you do it? How did you loose your weight? What was…
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Repeatables and personal stickies :)
I thought it could be useful to have a thread where we can put all things that we want to remember and to repeat to ourselves when we loose the mojo or fall out of a great mindset. I think it could be helpful to write down things like why have we started or some tricks and mental tools that worked for coping with…
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Question for you who have lost last pounds
Was it really harder to loose last 10-20 pounds comparing to pounds on the beginning? Or it's just a myth that we say to ourselves because we get less motivated? How did you accomplish it? Did it required any extra interventions?
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Feeling stuck and need help
I've started my weight loss in April, and by start of July I have lost around 20lbs . I've lost it mostly through the calorie counting eating on - 300, -400 cal deficit. Last month and half my weight loss has stopped, and I know it's not a plateau, it's my discipline. I started to eat more. I snack more, I go into debate…
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What is your fitness muse/archetype?
This should be an easy going, chit-chat, maybe a bit daydreaming thread about what kind of images inspire us and keep us wanting more :) So, please don't hate me if you are psychology expert and I have used "archetype" term in a wrong way :) So, what is your fitness muse or archetype? What is that image that makes working…
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Starting point
This is place to write down our starting state - how flexible you are at the moment, how strong you are, what can you do easily, what do you struggle with. The idea is to have a snap of this moment to be able to see progress. You can enter this in any format - as a description or your current abilities or as a…
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Yoga sequences
In this thread we can share yoga sequences that we like or want to try. Here are few for inspiration: Good morning sequence Get stronger sequence Fierce sequence Standing strong sequence Spine rejuvenation Longer beginner sequence Tone up sequence Upper body strength sequence Flowing grace sequence Better posture sequence…
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Inspiration
I think it can be useful to have an inspiration thread to keep our motivation high. So what or who inspires you in your yoga challenge? Where do you hope to be in 100 days? :)
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Exercise and increased appetite
Last week I have joined a squat challenge and so far I loved it. The goal is to do every day around 50 - 100 squats (increasing with each day). The only problem is that I got sooo hungry and my appetite increased a lot. I don't quite understand it, since it's only body weight squating that I usually finish in 2-3 mins, so…
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Yoga poses break down
Since, most of us are beginners in yoga it could be useful to share knowledge and tips about new poses we encounter. Sometimes a small detail makes or breaks the pose. :)
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100 days of yoga
I started a few short yoga challenges, and now I would like to raise it a bit. When: Starts Aug 1, 2017 (I am posting a week before in the case that you want to do any preps, research etc.) How long: 100 days Who: Whoever wants to include yoga or any form of a yogish bodyweight exercises or stretches in everyday routine.…
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Challenge start
Challenge starts on Aug 1, 2017. :) EDIT: Daily log is in this thread http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10582647/100-days-log-plus-progress-struggles-and-reflections#latest
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PCOS lifestyle interventions
I would like to open this thread as a place where we can share our knowledge about PCOS, most recent researches, experiences with lifestyle changes etc. All experiences are welcome - paleo, vegan, high carb, low carb, high protein, low protein, name it...just one thing that I would really, really like is to keep it open…
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Yoga - 3 poses - two week challenge - Round 3
Round 2 was great, so here comes the next round of 3 pose two weeks yoga challenge. Rules are simple, 3 poses, 2 weeks, you can either add a new poses or continue with a poses from the last challenge (i.e if you're working on more advanced poses). The idea behind is to get non overwhelming intro into yoga and maybe to get…
