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Does weight lifting increase sex drive?
I am noticing my libido is in high gear. Its kind of annoying lol
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Question for trainers about professional ethics and conduct
Hello, I just had an incredibly tense and awkward argument with my personal trainer and need to test my assumptions and expectations with other personal trainers so I can figure out if this is worth being perturbed about. My trainer comes to my condo gym three times a week to train me for an hour. He also trains another…
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How many calories in 130 g of cooked basmati brown rice?
Someone please help put this mystery to rest. I’m getting conflicting data.
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Ozempic or Contrave anyone?
I exercise 5 days a week and 80% of my diet is natural, healthy food in measured amounts. It's that last 20% after dinner that keeps me from reaching my goal weight/body size. I never feel satiated. I am considering trying one of these weight loss drugs to reach my goal and then I would taper off and maintain on my own…
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My trainer keeps increasing the dumbbell weight every week
I have been working out with a personal trainer for the past two weeks and every week he wants to up the weight of the dumbbells i use to do upper body work and squats and lunges. I went from lifting 8lbs to 20lbs in two weeks. Is this normal? I always thought you should increase your weights slowly. Honestly if i were…
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How to find diary entries from years ago?
Is there a way to find the days i logged my meals from years past? I did not log every day.
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Starting weight training has cost me my cardio gains?
I work out five days a week. Before i used to run four days and briskly walk on the fifth. I have now hired a personal trainer to help me put on muscle. He trains me three days a week and i run on my own 2 days a week. I have noticed that i am out of breath much sooner now on the treadmill and cannot run as far as before.…
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Runners, how do you protect your feet?
Running is hard on the feet. Looking for preventive products and techniques.
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Why does the same exercise feel easy some days, like painful toil on others?
How do you cope on days your body feels like its moving through mud versus air? Anything i can do to more consistently feel able/energetic?
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Can muscle building reduce localized fat? Bellydancers
I recwntly took up bellydancing as a secondary cardio and am noticing all bellydancers have lean legs even if their upper bodies are fat (arms, face, neck, bellies). Is it possible all that shimmying prevented thigh fat from forming? Or is it just coincidence ?
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Started lifting dumb bells and feel so tired
After losing 14 lbs through cardio and calorie monitoring, I have added weight lifting to my routine for a better looking body. I do cardio 4 x a week and just started training my upper body last week. I am sooooo tired. All I want to do in the evenings is lie on the coach and sleep. My body is fatigued. But I feel no…
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How to know your caloric needs?
Is there a highly accurate way of knowing what my daily resting caloric needs are ?
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Please review my food diary on April 4
Please review my food diary on Monday, April 4 and tell me what I am doing wrong. My meals on this day is typical of what I have on a daily basis. My breakfasts, lunches, snacks and desserts are almost always consistent. Dinners change in terms of which protein and veggies I have that night. I want to hit my calorie goal…
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Devastated! 9lbs gain from antidepressant after reaching my goal
I have worked my butt off for six months and exercised self control to reach my goal weight of 158 lbs. I lost around 12 lbs from Sept to Feb . Then in March I had a few very serious anxiety attacks that necessitated I go back on my antidepressant, eschitalopram. Within six weeks of being on the med, I have gained 9 lbs! I…
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Is next-day fatigue and muscle soreness a good metric of how hard you've worked?
Same as title - is next-day fatigue and muscle soreness a good gage of how hard you've worked during your workout?
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HIIT versus treadmill runs
My condo gym has closed again due to Omicron. That means I no longer have access to my primary method of losing and maintaining my weight. (I am on the chubby side so it takes a lot of cardio for me to lose weight. I keep my daily calories under 1750, but go over sometimes). Since the condo gym closed, I started watching…
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Tips for taming your desire to eat
What do you do to help you control your appetite? If you had to shave off 200 calories a day, for example, how would you do so while still feeling like you have had enough to eat?
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I'm starving now that I've started running
My calorie goals are 1600 on sedentary days and 1750 on days I exercise. For the past six months, my exercise was light jogging on a home treadmill for 35 minutes. Now that the gyms have opened, I have been running intensely for 30 minutes. Problem is I am bloody starving now!!! I ate my usual breakfast at 7 am and lunch…
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What do u tell yourself when u dont feel like exercising?
Any motivational advice?
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Tips for controlling your appetite???
Well, despite having bought a treadmill and jogging 5x a week for the past month, i have effectively gained weight. While my target calorie goal is 1,700 per day, i tend to go over daily and consume closer to 1,950. How do you curb your desire to eat? Is there something you do to keep your appetite under control? A friend…
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Is hitting calorie goal really enough?
First, i am sorry if i sound like a broken record. I need some tough love and encouragement because it seems like i am working hard and getting no results. I want a guarantee that hitting my calorie goal (of 1600) daily will allow me to lose half a pound per week. At this point, i believe i will have to go a bit hungry and…
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What do these numbers mean?
What do the numbers across the bottom 7/15 mean ?
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Premium features you use daily??
I just signed up for Premium. I’m not seeing a lot of bonus features that i would use regularly. Which premium features are invaluable to you and why?
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Feel defeated and demoralized about my diet
Hello I have been on MFP for years with success on and off at losing weight. My desire is to lose 15 lbs or 4 inches overall. I know that it’s 80% diet and 20% exercise. This has been true for me. I am not a novice at weight loss as i’ve been battling my weight since adolescence. I am 43 now, 170 lbs, 5’6, and having a…
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3 questions: Logging, diary history, etc
Hi MFP Community, Thanks for all of your replies recently to my string. Theyre really helpful. I am wondering a few things: 1. When you enter a food to log it, how do you know which option is calorically correct? For instance, lentil soup has dozens of entries and the calories range significantly. This is a homemade recipe…
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7 wks of cardio and nothing? Why?
I’ve resumed my workout routine since my gym reopened seven weeks ago. I run on the treadmill for 30 minutes at 5.5-6.0 m/ph speed. That’s very intense for me. I have NOT been tracking my daily caloric intake and assume i am getting 1800-2200 calories per day. My target for a deficit is 1700. But no results whatsoever???!…
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Should you eat high carbs after cardio ?
I just realized thanks to a free trial of MFP Premium that i eat the least amount of carbs after my regular jogging routine at noon, and the most carbs for dessert after dinner around 8pm. Would switching this up impact my hunger, cravings and energy levels?
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Losing the last five pounds
Hi everyone I am happy to report that i have lost more weight since my last forum entry and on the last 5 lbs now! I started at 175 lbs a year ago and now weigh 161 lbs. My goal is 155-157 lbs. I am 5'6 and 42 years old, on the big boned side. I jog (intensely) 3 x a week for 30-35 minutes and use a food scale or measuring…
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Your favourite benefits of exercise?
I need motivation. What are your favourite benefits of exercise?
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What happens to 1 day of excess calories
So i seriously blew it last night. After a great 2 week streak, i came home from a horrible day at work and anesthesized myself with a large bowl of tortellini, followed by two whole 100 g chocolate bars. I also had a spoonful of dulce de leche. I dont feel bad or guilty about it because i was really hurting and needed it…
