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hollywood icon?
please tell me about a hollywood icon you admire.
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Favorite Exercise Song
Hi to all! I thought that maybe we could all post our favorite exercise song du jour (you know the one that just gets your body moving!). Mine is : Hey Ya - Outkast
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Butt is dragging today
My daughter has had the flu :sick: for the last week and I have been on "barf duty" at night when it seems to be the worst. I haven't had more than four hours sleep a night since last Tuesday.:yawn: I think I may be coming down with it as well because I feel terrible today like I am going to :sick: :sick: I did manage to…
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Car accident
Did okay with exercise this week (missing 30 minutes, which I’ll do today) Calories weren't so good, but not aweful either Did great with my water (soda water is a Godsent) Didn't get any strength/core in and I was going to do one session today after church and of course as I'm pulling into the church parking lot I get…
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Update - my weekend
This weekend has for me had many trials, I did NOT touch the sweets, biscuits or any other comfort food though :drinker: To cut a looonnnnnggggg story short, my eldest son's Gf came to dinner last night, and she showed her true colours! Got VERY possessive with him, after a female text him - it turned out to be my sister,…
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When to weigh...
I usually weigh myself right away in the morning even before the morning coffee. For the BL challenge I have noticed people will do a last chance workout before weigh in. What does everyone do and have you found something that works best?
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You'll Never Make It Anyway
Oh wow, what a week I've had guys. Sick as a dog and I got a call yesterday from my mom. A little bit of back story might be required for this story. I used to weigh 70 lbs less then I do now and I had this fabulous warddrobe because I worked in a clothing store and got a huge discount (yay! for discount). But when I…
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im craving the gym!!!
its almost 10 am. I did a 5 mile run yesterday morning, weights last night at home, and now its 10 am, and im craving the gym! the only problem is..theres like a blizzard outside and everything's closed I WANT THE GYM!!!
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Purple Teams Saturday Challenge
done so far by Nicolet04 and Renae77 posted by Nicolet04 start with 20 push ups 20-60 crunches 20-90 jumping jacks 40 lunges ~~add 40 jumping jacks between each exercise~~ run in place for 2 minutes 30 reverse crunches one minute of wall sits while doing bicep curls 30 jumping jacks with weights~~palms down run stairs for…
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grateful/happy words
:smile: write about something you are grateful/happy about.:smile: i am so happy i got some new shoes! now my toes are a lot happier as i try to do a lot of walking.
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Worried for the weekend
Im ending my first full 5 days of my "new me" plan. I have stuck to my plan, done more exercising than I thought I could and have been really good about making the right decisions this week for food. It was easy because of the work I do and I am set with my schedule so I ate at the same time each day. Now comes the…
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blew it today for sure
too much wine and ham snacks :embarassed: I guess maybe if I do some more exercise on the wii tonight I can repair some of the damage:grumble: I guess the good news is I'm still maintaining my 2 lbs lost so far :ohwell:
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I get the Jillian e-mails and thought this would be helpfu
Burn, Baby, Burn How hot do you burn? The number of calories you burn in a day is known as your total energy expenditure (TEE). Rates vary from person to person, so it's crucial that you take the time to learn yours. Once you know your TEE, you will be able to balance your caloric intake and expenditure in a totally…
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favorite trait
write down a trait you have that you are proud of. ~i am a good wife and mother.
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Love a work out/ support buddy
I am almost 21 years old and need some motivation to go work out and eat right. Would anyone around my age like to be supports for each other? I would love to have someone who encourages me to work out and I would love to be the support for someone as well... I think you can mail or message on here so if you want to talk…
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New hair cut = TONS OF MOTIVATION
so for 2009 I decided to change for the better and not just lose weight either . Change ALL over, my body and mind as well as education and relationships. So I did it. I took a small step and made a big change , a change that I did not know would ahve so much effect on me. I cut and dyed my hair , ive had long hair for…
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Help Needed
I'm in need of help from you guys. I really want to drop the pounds and I'm hoping this site can help. I've made up my mind that I'm ready to lose the weight. I have the exercise part down ok but every day I wake up and say to myself that this is going to be the day that I'm going to eat right. And every day I fail. I…
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Its Saturday Purples!!!
Where are all my Purple People Eaters at?? What are we going to do today?? We need to get a challenge going. Does anyone have any ideas?? I have all day!!! I am bored and wanting to chat!! Getting my coffee drunk and watching tv and wondering who else is out there!! So if you are out there hit me!! Keep me company today!!
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How is the Red Team today?
I haven't seen any news from the Red Team today. How is everyone?
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1-10-08 gratitude
what r u grateful for today? 1 garage sales! it is fun for me to shop w/out spending much $$ 2 cold weather so i can cover up my body / clothes and look normal 3 "fitness chick" gave me great advise last night 4 www for opening up a lot of the world to me 5 typing cause my writing is barely legible
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I need a pep talk......and a kick in the butt!
I have been struggling the last couple of days with my diet....just keep slipping and i know if i don't put a stop to it soon i will fall off the wagon for a couple of days and mess up what i started on janurary first. so,what i need is a pep talk! A reminder of why im trying to get rid of this last 35 or so lbs? My goal…
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Good news, bad news
My weight dropped yesterday, but that is because I found out that I am no longer needed in the work position that I have occupied for 15 years. :cry: I have to say that that was quite a shock. We have a new boss (newly elected district attorney), but I thought I was going to be ok. I guessed wrong on that one. Fortunately…
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To keep or not to keep - that is the question...
Hey all - a while back I had put on about 40 pounds over a couple of years, and I have been working hard over another couple of years to get it back off (still not quite there). Here is my question: When I go down a clothes size, I'll go get a few items in the "new" size. People around me always say, "well, don't get rid…
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RED Team.. 1/6
Hello teammates! I love all the great work we are doing with all the wonderful challenges! Please continue to one up each other.. the motivation and drive is definitely contagious! I know I've been drinking so much water I think I'm going to float away too! My ring keeps floating around my finger! WEIRD! I'm still missing…
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Sending up the Bat Signal (Black Team 01/08/09)
Ok. I just scrolled down the entire first page of the board and no black team posts on the first page?!!?!?!? :noway: What's goin on people?!?!:noway: where are all my chatty kathys?!?!:noway: Get of your butts and lets get posting. How are you doing today? Have you gotten your ab workout in today? Have you had plenty of…
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Help! Gettng less and less motivated even though i'm losing
I am getting less motivated everyday. :frown: I don't even feel like putting in the food I eat anymore. It's become such a chore. When I first joined it was going great but recently I haven't been logging in and putting my food in the food diary. I'm surprised I am still losing weight. It has just become such a routine,…
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Feeling discouraged
Hm, I hope its not too cliche that my first post is going to be me whimpering about how discouraged I already am...:ohwell: So I decided (for the fifth or sixth time in the past year) that I'm really going to stick to my guns and I'm going to lose the weight. I had a baby and I haven't been able to get rid of the baby…
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If you've had a C-Section, read this.
Have any of you had troubles with pain in your lower abs following a c-section? I had one April of 2007 and I still have some pain in my lower abs. My upper abs are crazy strong, I can to crunches forever, but when it comes to leg lifts or leg throws I have an incredible amount of pain there. Also, after I work out those…
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Tie A Ribbon On Me Challege (TAROM) w0
Welcome to the intro week of the Tie a Ribbon On me Challenge. The reason for the name? This MFP for one reason. To get healthy, so why not do that during the holidays? You are you're own gift to yourself, the wieght we lose, the more helthy feeling we get. We can only do that for us. Why not tie a ribbon on it. Here's…
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I get the Jillian e-mails and thought this would be helpfu
Burn, Baby, Burn How hot do you burn? The number of calories you burn in a day is known as your total energy expenditure (TEE). Rates vary from person to person, so it's crucial that you take the time to learn yours. Once you know your TEE, you will be able to balance your caloric intake and expenditure in a totally…