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Get ready to fall. A lot. The first day of snowboarding can be really difficult, but if you stick with it and learn to turn, it's the most exhilarating enjoyable activity. There's just a lot of falling in the beginning. You might want to wear wrist guards if you have them because the reflex tends to be if you fall back to…
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I like the Healthy Choice meals. They have a good mix of veggies and protein and are steamed. They also don't require intermediate stirring while cooking--pop in the microwave and they're ready in 5 ish minutes. Obviously they're going to be higher in sodium than your fresh food equivalent, and potentially sugars with the…
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This was brilliant. Well written, and enjoyable. Much more enjoyable to read than I imagine those cookies were to eat.
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Kelly Coffrey-Meyer's 30 minutes to fitness DVDs are excellent. I highly recommend them for a mix of cardio and resistance training. Requires at the least either dumbbells or a kettlebell depending on the DVD. There's also a great olympic lifting program on one of them. They're structured as interval training for the most…
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I started with stronglifts too. I liked that it got me familiar with the barbell, as it was my first time using it, rather than jumping right into NROLFW, but I definitely plan to go back to stronglifts after I finish NROLFW (currently on Stage 3) to build strengths and my specific barbell lifts. I like the constantly…
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I marinate mine with a bit of teryaki sauce, honey, and brown sugar mixed together until the sugar dissolves. I don't have exact quantities, but it's really tasty and literally takes one minute to prepare. Then I simply throw it on a pan on the stovetop and cook until lightly browned (total about 15 minutes, flipping…
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I think it's the best flavor. I love the texture most of all, and the mix ins make it even better! I wouldn't have tried it if not for this thread.
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I have both as well. I've had my fitbit for almost two months now, and I love it! I've found it to be fairly accurate, and it gives a good idea of how many calories you should be consuming to lose the amount of weight per week you set it to based on your activity level. Make sure you have the negative calorie adjustments…
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I take an iron supplement and a mutlivitamin, but would love to find a good potassium supplement as I never seem to get enough, and my multi only has like 85mg.
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I'm about half way through stage one. This week is tough though, because my schedule got changed around, so I'm only going to be able to do one workout, or do two back to back days....I'm thinking I should just do an all around lifting day, and then continue with the actual schedule next week. :/ Can anyone weigh in on…
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The p28 wraps are very tasty!! I use half of one to make my lunch sandwiches, because they're so big. Delicious! Worth the extra cost for the added protein, in my opinion.
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Yes!! I tried to make protein pancakes. They came out so soupy and gross. I ended up throwing the batter again and using batter out of a box for my breakfast. -_- Have thankfully made them successfully since, but it was a terrible experience for someone who's super new to cooking.
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My gym is my company's little gym. I like it because they have all the lifting equipment I need, it's small and I'm often the only one there in the evenings, and when there are other people we instantly have something in common beyond our fitness: we work at the same place! Plus it's a mile from our plant, on my way home…
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Honestly, because I hate having to ask. I've looked 4 times for both before I even came here and asked. Asking people for help is something I've never really been comfortable doing, especially when it's something as simple as finding something in a store. :/ Faster, more convenient and immediately gratifying, yes. But…
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Thank you so much for the advice! Yeah, when I make it, I'll definitely make it the first few times with the traditional ingredients. When I start getting creative is when my cooking goes wrong, and then I get upset. ^-^; Is it terrible that I didn't know the bolded part? So I could have completely missed it because it was…
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Okay, making my own is a really great idea. I hadn't really considered that an option! Hm, it could be there for me too, now that you mention it. There's a little kiosk type refrigerated section by the meat counter that I haven't really looked at... Thank you all! I now know I can, at the very least, make one of the two.…
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Huh. I can't seem to find it with the dips (which are with the yogurts in my store, at least some of them). Maybe I just don't know what the packaging looks like. I know there are peanut butters with the cheeses that look like they're going to be hummus from afar, but aren't. And, as for the edamame, I looked in the frozen…
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Agreed! I love the one that says In Soviet Russia, the dead lift you. Hahaha. Kudos to that person. c:
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I purposely picked a picture that didn't really show my size...(but did show my awesome shark helmet cover :) ) I guess I just didn't want to be judged for being skinny-fat . And yet, having been here a little while now, I would be comfortable with a different picture more indicative of my current weight-loss state.
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Agreed! I feel like I can stop whenever I want when I workout at home (and usually do by the third set of an HIIT video), but if I allocate gym time, I'm going to make sure I get all my planned sets/reps in while I'm there. There's something about the fact that someone /could/ be watching that is a great motivator.
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Thank you for posting this! I've been wanting to try this for a while now, but not being a huge zucchini person, I was skeptical. I'll have to give it a try now! :)
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Pink's "So What"
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Hm, I did my shrugs at the rack today. It was my first time actually doing them with a barbell instead of free weights. Guess now I know etiquette wise the regulars were probably mad at me. ^-^' But at least I got my squats in too.
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Relient K - Who I Am's Not Who I've Been David Dunn - Today is Beautiful Mandisa - Good Morning Unspoken - Start a Fire Mercy Me - Move Mercy Me - Greater Danny Gokey - Hope in Front of Me Tneth Avenue North - No Man is an Island Anberlin - Impossible Jamie Grace - Do Life Big Jamie Grace - Beautiful Day Toby Mac - Speak…
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I have found that the Kelly Coffey-Meyer 30 minutes to fitness DVDs are very good. There are a wide variety of them for strength training, and they often have more than one routine on them (the Olympic Lifting one on the LIFT DVD is my favorite!). 30 Minutes to Fitness Lift and 30 Minutes to Fitness Strength are the ones…
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As long as the the hr sensor is flat against your wrist and somewhat tight, it should read fine. Mine fits the exact same way and seems to work. Although I only just got mine as well.
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I just got my fitbit today. Can't wait to start tracking for real with it tomorrow~ https://www.fitbit.com/user/3LC3Z5
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What are your stats? Mine was the same way, and although I thought it was weird, I never tried to fix it. I just figured my deficit would put me at an unhealthy level of calories either way... I've got mine set to sedentary, 1 lb/wk loss, 121 lb (CW), 115 lb (GW), 5'6''.
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I do a lot of both. On gym days I use the treadmill, other days I run outside. I generally find that I can run further and with a lot less effort on the treadmill than outside, at about the same pace. But I enjoy running outside more, even if I get tired faster and have to walk for a bit, because it's prettier and more…
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Okay, this was me until about a month ago. I think what really gave me that 'ah-hah' moment of 'I can cook!' was watching a bunch of YouTube videos on how to prepare easy breakfast/lunch/dinners for people trying to lose weight and don't really cook. I cooked myself dinner for the first time on Monday, and it was…
