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Serious question. I love lifting and think all women who are able should try it out. It has amazing benefits. However, sometimes the weight area of the gym can be intimidating to a woman who is starting out lifting for the first time, especially if the number of men is significantly greater than the # of women in the…
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I'm right at 25.8 myself! So close!! It motivates me so much. I can't wait to get down to 24.something :) or less!
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My home and my masters degree. I will be paying for both for a loooooong time, but in the long run those are probably the two most valuable things I could have ever purchased for myself!
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I burned 25 calories just reading this thread. Got me all worked up. BRB, i hear thunder outside.
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I like breakfast.
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Order something small and take it home. Texting at the table is rude too.
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You're awesome!
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I obviously need to go to sleep, I read this as "The C3PO diet" and I was trying to figure out how a Star Wars diet would work... I agree with the above poster; let her give it a shot, chances are she'll not be able to keep it up for long (I always seem to have a friend starting a diet here or there and a week later…
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I am so sorry you've had to go through all those things. Stress is definitely going to cause you to not feel your healthiest. When your mind is occupied it is a lot easier to put your health on the back burner, and there has been some stuff I've read about stress affecting your body's ability to efficiently burn calories.…
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I am watching my sodium as well - I have learned from logging that I am eating WAY too much (thank you MFP for keeping me honest...) You just have to read labels like a hawk. There's sodium in a lot of things and it can be easy to go up. For example, i was eating two egg whites + 1 tsp Tapatio hot sauce with my breakfast,…
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Oh, I remember those days. I think I need to surround myself with more people playing and having fun so I say "I'm done!!" and just go run around outside. :)
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I've been reading a few today and they are super aggro for some reason, its just so unpleasant! I'm all about support and encouragement, and your advice (and the rest in this thread) has been excellent. The results speak for themselves - your back look great!
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I love, love, love weight lifting. Agreed about compound moves, start out with what you can do with good form and all you can do is go up from there! In addition to the obvious physical benefits, there's something very mentally rewarding about feeling so strong and so powerful. Its addicting in a totally awesome way! I…
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It usually works but the past 48 hours its been buggy... I just have to keep track on both places for now I guess!
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Saw some abs under the flabs - finally getting some definition!
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I'm a female. I have a high voice. I have reproductive organs inside of my body, and buy groceries.
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Seriously one of the most underrated bands of the 90s. Electriclarryland is a great album.
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Heck yes I do. Won't get on a bike without one. You only get one noggin, protect at all costs!
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Sometimes this is just how genetics shapes our bodies. I've always had a "pooch" even when I was at my fittest as a competitive distance runner! My mom and aunt had one too, so I do whatever I can to work with that and just try to get my overall weight down and health up. That said, drinking water, more water, and more…
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I'm still figuring out mine, but what seems to work for me now is using MFP to log food, but to use the FitBit site to log exercise. You can use the FitBit to log an "activity", and it does pretty good tracking things like elliptical, walking, and running. I separately log strength training. The fitBit calories carry over…
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Studies show that immediately cooling your body after working out can help with muscle soreness. After a hard workout I take a cold bath for 10 minutes, and then a normal temp (not too hot) shower. It helps a lot!
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I hope you seek a second opinion. I went to a doctor when my knees were hurting, and his "advice" was to 1) lose 40 lbs (at the time, I weighed around 160, and at a muscular 5'7" I have NEVER been 120 since I went through puberty) and to stop running and eat no more than 1100 calories a day. "You'll be hungry all the time,…
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"I love a martini, Two at the most. Three I'm under the table, Four I'm under the host." - Dorothy Parker But seriously I do like red wine. I have matured my drinking as I've matured; I'm much more selective and particular, and I try to drink to enjoy. I struggle with depression though, and alcohol being a depressant means…
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I tried to speak up for other Diet Sodas and our appetite for babies, but all anyone wants to talk about is how eating babies is bad. Look, Diet Soda's gotta eat, it can't be helped that all we want to eat are babies. And its funny you should mention it, I am smothering myself with biscuits and gravy right now. It is a…
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I was 28 and had just suffered a major loss in my family. I was actually seeing someone else, but due to several factors that did not work out. My fiance and I started off just as friends, and after I began coming out of the "grief haze" I had been feeling, and a soul-cleansing trip to Europe, I came back and began talking…
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Oh my gawd, that is awesome. Buffets are my weakness. I seriously cannot even control myself. You are awesome - you should feel great!!
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The weather in Chicago is starting to turn, and even though it was gray, windy, and wet outside... and even though I rocked out at the gym yesterday and will be going again tomorrow morning... I still put on my running shoes and did 2 miles tonight. Thanks to my run I came in just barely under my calorie goal!
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As a diet soda, I just really feel persecuted for my appetite for babies. i can't help that I am who I am. i'm a diet soda, and I eat babies. There isn't much else I can do about it and I will no longer be ashamed.
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I don't fit right into a lot of different brands. I have had luck with them so I stick with them every time! I had to kiss a lot of frogs...
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Black House/White Market makes FABULOUS jeans. Made for curvy types, with a little bit of stretch, normal waistlines (not too high, not too low, just right like goldilocks). They're kind with sizing too, meaning, if you're a 10 normally you could probably fit well into an 8. They are so flattering. Every time I wear mine…
