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Hi and welcome! Like Marina, I started off with the calorie monitoring. Then I started walking a bit, then I started walking more. Then I consulted a nutritionist and I'm still making one change at a time with him. Recently I started aquafit classes and then a couple weeks later started strength training twice a week. So…
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Fantastic! I remember that feeling myself! Now I'm shooting for the 250s! LOL We can do this!
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I think it depends whether your goal is losing weight or eating healthier. Yes, you can continue to lose weight by managing your calories and therefore eating those things but they aren't necessarily the best option for you if you shooting for better health. Here's what my nutritionist has told me about thes five foods: 1-…
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Hey Michael! Welcome and good luck in your journey! I've lost 75 pounds and I have about 100 to 120 more to lose so feel free to add me! Caroline
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What ISN'T cute about solarpower03??? Perhaps rugged and manly would be better. :)
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Male and female rats may have sex twenty times a day. (Imagine if they were like pigs and orgasms lasted 30 minutes each??? WOW!)
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I started at 352 in January and I'm down 71 pounds. Always looking for friends to motivate and be motivated by! :)
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I've been told to eat lightly before exercising, some protein for muscle (which I am also supposed to eat after to repair muscle) and some carbs for fuel during the workout. But don't overdo it... just a light "snack" type meal before. Again, this is what I've been told by my nutritionist and my fitness trainer so I am…
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I recently started making a huge batch of oatmeal on Sundays and put it right away in containers so I have breakfast for 5 days that I can grab and go. I make it with almond or coconut milk instead of water, a bit of cinnamon and a splash of vanilla. I grab it in the morning, throw it in the microwave and once heated, I…
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Two on the go right now... Lord of the FLies (a classic I never read) and The Birth House by AMi McKay. I'm only on page 30 so I can't tell you if it's any good yet. It's an old historical type novel about Nova Scotia and midwifery in the 1900s.
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HI there! I have to admit it took about 15-20 pounds for me to "feel" it. I started at a heavier weight than yourself too though. I've lost almost 4 sizes but it's taken 70 pounds to do that. It's hard to "see" it sometimes because you see yourself every day but you'll start noticing small things like seeing your belly…
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I would also add... FIBER!!! That should help with your "intestinal difficulties". :)
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The benefit of doing weights is that it builds muscle and muscle needs energy to just "exist". So by building muscle, you burn calories when you're not even doing anything. This doesn't mean you need to become bulky or anything. By strengthening your muscles, they'll start working for you. I've been told this is why men…
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Bump!
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^^ THIS! ^^ I really dislike cucumbers... they're slimy and they taste weird. I put them in my salads as a filler. I can't taste them as much with the other stuff in there. :)
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I steam it and let it cool, press it in a sieve to remove the moisture, then mix it into ground turkey with feta cheese and some red onion and make burgers. :)
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Hi from Ottawa! I still have about 100 pounds to lose so feel free to add me. I'll be here for a while. :)
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Congratulations! I'm looking forward to seeing that number myself!
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I'll give it a shot!
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My trainer has also told me that interval training will burn more calories (haven't tried it yet to confirm). So if you run at 5 mph, do that for 1 minute, then slow it back down for 1 minute to recover at about 3 mph, then repeat. Of course the speeds are just an example. Using a HRM, you should be in the fat burning rate…
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So does that mean children whose parents have chosen not to care for them or are unable to should not be adopted? Because essentially that's what you are saying. The "acquisition" (please excuse the use of this word in this context) of a child via adoption means the adoptive parents have not "gotten it as intended" (your…
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I swear by this stuff now. My nutritionist has been encouraging me to eat 2 teaspoons of it a day plus use it on skin, hair, and in cooking. It's better than olive oil to cook with because it withstands heat where olive oil does not. I melt it on popcorn mixed with a bit of butter. I've melted it on asparagus instead of…
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They're wearing SPANX!!! (2 sizes too small...) ;)
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Don't let that stop you from eating them! I add them to my salads with other types of seeds like sunflower and hemp seeds! Soooo healthy for you! They're worth every calorie!
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Ottawa here too!
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I am right now. I'm 5'4 he's 5'1... :)
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There is no try, there is only do or do not.
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I got pregnant with my first at 27 but miscarried. I had my son at 30 and let me tell you that after 3 days in the hospital (c-section) when they told me (excitedly I might add) that I could finally go home... I refused. :) I was terrified and couldn't believe they were going to let me bring that little person home! I…
