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Love zumba classes, even though I'm always a bit lost and look stupid, whatever ! I have fun and sweat a lot which I guess is what we all looking for. Bring some sneakers (some people do barefoot) to help your knees.... Hope you'll enjoy :happy:
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hey ! cant believe no doctors explained that to you !!! it's another proofs how Drs have lack of consideration for this symptom, as long as youdont get pregnant, they just put on B/C without any other explanations.... so stupid.
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yes yes yes Freakin' slow.... but still working.... and every pound is worth it, even more for us women with PCOS, cause if not we have higher chance than the normal person to get diabetics and so on. I've lost 17 pounds (just come back from the nutrionnist) since january 2012, so yes it's much slower than the average…
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one of the numerous foreign people who works as researchers in the us.... Molecular biology field. And looking for another job (in San diego please !).
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San diego too !
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French girl in love with SoCal since 3 years now.... Any foreign people in the us ? I'd be happy to have your input about food ! Because even I like it here, I miss french food !!!
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"When are you due, you should be so excited ?" (random people at the supermarket or so) "hmmm.... i'm not pregnant" (me thinking: can I disappear, now ?) and also, not embarassing, but making me feeling very bad, when my dad (who has always be very mean to me with my weight) offered me a scale for christmas :cry:
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I'm really sorry when I read such story. If he does not know about nutrition, then he send you to somebody who knows more about it. Reminds me this horrible ob/gyn I had in France. She made me cry one time with my weight, gave me such a restrictive regime that I lost 10 pounds quickly but gained 20 back (because it was…
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dont like the gym, still do sport every day (or almost).... i'm luck enough to live 10 blocks from the beach in a sunny city ! so I mostly bike, swim, and other water related activities. I also do yoga/zumba/various classes, with my girlfriends. Ok, I also have a gym in my condo... so it's pretty convenient... in that case…
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Biking all the time in my (busy crazy awesome) neighboorhood and to the beach (san diego). But usually early morning (6-7 am), I feel safer that way !! and I always go with my cellphone too. And can not be too afraid, I leave by myself and my family is 10000 km away... now I have to go surfing by myself !!! good luck !
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Lot of tweens on this topic !!! Join in february, lost 12 pounds (I think it's a bit more, but not more than 15). I think if you really overweight (300 or so) you're gonna loose faster at the beginning. Good things with exercises, even if you dont loose that much, it's still make your body looks smaller... and this is a…
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Amazing and inspiring !!! Just wanted to say that you look much less than 199 !!
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I'm a zumba fan !!! I think it's easier to take a class than at home with a DVD, I also think it's very entertaining to sweat and jump with very loud music :) Totally recommend it, but in alternance with other kind of exercises as somebody said. Good luck !
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ahah i'm happy to see people that have been waiting !! I have a combination of PhD program (well it's over) and moving from Europe to USA, long relationship in my 20s brutally over, and then couple of single life years (with lots of fun though !). we'll see....
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It's so funny to read this, I am french with a very strong accent even after 3 years in the us ! but americans (especially guys ;) seem to love it, they tell me that all the time (after making me repeating the same stuff 3 times !) I dont get it, because when I hear other fench people speak english, I find it horrible…
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French girl in love with san diego and SoCal since 3 years ! i am living in Pb and working at Scripps in La jolla. Love biking to the beach/the bay, scubadiving (but the water is cold !!!), and i'm a very beginner surfer. Feel free to add me as a friend !
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beautiful story !!!
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Hi Madison, I'm long time (well 8 years) scuba diver and overweight... this is not the main reason why I want to getting in shape, but it's one of the reasons... I'm actually going diving this weekend, cant wait :) Sophie
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In France our biggest soda size is smaller than the smallest soda at the movie theater where I am going here in the US... no free refills... I dont know if it's a good thing to regulate it but I do remember how I was shocked by the american soda size !!
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Ofcourse cheese has to be aged ! I'm not a huge fan of moisty cheeses (aka blue cheese) but some people are !!! Damn I like lot of things in USA but i miss my french cheese !
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i'm from France, and I miss cheese so muchhhh !!!! I mean real stinky cheese !!! (although that's not very compatible with diet anyway)
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1) plann ahead for food, especially if you go out for dinner 2) eating less but more often 3) time for exercise. Every day ! no excuse ! 4) telling your friends about diet and no, you dont want margharitas tonight. 5) as already seen, not weighting 15 times/day 6) MFP community is AWESOME !!!
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Like other people here, looking for healthy weight... I've never ever been size 2 anyway !! I'd be very happy with 8 (went from 14-16 to 12 so far...)
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beautiful kid and beautiful mum !!! amazing & inspiring !
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this is funny that you say that about france, because I had the opposite feeling, only french nationals... at least it was the case in my hometown and I would never recommend to an american fellow to go to france for postdoc... Anyway, saw you were in SoCal too ? is it you on the surfing pic ? because it's pretty awesome…
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I bet you have done lots of sport, because like everybody else said, you look much more than 20 pounds less. Awesome job anyway !
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Thank you for support !! it's funny (well kinda) because in France they really encourage us to go abroad (there's very few job home anyway...). but that's true that there are very few americans in the institutes that I know, dont know why. What do you work on with PhD in economics ?
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Well, united states is international for me, I'm from France. And I got to say, 3 years after leaving everything (friends, family and hometown) to come here (which I never regret, and I love California (not the famous gloome june)) .... I would like to stay a bit more in San diego. Ofcourse without a job, I have to leave…
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PhD in Molecular genetics (done in my homeland, France) and postdoc for 3 years in the best city (San diego CA). Actually looking for a new one because my lab is running soon of monney :(((( PhD in biology is not the best idea for getting a nice stable job (I'm even not talking about salaries !) ans always looking for MFP…