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This is an interesting thread! My husband and I play with the idea of building a dojo on the roof of our house and we enjoy talking about it. So far we know it will be one large training room with wooden floor and high ceiling (we use weapons, some of them are long). One wall will be full of mirrors, probably the 'front'…

Hello all! I'm Elli, 40 - I started karate 4 years ago while living in Okinawa and I immediately fell in love with it. It was a whole new world for me and I loved everything - the training, the people, the whole culture. I reached 3rd kyu and then I had to move countries, so I had to find a new school. I struggled a bit,…

Thanks enterdanger! Boy club, lol! I'm sure we'll have lots to learn! Evan Geoffrey sounds really nice! Good choice! We're not sure yet for ours. My husband is french, and we're thinking for a purely french name for our first. We both like Guillaume (the french version of William), but we are not decided, and we have no…

I have great news! My results are back and baby is healthy! Yay! Plus, we now know for sure it's a boy! We are both super happy! I can finally relax and enjoy my pregnancy! :)

Just realized I never updated this thread. My papp-A results were not good after all and we decided to do an amnio. I had it last Friday and we should be getting the very first results soon. Fingers crossed!

Hi! Congrats on your pregnancy! I'm due on Jan 24, so I'm just a bit ahead of you. I also gained ~3.5kg during my first trimester and I am a bit worried about my weight gain. Now, at 19 weeks, I'm at +4.5kg and my doc recommended not to gain for the next month, especially since I already have some back pain. I just started…

I'll have my 1st trimester screening on Monday and once we have the results at hand I'll discuss my options with my doctor. I think, if my results are good, I'll go for the non invasive blood test, if not I'll have an amnio. As far as I understand the blood test can only check for specific chromosomal disorders, while with…

Thanks for the support! 1 in 10,000 is an excellent result, congrats! I hope mine will be good too so that I can avoid having an amnio (I'm 39 by the way). This is something I'll be discussing with my doc in a few weeks... As for the weight gain... I've been here for a few years, I lost about 23kg (50lbs) back in 2013 and…

(I suppose you mean January 2017, right? :smile: ) I'm due January 24. It's my first pregnancy so all is new to me. I'm quite scared of the weight gain, especially since for the past couple years I've been logging faithfully to MFP... My first big screening is in a week, and I'm getting impatient and quite anxious (I have…

1. What made you accept the invitation or join? 2. What's your biggest challenge when it comes to your fitness? 3. Why are you enough right now? 4. How do you define a successful day in your life? 1. Hi Steve! I've been following your posts for a couple years now and I enjoy very much your insight. I enjoy learning very…

Sit together with the child and do the homework together. Studying is a skill that needs to be learned, it's not something that kids do automatically.

Protein is important in weight loss because it helps minimizing loss of muscle mass. For the average non-dieting population, the needs in protein are lower, which explains why there is no that much protein consumption in the blue zones. Basically the amount of protein you need depends on your goals and your current body…

I'll try again with month, with a more realistic goal of 30km. 3.6km done up to today.

I struggled very much this month with both exercise and diet. I managed to only do 26.5km out of 100... What can I say, hopefully I'll be able to build up again to 100+ kms.

Name: Elli Age: 38 Height: 162cm Start Weight (1st November): 72.9 kg Goal Weight (1st December):70.4 kg 1st November: 72.9 8th November: 72.3 15th November: 73.1 22nd November: 29th November: 1st December: Weight lost/gained this week: +0.8 kg Weight lost/gained this month:+0.2 kg Successes/struggles this week: I messed…

Name: Elli Age: 38 Height: 162cm Start Weight (1st November): 72.9 kg Goal Weight (1st December):70.4 kg 1st November: 72.9 8th November: 72.3 15th November: 22nd November: 29th November: 1st December: Weight lost/gained this week: 0.6kg Weight lost/gained this month: Successes/struggles this week: Going out with friends…

Hi all. I just discovered this thread, and I could use some challenge to get me going in my weight loss. So here it goes: Name: Elli Age: 38 Height: 162cm Start Weight (1st November): 72.9 kg Goal Weight (1st December):70.4 kg 1st November: 72.9 8th November: 15th November: 22nd November: 29th November: 1st December:…

After a long time on hiatus, I would like to join you again. It has helped me a lot to get km done in the past and I'm glad people still stick to this challenge! I'm going for 100km this time. It used to be easy a year or so back, but nowadays I don't move that much on my own, so I need something to get me moving...

Today's breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I forgot to grab a pic of a chicken pesto baguette I had as an afternoon snack.

oh wow, beautiful bentos everyone! I need to keep practicing! Here's mine for today, I tried to pack as tightly as possible and it worked, the bento was intact at lunch time! hijiki rice, scrambled eggs with onions, chicken skewers (without the skewers, they would not fit in the box), and slices of cucumber & carrot for…

On Asahi shinbun today http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201502200065 The bentos are cute but I felt a bit sorry for the mother...

haha, @bio_fit, I also live in Japan for *gasp* almost 3 years now and my Japanese is horrible. And I have to confess that I went to buy a bento box a couple weeks ago, inspired by this thread :) Most of the time I use tupperware as well instead. To my defense, the local daiso had hardly any options! (I live in rural Japan)

I'm one of those people that don't really like exercise, so when I first started my efforts to lose weight I forced it. It was difficult and I did not enjoy it but my weight going down and the feeling that I was doing something good for my body were enough as a reward and motivation to keep pushing. And then, I almost…

Hi Steve, I've been lurking in this thread for a while and learning a lot. Thank you very much for your time and the so well thought out and balanced comments. Reading your posts is a pleasure. I have a different type of question, about something that is not discussed as much: stretching. I know very little about…

sauteed shrimps with lemon & garlic, broccoli, carrots

oh wow, these owl cups and bowls are so cute! I decided today to get more serious about planning my food, so here's today's bentos - chicken stirfry with boiled broccoli, some leftover pea & potato stew and a few olives for lunch - half an apple and a piece of spanakopita for snack The pic is from this morning when I…

Leek, ham and mushroom tart ETA: omg, Acg67, your food always looks fantastic!

Aiming at 100km this month. 5.7km done up to now.

I forgot to post my kms - 49.1km total for January! I guess my initial goal of 30km was too modest!