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Good to know! In the cold, I've been wearing my regular capris (it's only down to 30s [F] here in the evening at the lowest), with a long sleeve top & sweatshirt on top. It seems to be the right spot for me... so far! Not sure what I'll do when the snow hits and the temps get below 0*. I know runner friends of mine use a…

That's what's crazy-- you're absolutely right about the older kids. My kids are given chores, and I'm NOT a believer in total-kid-freedom, I'm really not. But I don't think kids should be responsible for almost everything a younger sibling needs, I just don't think that's reasonable. BUT, the older kids seem really…

I don't know that the kids would be motivated to behave due to TV cameras. That's absolutely motivation for the parents, but the kids wouldn't feel obligated to do that. The reason all of those kids can be controlled is because the mom takes care of the infant-of-the-moment which the older daughters do the child-rearing of…

Geeeze! LOL The other posters of MFP are "fine without your criticism," too. I don't know, I'm torn about the Duggars. They seem like great people, but I just can't get past how the older kids practically raise the younger ones. And just like I think God's OK with my husband taking the medication that he would die without,…

I think you're going to find mixed philosophies, some people will tell you you NEED shoes, others will tell you that God/nature made your foot just fine, and humans have been using very little/if any shoe support for millinea living much more active lives than many of us. I personally am the latter, but think people should…

Awesome! I'm going to reasess at the end of this, I might want to repeat the 30DS once before moving up, but I love that you're doing this!

Nevermind, I don't have time this afternoon, and I think I confused the person I quoted for someone else. :) I'd delete if I could, but for now "nevermind" will have to suffice.

This is a perennial topic on here! :) I think men are like women, some like this, some like that. In my experience, if I had to make a generalization, it'd be that men like healthy-looking women. Not too skinny, but love handles & cellulite aren't a turn-on, either. As long as a person looks pretty healthy, I think that's…

I'm not a carb-counter specifically, but this is my bread! I don't think it's even any different than "regular" bread (if you're already a 100% WG person anyway), I think it's just sliced thinner. I can't notice a taste difference at all, I honestly think it's just thinner, and that's not noticable to the mouth eating it,…

Re: exercise. Who said this? I read it here: "if you want to look better in your clothes, diet. If you want to look better naked, workout." Eating back calories- exercise can matter as much as diet in weight loss. It depends how you want to run it. You can build your day anyway you choose to create a deficit. I like to…

That's exactly it! Maybe because my formative years were spent too skinny, I never 'got' the obsession with the scale. If you're feeling & looking better, who cares? :) I record my weight, and I watch it, but what I WANT is to look and feel great. Id rather the scale was 20 lbs higher & I looked & felt better, than…

We're like that too, though we've been married for almost 9 years. I think some people fight, and some people discuss, I guess we're just discussers. I think people are short-sighted to think/say that people who don't fight aren't passionate, or must not communicate, I think that is probably true for some people. For other…

Oh, my gosh, I'm going to skip today. Who else has a sore back in level 2? I tried to focus on it in Yoga yesterday, and got a massage last night, and mine is still bugging me. LOL I'll be back in tomorrow, but I do need the day off from this today. I did make my first 20 minute run in the C25K today! Woot!

I think it's just about what works for you! And if that works for you, that is AWESOME! :) Me? I whole-heartedly agree with "I burned X calories, I can afford X," in an "eating back your calories" way, but not in a general thought kind of way. It is easy for most people to think "I worked out hard, I'll eat whatever." And…

Ug, I'm stalled. I had to re-run w5/d2 the other day after an injury, so I was planning on w5/d3 tonight, but I don't want to run in freezing rain. It's inevitable now that winter approaches, but I'm just not eager for the treadmill. So I'm planning on doing w5/d3 tomorrow morning on the treadmill... What do i need to…

Twice today and I'm at 17 now! Never doing that again, though. LOL So I'm 17, 10 level 1, 7 level 2. How can that be, though? I still feel like I'm doing level 2 for the first time, every time. Those plank jumping moves are so hard. It's up to you! Don't beat yourself up. Just get back on the horse. :)

You're not super selfish, you are practical, and that's wise. It's hard, because if you want another baby, you WANT ANOTHER BABY (trust me, I know, I WANT one, but DH is done!). But, IMO, the person who doesn't want the baby wins. It's that important. Having a baby changes the status quo to SUCH a huge degree that the…

All the battles that result of any mention of "muscle building," "toning," and all the other hot-button / can't-wait-to-disprove-somebody issues aside, I do think it's important to work on core, even if there's fat above it. True, you won't have a "6-pack" until the fat is gone, if that is your goal, but as others have…

Love hearing about the progress!! I'm so impressed with this shred, and SO impressed with this group! Love this post particularly: woot! I'm trying to remember where I am... I know I'm behind the group some. Day 14, 15.

Do you want to have kids and pets in the future? Will you be happy enough if he cares for them JUST for your benefit, or will you rather have a partner who is involved in that way of his OWN accord, kwim? Because there will be posters who say their husband miraculously started caring about kids and animals later, and there…

I agree that it kind of depends what you want in life. If you don't want to have children and pets in the future, he's a fine match for you. Me, I knew I'd want children, and pets, so this person would not be a good match for me. I wouldn't want to invest my life in him, if he wasn't going to be someone I'd want to spend…

I love using some Ranch seasoning in Greek Yogurt, and dipping these in! I try not to think they're TOO different from potato chips, but they have less calories and taste better, for sure!

Wow, how many PMs did you get? That's crazy. Enjoy life, ignore crazy people. Good luck!

I am on day 14, I am keeping up the other work I've always done (spinning at least once a week, yoga twice, and walking- though my walking is being replaced by running), and I also am working on the C25K-- I've had a couple of set backs but am at the end of week 5 right now. These things together, and I think I credit the…

I have started c25k 4 times, currently on my 5th. The second time, my knee swelled so badly that I couldn't even go to spin class (no impact, but of course knees are moving). I decided to see an orthopedic guy then. He did tell me that some people basically aren't made to be runners. I asked a few Qs about human history,…

I don't, either. Or rather, vegetarians can be picky eaters, and meat-eaters can be picky eaters, and vice versa. When I have vegetarian dinner guests, I think of them in the same way I think of Jewish dinner guests. I would never think of a Jew as "picky" because they don't eat pork,or even if they keep kosher. That's…

Yes, been there! For me it's when I start questioning, then over thinking. Then whatever word it is just seems wrong! I am typing on my iPad right now, & I know it "corrects" me to some random word sometimes, and that's even worse!

I agree with that! Im not saying that I wouldn't magically make my body look more like, say Christina hendricks', true, but I feel good about myself. I think it is because I just don't put AS much concern into my physical appearance as I used to. I feel good about who I am, and though I feel pretty good about my…

You look great! And are yet another reason I care less about the number on tha scale that other indicators!

Wow. You look awesome! Great job!