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  • Cheers to you Lucille51!! I just turned 50 and I'm still upholding the promise I made to my best friend at 8 to never grow up!! Love your pic!! Thanks for making me smile and chuckle :laugh:
  • I suggest adding weight training if you don't already. Just doing cardio, your body will plateau unless you keep doing more and more and nobody has that much time in a day! By building muscle you change your metabolism. And you won't get "too big" which many women think will happen. We don't have enough testosterone to…
  • Wow!! You're dedication is admirable but don't push so hard that you're limited for good! Your feet never get rest in the sense that even resting from workouts you still need to get around. So if you can't walk at a regular pace you'll definitely put them under too much stress if you do a 10K. There is always a 10K to run…
  • I have never read that! But one thing I dd learn was that taking advil or excedrin pm to sleep (which I did too) isn't good because the advil or excedrin part of the drug is bad for the liver. so if you need something for sleep, the plain old sominex had just the sleep medicine. Also, if you take melatonin on a regular…
  • Hi Sara! Good job on setting incremental goals and checking off what you've accomplished! You should be proud of yourself : ) You can get by for a while eating whatever as long as it's in the calorie limits but eventually you will plateau and maybe even run out of energy to maintain your momentum. Quality calories are…
  • Just remember you burn calories running around with your children! Also, you didn't gain pounds all over night so take it in increments. 10% of your weight or 5 lbs. at a time. Try to make your workout a "play date" with your children too. This gets them in the habit of knowing that movement is fun! When it's cold out, put…
  • I love mini Dove Bars for that craving. They're 60 calories each and oh so yummy!
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