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You're only as good as your initial instructor though. We're better shots in the military generally because we did not pick up a bunch of bad habits from well meaning dads/uncles as a kid like most guys do. I hit the Primary Marksmanship Instructor lotto jackpot at Parris Island. He held the record for the LEAST "range…
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Sgt/USMC/Ret 2/00-4/06 I made the current military signature block; I already have a new list of names waiting to be added and am happy to add any new faces that posted here unless they object. I've found running any type of "challege" catering to those that make up our roster complicated. We all have such vastly different…
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Straight sour cream. Would eat a whole container as a kid. Have learned to restrain myself as an adult but my hubby still gags if I lick the spoon after we're all done serving.
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Awesome! Now I'm even more confident Target is going to be my first stop because, come to think of it... their maternity yoga pants were a pregnancy wardrobe staple for me and they were plenty long! Extra nice because it's literally only a couple blocks out of the way from the gym, they're open now while ON is up the…
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Thanks ladies! Yeah, I'm extremely impatient so it'll have to be someplace I can hit up before going to the gym today and still be able to get a decent workout in before their daycare center closes at 1pm. I'm in NW Denver, so pretty much everything is within reach. A person on my page recommended Costco, which I'm pretty…
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For those who are saying only push to 80% / conversational-level or whatever, those are relics from that old 140bpm rule. The listen to your body rule still applies; I only stopped running when I started pulling/tearing round ligaments. After awhile you'll probably want to do away with outside groundpounding in lieu of a…
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(edited to add: I like what previous poster put about labor being a "sport" and preparing for it. Even though I overate with my first, I stayed pretty active and it really paid off in L&D. From admission to delivery my labor times for my 3 kids were 4hrs for my 1st, 90 min for my 2nd -both narcotic relief only - 2nd baby…
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I'm just trying to envision you at a hockey game, yelling out in a voice we usually reserve to intimidate men, spewing the most creative strings of obscenities most people wouldn't be caught dead repeating in any other circumstances with a beautiful, delicate, precious little glowing faerie on your derrière. The stark…
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Oh crap... all those posts where I mentioned my husband *gasp* People are gunna think I'm straight! Oh no! All those women out there who appeal to my Kinsey-2 tendencies are going to feel neglected. Now that I've mentioned I'm not a "0", now ALL the homophobic women out there are going to think I'm sexually attracted to…
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Dreyer's Coffee Ice Cream! You can eat twice as much as most regular ice cream! <3
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Luckily for the OP, I'm guessing his Kinsey-scale rating is about 5-6 points lower than the model in his avatar ;)
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Way to go! Every woman needs a little bit of curves to look sexy and feminine. Especially if they're tight toned muscular one's. You can work towards a healthier build and still have total control of your journey every step of the way. Just gotta work towards a new definition of perfect. The changing your definition is the…
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Huh? *** KittyGamer: find a local gun safety class and range. Just remember, you're only as good as your instructor. Zenwarrior77: OMG, I laughed so hard I almost peed myself!
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It's actually one of the most common charges for female military lock-ups, I'd know ;) Rare for the guys though. Marines like to joke "TAD" really stands for "Temporarily Assigned Divorce". When hubby switched to the Army, he's like, oh... it's "TDY" now, so that's not possible. Until I quipped back, "Temporarily…
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Woot! Hey, I'm going to add you to the military roster if you don't mind. Let me know if you rate a "Ret" designation (traditional or medical)
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Also, if you have ANY sort of calorie deficit, you will not "build/grow" muscles. IT IS PHYSICALLY & SCIENTIFICLY IMPOSSIBLE. Even though my lean mass has gone from 120lbs to as high as 124lbs during my journey as my body fat % has consistently gone down (which is pure fat loss) the fluctuations in my lean mass figure are…
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Hi! I was directed over here to round up those who are either: 1.) Active Duty/Activated Reserve/Active Guard Reserve (may have DEP for currently deployed designation) 2.) Reserve or Guard 3.) Retired or Veterans (Ret designation for 20+yrs or medically retired >30% from branch) 4.) Dependents (current spouses/older…
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jetscreaminagain, HawaiiCam & nicole883: you are all now on the master roster for the next update. Making my way over to a "Rock That Dress" group where I'm told there are some additional military spouses we haven't met yet :) Again, if any of you come across someone who rates to be included, please ask them to PM me with…
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My "official" unofficial this morning was 154.4 & likely to continue rapidly dropping from the 157+ from 2-3 days ago. So dead-on about water-weight. Sorry everyone, I really thought I'd be back in the game this week. Still 2wks until I'm restriction-free anyway.
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^ No kidding. For the record, I lift "like a guy". All the weight I can handle for 6-10 reps. In fact, once I can do 10 reps for all 3 sets it's seriously time to increase the weight! *sigh* I just got finished explaining this to my dear grandmother, who's "Curves" is built on the Barbie-weights low-weight/high-rep toning…
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This thread is under the "Chit-Chat" forum last I checked. Plenty of MFPers completely dropped their FB accounts in favor of coming over here, so this is their most appropriate avenue to vent about such horrible but true occurrences. Do you suggest we all turn a blind eye and pretend it didn't happen? Put blinders on…
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You... look... FREAKING AWESOME!!! Really amazing progress! THANK YOU for reinforcing the point we are all trying to make :D Now if we can just make this proverbial horse drink from the water we led her to! *low whistle* I think I have a new idol and she's like half my age! Should I be feeling dirty right now?
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Thank you. After reading your story and going through >all that< and doing all you can possibly do on your own to get the body you want, you totally DESERVE to invest in yourself to repair what's left that no amount of sweat, nutritional changes, supplements or infomercial "miracles" can fix. The self-confidence boost…
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Purrrrr right back at 'cha, but I'll take that as confirmation I don't look like I need a chomosome-check :) The BEST part is... I get to eat 2100 NET calories a day and I have a hard time eating that much. Maybe I really should take up eating cardio-queens for breakfast...
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ALL I DO IS LIFT (well, circuit weight training; I get my strength and cardio rolled up into one efficient time-slot.) I sit around 19% body fat. Got down to that from 26% in roughly 2 months just kicking butt & taking names on the testosterone-side of the gym for 40-75min 3-4x/wk. Do I look like a "DUDE" to you?
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From experience, the few times I had to in-process female inmates or escort them within the all-male facility for the day so they could have their pre-trial hearings before being shipped out to county where they were temporarily held until transfer to a military female facility was appropriate, they got genuinely "hit-on"…
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Great, but I'm guessing DEXA is going to be needed in my case. I have 2.6lbs/1100cc total of cohesive-gel silicone that I have NO CLUE as to how it will effect other testing methods.
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I used to run Sex Offender Registration at the Camp Lejeune Base Brig. All male facility, granted. I'm pretty desensitized. Like, to the point where I'm just thankful that child won't even have cognitive memory of what happened and will probably be placed in loving hands quick enough to not even remember that waste of a…
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I was active-duty Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Lejeune doing M16A2 rifle qualifications. They didn't stop the range operations or anything, we got it all word-of-mouth piece-meal from people running back and forth from the ops hut who only had a damn radio. Then we had a bunch of half-informed ARMED pissed off Marines…
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I suppose it's also worth mentioning that calipered measurements only take into account subcutaneous fat, while the higher-end DEXA/bod-pod stuff does both the subcutaneous and (more important to your health) visceral, as does perhaps the bio-electrical impedance to a certain extent, but obviously not as accurate as the…
