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What have you all been doing as far as hair maintenance during lockdown?
Due to lockdown the hair salons where I live are still not allowed to operate, it’s been going on almost 6 months and counting (they only recently started to allow outside operations) and the few that are operating outdoors can’t do color because they aren’t allowed to have an outdoor water source to work on clients hair.…
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Hat selfies!!!
Could not believe there was no hat selfie thread yet! :D Show off those hats people!
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Diet and fitness FADS you’ve tried before...
When attempting to lose weight and get fit I’m sure a lot of us have tried many of the fads that are out there, most of them will eventually fail us because they are simply not sustainable. What fads have you tried before and how did it turn out?
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Pregnancy Related Food Aversions and Cravings
I was reminiscing about being pregnant with my son (who is now 25 years old) and remembering what foods I could not stomach or even stand the smell of while I was carrying him in my womb. Oddly I didn’t really have cravings or experience bouts of morning sickness but there were a few food aversions I did experience... for…
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Lucky number 7
I began my health journey in December 2012 and completed it in October 2013... it’s now my 7th year of maintaining my goal weight! But “luck” has nothing to do with it, maintaining my weight has been the product of hard work and dedication at least 80% of the time because no one is perfect so I do not follow strict…
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The Addams Family
Last week I caught The Addams Family movie on tv and I’m now watching Addams Family Values. I FREAKING LOVE THESE MOVIES!!! Always so much fun to rewatch, all the actors are amazing and the writing/directing is spot on! I watched the old reruns of the original tv show when I was a kid and always wanted to be a part of the…
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The MAINTENANCE PHOTO Thread!
I love looking at the before & after photos but find photos of people showing off their hard-earned maintenance bodies equally inspiring! So please share your pics with us and congratulations on keeping your maintenance bod in shape, I know firsthand that it’s not easy and is a constant battle, but definitely one worth…
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Wendy’s helped me lose weight
6 years ago when I was starting my weight loss journey by counting calories and exercising regularly for the first time in my life, I would often eat at a Wendy’s fast food restaurant that was about 0.75 miles from my apartment. So walking there and back I’d get an extra 1.5 mile walk added to my activity (and the last…
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The Maintenance Appreciation Thread
I think it’s high time to high-five, fistbump, hug, give some recognition to, wink at, show some love to, appreciate and congratulate the ones who have managed not only to reach their goal weight but even more impressively, managed to maintain their goal weight!!! <3 Maintenance is not as easy as pie! Maintenance ain’t no…
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6 years ago I PROMISED myself I’d get to a healthier weight...
... and I did it! It’s a promise I don’t take lightly, and I will not let myself off the hook from this promise, I made it a priority in my life. Today I’m celebrating my 45th birthday and also celebrating maintaining the weight loss for 6 years. Making a choice to get healthier by losing 43 lbs is one of the hardest and…
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How would you feel about a robot preparing your food?
There’s a restaurant in San Francisco called “Creator” that features a robot that cooks and assembles a burger from start to finish in 5 minutes from freshly prepared ingredients: grinding and cooking the meat, slicing the toppings, toasting the bun, etc. Here is a fun and thoroughly written review about the restaurant’s…
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I lost 20% of my body weight in 300 days.
Currently age 43 Height 5’11” Highest weight 209 lbs Goal (and current) weight 167 lbs In maintenance for over 4 years Lost at the rate of about a pound per week. Simply eating less and exercising after a lifetime of being sedentary. Started with walking, then hiking, now running. I’ve learned that eating less is for…
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Today is my 44th birthday and 5 year maintenance anniversary! (with pix)
In December 2012 I decided enough was enough and got my act together to lose weight. I lost 17 lbs on my own by walking and “eating better” then plateaued. A coworker mentioned this site and I started using it and losing weight again. I began hiking as well as walking, luckily I live in a hilly area with many trails. I had…
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300
300 days is how long it took me to lose 43 lbs and go from obese to a healthy weight and reverse the health conditions that I was experiencing as a direct result of being obese. IMHO the missing “secret ingredient” to losing weight is patience... using calorie counting as a weight loss tool consistently for long enough…
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Does everyone eventually need to wear glasses?
I’ll be 45 years old this year and I’ve never needed glasses, my vision is still good both up close and far. I haven’t had a check up at an optometrist’s office before simply because I haven’t needed to. My doc does a simple eye exam with an eye chart at my yearly physical and everything has been normal so far. My father…
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Mad cow! How to deal with aggressive cattle?
On a 5 mile hike/trail run last week I almost got stampeded by some aggressive cattle that came out of nowhere! There are often cows grazing in the open spaces and regional parks where I run, never had an issue before. These must have come over a hill right as I ran by (maybe I startled them?) usually the cattle are very…
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Shopping burns calories, right?!
Technically I don’t “need” any new running tops... but they bring me so much joy! :) I did get everything at clearance prices and shopping burns calories, right?! ;) What exercise wear or gear have you purchased lately just for the joy of it?
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UMAMI
Merriam-Webster.com defines Umami as the taste sensation that is produced by several amino acids and nucleotides (such as glutamate and aspartate) and has a rich or meaty flavor characteristic of cheese, cooked meat, mushrooms, soy, and ripe tomatoes. I’m surprised there wasn’t already a thread dedicated to “the fifth…
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Choosing a realistic rate of loss?
I’ve seen time and time again in these forums that people say if someone has under 20 pounds to lose (for example only, just a ballpark number, some say more or less) that they shouldn’t aim for a loss of 2 pounds per week, they should aim for 1.5 or 1 pound. And when they only have 10 pounds to lose, they should only aim…
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I think I unintentionally invented a new exercise activity...
... barefoot mud skiing! Disclaimer: just sharing my own accidental personal experience, absolutely do not attempt! I repeat, do not try this at home!!! It’s been raining every day for the past 2 weeks and just the other night it poured for hours and hours. So naturally the very next day when we finally had a day of…
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“Physically Fit Women Nearly 90% Less Likely To Develop Dementia”
Personally I work with disabled seniors, most of whom have dementia and it’s just an awful, cruel disease that robs a person of their independence and dignity. Generally people not familiar with dementia only think of the memory issues associated with the disease, but it is so much more than that. Everyone’s degree of…
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Weight Loss Tips From 1951
https://youtu.be/t6IuFRjsBQM
