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MFP Workout DVD exchange
I was thinking.... I have DVDs that I use sometimes, but not as often as others and was assuming that other people may be the same way. I wonder if we could contact each other on the honor system and trade workout DVDs for a temporary basis when we're not using them. Feel free to list which DVDs you have that you aren't…
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Morning Motivation {PIC}
I saw this image online this morning and made this piece of digital art from it.... Sometimes we feel like we're all struggling alone. Each of us a tiny boat full of holes and we've got a toy pail to try and keep floating, but we're all here to help each other. No matter what the trolls do on the forums or what your…
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Gained a few lbs. - Be my friend?
So, I got totally derailed due to the stress level changing at my job and my poor stress management skills. I recently stopped everything in order to refocus on my eating habits. This does mean that I no longer do many workouts. My eating got wildly out of control and binge-y. That's not cool and not a good example for my…
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Presssssure, pushin down on... dinner?
Okay, cheesy intro, but I just bought a pressure cooker and there are a million recipes online. Who has a pressure cooker and what has turned out great; what has failed? This will hopefully be a big time saver with my kids going back to school soon and some other personal issues that will have me away from home more often…
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REVIEW: Quest protein chips - Share your experience
Very excited to receive these. First of all, they were delivered very quickly. Secondly, they were packed in a heavy duty corrugated cardboard box that was appropriately sized. The individual bags of chips were also safety packed in thick cardboard sleeves so they didn't all get smunched in their travels from CA to TX. I…
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Beaumont, TX color run coupon codes
Not selling anything here, and you don't have to join my team, however.... SOUTHEAST TEXAS PEOPLE!!!!! If anyone local would like to join the fabulous Just Move Its team at Beaumont's May 3rd Run or Dye color run, I've got two $5 off registration fee coupon code. Team name: Just Move Its; Password: mooove; Registration…
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ADVICE??? books 4 home workouts
I have a few people that have asked me what I want for Christmas .... one thing is a bicycle. However the other is a book on free weight exercising at home. Everyone typically suggests NROLFW but I hear that a lot if equipment is needed to go with the book & workout plan. I live in a mobile home & have very little space…
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PIC PROGRESS (22 months) 34/F/Texas
Good morning all! I was posting a silly pic of myself on Facebook and realized I should check out some old pics just to see if there was much difference. I was so surprised. This won't be a TL;DR post - just to say that from November 2011 (left, before but well into my weight loss challenge) to September 2013 (right,…
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PROGRESS PICS (13 months)
Here is a pic of my current progress from April 2012 until May 2013. I actually weigh less in the pic on the left -- yes, the 'before' pic! I weighed about 3 lbs. less than in the 'after' pic. I eat as best as I can for right now... that is constantly in flux. I've recently started working through Weight Watchers again to…
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Water, Water Everywhere?
I am notorious about either not drinking enough water (not paying attention and getting busy doing something else) or being overly strict and forcing myself to drink more than I probably should (feeling bloated later)..... here's my quandry: In the FOOD tab here, there's the pretty little water glass. I find it tedious to…
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NSV Face Photo w PIC
I know that when I've taken pics of myself in the past, I always made sure that the lighting was decent and that it was taken from my 'good side' and I'd take 5 or 6 pics just to make sure I got one that I felt looked decent. This weekend, my friend and co-worker decided SHE would take a pic of us. Normally, I don't go for…
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Show Me Your Worst Parts.....
Yes, this topic could very well go horribly horribly wrong and get locked very quickly, but I wanted to put this out there. I love taking pics of my legs, face and especially any pic that shows off my smaller waist or collarbones. However, I dread anything to do with my upper arms. They have always been HUGE. When I was at…
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My FitBit Weekly Stats (w/Pic)
I recently got a FitBit to help track my sleep patterns because I haven't had a refreshing night's sleep in months. Also, I wanted some extra motivation to be more active each day instead of trying to just workout really really hard on certain days. That was burning me out.... and I wasn't doing anything on the days in…
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455 Days of Progress {PIC}
Yes, I'm an obese person that works out. Sure, I like working out when I get there and literally KILL a workout... but some days, I just want to relax. The days of wanting to relax have become few and far between now. Here is 7 months of progress pics.... I've been logging in to MFP consistently for 455 days. Here's to…
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Halloween Face Compare {PIC}
Simple one tonight my loverly MFP people. On the left, I was a fat, miserable very ill person. High blood pressure, aches, pains, insomnia, acid reflux, pre-diabetic, couldn't walk up a flight of stairs without breaking a sweat...... constantly had a cold and twice got double pneumonia. I was irritable, depressed and hated…
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5 months w/PIC
What does 5 months mean to you... a massive amount of weight loss? Getting faster, stronger, having more stamina? What about those of us that plateau? Does the scale really mean all that much? Before I took the 'after' pic on the right tonight, I would have said YES! Heck YES! That number on the scale might reflect water…
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Face - Highschool to Current {PIC HEAVY}
Recently, I reached the 365 days of logging into MFP mark. I hadn't met my goal of losing 100 lbs. I hadn't gotten to a mini-GW of being under 200 lbs. (ONEderland). I was down on myself. I was up 7 lbs. on the scale. I was binge eating at night. Today, I feel a bit better and wanted to post my progress pics. These will…
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P90X Round 2 - 30 day results (PIC HEAVY)
Hi all.... so I'm doing my 2nd round of p90x. I wish I could say I'm loving it, but I'm finding it hard to stay up late and do my workouts (I typically do mine from 9-10pm). It has been a struggle. I've been pushing myself and when I was photoshopping these pics together, I wasn't really seeing any results from 30 days…
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RedBox Movie Kiosk NSV
So, this evening, I went to BootCamp class, then I walked 3 miles at a local loop. I had to stop at the pharmacy and pick up my son's ADHD refill and didn't really want to since I was soaking wet and probably smelled like a wet frito. I went in anyway and there was this cute guy that went in right before me with his…
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Diary_Queen's Breakfast Shake
I use a blender bottle to make sure this is well shaken. I hate for things to have a weird texture and after much experimentation, this is pretty on the mark for me. Below is a list of basic ingredients, followed by add-ins that I switch up from time to time, followed by nutritional information of the basics then a few…
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Is Jealousy Keeping Me Fat....?
I often wonder just how much stress hormones I'm carrying around most days. I see people making such massive progress, people's progress pics that show so much improvement, people restarting and resetting their tickers. Lately, I feel so jealous of these people. Of course, I'm motivated... but it's only the same amount of…
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My Red Dress....
We're having a party for a group of work people and they are in the 'Red' group. We all were asked to wear red today and since I'm in a group on MFP that has requested a current 'before' picture for a challenge, I had my friend take my pic. Taaaaaaaaa Daaaaaaaaaaaaa Posed! Regular!
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NSV - The Donation!
No.... I didn't donate more of my larger clothes today (though I do have two bags full that I need to give away). Today, I was leaving the grocery store and there was what my children refer to as The Blood Bus - the LifeShare mobile blood donation center was right there. Now, when I was heavier, I used to just walk on by.…
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NSV from high school days
I posted pics on Facebook last night of my Junior prom and Senior prom for the 'high school prom pictures' thread. It took me forever to find them and I had to reproduce them with my cell phone, but it was enough to post something for a size comparison. Anyway, I had gone to my Senior prom with my best friend and boyfriend…
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My humble beginnings....
I saw a friend post that someone had found one of their old blog posts from 2009. I forgot that I used to blog all my food and keep track of my feelings via a blog. If anyone would like to read how this all began for me, please feel free to check out http://snackjunkie.blogspot.com
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What a difference a FACE makes (PIC)
Good evening all, I was looking for a photo of myself from high school when I came across a pic of me from 2006 (after college and kids - my twins were 1 yr old and I had just won the employee of the month at my job). I was shocked. It barely looks like me. I'm only about halfway to my GW of 147 lbs. and I was just amazed.…
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My Mother's Day (1 PIC)
My children treated me today to a Mother's Day tea at a restored 1894 Victorian mansion in the town where I work. They picked out my outfit and we had tea and lemonade and little finger sandwiches and cookies. It was lovely! Just wanted to post a pic of my cute dress and me with my kids! Lucas is on the left side of the…
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Body difference in one week.....
Well, lookie here!!! I've been making an effort to work out just a bit each day.... walking at lunch, walking after work and doing my regular workout classes on Monday & Friday with a big burn run/walk on Sunday. It's not only keeping me motivated, but I am starting to feel better. I'm cutting my sodium as much as I can…
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My friends wanted to see my shoes (PIC)
My friends asked to see a pic of the new shoes I got today. Bought a white dress (size 18) and a cute WHITE cardigan with pink roses and these hot hot hot pink shoes that my children helped me pick out. They said I looked giant tall-ways and not giant wide-ways anymore. We're going to a Mother's Day event on May 12th and…
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September 2011 - April 2012 W Pics
I had these new pics taken today by my children. Left: Sept. 2011 Middle: March 2012 Right: TODAY (April 2012) My face is looking long and such.... which is weird and my upper arms seem to have little hope at the moment. going to go get my cardio on though and see if I can slim it out some more.
