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Upping my Calories w NROLFW
Hey all! I'm starting NROLFW and it says I should be eating 1900ish calories on non-workout days. Currently I've been at 1350+exercise calories (that I eat). I'm super nervous about jumping my calories up so high, but definitely want to start building muscle/losing fat. Is the best way to go about this to slowly up my…
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Wedding Invitations!
Hey ladies! What are you doing for your invitations?! We had a friend design them for us since I wanted a Madlib for our RSVP and now I can't figure out who to have print them! Any suggestions? :) Here's a draft of our RSVP
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Fingers swell slightly overnight?
Do any of you know why this is? I know my body is pretty sensitive to salty foods, but even on nights when I dont have a lot of sodium, I still wake up with my rings difficult to remove. This goes away during the day, but they swell up a bit every night. It is not a huge deal since they still come off without pain, but I…
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favorite health/workout apps?
Found a new app that I think I'll really like and find useful in my 2013 goal to actually lift: the Nike Training Challenge app. It talks you through a 30/45 minute workout depending on your goals (tone, strength, etc) while letting you listen to music. Did my first one today and loved it! What apps do you like/recommend?
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Surviving Holiday Parties? How do you handle them?
Hey MFP-ers! I'm going to a holiday party tonight (theme: hot drinks). Parties are ALWAYS my worst eating situations since food and drinks are a) unhealthy usually and b) just out all night to graze, so I end up WAY overdoing it and feeling terrible about it later. What are your tips for surviving these types of events?…
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Homemade Yogurt in a Crockpot
We're trying to cut down on $$$ spent on groceries and I stumbled on a recipe to make homemade yogurt for a FRACTION of what we spend here (2 people x 1 yogurt a day for lunch x approx .89-$1/yogurt= 10-14 dollars a week!) It turned out so delicious that I had to share: You will need: -half gallon of milk (the recipe I…
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Any fellow grad students out there?
Just trying to find a few friends who are trying to fit this healthiness and weight loss thing in with all the amounts of sitting and reading necessary for an MA! :)
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Homemade Fiber/Protein Bar Recipes?
Hey all! I'm starting to try and get healthier about what we're eating around here (i.e. if I don't know what it is, I'm going to try and avoid it) and sadly, that means I should start looking for something to replace my daily fiber bar... I looked online and found a few recipes, but I'm not that impressed with any of…
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cheap or free date ideas?
Hey all! My man and I are trying to get out of debt by the end of the year, so needless to say, we're trying to not spend any extra money. As a result, we don't really go out very often and mostly tend to cook at home (which I love for health reasons) and get red box movies (which is nice, but gets old). Going out on a…
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Hungry for Change and chia seeds
Watched Hungry For Change last night with the man, highly recommend it for all of you. Really addresses how we as a society eat and what we're doing to our bodies. Have any of you seen it already? If so, what did you think of it? I thought it was really eye opening, especially when it compared some of the foods we eat to…
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Runners: Marathon training advice?
My man and I just bit the bullet and signed up for our first marathon this October. I have plenty of time to train, I know, but I want to make sure I use the next 7 months as effectively as possible SO, I thought I'd see if any of you other runners out there have any advice for a first time marathoner? I'm still trying to…
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Mexican Restaurants: Ordering Recommendations?
Hey MFPers! I'm thinking about joining some friends out tonight for Mexican food and wanted to see if you all had any suggestions for things to order if I go. Mexican is always so salty that I end up feeling gross the next day and I'd really like to not take on a ton of water weight just from one meal! Do any of you have…
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Workout DVD Recs?
Good morning, all! I'm about half way through the 30 Day Shred and am starting to think about what I should do next. I have the P90X DVDs because my boyfriend does them, but I don't know if I can commit to 1-1.5h every morning before class. Plus, I need to add $15 to my Amazon order so I can order New Rules of LIfting for…
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Had to share: Baked Potato Soup Recipe
Into the crockpot went: -5 large potatoes chopped with skins (53oz) -2 medium onions (9oz), chopped -2 medium carrots , chopped -3 large stalks of celery, chopped -4 red. sodium chicken bouillon cubes dissolved in 4c water -2 extra cups of water -1 can (12oz) non-fat evaporated milk -2tbsp minced garlic (Spice World, in a…
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NSV: Trying on jeans!
Today I went to Old Navy to look at workout clothing and decided to try on jeans just to see how the next size down was fitting in prep for my trip to the outlet in a few weeks. Ever since I started losing weight in 2009, I've been gauging my weight loss clothing-wise via Old Navy's "Sweetheart" jeans that I've owned in…
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Need recipes: Ham!
Kroger had a sale and now I have 10lbs of smoked ham in my fridge... I'm planning on freezing a bunch, but I wanted to see if any of you had any good and healthy recipes to use it up! :) I made this and it was delicious, but need some more ideas!…
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Do you "healthify" recipes?
Last night, I went to a dinner party and volunteered to bring dessert and I found these on Pinterest: http://sweetpeaskitchen.com/2011/02/01/red-velvet-cheesecake-brownies/ I've made them a few times pre-MFP and this time I looked at the calories and saw that the 1/2c butter is 814 calories!!! So, I googled and replaced…
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What do you do when you go way over one day?
Good morning all! I'm going over to a friend's house for dinner and have NO idea what they'll be serving so I could pre-track. On the off chance that it's something bad, I was wondering, what do you do when things like this happen? Do you do something different beforehand? Do you try and make it up later if you go way over…
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What exercise do YOU plan to do today?
Just sitting here with my morning pre-run coffee (you know what I'm talking about, runners!) and just wanted to see what my other MFP-ers had on tap for today! I've got a 4mi run and Day 6 of the 30-day shred!
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How do you log Zumba?
Hey all, I'm going to check out a zumba class tonight and I wanted to see how you guys logged it in your tracker? I left my HRM at home, so I can't use it!
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Ankle weight recommendations
Hey all--- I'm thinking about adding some ankle weights to my collection and there are a ton of them out there. Anyone have any set that you really like? Thanks!
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Do you reward yourself for hitting mini-goals?
Hey all! Just wondering: Do you all reward yourselves when you hit a mini-goal? If so, how? I'm working towards new jeans myself! As I was putting on my holiday weight, I noticed my jeans were getting tighter and after a year or so worn out... but I refused to buy new ones for fear of going up a size and then subtly…
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Healthy Filling Breakfast on the Go: Pockets!
Hi all! Thought I'd share my go-to recipe for breakfast: breakfast pockets. My boyfriend and I make a batch or two (16/batch) every week or so and freeze them, then every morning we pop two in the oven frozen at 350º while we're getting ready and they're ready to take out the door with us! I started with this recipe from…
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New to the boards!
Hi all! I've been lurking around MFP off and on since August, but never on the boards. I lost 20lbs on WW in 2009, plateaued for a while, started running (and slowly lost 10lbs) between October 2009-September 2011 after stopping WW due to $$ (and plateau). I got away from tracking, but my training for a half marathon kept…
