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Calling all members from T.O.
I'm tiring of working out in isolation! Anybody want to do a weekly fitness meetup type of thing? Suggestions welcome. . .
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Need *ss kicking
I am gaining weight. Slowly but surely, it's creeping back up on me. Party due to eating a bit too much, partly due to not kicking my butt hard enough at the gym. Banks, where is that super-motivational post you wrote . . . the one where you pushed yourself just that much harder . . . Need to get off. My. Bum.
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Hello again
Hi, I'm back after a temporary hiatus - I've been struggling with some health issues, as well as a pileup at work, and I also took on some freelance work (I was recently published in the Globe and Mail!). As a result, I took about a month off working out - only doing yoga a couple times a week - and gained back some of…
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Insomnia
Does anyone here suffer from insomnia? Any suggestions as to how you manage it? Mine has been getting increasingly worse over the past six months, to the point where I am only getting a few hours sleep at night during the week. It seems that no matter now tired I am, I can never fall asleep before 2 am. By Friday I am so…
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A great way to motivate yourself!
If you can afford it, invest in a sleek new pair of sneaks. I'm cheap, so I'd been using a crappy old pair (probably bought them about five or six years ago) and they were killing my feet. Now that cardio workouts are a daily part of my life, I picked up a sweet pair of Nike Air Maxes <sic?> They are incredibly light and…
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Am I a grinch?
I get grumpy when people bring their babies to work. It strikes me as showing off. Okay, yes, wonderful, you have a family and I don't. Grr. I realize I should be happy for them, but really I just want them to get out of the way and stop taking up space in the lunchroom. I should be able to eat my lunch in peace without a…
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My weekend binge
In case anyone is feeling bad about what they ate this weekend, here's my Saturday night: I managed to do my usual eating plan until the pm, meaning I had about 500-600 cals left. I didn't exercise, but did about 2 hours of walking that day. Then I headed to a friend's going away party, which was quite depressing. I…
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Jenny Craig
Is owned by Nestle. Food for thought, indeed. Wonder who owns Weight Watchers. Do I even want to know?
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A depressing scene
Anyone here ever arrived late at a cocktail party and everyone else is pissed, meatballs are being eaten as appetizers, and the topic of conversation is "death"?
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Challenge: Healthy Christmas treats
If you put it out, they will eat it: this is what I've observed. So, I'm going to sneakily give my friends and colleagues holiday treats that are relatively healthy and delicious, instead of just saying "ahh, it's Christmas," and handing out junk. I'm thinking banana bread made with whole wheat flour and sweetened with…
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Size 6!!!
Subject head pretty much says it all. Lately I've not been weighing myself, but I've been getting discouraged because I haven't really being seeing the weight loss in the mirror. To me I don't look any smaller. I've been on a 1200 calorie diet and working out between 45 - 60 min. a day. The other day I was horrified to…
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20 minute shape-up club
Here's a link for a really excellent series of work-out programs, from the Canadian magazine, Wish. All are intended to be done at home. Some require no equipment whatsoever; most use either a stability ball, handweights, or both. http://www.wish.ca/20minute/shape-up/
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Office food: put it on rotation or leave it in the lunchroom
Same problem every day. Trays of food (items people bring in, leftovers from meetings) get plunked on the table directly across from my office. First it was chocolate truffles and strawberries (9:20 am), then some spicy jellybeans my boss brought with him from Texas. (I've been hearing people gagging on them and spitting…
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Getting your spouse / partner to exercise with you
A number of people on here have mentioned they'd like to get their spouse involved in their workout routine. One post even suggested tricking one's husband into it! (wouldn't I love to know how to do that). I'd really like my boyfriend to come to my yoga class with me, but he's hesitant. I have tried pointing out to him…
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So there's this crazy gym in Toronto . . .
With stripper poles, loud music, and, um, it's pink. I look forward to getting my a** kicked there on a tri-weekly basis. The girly theme, and the fact it seems to be populated by twenty-year olds with butts that definitely do not need lifting does nothing to deter me. The instructors so far are top-notch and the classes…
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Bizarre development
Let me paint a picture for you: I'm sitting here on my couch in flannel pjs, with a bowl of food on my lap, absolutely pigging out. My boyfriend heard me chomping away on the phone and asked what I was snacking on. "Organic salad greens," I replied. I realized I'd been eating them like chips -- no fork or anything. But…
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Losing weight too fast?
Hi there, Does anyone know of any long-term drawbacks to losing weight more rapidly than 2 lbs. a week - provided one is doing so in a healthy manner? I'm eating my recommended daily intake of calories (around 1300), and, rather than losing one pound per week, I have lost 8 pounds in one week. Has anyone had a similar…
