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Refrigeration
Hi, I just started this today. I know that the unopened pens need to stay in the fridge, but what about once you open them? Do they need to still be kept cold? Any input is helpful. Lucy
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Bye winter weight!
I started out this spring feeling awful. I had gained A LOT over this miserable winter. I was even over my original starting weight from a couple years ago. Talk about depressing. 16 days ago I stopped eating grains, sugar, meat, dairy and alcohol. I'm definitely NOT starving myself (I've even gone over a few days). But I…
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Oof What happened?
I am not sure what has happened. But somehow I have managed to gain 12lbs in the last couple months. I feel awful about it especially because its about to be warm weather and none of my clothes fit! Its fairly overwhelming and I feel really stuck! I actually work out a ton, but my eating has been off. I've really messed…
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Help. I've been imprisoned by my couch
It's cold. It's sleeting. I've been sitting on my couch for 2 hrs. IN MY GYM CLOTHES. Zero motivation to go and just get it done. Please kick my butt. M'kay? Thx.
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How do I drive my paleo coworker crazy?
Started a new job last week. Sharing a tiny office with a crazy paleo guy. He spent the day lecturing me about beans making ricin and leeching nutrients from my colon. He is VERY preachy and I just don't need that. I am not a junk food person at all, I eat mainly just good home prepared food. I really don't believe the…
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Back at square (pound) 1
Agh! I really took a wrong turn somewhere! Weighed in after the holidays and am officially back at sq 1. I feel so bummed and overwhelmed. I am basically at the same weight I was at when I joined mfp a year and a half ago. Ugh. Gotta turn this around ASAP! :(
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New foodie friends?
Hey! I have been on MFP for awhile a lot of the friends I have added since I first started have dropped off... I am an avid cook and am looking for some new peeps to add as friends and talk cooking etc. I promise to use foul language frequently, make people laugh, and be awesome all around! :)
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Fallen Off The Wagon and Cant Get Back!
I have just hit a super rough spot and have lost all of my motivation. I started a new job that does not fit with my work out schedule (working like 12 hour days). I have been going out to lots of fancy places to eat. And have gained a few LBS back. I don't want to undo the healthy changes I have been making. But it is…
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Looking For SmartA$$es
Hi! I have been on here awhile, but have been noticing that my MFP friends have been slowly vanishing. I myself took a good part of December off from MFP but am ready to get back and kick some butt! I am looking for people who first and foremost have a sense of humor and don't take life all too seriously. I cuss like a…
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Sodium OD
I'm not usually a big salt person. But I got taken out to a big chain restaurant for dinner and had food that didn't seem too salty at the time but now I feel like crap. My hands feel swollen, my mouth is dry and I just feel gross. I've been chugging water and went and worked out to sweat a bit but I am wondering if there…
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Benched! I Hope Not For Long!
Agh! I'm on the injured list. I am riddled with injuries. But my most serious one is my hip. I was in a car accident a few years ago and had 75% of the cartilage removed in my left hip. Running is definitely not an option for me anymore (at least not more than a couple miles once in awhile). This week I was taking my…
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NSV at the mall despite 2 week plateau
I've been really frustrated, I have not seen a number on my scale change in 2 WEEKS! Despite coming in under my calorie goals and working my butt off at the gym. It's been really disheartening. I went to the mall today. I tried on some cheap-o boots at Target and was surprised they fit over my calves (no boots ever do) and…
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Say Yes To The Dress
Love that show. Just saw that they are casting for Atlanta brides. Thought someone would be into it. No upcoming weddings for me though! L http://bridalsbylori.com/tvshowapplicationbridesmaid.aspx
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Eggplant Parm!
Oh man, I made the most incredible eggplant parm tonight and it was soooooo easy. Here's the recipe: Ingredients: 1 large eggplant 1 large zucchini Low fat Mozzarella Parmesan Cheese Olive oil spray low sodium cheap *kitten* tomato sauce from the grocery store 1/4 cup red wine 1/4 diced white onion Fresh basil leaves 3…
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I Don't Like Pizza Hut...
So I have absolutely no idea why I just basically drooled watching that Pizza Hut commercial! Argh! Firstly, I am a New Yorker and we have waaaay better pizza there. Secondly, now I can't stop thinking about pizza. FML. L
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The Wall, I Have HIT it today. I'm HUNGRY
I have to be at work in like 7 hours. And I can't sleep. I'm hungry! Today is the first day since I started here that I just feel like this is unbearable. I am within my calorie goal today I don't want to F it up. But, I am hungry. My stomach is growling. I don't keep snacks in my house and I only have stuff to cook. I…
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So Freaking Frustrated
I have been killing it at the gym and working out more than I ever have in my life. Putting in a minimum of an hour in with spinning, or bootcamp (sometimes 3 or 4 hours a day). I go 5 days a week and rest one day. I'm sore, and cranky and breaking out from sweating so much. I have been coming in under my calorie goals…
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My Boobs!
I think I have the opposite problem that a lot of women have. No matter how much weight I lose none of it comes from my boobs! It's kind of bumming me out because it seems like I will always be an L/XL on top and its making me look much bigger (I wear a G Cup bra). Even when I was 50lbs heavier than I am now they were the…
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Water Retenstion After Big Burn?
I am wondering what people think about your body retaining water after a big burn. I walked about 6 miles yesterday, took a spin class, and a ballet barre class and am sore today. I ate within my calorie goal too but I hopped on the scale this morning and was up about a pound and a half! I keep hearing people talking about…
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NSV Fit into a Size 8 for the first time!
I have never even as a teenager fit into a size 8. Today I hit the mall and tried a skirt on and it was too big. So I went down 2 sizes to an 8 and it fit perfectly. So I had to buy it. Not sure if its a fluke or not. But I have been working my tail off lately!
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Curses Like a Sailor, Likes Dirty Jokes and Cocktails
I cuss the entire time through my bootcamp classes. Sometimes under my breath, sometimes... not. I'm really hoping that when I get to 10lbs lost everyone will tell me the dirtiest jokes they know. Sometimes I will run an extra 20 minutes on the treadmill so I can have a martini. Anyone else like that on here? Add me if you…
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Beating Myself Up is Not Burning Any Calories
I worked a 12 hour shift today on my feet. I was supposed to go to my bootcamp class, but I just felt tired and crappy and crampy. I didn't go. I am now just mentally berating myself for not going. I feel s guilty, its not like I had anything better to do! Argh. Tomorrow is a new day I suppose, but I will have to work…
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I'm New, Can We Make This Fun?
Hi! I am new around here. F/33 yo. I would love to have a few more friends to keep me motivated and who I can cheer on. I am a worker outer/calorie counter. I am 12 lbs away from being the lightest I have been since before high school. It would be great to be in my early 30's and be in the best shape of my life! I think if…
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New Here, New City, 20lbs to lose
Hi, I am new here. I just moved down south to Atlanta from the North. I just joined here and want to keep seeing the scale moving downwards. I recently lost about 13 lbs and want to lose another 20. I work out a lot and am looking for some new peeps to motivate and be motivated by. Lucy
