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Girl Scout Cookies-- Ack!
Between several adorable children who waved order forms at me, I now I have four boxes of Girl Scout cookies. I think I'm going to just set myself a one cookie a day limit-- and they'll last longer that way. :)
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The Pill and Weight Gain
Apologies to the men out there, but I'd love some advice from the girls here... Have y'all had more or less luck on certain types of birth control as far as weight gain is concerned? I'd really love to get on one of those low-dose pills that lets you have a period only once every three months (I love swimming and camping,…
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Best Christmas present yet ;)
Rewind to Christmas... I unwrapped a box from my husband to find a very cute pair of workout pants. A very cute pair of size extra small workout pants. As I held up the pair of itty-bitty pants and eyed them skeptically, my husband says, "I hope they'll fit-- I know they aren't the size you said you wear, but they didn't…
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20+ pounds gone, and I'm the person in the mirror (with pict
Before I started losing weight, I had this strange disconnect from the person that I'd see in the mirror. In my mind, I never looked like her; I was supposed to be this petite, cute brunette, and whoever it was who was looking at me when I was looking at the mirror was not me. Earlier this week, I had a strange experience…
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My knee doesn't hurt! :)
I just had to share with somebody who might understand... I've had knee problems ever since I was about 12 years old, when I managed to bang up my knee pretty well playing baseball. It's followed me throughout my life and has made some of the activities that I used to really love pretty painful. The pain got even worse…
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Introducing myself finally. ;)
I thought I should introduce myself. I've been here about five weeks now, have made a couple message board posts, but never formally said hi... so... Hi! My name's Sara. I'm 31 years old, 5'3", and when I started on here a few weeks ago, I was at 148lbs. I'm now at 142, so I feel as though things are going great. I'm a…
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Exercise calories on a crazy exercise day.
I know that in theory, we are supposed to eat back the calories that we burn through exercise. A few times now, I've found myself in a position where it just isn't possible to do so. Today, my friends and I took a five hour hike up a mountain, covering about 8 miles with very significant elevation gain. I had a good…
