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Cool Sculpting, anyone?
Has anyone done cool sculpting? I want to lose the loose stuff under my chin and the little belly I've had since I was 4. I'm thinking of socking some money away for it, but then maybe not. . . Honestly, even if I save enough to do it, I will probably grab the money and have an extra hiking trip, but. . .I'm hearing good…
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Fitpoints
Arggggh. I rejoined last December and got my weight down successfully. I regained this summer and re-committed to working the program about 3 weeks ago and started walking my tail off. WW is giving me about 1.5 times the points for my walks than it did last Spring, as it now counts exertion too, and as a result, I have…
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Running gear is taking over my wardrobe!
So I moved my running gear to the largest draw in my chest of drawers - and it's a big drawer! I realized I have everything for every season and possibility in my climate now. I felt a bit obsessive, so I tried to whittle it down. . .no go. I need everything. I have: 4 buff headbands, 2 buff half-buffs, 3 buff full buffs.…
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Getting Older <sigh>
So I've got these two divots in my back. Thanks to the running, I'm in good shape, better than I have been in a long time, because so far, I haven't hit any curve in getting better at it, I'm just progressing and getting better. (But then, despite the fact that I ellipticalled, I really sucked at running when I started. .…
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Fat/Thin and that's it
I just read an interesting article on Facebook where the author talks about "thin privilege" and basically says "I'm thin, we all know it's real; thin girls are not oppressed. Yeah, people can be jerks to thin girls but we still are the privileged, not the oppressed." That's absolutely fine and I think the author is right,…
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Overate on Mother's Day
And now it's not a question of "do I eat back all my exercise calories" but "how far am I going to have to run this week to burn off that second slice of carrot cake?" :p
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Light between my thighs
When I stand naked with my thighs together, I can see daylight. I wouldn't call it a gap, exactly (my husband does, God Bless Him!) but it's a start! I still have a little bit of a tummy, but I am hopeful that I will be at least slender enough to rock a high-waisted rockabilly style two piece this summer. My husband last…
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Metabolism - yes, you CAN make it better
So all fall and winter, even with having to rush home and run in the dark and the cold (okay, so not that cold), I have been running 3 times a week or at least getting something in to get at least 8k steps 4 times a week, with at least 30 minutes of "active minutes" (whatever that means to FitBit), but usually more. I am…
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Palo Duro Canyon?
I will be in Lubbock for work sometime this year and was thinking about heading out a day or two early to explore Palo Duro Canyon. Any advice on the best trails for a day hike?
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High Impact Sports Bras for the Well-endowed
I'd love to see a pinned post that serves as a database for all the ladies who are just started high impact sports such as running. Apparently, we need to first create such a post and then submit the thread to Myfitnesspal to see if they will pin it. So, in the interest of that - and even if MFP doesn't pin it, we can all…
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1200 Calorie Bottom Limit???????
Okay, Where has it come from that the absolute bottom floor of healthy calories for anyone on MFP is 1200 and that you can't set your calorie floor at 1000? Mine is normally set at 1000 (I'm travelling this week, so it's set to maintenance - 1400.) MFP was fine with that. If I try to save my day with less than 1000…
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Fasting and Exercise
In the past, I've fasted and run, but fasts and runs were on alternating days (i.e. the days I fasted, I didn't run and the days I ran I didn't fast). This week I'm going to try fasting until after my run and then eat, which will be different if nothing else! How do you handle exercise and fast days? Do you think about it,…
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Distance and Fitbit accuracy
So I just got my new fitbit in (a gift from some friends). I went running yesterday. The app on my phone tracks my distance around the neighborhood when I run. I did 5.65 miles. My fitbit says I did 5.1 miles total for the day (I also cleaned house for 2 hours before I ran, so did a bit of walking then as well.) Obviously,…
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Ice Ice Baby
So I over did it on Sunday and my hip bursitis was acting up. A few Aleve and several days of ice packs later and I'm fine. I'm going for a run this evening, but at the moment I am sitting on two ice packs (one for either hip) just because I'm going to baby my hips for a few days. The odd thing is that, overall, my chronic…
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Amazon has the Withing Pulse O2 Tracker as a Gold Box Deal of the Day
Just thought I'd mention it. . .I've been wanting one and it's $40 off today. I don't know if it syncs with Myfitnesspal, but for the price, and the # of bells and whistles on it, I can manually track :smiley: .
