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Ezekial bread
Question: I see people eating Ezekial Bread more and more in their diaries. What are the health benefits of Ezekial Bread compared to others?? And where can I get some??
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Favorite Morning Snack
Lately, I've been loving my midmorning snack. I take a half cup egg whites, scramble them and put them on 1/2 an Ezekial English Muffin that I've spread with spinach aritichoke hummus, or 1/2 Wedge of Laughing Cow Cheese of some sort. On top of that, I add 1/4 of an avacado chopped up and a little franks (because I put…
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I'm basically pretty awesome!
Yup! I am kicking butt and so happy about it! That makes me pretty awesome :smile: Here's my story so far. I'm the mother of four, my heaviest was two years when I weighed in at 215 pounds and today, I'm 70 pounds less and feeling great! This is where I came from two years ago. I was 215 pounds and had just had my 3rd…
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How do you get your 8 month old to sleep!
My eight month old has had a pretty difficult life thus far. Pretty bad RSV and hospitalized for a week, ear infections every month and about two weeks ago, got tubes in so the fact that he wakes up every hour, I blamed on those things, and teething. Now, he has the tubes so no more infections, he has four teeth that have…
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First 1/2 Marathon... what to eat....
I am running my first 1/2 marathon on June 1st... I've only ever ran one race before this and it was a 5K, once, like 15 years ago... so it's kind of a big deal to me and I really want to do it in a fairly good time. I am now up to about 10-12 miles for my long run on the weekends and finding myself having to really talk…
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Hey Ladies/New Mammas
My friends have been lacking in the motivation part lately. Only a couple will be encouraging and it's depressing... so, anyone looking for a new friend?? :happy: I'm usually very encouraging, I promise! But, I need friends that will do the same back. I'm also a mamma and like to talk about my kids occasionally... you…
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Cardio after lifting.....
I've been doing a lot of research lately on weight lifting, HIIT and cardio because I want to try something different with my body. All my life, I have known running as a main workout. I'm not too shabby at it and enjoy it so why not....Except, as you can guess, I eventually plateau and don't ever reach my goal body-look.…
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HRM
My dear husband has decided that my two years of begging for an HRM has finally paid off and he's going to buy me a nice one.... so which one should he buy???
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Whole vs. Skim for bebe
My baby girl is 10 months old now and I was just realizing that she will soon be ready for some cows milk. My two older kids always had whole milk as toddlers, but that was because of WIC. Now days, I always buy skim or almond milk . Do I really need to start buying whole milk for her??
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24 reasons you might be a gym idiot
Saw this on FB today and loved it! Does any of this sound familiar? If your weekly routine doesn’t include a leg day, you’re a gym idiot. If you sacrifice form for weight, you’re a gym idiot. If you don’t re-rack weights, you’re a gym idiot. If you block access to free weights because you need to lift 6 inches in front of…
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Some pictures of my progress so far
I was just going through my pictures today from the time I had my baby on July 29th to when our family went to the Air and Space museum on November 11th. I delivered my baby at 215 and weighed in this morning at 165.6 so I decided maybe I'd share some picture of the last 4.5 months! This is me 9 months prego And then right…
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Good job?? keep it up?? keep me motivated!
Well, MFP,I need some "great jobs" from you because I'm feeling slightly down today. I had a baby on July 29th and weighed 215 pounds the day I delivered her. By the time I left the hospital I had retained so much water that I was still the same weight after delivering my 8 pound baby. It was a very hard pregnancy so I…
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Ice Cream
My kids and I have decided we want to go get us some ice cream!! However, I would like to keep it somewhat healthy..... so, what do y'all suggest???
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WANTED!!! Your favorite soup recipes
This weekend I want to take all day to cook as many soups as I possibly can and freeze them. I absolutely love soup, but anything canned from the store is way too high in sodium and is half water. But soup is probably what I'm going to be taking to work or feeding my children at lunch/snacks with for the next couple…
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Naked Juice
Anyone ever drink Naked Juice out there??? I absolutely love it when I'm out running errands and realize just how hungry I am. I like to stop off at gas stations and grab one or take it when I'm shopping whenever that happens. However, I read recently somewhere that it is considered one of the "junk" drinks out there! I…
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Clean Eating Challenge!
I am starting a clean eating challenge on Monday and would love to have others do it with me for support! I find that I feel so much better when I'm eating clean, but for some reason, lately, I have gotten lazy with my cooking and shopping and end up with too much processed crap in my house and belly!!! Now when I stand on…
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Burned out???
So, I took the week off of excercising because I just felt so burned out. I work 5 nights a week from 10 pm to 6 am, and am a full time mommy and wife during the day. Lately, all my motivation seems to have gone down the drain. :frown: I usually LOVE working out, but just could't seem to get myself to do it this last week.…
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Goodbye soda!... now what do I drink?
A couple months ago I quit drinking my daily diet coke! YAY.... however, I find myself getting very sleepy somedays and when I need a quick pick me up, I don't know what to drink. Coffee makes me too shaky, and I only like it with lots of sugar anyway and I've been trying Lipton green tea packets in water, but by the time…
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Anyone had weight gain from zoloft?
I just started taking Zoloft a month ago and am worried I might start gaining weight. I have heard rumors that it may make me, but I am hoping that is not the case. Anyone had any experience with this?? In the past month, I haven't had any changes in appetite or anything of that nature. But i do feel like I could sleep all…
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Hello West Virginia!
To all my MFP peeps livin in West Virginia, My husband just got a job offer there. We are considering it, but it is a BIG MOVE if we do. We live in Utah now, so it would be huge for us. Plus we have a 6 year old and 4 year old. So, people living in West Virginia, I'm curious how you like it there?? We are very outdoorsy…
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Favorite chicken recipe
I would love to get more ideas on chicken! We eat a lot of chicken breasts at our house, but now I am running out of ideas on what to do with them!!!. So, I would like to know what YOUR favorite recipe is with chicken. Preferably something quick and easy, as I am always on the go... However, I never fry, and very rarely…
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I'm in a funk!
It has kinda been a frustrating couple of days, and now I seem to be slipping into a nasty funk that I can't pull out of! :noway: Here's a little bit of crap that happened the past couple days..My husband and I invited his best friend and a girl he was seeing over to our house saturday night. She had a few too many drinks…
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Running and back pain
I have been a runner my whole life. Not fast and not the best by any means, but just run for stress relief and fun basically. I took most the summer off because of vacations and lazyiness to be honest :yawn: So now, I'm starting to run again. For me to be starting back up, 2 to 3 miles is about perfect for now, but this…
