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How has YOUR grocery list changed?
I was musing about this while unpacking groceries tonight. I noticed.... Turkey Bacon instead of Pork Bacon. Thinsations Oreo swapped for Oreos. A Whole Pineapple, a 2kg bag of Red Delicious Apples, 6 Bananas and a bag of Baby Carrots in place of Potato Chips. Whole Wheat Dempster's Thin Bagels instead of White Bagels…
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Is it WRONG to ask for Surgery?
I'm currently jobless, and undergoing a massive amount of stress. I'm selling my house, searching for work, moving back in with my Dad at 29, & I'm in a great relationship with this amazing guy... who rushed me to the hospital Christmas Morning convinced my appendix was going to burst. It's actually a 3cm ovarian cyst: too…
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A friend died today. RIP Sarah Burke!
Her name was Sarah Burke. I went all through elementary and high school with her. She was a professional skiier... she broke into a sport dominated by men, Ski Super-Pipe, and lobbyed for YEARS to get it put into the Olympics. She got it in, just after the last Olympic games. She was supposed to compete in 2014, and now…
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Anti-Suicide Checklist? Really?
So... under a LOT of stress lately. It's ridiculous. Cliff notes version of my life: :explode: 1) Bought a rental property I NEVER should have, & now I have a mortgage plus $45k in debt associated with the damned thing, 4 lawsuits I can't collect on, upstairs tenants that smoke pot & aren't paying so they're leaving Feb…
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Can't I have a NORMAL relationship with my sister? Advice P
Novel... sorry... but I need to get this off my chest a bit. I really would like some advice. CONTEXT: my sister? Favourite child growing up... quiet... reads a lot... popular at school... well behaved... near-perfect grades in school (High school: 99% Math, 98% English, "can't put 100% on the report, it doesn't fit, so…
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FML.... No really. FML!
Oh... It's not what you're thinking. My weight is still stuck in that magic 145-150lbs I've been stuck in for the past YEAR... mostly due to self sabotage, & cheating when I see some success. Though, I *HAVE* dropped a clothing size. :flowerforyou: No... My Christmas morning consisted of waking up with UNBELIEVEABLE…
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Convince me to go to the gym please! I'm scared!
I've been having some medical issues which have turned out to be an Ovarian Cyst that's 3cm big on my left ovary. It's not the most comfortable thing in the world, & I've been having pain from it for the first time this month that ended me in the Emerg. at the hospital on Christmas Morning :ohwell: It's inoperable because…
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Anyone done 30DS & Turbo Jam? Advice Please!
I have been suffering from abdominal pain that the doctors are looking into right now. It's probably an ovarian cyst, or something like that, I know it's not my appendix. Anyway... the pain isn't muscular. I'm sure of that. Before I had this problem, I was going to the gym & running about 20-minutes in the Couch-to-5k…
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Fellow Stress-Eaters: I NEED HELP!!!
Sorry for the novel, but I need to vent, & my family/bf/friends aren't awake. :cry: k... so I left my miserable job at the bank because I wanted to go back to school to be an Accountant, & had exhaused the possibilities of correspondence. Good right? Put in my notice: suffered TWO WEEKS of pranks, snarky comments, rude…
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What's your NSV today?
I actually ran for 20 minutes today! :bigsmile:
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Lets talk Legs people!
K... so I'm getting near my goal... halfway there, in fact, & I only have about 20lbs to go. :bigsmile: TWENTY... IN TOTAL.... and guess what? It's ALL IN MY LEGS. :explode: What is a good workout to burn this off? I've been running, I'm up to 20minutes in Couch-to-5k, & I've been using the Elliptical about 30+ minutes OR…
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Not only did I fall off the wagon, but I think it ran over m
Ugh... I have moved... changed jobs... changed sleeping habits... & totally screwed with my new *healthy* lifestyle. And saw me put on some evil pounds that I had a hard time peeling off. :explode: For some reason, this appears to be a pattern with me. For about 12 months now, I've been fluctuating between 143lbs &…
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Alright... who's got great legs, & how'd you manage to get e
So here's the story... starting weight before MFP was 175lbs. I'm 150 now. Not only am I 150lbs, but it's a STUBBORN 150lbs. I've been running 30 minutes 3-5 times per week. I've been biking 30 minutes 3-5 times per week. I've been doing weights on the inner-thigh/outter thigh machine 3-5 times per week; 60 lbs, 15 reps, 2…
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OMG - I can't BELIEVE this! ... Ladies only Please!
So... I have a UTI. :sad: It hit today, REALLY hard & fast, under like, 4 hours. From "hmmm.... that's odd"... to full-scale RED eurine. I went to the Emerg. & I waited an hour to be seen (pretty good even 4 Canada)... & I get tested... sure enough. All results are lit up like a match. I have an infection. Ok... this all…
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Discovering that "Thin Me" is pretty active!
So... off the wagon for 3 weeks. Not like, eating crap or anything (well, maybe in very SMALL portions), but my weight DIDN'T Change. No Decrease, but no Increase either. Probably because during that 3 weeks I did a LOT of stuff that I would NEVER have done before I lost that 25lbs. I went camping. Complete with canoeing…
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OK... I've now been TOLD where I gained my weight...
I'm at work... & the friend who introduced me to MFP (who has now dropped out in favour of weight watchers :frown: ... but she's still losing weight, so to each their own) walks into the room where I'm bent over filling the toner in the photocopier & she says... randomly... out of the blue... "Hey, you've got an *kitten*!"…
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HELP! I need ideas guys!
Ok... I've stepped up my exercise routine right? I wanna break through my plateau right? Now?! I think I might be starving! I can't STOP snacking! I've tried gum, but it gets spit out in favour of an apple, or a fat free yogurt, or a cereal bar. And, of course, the weight goes up. The weird thing? I'm not gaining inches,…
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So... this is TOTALLY Weird... has it happened to anyone els
I just GAINED 4lbs from starting a Couch->5k program. Yep... I **GAINED** weight from RUNNING. No change to my inches, apparently. But.... I'm 4lbs heavier! Yay! How exactly does this work? I mean... you're supposed to put on muscle right? But... when you put on muscle, don't you usually lose fat? Doesn't that mean that…
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UGH! Off the bandwagon! So close, yet so far!
Ok... so I put on a bunch of weight. I did. Now, I'm taking it off. I have... well... 30lbs of the 45lbs I WANT to lose anyway. My journey started long before MFP... since joining MFP, I've only lost about 8lbs. I'm hovering at the same weight. And now? Totally lost my motivation to work out. It's not like its DOING…