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"You're eating for two!"
I'm not. I'm 7 months pregnant and the 2-3 pound baby in my tummy isn't the equivalent of an additional adult. I try to dispel the myth that expectant mothers need to eat like sumo wrestlers. What we DO need to eat is a variety of highly nutritious foods and average at around 300 calories more than our maintenance,…
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Irrational thing that irritates me
When a character in a movie is driving but not watching the road. It drives me NUTS! I'm like "watch the road already don't you know how to drive!!!". Your turn, dish on something silly that makes you bonkers.
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Let's keep it going through Christmas
We all know that calories pile up quicker when you're so much shorter than everyone else. So lets keep that in mind and make sure our portions match our bodies! We have a program here at work called "Freeze the Gain". so many people joined and then immediatly started up the 12 days of feasting! :laugh:
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Finally! An article that talks about realistic solutions!
I'm so sick of the gun control debate I could scream. I think someone has finally put some actual abstract thought into how to prevent violence in school. http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/12/11/21851427-newtown-anniversary-us-schools-keep-trying-wrong-fixes-to-deter-school-shootings-experts-say
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Building bitterness at a young age
New policies in school, applied to Kindergarteners and up: Any play at shooting guns, even with your finger in the shape of a pistol, is an automatic suspension. Playtime is now officially over. I'm just lamenting the obliteration of the gray area.
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Bacon bacon bacon
Every single topic I read into eventually mentions bacon. WHY! It isn't exactly chocolate cake! Or homemade waffles . . . Tell ya what, slow cooked beef ribs with sour kraut! OMG I'm getting hungry. Does anyone have any bacon they can spare?
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Not trying to lose weight, just get healthy
I have not been overweight before or since my first child. I can see some people rolling their eyes already. I just want to say my goals are different. I want to be healthy. I want my energy back. I do not want to be sitting in the doctors office in 5 or 10 years hearing about diabetes treatment. It drives me nuts when…
