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Straight shape - best jeans and where to buy?
Hi! So, while I do have minimal curves, I fit most closely into the "straight"/rectangle/banana shape by my proportions. My chest is about 5-6 inches bigger than my natural waist & my hips are about 6-7 inches bigger than my waist (but only about 4-5 inches bigger than the measurement around my belly button). I'm 5'5" and…
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Register for my wedding??
I'm 40 years old, this is both of our second marriages, we've finally got the location secured and the date is now firmly set for September 14 (which has been our tentative date for 4 months). I had posted a status on Facebook with the date, time and location (we live in Ohio, are getting married on a beach in Florida, so…
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Face comparison pics... Post yours!
OK, so I've seen threads such as this before, but still thought I'd start another. lol My good MFP friend Dawn posted her picture this morning, prompting me to a find a true "before" picture from 2010, around the time I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism. My high weight, at the doctor's, for that period was 186 lbs. I lost…
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"I love you more..."
So my fiancé and I aren't real mushy overall, we say we love each other frequently, but don't get into a lot of gushing over one another, it's just not our thing. But there's one thing he's said to me a couple of times (via text) that never fails to make me grin like an idiot and feel like I'm blushing. lol He works…
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Meggings: Leggings for Men????
OK, so I was listening to my Sirius station and the DJ mentioned this new fashion trend: leggings for men (they call them meggings). I googled it, found a few articles & some shopping sites... Here's one of them: http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/shortcuts/2012/dec/10/leggings-for-men-meggings-trend What do you think? I…
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Irritation: Clueless people who need to add their 2 cents
I've been at maintenance since mid-August. My weight fluctuates a bit, but, as I still track and still work out, it's staying int he range I'm comfortable with. The folks out there that don't have a clue that feel the need to tell me what I should or shouldn't be doing irritate the crap out of me. Irritation 1: The people…
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I need help figuring out why I'm still losing on maintenance
I reached my weight loss goal of 140 lbs in mid-August. I set my calories to maintenance shortly thereafter. I did well with this for a while, my weight tended to fluctuate by a couple pounds or so here and there, but it was staying in the 140-143 range, and I was ok with that. I had thought at the time that I might shoot…
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NSV Pants size
I started on MFP in January this year. Started dedicated workouts April 3. I actually reached my goal weight (of 140 lbs) on August 8. This was a 25 lb loss. I've worn a size 10 for years, sometimes going up to a 12 and for a short period around my hypothyroid diagnosis (in 2010) I wore a 14. Since losing the weight, I had…
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Why am I COLD all the friggin' time????
OK, I'm hypothyroid. Been on Synthroid 2 years. I'm regulated, doing well, all my other numbers (blood work from annual physical, etc) are good. I've lost almost 25 lbs, am 5'5" tall, weighing just over 140 lbs & 39 years old. I've always had low-ish blood pressure (very bottom of the range of "normal"), I eat better than…
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Some Jillian Michaels results
I have tons more pictures, but this shows my progress thus far in a way that I think everyone can see... Even though, by many, I was *smaller* to start with. I did 30 Day Shred, starting in April, followed by Ripped in 30. I took about a week off in between the two. I followed that up with another 8 or so days off and…
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Progress pics... Almost a year later
OK, so yesterday I came across the picture of me by the tree again... And I remembered thinking before that I looked pregnant in it... But wow... So I felt the need to do a comparison. And came across the other photo from that same day last August. I feel so much better about myself! I still have 3 more pesky lbs to go to…
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Anyone else doing JM Kickboxing FastFix?
I started Jillian Michaels' Kickboxing FastFix last week. After a couple of days, I decided I would do each level (3 levels) for 5 days, then do 2 cycles like that (for a total of 30 days) before moving on to something else. I've never done any kickboxing before... I like the workouts, they get me sweating and I feel it,…
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Bikini comparison, last year to this...
I just came across the picture from June of 2011 today. I was really excited at the difference as I actually wear that bikini this year as well. lol The one taken this May is a similar bikini (the top is the exact same style, the bottom is basically the same cut, just styled slightly different). That photo was taken the…
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Calculation method for BMR & TDEE
OK, I had this previously, but I never wrote it down or saved it anywhere to be able to look back... Can someone please give me the actual calculations used to calculate BMR & TDEE? I've tried a few different sites, but I would like to do the actual math myself to be certain. I tried searching topics, but there are so many…
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Final 30 Day Shred Results with pictures
I'm going to post a blog about this later, but I'm not quite feeling up to writing much at the moment... lol I started 30 Day Shred on April 3, did it 5 days a week, M-F for all but the first and last weeks. The first week I only did 4 days, this week I did it for 6 to finish up. I did some other cardio workout, usually…
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Least favorite 30 DS moves
Ok, so I'm on level 2, so, at this point, I have no idea what is even *in* level 3... But so far, the exercises that I really hated from levels 1 & 2 are: Level 1 Push ups Jump rope Bicycle crunch Level 2 Squat thrusts Chair squat with V raise Double crunch Double jump rope (I actually haven't tried this, today was day 4…
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NSV~Pants fit!!!!
My NSV pants, which never fit me in the waist in the 5 or so years I've owned them. They do now! And they're actually almost too big! Yay me!
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BMR & TDEE and what do I put as my "Daily Goal?"
OK, while I'm sure that if I search diligently, I will find the answer to my questions... But I've looked at quite a few threads regarding these numbers and haven't found the exact answer that I'm looking for. In going through some of those thread, I found places that showed me how to do the calculations, so this is what I…
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30DS Progress-finished level 2...Pics
OK, so I finished level 2 of the 30 Day Shred today and I'm posting pictures of my progress, as promised. The program definitely works, as I think the changes in my body are fairly obvious, at least in the side view pictures. :smile: Day 1 April 3,2012 Day 8 April 12,2012 Finished level 1 Day 19 April 27,2012 Finished…
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Just finished level 1 of 30 DS (pics)
I started 30 DS on April 3rd. Today, the 12th was my 8th day, as I'm only doing the program M-F, taking the weekends to either rest or so some other activity. So, even though I've only done it for 8 days, I was excited that I could actually see small changes in these photos. :blushing: I've lost 2.3 lbs, not sure about…
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How do I determine the speed at which I am walking?
I don't use a heart rate monitor, but I do have a fitbit, which counts my steps, number of floors climbed and a few other things. It gives me a general idea of calories burned by the number of steps taken. But I know that's not the only thing to consider... So how do I tell the rate of speed at which I'm walking and the…
