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Help...exercises needed for a broken pelvis.
So in July of '14 I got into a car accident and broke my pelvis and some ribs. Surgery wasn't required, thank goodness. I was on crutches for about two months. Now, I can tell I'm not nearly as flexible where my pelvis broke (the pubic ramus, the very bottom bone near the groin). If I walk for too long (meaning,…
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Need tips for my mostly bed-ridden self!
So two weeks ago I was in a bad car accident, and I broke my pelvis in two places and possibly a few ribs. I went to my follow up appointment today and did X-rays and stuff. The doctor says I should be on crutches for four f'ing more weeks. If any of you have any tips, ideas, advice on any ways to keep myself from going…
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Question for runners about compression socks
Does anyone wear compression socks? Every day the arches my feet hurt so badly, they throb painfully and sometimes makes it hard to sleep. I'm definitely not new to exercising, and I've never had a desk job (have waitresses for the last almost 20 years), so I'm used to being on my feet. But the pain hasn't been like this…
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Tips for slicing raw potatoes
Can someone tell me if there's an easy tip to slicing raw sweet potatoes? I would like to make my own potato chips, but slicing is so hard! And I don't really have the money to spend on a potato slicer (and I actually JUST found out a minute ago that they even existed! :laugh: ) Edited to correct it to be raw SWEET…
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Do feet shrink?
That's possible, right? One friend says she never heard of such a thing. I swear my shoes and sneakers are bigger, which stinks because I have a super hot pair of black heels that I've hardly ever worn. I walk out of them now! :ohwell:
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World Gym members
There's a brand new World Gym that just opened by me, and they have crazy cheap monthly specials (basically for a year it's $156 including any fees and all that.) So it comes out to $8.99 a month, plus a $40 enrollment fee, with the $8.99 rate guaranteed never to go up. I pay $33 a month for LA Fitness and while I like the…
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What would you think...
Okay I was wondering what you guys would think if you were the guy in this situation: I just recently started talking to a guy on I met on match.com, and we're meeting up tomorrow. He seems pretty cool, and I'm looking forward to meeting him. Anyway, turns out we have some mutual friends..one of whom I kissed one night a…
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Baked mac and cheese
I just made this tonight, and it was sooooo good! I used fat free cheese so the cals were a bit lower. I also didn't have whole wheat bread crumbs, so just used regular panko bread crumbs. I also used Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta because I just don't do whole wheat pasta. Next time I might "bulk" it up with something, maybe…
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Back to the stupid drawing board...
After having met no prospects in real life (not for a lack of trying, so save your breath, DM), I've rejoined the online dating world of match.com. I hated to do it, but as much as I've been out and about and active lately, it's just not happening. So I sucked it up and rejoined. I tried the free sites like OKCupid, and…
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Frozen Reese's Protein cups
I got this idea from this post: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/611109-frozen-reeses-protein-cups The recipe and everything is in that thread. I just wanted to bump this and post my comparative results when making one batch with PB2 (Google it!) and with Peanut Butter & Co's White Chocolate Dream Peanut Butter.…
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Dallas Tomato Battle
If there's anyone in/near Dallas, the annual Tomato Battle is going on on Sept 8th! It's gonna be so much fun! Then later that night is a beerfest :drinker: called Uptown Untapped...I can't wait! You can get cheap entry into the Tomato Battle for the next few days here:…
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Sex life...
Why is it that I always hear about how once you're married or whatever, your sex life goes down the drain? I swear, I can't see that ever happening to me. I'm probably just naive, but do all women say that before they're married? I've never been married, but unless I was sick, or he'd done something terrible and we were in…
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I miss my single peeps!
I haven't been around much, been out of town. I'm back now and will be around later to catch up. What debauchery did I miss? :happy:
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So on Tuesday...
...Match is hosting a happy hour meet up event at a Bar & Grill near me. I will go, but I'll feel like a total dork going alone. I don't have many single friends, and the ones I do have, I don't think they'd go. Plus, I don't think I'd want any of them to go watch me try to meet guys! Like I said, I definitely want to go,…
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Hi!
Checking in from Lewisville here! :drinker:
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So I guess I'm getting stood up...
...awesome. I was supposed to go meet a new guy today, we were going to go walk a local trail where we'd both done 5k's before then have lunch at a restaurant that's on the trail...On Friday he emailed saying "Sunday sounds great, I'll call you and we can figure out a time and place to meet and go from there." Yep, that's…
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You can't help who you're attracted to, right?
So I've been seeing this guy for just a few weeks. He's really nice and we have a lot in common. The bad thing is, I'm not attracted to him. I feel like a terrible person for saying that. I've tried to wait it out, to see if that will change. The last guy I was with, I didn't really find him physically attractive at first,…
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Line beards
Guys...I have to ask. WTF is up with LINE BEARDS? Why? Why would you want such a thing? Maybe I'm in the minority and other chicks like it...but it looks silly.
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Wish me luck...
...I joined a softball league in Dallas that starts tonight...bring on new male blood to meet! :devil: Maybe you should be wishing THEM luck. :bigsmile:
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I love this forum.
It's really fun to get different, objective points of view from both males and females, in a (so far) adult manner. :smile:
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The ongoing saga of the freaks in online dating...
Okay, so this is a completely different guy from the stalker I mentioned a few weeks ago. About six weeks ago, I started emailing with this guy on match, he seemed nice enough, so I gave him my number. We hardly texted back and forth, I'd usually get a text on a Friday afternoon, and well, we all know what that's about.…
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First place in my first 5k!
Today I participated in a 5k for a camp that provides therapeutic support for families who have lost a child. My good friends (a husband and wife team, the ones who run the boot camp I do every Saturday), lost their daughter when she was almost five months old, and every year they do a 5k in her honor during her birthday…
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My stalker
...okay so he's not really a stalker, he doesn't know where I live. Thank God. Back story: there was a guy from a few weeks ago that I was emailing with back and forth on match, and he seemed interesting, and so I gave him my number. He texted me while at work, and we chatted a bit. Then he started coming on really strong…
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Dating someone with kids...
...is really tough. I totally prefer to date someone who doesn't have kids, but at my age (39) it's not that easy to find someone kid-free. I recently went on a few dates with this guy, and it's been going well. We've even done the "hang out at his place and watch movies" thing, so we're comfortable with each other. But,…
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How should I put this...
Okay so I'm on match.com, and I've met some guys on there and I always get a bit uncomfortable when it comes to the "What do you do?" subject. I'm a waitress. I've been doing it for forever, I'm good at it, and I (usually) love it. I love the company I work for. I think if I won the lottery I'd still work there and give…
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Sick of first dates!
I really am getting sick of them. I've had some dates from match, and while I'm glad to be having some dates to go out on, I hate first dates! Aside from whatever it is we do, they always seem the same. You say the same things and ask the same things and it's like going on a bunch of job interviews. Plus, usually what we…
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Okay, now silly deal breakers...
I brought up the topic of deal breakers the other day...do you have any "silly" deal breakers? I don't mean if someone has kids or is an alcoholic, but things that might not bother others. I've been talking to this guy for a few days, and very frequently he'll refer to me in the second person when speaking to me. Like…
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Shooting at my work tonight...
So I am a waitress, I work at a nice, upscale pizza restaurant. Tonight, I was working, and it was F'ing busy. At one point, a table in the station next to mine starts bugging me. This one guy came up to me while I was at my own table, he TAPS ME ON THE SHOULDER WHILE I'M SPEAKING TO SOMEONE (side note, never ever do…
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Growing your own veggies and herbs?
Does anyone here grow their own veggies and herbs? I am wanting to try this, but don't know much about how to go about it. I live in a small apartment in Texas, but have a balcony that gets lots of late day sunlight. And I wouldn't be able to plant anything in the ground, it'd have to be grown in pots. Is this doable? Any…
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Awkward gym moment...
So the other day I'm at the gym in the locker room. Headphones on (but no music playing) and not paying much attention, I go into the bathroom area and open the stall door, walk in and close it...and turn around to find a woman sitting on the toilet. Oh, hello! Don't warn me or say anything! Now here I am in a closed stall…
