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Boredom Snacking - What do you do when you HAVE to be bored?
I'm pretty good at recognizing when I'm tempted to snack out of boredom and doing something else to counter the boredom, even if it's just getting out of the house and away from the #$%! fridge. My big struggle is when I have to do something boring - I find myself with the munchies because I hate what I'm working on. I'm a…
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Heavy Friends
Okay, I'm going there. I mentioned it in another post, but feel like it deserves its own thread. Do you have heavy friends who aren't trying to get in shape, or aren't trying as hard as you are? How do you handle it? I have a pair of good friends that I get together to walk with several times a week. They are both looking…
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Fun DVDs
I'm ordering 30DS to do on days that I don't run, and I was thinking I might order a "fun" DVD for those days when I just don't feel like working out. Any recommendations? I'd love a dance workout video with songs that I actually know rather than generic sounding music. Honestly, I think my ideal workout video would be…
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Off Day Workouts?
What do y'all do besides couch to 5k? I thought about trying 30 day shred but I'm scared it will leave me too sore to run!
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Maybe I Should Just Buy Bigger Jeans
I'm here because I can't fit into my jeans. Literally. I have fifteen pairs of jeans which I could wear six months ago, and today I can barely squeeze into two of them (and I have to do that unsexy squat move to stretch them out a little so I can zip and button them). I've been eating well, running every other day for the…
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Healthy Foods for the Time-Starved
Like a number of people here, I have zero spare time. At least 3 days a week, I have to eat supper in the car or not at all. I honestly, and without making excuses, do not have time to cook healthful meals each day. I just don't. I do the best I can with making a big batch of something freezer-friendly whenever I do have a…
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So, umm... When do I stop feeling like crap?
I've been on the wagon for a week now. Not a long time, I know. But I've been eating well and running every other day. Mentally, I know I'm doing well. Physically, I feel like a dead dog. I have a headache, I'm constipated, bloated, tired, I have to pee every 20 minutes because of all the water I'm supposed to drink, my…
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Fat Sauce! Ruin unhealthy foods for me forever!
I work for a Japanese company, and I was talking to my Japanese friend Mimi, who has lived in the US for many years, about some of the foods that we Americans have come across on business trips that horrified us... If you're curious, do a google image search for Natto or Iriko. She was totally delighted with my…
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God help me, I'm starving
Like, all the time. MFP has me eating 1200 calories, meanwhile all the running around I do at work has me burning up to 550 calories a day (I logged 9.5 miles yesterday on the pedometer between walking at work and jogging last night). Should I be eating some of these exercise calories? Or will I eventually get used to the…
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Exercise Induced Asthma - What's It Like?
I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what having EI Asthma feels like? I have very mild asthma that is typically only aggravated by respiratory tract infections - I have an albuterol inhaler that I have been instructed to start taking the minute I feel a cold coming on, etc... So I really only know what an asthma attack…
