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A question for dads in the dating world
Hello wonderful fathers of the world, I have a question for you! The Facts: Come Father's Day this year, my boyfriend will have been together just shy of a year, He's 38 and has the most beautiful 8 year old girl, I'm 22 and have no children, Though we plan on building a life together, we never plan on having kids together…
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Photograph and 5k NSV! w/ pic!
So today was my city's annual brain tumor walk.run 5k and I was participating with my S.O.'s family. Before the race our team got together for a group photo. I was super nervous. Typically, I hide in the back of photos, with my body turned away from the camera, but my boyfriend's family members are all ridiculously tall…
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I live is one of the U.S.'s fittest cities!
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/facebook-survey-reveals-the-fittest-cities-in-america-212936852.html With my guilty pleasure being that I read WAY TOO MUCH of yahoo's news steam I came across this article. Way to go Portland, on being #6! Anyone else on the ranking? UPDATE: Yes, everyone I know it's total garbage as…
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One year later! Wearing shorts :)
I was kinda doing mfp on and off for a couple months before I decided to get serious about it, I weigh somewhere around 240 in the first picture, and am wearing size 20 shorts. The other two were taken this morning, weighing in at 187 and in a Size 14 :) I may not be at goal yet, but a year has changed me so much! LAST…
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a dumb question, but....
When it comes to weight lifting, what's a rep and what's a set? I know they are how many times to lift the weight, but witch specifically means what ?
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How to dress my body!!!!! (ladies, help me)
So my body has changed a lot since I've lost 40 pounds, but it has a new shape. Previously when I was this weight, I carried a very limited amount of weight/fat in my tummy region - where as now I have quite a bit.... and I find myself totally confused on what style of clothes would make me look the best. I feel like I…
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getting there.... [w/ pics]
so, I've been struggling for a few months now and getting extremely frustrated with my progress - however, the other day I was going through my photos and found these....and maybe I'm not so much of a failure after all. near the beginning of my journey: now: I still have so much more to lose.....but I have made progress
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Is it RUDE to offer your "fat clothes" to a friend?
SO, I've dropped a couple sizes and now have quite a few clothing items that are just way too big to wear and have look good on me. That being said, these clothes are all super cute and have lots of life left in them. So, do y'all think it's rude if I offer them to a friend who would look really cute in them? What I would…
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NSV calf gap! W/ PIC!
So I've heard a lot of hype around women who want a "thigh gap" and though I'm not interest in getting one, what it always made me think was, "Thigh gap! I'd just be happy if my calves didn't touch!" and when this all tarted, they touched - from knee to ankle. Well, today while trying to choose a pair of shoes for date…
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I didn't choose the thug life ...
Anyone like health food blogs? Anyone think a lot of swearing would be a nice addition to health food blogs? check out: http://thugkitchen.com/ was a great laugh and full of awesome recipes!
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how would you log...
fire dancing/ poi spinning ? MFP doesn't have either option :brokenheart:
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Why does drinking water help you lose weight?
Don't get me wrong, I totally understand that drinking water is good for your health and everyone should do it to stay properly hydrated - but why does drinking water help you lose weight? I've heard that people often confuse thirst with hunger, so staying hydrated keeps you from feeling hungry, but what else.
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Tight Lacing/ Waist Training/ Corseting
Hello MFP world! This topic is in the fun and games section but I'm sincerely curious about what y'all have to say. I love body modification, but outside of the more common piercing and tattoos, I love corset training (though I do it pretty darn recreationally, reducing my natural waist 3 inches or so). I'm considering…
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WHAT tastes better than skinny feels?
I hate hate hate the quote, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Simply because, for me, that's entirely untrue. Papa Murphy's Hawaiian Pizza is worth being fat for. It just is. And some brownies too. SO for you - what is worth being fat for?
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Crafty NSV
SO I'm super excited because today I went to buy a new pattern and fabric and much to my surprise and pleasure I no longer need the biggest pattern size!I was excited when I started fitting into patterns at all again and now I'm another size smaller! Yay buying less fabric to cover me! And yay to soon having an adorable…
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Random Things You Love (or find ridiculous) about your S.O.
We all know "it's the little things" that make you love someone and I thought I'd share, out of appreciation, random things I adore about my SO 1) when he drinks tea, as he goes to place the tea bag in the water, under his breath in a high pitch voice you'll hear him say "no! no! nooooooooooooo..... - gurgling noises as he…
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Advice on how much to eat please!
Hey y'all I want your opinions! So I started wearing a fitbit about a month ago and it's always automatically adding extra calories burned to my MFP account - increasing my allotted daily intake BUT I already have MFP set to take into consideration my active job and lifestyle. Do you think I'd get a more accurate idea of…
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My Fellow Ladies.......
because I feel like being all warm and fuzzy today:
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I'M OFFENDED
Some idiot today has the audacity to post ^^^^^this^^^^^ on (enter social media sire here)! I'm so tired of seeing stuff like this! It's just not fair to people like me! I have HAIR! Long, thing, hair and I should not be made to feel bad about it! How dare all of you! No one should be comfortable in their own body but me!…
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Opinions on this workout? (men please, but women feel free)
So after months of seeing me workout, my boyfriend has finally decided to workout (yay!) Anyways, there's a celebrity he has in mind as his inspiration (Jeffrey Donovan) and after minimal google work, found this as his apparent workout: 20 Pushups 5 Inside grip pullups 20 Diamond pushups 20 Resistance-band curls 20 Reverse…
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Why is my stomach so swollen?
So, I'll admit, my logging has been total crap for weeks now, I log in every day but have not kept my journal up for about a month. Today is my first day back in full swing and hopefully I'll get back in my positive habits. Anyways, my stomach has been swollen for a couple weeks now, but my weight has not gone up (more…
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How accurate is my fitbit?
Anyone know how accurate a fitbit is as counting burned calories? It's my first day wearing one and it says I burned over 3,800 today. I know you burn calories constantly throughout the entire day, not just during hard activities, but that still seems a little over the top. I do work on my feet and move around all day, it…
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HRM vs FitBit Advice PLEASE
First - sorry if this is a beat to death topic, but I want some opinions For christmas I got a tv and wii that I have no use or desire for and am going to return them - they were bought on the gifter's best buy credit card so I can only get store credit for them - luckily - they sell heart rate monitors! Yay! But they also…
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How the *bleep* do y'all do it?!
Alright - most my workouts are done at home, either going running or dvds. I've started going to the gym at my college - with Oregon winters running outside can be downright miserable and dangerous - So I do my cardio there, and I lift free weights (which I always kinda feel like an idiot doing because I'm just copying…
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Little NSV that made my day
At the gym yesterday I was able the RUN on the treadmill, not walk, not even power-walk, but run. I have NEVER been able to do that before - even when I was a 5k runner, every time I got on a treadmill I would feel like I was going to fall on my face (and die). If I'm doing my cadio at the gym (and in Oregon's winters that…
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Fitness NSV
I'm right in the middle of my weight loss right now, I've dropped 43 pounds and, though I'm feeling great, it's getting harder to stay super motivated all the time. The initial thrill is gone and healthy living is more routine now. So while running this morning I was reflecting on my body and how it's changed since I began…
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ASHLEY IN ONDERLAND!
I have finally made it to Onederland! This morning's weigh in was 199.4! I'm 41 pounds down from where I started and absolutely thrilled! I have a huge new wave of motivation pushing me to continue my journey! BEFORE: TODAY: (with a peek of my ALice in Wonderland tattoo) :D
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Need Advice Please! (Men especially)
So it is with much joy that my boyfriend seems to have hopped on my getting healthy bandwagon (after months of giving me crap about it). Anyways, now he's always asking me question on what's healthy and not. Which is wonderful, we had a delightful long discussion about sodium the other day and when its good and bad for…
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Any Ladies on an IUD?
Hello MFP World, So it looks like I'm going on an IUD, but I haven't decided between Mirena (5 years) or Paraguard (10 years). I've been doing a lot of research on both, comprising my pro and con lists, but was wondering if any of y'all can tell me how you liked (or hated!) using one or the other. How did it effect you?…
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Yes I AM fat!!!!!!
Okay people, for Pete's sake, when an overweight person openly acknowledged their size/weight DO NOT, I repeat DOOO NOOOOOOOT, respond, "Oh no you're not!" Just because we're fat, doesn't mean we're stupid. I weight 215 pounds - I am a big girl - I can handle the weight of that reality. And you all know a fat person when…
