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Here's a great (maybe stupid) way to burn calories...
Mow the lawn. When it's 90-some degrees. Using a non-self-propelled lawn mower. I did that last night. I thought I was going to die. I probably will not do that again (it was in dire need of mowing or I likely would have put it off until it cooled off), but I'm betting I burned quite a few calories!
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Tasty Morning Smoothie
I made a very good smoothie this morning - super easy. Half a bag of frozen strawberry banana smoothie fruit+yogurt mix (60 cal) 1/2 cup skim milk (about 40 cal) 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (170 cal + 30 g protein) Tasted like a chocolate covered strawberry shake, plus with the protein powder, I was full until lunch!
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Hi. I'm starting over. Again.
I was on MFP most of last year. I worked out five days a week, ate well, and generally felt so much better. I lost 35 pounds. I ran my first, and only, 5K in September. I did the Warrior Dash. It pretty much destroyed my running shoes, and I couldn't afford to buy new shoes, so my exercising lapsed, followed quickly by the…
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I can't believe I did this!
I woke up this morning after a pretty late night up with my toddler. It stormed almost the entire night, so she didn't get to sleep until quite late. When I got up this morning, there were two empty boxes of Cheerios on the counter that'd been half full. I ate both of them sometime during the night, and don't remember it.…
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Hello!
I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app on my iPhone about a week and a half ago. I'm loving the simplicity and am working on losing about 70 pounds (mostly baby weight I put on when I was pregnant with my daughter in 2010, and then some!), and recently joined our local YMCA to meet my fitness goals. I've really let myself go…
