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Tight muscles under my chin
I've noticed recently that when I tilt my head back (as in looking at the sky), the muscles/tendons/whatever under my chin are pulled very tight, and I can only tilt my head so far before it because downright painful. I've tried doing stretching exercises (neck rolls, etc.) and it's loosening ever so slowly. Am I odd that…
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Does everything happen for a reason?
That's my mom's response whenever something doesn't go the way we hope it will. Do you believe this?
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Quinoa recipes needed
Today I bought a pound of quinoa from the local food co-op because I heard that it's supposed to be some kind of wonder food, especially for dieters. (Filling, healthy, and chock full of protein.) The only problem is that I've only ever cooked quinoa once - 15 years ago. I need recipes. Suggestions?
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You've just won $500mil! What are you gonna' do with it?!
In honor of the big, mega-watt lotto draw tonight, let's play pretend. You've just won the whole shebang. After taxes, that's roughly $300,000,000 over the course of 20 years, or $15,000,000/year. What would you do with all of that money? How would you spend it? What would you spend it on? And how would you spend your time…
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Five days in - how're you all doing?
As of lunch today, I'm at 7250 words. I'm about 1100 words lower than I should be, but given that I didn't write at all during the weekend, I think I'm doing okay. I also plan to kick it in tonight to catch up. How about the rest of you? How're you doing?
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Hit my 10% w/ pics!!
Today marks 125 days of logging into MFP. It also marks 10% down from my original weight of 184. At 5'2", losing 18.4 lbs is a lot, as you can see by the pics that follow. If there's any advice that I can give to you guys, it's don't give up on yourself. I've lost ridiculously slowly it seems to me, but now that I'm…
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Office Parties - How do you handle them?
My co-workers are trying to kill me. They brought food in to celebrate my coming on board (very nice of them), but they all brought bakery muffins to the tune of 630+ calories each! OY! To be polite, I ate one brownie and one heath mini bar, but avoided the muffins like the plague! I told them all thank you very much, that…
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Mah box
No, not that one. For the past month or so, I've been logging some odd exercises. No time for gym since I've been dedicating my time to making a box table for a homemade gift exchange I'm involved in. Well, the box table is done, and I'm absolutely thrilled with how it's turned out. This box represents 2648 calories, 23.5…
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How do I lose 5 pounds in 7 days?
Next week, I'm scheduled to have a new job physical. This physical will set my health insurance rates, so it's kind of a big one for me. The problem is that I am five pounds too heavy to qualify for the better rates. It doesn't matter that I'm a fairly solid girl, or that my body fat isn't as high as my weight would have…
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Why are you here? No, for real...
Okay, so a confession: In 13 months, I'll be going to a family reunion where I'll get to meet up with two of my first cousins who are almost exactly my age (all of us were born in December 1969). One of them regularly runs half-marathons and looks fantastic. The other just lost 50 pounds and is 110 lbs. soaking wet. All…
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How come I'm not sore?
Something's been kind of bothering me lately. I've been working out quite a bit over the last few months, which is new for me. A few weeks ago, I added weight lifting to my repertoire. I'm not doing the whole girlie low weight/high reps. No, I'm doing 4 sets of 8 reps of the highest weights I can do +5 pounds. It hurts…
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Fashion Faux Pas - Personal preferences
I realize that I am not a fashion genius, and I'm pretty okay with this. I prefer classic clothing (of the old Van Halen t-shirts and worn-in jeans variety, not the NYC Clothing variety) over trendy. That being said, I've noticed that I have some serious biases against certain groupings of clothes/colors. Let me explain.…
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How to reach new goals - push ups and sit ups
For the first time in my life, I've made goals to be able to do military push ups and regular sit ups. I want to be strong enough to do both since I have never been before. But I don't know how to get there. My initial thought is to just keep trying every day. Do modified until I can do real, and then just keep going. But…
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Runners - How often do you run?
Just curious.
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I'm obviously doing something wrong here
I'm getting increasingly frustrated with this whole "get healthy" regimen I'm on. About three weeks ago, I joined a gym and started seriously working out in order to lose weight. (Yes, that is why I joined. Anything beyond that was meant to be a bonus.) I've been tracking my food on MFP religiously, as well as putting in…
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At what point do I stop counting repetitive exercise?
I do not have a car, so I walk... a lot. I also walk during my morning and afternoon breaks. On average, I walk about 70 minutes every day but Sunday at about 3.25mph getting my heart rate up to my fat burn level. (I don't count my walking unless I get my heart rate up, otherwise the amount would be more like 110 minutes…
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Core work after abdominal surgeries
Went to a "Personalized Training" class this morning at my gym. It helped in that I'm really worried about building my core and I'm not sure how to do that safely given my history of abdominal surgeries (I've had eight surgeries where I was cut from hip to hip; last one was 12 years ago this summer) and she offered some…
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For the last time, I'm not on a diet!
There's a lady that I work with that makes it her business to check what everyone is eating and comment on it. I've mostly shrugged it off, until recently when she started judging my food with comments like, "Oh. You're eating that? I thought you were on a diet? How are you going to lose weight eating that?" :huh: I'm…
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Because there are never enough Newbies... Hi!
Hallo, all. Pleasure to meet everyone! I'm 12 years into surgical menopause and feeling great! Finally done with hot flashes, emotional swings, and uncontrolled weight gain. (Yeah, I know. If I'd eaten right and exercised more, I wouldn't have had uncontrolled weight gain. But it happened so fast and nothing I knew worked…
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Mid-Life Crisis Mode - Fix it!
This year, I've watched my eldest two sons graduate from high school and my husband graduate with his B.S. in Engineering. In just a couple of years, my youngest two children will also be graduating and moving on, which has me in total mid-life crisis mode. To explain for those who haven't been through this, I'm taking…
