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IIFYM Support
Looking for people following iifym to check in on one another at the end of the day to see if we reached our daily goals! I have a 7 month old and a 2.5 year old and the "it's 9pm and i dont care anymore" is a real issue. I work from home so i rarely prep meals ahead of time (i prep everyone elses so by the time its my…
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Clean on a tight budget?
Some things: 1. We're in a food desert, i have access to walmart or the dollar general. 2. My husband is a hardgainer with a labor job, picky tastes (meat and taters, basically). 3700 cal or more a day 3. Im small but breastfeeding, i need 1800 or less. Vegetarian. 4. We have a newborn and 2 year old. Toddler has a mild…
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Looking for Support Buddies
Hello all! I'm looking for pals to motivate each other on our fitness journeys! A little bit about myself: I'm 27, married, and i have a gorgeous four month old son. I also have a mini farm, currently being re-hashed so we only have rabbits for now (getting back into poultry and cattle soon). At one point, i was a…
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Best Certifications?
What personal training certifications would you suggest? How about sports nutrition?
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Just Stop.
Quit saying you want to get fit and healthy but balking when someone suggests maybe walking instead of eating cake. Stop making up injuries so you don't have to work out. Man up and say you don't want to. Stop playing the "poor me" card. There are other peopke who have life harder than you and are still working out with…
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ripping sleeves
I just ripped my last good long sleeved shirt :( Im only 4'8" and i have a 28" bust, 22.5" waist, and 13" biceps. i like fitted shirts, but the ones ive had for years are splitting around my arms. id just go up a size, but they get way too long and are baggy on me (to the point i look like im wearing pj shirts). Any broad…
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santa paws
What are your furbabies getting from santa paws? :) My dogs are all three getting XXXL chew bones and new leather collars. And probably a new rope toy (their giant monkey fist stinks to high heaven now) My cats Cap'n Jack is getting a toy that has a ball and feather on a track to chasr Ziva is getting cat grass Suki is…
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hitting the wall
What do you guys do when you hit a wall? I went from three to four hours a day working out and being physical (think chopping dead trees with a dull axe) to one hour....to nothing. i take 1-2 days off every week but had maintained the three+ hour schedule for 8 months. then BAM. i hit a wall i guess. im not sick or…
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lava cake! lllaaaaaavvvaaaa
2 scoops chocolate protein powder (i used dymatize fudge brownie) 1 sugar free chocolate pudding cup 3-5 tbs splenda 2-4 tbs water. Mix all ingredients in microwaveable mug/bowl. microwave 2-4 minutes, or until edges pull away from bowl. center will be jiggly. Top with whipped cream-enjoy! i mix pecans and dark chocolate…
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RANT. >:(
My house is poorly insulated. It's really freaking cold in here. I hate the cold. Also,due to poor insulation, our hot water heater doesnt allow for a hot shower. Its miserable being cold....getting into cold water....and getting back out to more cold. :(
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Stats!
Im laid up with a bad knee and im bored. so....lets share stats! Im 4'8" and 121lbs. bench press:150x 5 Front squat: max untested 95x13 Power clean: 105x6 Back squat: max untested 110x17 Military press: 95x5 Lawnmowers: 110x 6 Preacher curls: 165x 8 300y suicide sprint: 00:01:05:23 deadlift:235x5 Hows everybody else doing?…
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Sprinting
okay- i wear nike pro combat shorts to do most workouts-weightlifting, pkyo, etc. however, ive been doing suicide sprints several days a week and GOOD LORD those shorts arent working! by the 50y line, theyre hiked up my bum and the band is clear into my armpits. not good. no bueno. im considering going down a size, but…
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gentlemen
Have any of you tried BSN Evo Test or Animal Get Jacked stack? My fiance just got both to try and i was wondering if anyone had good results with either? or bad ones, actually. Thanks!
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sleeping
Okay, im an insomniac. i can fall asleep but will wake up every ten or so minutes....and then stare at the wall for hours. been like this for years. ive taken tylenol pm/off brand sleeping pills nightly. id really like to stop. i sleep in a totally blacked out room. comfy bed. comfy temperature. I can be nearly dead…
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Whichever weather :D
Lets play a game :) where are you from....and at what temperature do you get cold enough for a jacket/sweater and at what temperature do you declare hellfire and go inside to the air conditioning? Im from SE Texas and need a hoodie at anything below 74° but can easily work outdoors in 110+ weather with 80+% humidity. My…
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Attn. all Pitbull type owners!
ive been getting emails and texts all morning alerting me that HALLOWEEN 2012 is going to be national kill a pitbull day. people are supposed to throw tainted treats in pitbull containing yards and hand them out to pitties that are trick or treating with families. even if its nothing, please keep your pups safe. you never…
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Bucket List!
Whats on yours? Drink coffee in Italy. Hike in the Rockies. Drive a Lotus Elise. Have a house with a HUUUUUGGGEE kitchen, so i can cook fancy dinners :) Open a Bully breed rescue for the "unsaveable pit bulls", where they can live safely and happily, regardless of their history. Take on a spicy food challenge. Do Run for…
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I need new shoes!
Hardy ones. Ones with great arch support that can handle running, jumping, and lots of fast lateral movement. I dont care if they weigh 10+lbs or not even 1. i dont care about color. i wear a size US 5.5. Ive tried sketchers (hurt like hell), sauconys (felt great, fell apart), adidas (not enough support, broke my foot).…
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Olympic Lifts
I want to learn oly lifts, most especially the snatch. however, i dont go to a gym due to finances (even the affordable ones are an hour or more away) so i was wondering if there are books, or possibly videos that teach correct form? it took me a while, but i finally got deadlifts and squats down, so id like to move on :)…
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shoes for high impact exercise
i have sauconys (which i love, but they wore out way too fast) and adidas (which caused me to stress fracture my foot). i have high arches and wear a size 5, so i cant even find inserts that fit. there are running stores about an hour away, but they dont stock below size 6, and im not buying shoes without trying them on…
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my fiance thinks i tried to kill him.
So, my fiance has a less than stellar diet. im not super concerned, he has a fast metabolism and we couldnt afford to keep him fed on healthy food. this means he gets all of 6-8g fiber a day (vegetable? whats that?) . now, i use splenda+fiber in my coffee and occasionally ill make koolaid or lemonade with it. For 5 days in…
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polar ft7 trouble
My polar hrm has started acting up. it either reads 00 or something like 232bpm or just says "check heart rate transmitter". Im about to change the batteries, but if thst doesnt work what can i do? anyone else have this problem?
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crazy inlaws
Let me read your horror stories! heres mine: my FIL wanted to buy a car from us. he called ME asking for the keys, as he was buying a new motor for the car the next day....despite having no money to buy the car itself. i asked when he could mske payments, he callefd me a B**** woman and said it was none of my business. my…
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Why is everyone so mean?
Ha, i kid. but now that you're here; i was wondering what ya'lls heart rate (resting/moderate intensity/all out intensity) is. i ask because even after 3 years of 5 day a week intense training mine is high. it recovers quickly, but resting is anywhere from(first waking up) 53bpm to (sitting in a recliner) 86bpm. any…
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BC question ladies
Ive beed on the depo provera shot since i was 16 (im 22 now) with no negative side effects. my obgyn hit a panic button over bone density (depo can inhibit your ability to absorb calcium) and put me on ortho tri cyclin lo. I gained weight, got acne, and was damnnear bipolar in a month. so we got on lowloestrin. same deal,…
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running
I am not a distance runner. i ran hurdles, relays, and no more than the 200y sprint in high school. i always poop out at that second straight on the track. so when i RAN a lap, SPRINTED half, walked and SPRINTED another half, and RAN the last 1/4 mile....after an hour of tennis and an hour of HIIT earlier, i was thrilled…
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Kipping
heres the deal: i cant do a kipping pullup/muscle up/floor up. I cant kip at all, really. On the positive side, this makes me awesome at pullups because im kipping-cheat disabled and have to muscle out dead hang reps. On the negative, i have chronic tennis elbow and cant seem to get past that joints weakness to do any kind…
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Bummed.
i just cant seem to get motivated lately. I maintained 3-a-day workouts for months, and then.....nothing. I thought i had overtrained so i took time off. Ive been off since last month, and managed to lose 12lbs and many, many inches. (because without my workout, i lose my appetite and dropped down to 1300 calories instead…
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Needing a little help
nornally, im all about the internal motivation. Dont want to work out? Do it anyway! I only skip workouts when my body needs to rest. But my dad just has a way of knocking the wind out of my sails. Hes the kind of person that, if YOU say something (i.e. Sodium makes you retain water), he has to discredit any validity and…
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Calling all awesome people!
im looking for some shiny new buddies! My only request is that you be awesome, cant be friends with people who are boring ;p if you think youre awesome, hit me up. (ps, also applies to people needing support, admitting you need help is pretty damn hard too, so that makes you awesome.)
