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Help planning for firefighter agility requirements?
Hi there. I am turning 40 this year (am female, btw), and have it on my bucket list to do EMT training. In order to train and volunteer as an EMT in either the city or the fire district where I work, I have to apply, pass a physical agility test, and get accepted into the local fire academy, then volunteer for one year as…
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Salad in A Jar
I recently had a couple of follow on message from a status update regarding "Salad in a Jar". One of the person who sent me messages suggested I put this out to the message boards. I'm always looking for new and fun ideas to try since I'm having such a high success rate with my personal Salad in a Jar experience (also got…
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5 + 30 Challenge for December 2017
We don't have a scale in our house since we moved across the country and I haven't replaced it. This makes it harder for me to participate in the weekly weigh-in type challenges. So instead, I wanted to offer a non-weight related challenge to increase fruit and veg intake, and get a minimum recommended amount of physical…
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What's in your LunchBlox?
Howdy. I finally followed through on a "reward" I earned a couple of years ago and got myself some LunchBlox, one of the sets that has 2 sandwich and one salad kits. This is my first packed lunch: tofu and broccoli salad with peanut dressing, more or less from this recipe. What do you all like to put in your lunchblox?…
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thoughts on macro distrubution?
Hi All, I have my menu more or less planned out for the week. I cook on Sundays for the week, and don't mind eating the same thing all week. Per usual, I'm having a little trouble meeting my macro distributions. My tendency is to be under on protein and carbs, and over on fat. This week is somewhat of an exception to other…
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Needed some motivation to get back on track
I've been trying to eat all my feelings in ice cream lately. So in the spirit of reminding myself what I'm doing and that it has overall been very effective over the last 4 years, here's 40# (235 to 195). Whaddya know... long term lifestyle change works, even if we go through periods of bad days, weeks, or even months.…
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30 Day Shred for January 2015
Is anyone else doing 30 Day Shred starting this month? I had some really good results doing it twice through this summer, but fell off the wagon in September. Wondering if anyone else out there is starting today, tomorrow, or soon. I'd be happy to keep this thread open or start a group for us to update and motivate. I…
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Help planning for firefighter agility requirements?
Hi there. I am turning 40 this year (am female, btw), and have it on my bucket list to do EMT training. In order to train and volunteer as an EMT in either the city or the fire district where I work, I have to apply, pass a physical agility test, and get accepted into the local fire academy, then volunteer for one year as…
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What shall I make for dinner?
I have some swiss chard, broccoli, green onions, and cilantro that need to be eaten soon. We also have salsa and sour cream left over from nachos. I have a pretty well stocked vegetarian kitchen and a pound of frozen ground turkey in the freezer. Any ideas on what I should do with this for dinner? The "planning ahead"…
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Hello... Anybody home?
Hi there. Anyone still active here? Shall we bust this group out and make a party? What are your favorite recipe sources? Mine currently are: -Mark Bittman's VB6 (Eat Vegan Before 6pm) -Budget Bytes -Forks Over Knives -Post Punk Kitchen -Thug Kitchen I also just got a new cookbook today called The Flexitarian Table by…
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waterproof calorie monitor for swimming?
Anyone aware of a decent quality, not uber-spendy calorie tracker that could be worn swimming as well as the rest of the day... like a waterproof fitbit? I'm having trouble locating one.
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stress eating?
Now that I'm logging my food, I notice how much stress drives my eating. My case load is both high and acute at the moment... to the point where I'm relieved to get through a day where everyone is still breathing and no one is bleeding. A day where one of my kids is not in the ER or detention is a blessing this time of…
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NROL and C25K question... your opinions please
Hi All, I'm looking for some advice. I'm currently scared ****less by the reading of New Rules of Lifting for Women. Definitely need to make an appointment with someone at the gym to show me how to not hurt myself and explain what the exercises mean. But I figure at 38, this is the time to FINALLY build some bone density…
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Zombies, Run! Couch to 5K is on sale...
Anyone want to start this program with me? Its on sale today for 99 cents. I've been waiting for a droid-compatible couch to 5K for Zombies, Run... and I now have no more excuses. Come run away from zombies with me?
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need opinions on C25K/New Rules of Lifting...
Hi All, I'm looking for some advice. I'm currently scared ****less by the reading of New Rules of Lifting for Women. Definitely need to make an appointment with someone at the gym to show me how to not hurt myself and explain what the exercises mean. But I figure at 38, this is the time to FINALLY build some bone density…
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Zombies, Run! Couch to 5K is on sale...
Anyone want to start this program with me? Its on sale today for 99 cents. I've been waiting for a droid-compatible couch to 5K for Zombies, Run... and I now have no more excuses. Come run away from zombies with me?
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Best guesstimates for local, non-chain restaurants?
Hi. I have a difficulty with using MFP. Its something I get stuck on kind of regularly, so I'm sure some of you must have figured out how to solve this issue as well. When I cook at home, I can enter my own recipes. But when I eat out, I tend to not eat at chain restaurants... more like Mom and Pop places for Indian and…
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Overcoming "mommy" guilt?
Hi All, How do you overcome "mommy" guilt? Like the thought, "I should be doing something else for my family instead of working out."
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How's it going, everyone?
I'm pretty pleased with myself. I logged 545 minutes of physical activity in the last week. How are you doing?
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Hunger and exercise... why does this happen???
Alright, so here's a thing that's annoying me. Yesterday I made the choice to not exercise, which means I had fewer calories to consume. But I was *****in' hungry. Today I did some physical activity and I can't eat back all my exercise calories. What gives, body??? (also I'm shy about my food logs because I have TMJ pain…
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NSVs!
Non scale victories for today... -35 days of logging all food and activity accurately (even when I didn't eat as well as I would like) -my waist seems to be measuring 1" smaller than a month ago -I get fidgety and restless on days that I don't at least get a walk in
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Soft foods, not enough fat. Suggestions?
Hi All, My jaw hates me right now. I have obnoxious TMJ pain whenever I eat anything as hard or harder than toast. I got part of a pluot stuck in my mouth the other day because I couldn't open my mouth wide enough to get the pit out. When I use aggressive self care (regular dosing with ibuprofen, alternating hot and cold…
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emergency mental health, new to the group
Hi all, I work as a mental health crisis responder, primarily for the kids' crisis team in my county, but occasionally for all ages in the county north of here. I had an ABSOLUTE BLAST at my wilderness first responder training this summer (had been on my life to do list since 2004). It got me thinking (again) about nurse…
