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My Workout Makes Me Sad
Hey guys! Last year, I started lifting heavy weights and pairing that with 30 minutes of moderate cardio activity for weight loss, muscle building, and depression management (I'm not taking antidepressants because they disagree with me). This was in combination with a relatively low carb diet with one cheat meal on…
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Seeking advice on gym shoes
I need new gym shoes! My Nike Free Runs are giving me really painful corns on the side of the ball of my foot, or whatever it's called when a blister forms under a callous and will not go away or stop hurting. I am looking for a good arch support, room for high arches and wide feet, and works for both indoor and outdoor…
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Fun workouts?
Hey all! At the end of March, I did something to my knee while doing Tae Bo. Since then, I tried no/low incline walking and level 1 of Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred. Those were fine for about a month but then I started experiencing more knee pain and back pain as well. In the understanding that pain is my body telling me…
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New Workout - Gaining Weight
Hi all, I just opened up my diary to public so please have a look if it will help you help me. I am 5'3", 195 pounds, in a size 12 dress size. I am very hourglass shaped with most of my weight in my hips and bottom. I've been using MFP since Christmas and had lost 7 pounds during the month of January (that is to say I went…
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Suddenly Starving
I've been on a basic regular diet since Christmas. I recently went on a weekend trip from my home in LA to Montana. I tried to keep up my eating habits of a healthy breakfast shake, lots of protein, and lots of fiber. But for some ungodly reason, as soon as I landed back in LA, I cannot keep my stomach full. An hour after…
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Cravings!!
Do any of the other ladies out there suffer from intense cravings around that time of the month? I haven't been able to think about anything but chocolate fudge brownies all day. I've heard that almonds should help with chocolate cravings, but I had 7 almonds, and it's not doing it for me. HELP!
