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Anyone ever take aerial silk, hoop, trapeze etc classes?
I did some research on alternative types of fitness classes offered in my area, and came across an aerial arts studio that teaches aerial silks, hoop, and trapeze. I'm mainly interested in aerial silks but would love to hear from anyone who's done the others. It looks like SO much fun! It seems perfect because it's low…
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Chocolate Fudgie Cookies - 68 cal per cookie
Just made a batch of these very soft and chewy, not-too-sweet chocolate cookies. I tweaked a recipe I found online, and used real sugar, if you like the taste of artificial sweetener in baked goods then I'm sure you can make this even lower in calories. Yields 16-18 cookies depending on how bad you suck at accurately…
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Knee support garments?
So, bad knees run on my mom's side of the family and sadly I'm not even 30 yet and I'm starting to feel my knees crapping out on me. :sad: My main problem is knee stability, I can hear/feel them pop and shift when I squat or do any type of jumping movement. They also get sore and stiff after rigorous activity. My health…
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"The camera adds 10 pounds."
Yeah, so I just saw some pictures taken of me at a recent gathering. Sigh. I feel great when I glance at myself in the mirror, but man... whenever I see those candid snapshots taken by other people I think I still look overweight, even though I'm technically at a healthy weight. I've still got a ways to go. It's depressing…
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Donated blood, should I compensate?
So, American Cross was at our workplace today and I signed up to donate. Made sure to eat lunch beforehand and drink water. It went well, but when I was inspecting the calories of the sugary snacks on the recovery table to log them the receptionist laughed and informed me I just lost a pound and 3,000 calories from my…
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Do you work out at consistent times?
When you work out, is it at a consistent time? Or does your workout time vary depending on the day? I ask because I've been trying to work out at around 7:30 AM every Mon/Wed/Fri but I always stay up late into the night and hate losing sleep. I also feel like losing sleep and being tired/lethargic in the morning makes me…
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Strength training while eating a deficit - why?
So I just started incorporating 3 days of strength training on top of walking for exercise. From what I read on the forums, it's impossible to gain muscle in a calorie deficit. I was always told working out makes you lose weight because you put on muscle, and muscle aids in burning fat. But that sounds like a paradox now.…
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Women's Health Big Book of Exercises
I went into my local B&N looking for New Rules of Lifting for Women but they only had the men's version, which may be similar enough but I wanted something that focused on a woman's physique, with inspiring example photos. (seriously, I swear half the fun of exercise books is checking out the toned bodies of the women…
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Can't find a HRM/Pedometer combo that isn't a watch.
Hello everyone. So, I just started getting back into MFP and fitness/calorie counting after 9 months of growing complacent in the middle of my weight loss journey. I went from 176 to 141, then gained about 5-7 lbs back recently (it fluctuates). Really determined to nip this in the bud, and refuse to gain another pound…
