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Goal: reached
Weighed in under my goal weight this morning! I'm starting week 6 of 12 of my current workout program this week, so hopefully by the end of the year I can add a little more tone. I couldn't have done it without MFP; I've been under 120 for a month, and all the crash dieting, insane calorie cutting, and attempts to throw…
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Dear Abby, Why aren't don't older chicks try to be hotter?
Read this in the paper this morning. I thought it was worth sharing, as I'm positive there are some people who would really like to respond: DEAR ABBY: I am a divorced father of two children, one in college and the other in high school. I have reached a point in life where I can take trips and make time for me. I am…
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WTF is a thigh gap?
Suddenly everyone seems to be talking about thigh gaps--what are they talking about? It just sounds weird. Like, a tooth gap in your thighs?
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Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down (Pandora)
Pretending you still listen to Pandora and haven't moved on to some different music streaming internet radio, give the song a thumbs up or thumbs down, and then pick a new song for the next poster to thumbs up or thumbs down. Song 2 (Blur) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TByqESZekxc (in case you don't know it)
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Please give me your mexican recipes preferably healthy ha ha
I love Mexican food, but I usually make the same old thing--taco meat, refried beans, avocado, cheese, sour cream, tortilla. Delicious, but I'd like to expand my horizons. (I apologize if this is a repeated topic, but I did search for "Mexican" and got a lot of advice about eating at Mexican restaurants, suggestions for…
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Ignore feature is fixed!
Now, how do I get all the people who bug me to line up so I can ignore them? Oh I know! I set my activity level to sedentary and I don't eat back my exercise calories! There, that should bring them all a-runnin'. :laugh: Seriously, though, I'm glad they got that fixed.
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Do I have D.I.D.?
I was reading a thread and noticed the same old blah blah blah from one poster who always makes me roll my eyes. I decided that rather than strain my eye muscles, I would just ignore this person. So I click on "Ignore User" and it pops up saying "You can't ignore your own posts." WHA???? I had no idea that I've been…
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Help with my shopping list
Between pay checks and the good food ran out days ago. I get paid on Friday and I can't WAIT to go shopping, so I'm making up my list. I don't want to go nuts because I don't want to blow my whole paycheck at the grocery store and run out of food in a week (again). Help me make my list. I'm not on any specific diet; I'm a…
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Am I the only one?
I can't help but look at other people's before and after pictures and see their success, but for some reason, I find it depressing. I know that I am doing well because I'm getting stronger and I'm developing healthy habits, but even though I've lost pounds and inches, I feel like I look exactly the same. There's no drastic…
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Evening exercisers, sleep question
For those of you who exercise in the evening or early evening, do you find that it affects your sleep? I've always had a difficult time sleeping; I'm a light sleeper and it also takes me a really long time to fall asleep. I've been working out about an hour after dinner, as I don't have the energy to do it before dinner…
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Still having carb problems
I'm always going over my carb goal, and am always under on my protein. I don't want to drink protein shakes--I just want to eat real food that's good for me, so I try to eat a decent amount of fruit and vegetables for the fiber, and lean meats + dairy for protein, but I still have problems with too many carbs and too…
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What are you doing here?
I joined MFP when I got my first smart phone because it was the very first app that I saw in the app store and I thought, "Well that sounds cool." I thought it was a great way to hold myself accountable for the things that I was putting in my body. The more I did it, the more motivated I became. I hadn't even discovered…
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I go over my carbs every single day
Seriously, how do you people manage it? Today's a bad example because at the end of the month I'm out of money and resort to eating whatever's left in the fridge, so for lunch I had a cucumber and a carrot, which left me still substantially hungry, and as such I dipped into the secret hidden bag of chocolates that I…
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high protein breakfast that isn't eggs
I hate eggs and it seems like almost every healthy eating plan that I've looked at has omelets, breakfast burritos, and scrambled egg whites as breakfast options. I've tried my best to bite the bullet and try to get used to eating eggs for breakfast, but it's just so gross to me. The taste, the texture, everything. There's…
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Do you work out when you don't feel well?
A couple of hours ago I started to feel light-headed and like something was not quite right with my vision--not exactly dizzy spells, but hard to focus. I kept feeling like I needed to take my glasses off, but that didn't help. Then I became quite nauseated and my stomach is still upset. All I want to do is drink some…
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How do you meet your calorie goal?
I am REALLY trying to listen to everyone's advice about eating the calorie goal and eating back your workout calories. I've accepted the fact that I don't necessarily need to lose weight (5'5.5" 127lbs) but I do need to get tone and definition if I'm ever going to feel better about my body (and that's a big if). So today I…
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Muscle cramps
I woke up at 1 am this morning with my first ever muscle cramp in my left calf (happy birthday to me :laugh:). I remembered reading (in The Long Walk by Richard Bachman/Stephen King) that you need to message the muscle and breath deeply to oxiginate it, so I did that and the cramp let up pretty quickly. This morning the…
