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May Walking Challenge
HI!! I have tried numerous times to make the life changes necessary to be healthy. I find I usually over reach and then get discouraged. In that light, I want to make a new challenge: Walk 30 min, 3 times a week through May 15th Walk 30 min, 4 times a week the following week Walk 30 min, 5 times a week the last week. (You…
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Less IS More!
Hello my lovely team members! Are we all ready to prove that by losing we win? I ask that you give me a little leeway as the challenge starts. Not on doing the actual challenges- that will be balls to the wall- but on the admin side of our team as I figure out what I need to do and when and where is the best way to do it.…
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What are your NSV goals?
In order to keep my motivation up I want to create a list of my NSV goals: Thanksgiving Day: Turkey Trot 5K and I want to jog the WHOLE thing!! Wear my size 16 dress and have it look GOOD again Walk without my inner arms brush against my spare tire Shop in a non-plus size store Fit into my size 14 pencil skirt that I wore…
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Thinking about food all the time!
I have come, gone, and come back to MFP a few times. Each time it surprises me how insanely focused I am on food when I start back in. Does anyone else find that? Instead of having a sense of freedome knowing that my meals are planned out, I obsess over what I "get" to eat that day and what time I plan on eating it. "Oh…
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Can I re-introduce myself?
I joined MFP a few years ago and lost close to 20 lbs of my 40lb goal. Since then I have fallen so far off the wagon that I can't even SEE the wagon anymore and I want to get back into the swing of things. However, I not only gained back what I lost, but more (of course!). So, my new goal is 50 lbs and/or 3 dress sizes-…
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Apple iPhone 4 Armband for big arm?
Hello! I have just registered for a Turkey Trot 5k on Thanksgiving (hence the name of the run) and need to start training. I have an Apple 4 from Verizon and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on an arm band that will fit a bigger arm? I had one for my old small phone and the band was too tight to be comfortable, so I…
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30 Day Shred- starting NOW!
Who wants to start doing 30 Day Shred? I have started it before but fell off of it. I want to maintain my motivation and wonder who else out there would like to start it today (or anytime this week) and help support each other through the short but incredibly "effective and challenging" DVD.
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How do you maintain motivation and discipline?
I have been fighting the weight, body image, and health battle since I was in elementary school. For the last sevearl years I have yo-yo'd within 30-40 lbs, but I always end up putting it back on and then feeling even worse about myself. This time last year I was 20lbs lighter and felt that I was finally making the…
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This is the year!!!!
I am sure that many of you have my same story. You have tried before, found some success, but fallen off your plan and ended up right back where you started. That is my story. Last year a friend and I decided to help each other lose 15 pounds between Jan 1 and May 1- before our kickball season started. We both succeeded,…
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Salads: I have seen the light!!!
I have never been a big fan of salads. I won't say that I am now, but MFP has helped me see their benefits. As long as they are done correctly. Knowing that I have not been eating enough veggies I have been trying to add a salad to my lunch at work. So today, my cereal bowl sized salad of spinach, carrots, celery,…
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Bicycle Purchase Help
I am looking to buy my first bicycle since I was 10 and had a banana seat and tassels! I am not looking for anything extravagant- something cheap and functional for tooling around a couple of miles here or there. I live in a third floor walk up, so lightweight is key in order for me to actually use it. Anyone have any…
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Need help- Snowpacolpyse has derailed me
So I am one of those people who was pretty much housebound last week due to the crazy storms here on the East Coast. I actually didn't do too badly foodwise and the hours upon hours of shoveling constituted my exercise. Here is where I am having trouble: It's Monday and I am finally back into work and back into my routine.…
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Getting back into it HURTS!
I know this is the season where everyone floods to the gyms. I know this because I now can't get a treadmill at my gym that I have been going to for over a year. I am guessing that there are several of you who may be feeling the way I do, physically. Here is my problem: I had been doing better about trying to incorporate…
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Need Cardio help/motivation
Help? I used to be so much better at Cardio. I was in Jazzercise and LOVED it. Then I moved and now the closest class is about 40 miles away and completely unrealistic with my schedule. I go to Gold's and I have tried a few of their classes, but I am not feeling it. I will try again, but in th meantime, I am…
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Newbie reporting for duty!
Hello all! I am so excited to join the site and your lives. I do admit to having some nervousness since this is the umpteenth start I have had on assorted weight and lifestyle changes (as I'm sure many of you can relate) but to paraphrase Ross on Friends- "It only has to work once." So here's to a new beginning!
