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Leveled up to fiancee, looking for groups
After a long on-again off-again relationship with MFP, I'm trying to commit for real. At the end of June, my boyfriend and I bought our first home together, and when we moved in on July 7, he proposed! We are looking at dates next summer, and I want to be the best version of myself for our wedding. If there are any…
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Keto/low carb salad dressings
Anyone have a good recommendation for store-bought salad dressings that can fit a ketogenic diet? I'll try just about anything, I just don't want to face down the Wall O' Dressings at my grocery without some kind of plan.
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Liver issues?
I'm wondering who else out here has had liver issues, and whether your doctor established them as a cause or effect of your weight. I'm just shy of 25, non-smoker, don't drink, but I've been having stomach issues since starting college and just recently they've gotten so bad that I went to my new GP for help, and have…
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How do you get back into it?
I'm coming back to the MFP community and lifestyle change after a very long hiatus, and completely regaining alll the weight I lost, plus an entirely new 15 pounds. My fall off the wagon is a long story, but some of the highlights are: - my best friend's brush with death - my final semester at college - my graduation into…
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Best workout headphones?
My headphones recently died. It's amazing since I've had them since I got my iPod almost four years ago. So now I'm on the market for new ones, and I'm wondering what you think the best headphones are for active cardio. I was just using the earbuds that came with my little magic box, but I hated them, because they were…
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Juice fast pros/cons?
I was doing really well for a while, but then finishing up college threw my diet for a loop and now I'm having trouble getting back on the horse. I'm back to working out regularly, and taking a vitamin D supplement to combat SAD, but the tricks that normally help me curb my appetite and get back on track aren't working.…
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College Student Futon to 5K
I'm a college senior doing the Couch to 5K running program. Anyone else in the undergrad/grad set out there trying to become a runner or get back into running? Daily support and check-ins on Sundays if you just want to make sure you're accountable for your three a week.
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PSA: Please Slow Down
Tomorrow, a dear friend of mine and her family are burying her younger brother. Last week, he was riding in the back seat of a car with two of his friends. They weren’t drunk. They were all wearing seatbelts. They were just going a little too fast and didn’t slow down to take a curve. The car spun out of control, and the…
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Help Wanted: Kick in Pants
I've been on a slow but steady downhill since I got home for the summer. I couldn't find a job (and trust me, I looked - no one is hiring around here.) and therefore my parents have been working me full time as cook, maid, secretary and gardener. It's a reasonable trade, but I have a poor relationship with my parents and…
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Foreman Grill Recipes
My mom just bought a Foreman grill with all the attachments. What are your favorite recipes for the grill?
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Favorite Fitness DVDs?
I'm home for the summer, my good gym is far away back at school - what are your favorite fitness DVDs? I'm running three days a week but I want something fun to supplement that with. (Right now I'm pulling my parents along while I look at gyms in the area, but I'm loose until we find one. My dad needs to loose about sixty…
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Friend's Rx Diet Sounds Dangerous...
This girl I work with came back from spring break on a new diet. Her doctor told her she's prediabetic and prescribed these 100-calorie meal substitutes for her. She's supposed to have five of them a day, every 2-ish hours, and she gets one 300-calorie meal a day that has to be carb-free. That's only 800 calories a day,…
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The Public Eye Diet
I read this article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/07/dining/07camera.html?ref=dining in the New York Times this morning and found it interesting - photographing and sharing your meals as therapy and diet all at once. You know what they say, you are what you eat.
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Logging cals from HRM
How do I log the calories I burned in my workout without creating a new exercise? It's C25K so it's different for everyone - I don't want to blow up the database.
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NYC Mud Run
I've found my new motivation - I want to be able to do the Mud Run in October. http://www.downanddirtymudrun.com/ny.cfm Anyone else thinking of trying it? I figure I can try their training program once I've finished the C25K. The test of my fitness is whether or not I can keep up with my best friend, who has always been…
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Form on this move?
I tried this http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/windshield-wiper-0 and it presented a problem. My hip-bones hurt from the side-to side motion, and I found that by the end of a set I had inchwormed my way about 2 feet down from where I started. Help! What am I doing wrong, and how do I fix it?
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Still sore?
I did some pretty intense workouts on Saturday and Sunday, which made it very difficult to sit down yesterday and today. I'm still very sore. Is it a bad idea to do my normal workout today?
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First Minigoal Reached!
After a lot of hard work, I got on the scale this morning and found that I had finally reached my first minigoal! I'm in my third year at uni and I have now lost all the weight I gained last year while my best friend was hospitalized! Next challenge is to lose the weight from my freshman year - and I feel confident that I…
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Question about sizing/flaming bad customer service
I have this website that I love to look at for adorable clothes, and I've kept some of their dresses in mind as "after" dresses. But all their sizes stop so small! Rather than giving measurements, they give measurements as taken flat across the front of the garment, which is a little less than half of what the bust can…
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Food in Schools - Must See
You have to see Jamie Oliver's acceptance speech of the 2010 TED Prize. Imagine how different American schools would be with the changes he proposes. I'm blown away. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwrV5e6fMY
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Growing bean sprouts
I love bean sprouts, but the caf doesn't serve them, and the ones at the supermarket here are low-quality and overpriced. Has anyone here tried growing bean sprouts at home? Any tips?
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Looking for Long Island's Biggest Loser
I'm a college student on Long Island and this semester I'm working in my university's magazine production class. Our theme is "100 Things to do Before You Die" and we've been getting a lot of responses about wanting to lose weight and get in shape. I'm looking for a person in or around the Nassau/Suffolk area who has lost…
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iPod apps?
Any recommendations for good running-related iPod apps? I am a broke college student with a non-touch video iPod and I'd like to hear what you liked (or didn't.)
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Random Acts of Kindness
Post here if you've exercised your body and your right to good karma in the process, either on the giving or recieving end of a random act of kindness. Today, I went for a run, and when I was done I got in the elevator (11 stories after a run? Not happening.) and held it for someone coming in behind me. She went "Oh,…
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Choosing "Activity Level?"
While I was home for winter break, i had my activity level set to "sedentary" because I was either doing nothing or doing clerical work pretty much the whole time. Now, I'm back at school, and in the last few days I've hit this wall where I'm tired, sluggish, and hungry all the time. I suspect I might be "lightly active"…
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Looking for something new
I never thought I'd be saying this, but MFP has worked miracles in my life before. I'm doing the C25K, 100 pushups, and 200 crunches programs, but the schedule I'm on has them overlapping frequently. The gym at school is closed and I'm looking for something to do on my off days, because - and this is the crazy part - NOT…
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What is this cookie?
I ate this cookie and ruefully have no idea what it was. The "cookie" part was like caramel rounds, kind of open and lacy, baked until they were crisp. They were stuck together with chocolate, and one end dipped in chocolate.
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Is this OK?
Some days, I am just not hungry. I can force myself to eat, but only so much, and I usually end up coming in 300ish calories under my goal for the day, sometimes more. I've tried forcing myself to eat more on these days, and it makes me feel very ill and tired. Other days, I'm very hungry, and I'll go over by one to two…
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Choosing a Supplement
Who is taking a supplement or multivitamin, and how did you choose one?
