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Jaybird Freedom Wireless Headphones
I recently bought a pair of Jaybird Freedom wireless earbuds and was disappointed to learn that my iPod (6Gen) does not have bluetooth. I now need to buy a universal bluetooth adaptor. Jaybird said to make sure it has a headphone jack, has A2DP, and at least bluetooth version 2.1, but they didn't recommend one. Has anyone…
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A Comic To Make You Smile
"Between Friends" by Sandra Bell-Lundy
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Do you have a training watch that you love?
I am planning to purchase a GPS-enabled watch and would like to hear from anyone who has one that they love. I am particularly looking for feedback on the following watches as these are the ones I am comparing (in order of my current picks): Garmin Forerunner 405CX Garmin Forerunner 410 Polar RCX5 I am a runner, although I…
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Great running/racing quote
This was too long to post on my status, but too good not to share. Love this, and so true!! This is how it works: Training is doing your homework. It's not exciting. More often than not it's tedious. There is certainly no glory in it. But you stick with it, over time, and incrementally through no specific session, your…
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How effective are low reps?
I've been lifting weights for over 10 years and have always done anywhere from 8-15 reps, depending on the exercise. I've been doing The New Rules of Lifting for Women for a few months and am now in Stage 5 (to anyone who is familiar with it) where you do 3-4 sets of only 4 reps. Of course the idea is to increase the…
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Does anyone have Nike+ iPod?
Does anyone else have a Nike +iPod? I got one for Christmas and am just starting to use it more to calculate the distance of my runs as opposed to time or calories. I'm training for a couple of events so I want to know my distance fairly accurately. I went out on what I was hoping to be a 13 mile run this morning but I'm…
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Is a Nutritional Scale helpful and worth the money?
I scored a great deal on a Nutrition Scale today. However, I was reading over the instructions, and although it has almost 1000 foods in the memory, it seems that you need to enter the code of the food in the index and then it calculates the nutritional value of that food based on the weight. I was hoping I could actually…
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Before and (almost) after pics
So here is my attempt at posting pictures. Hope it works..... My before picture is a NASTY shot of me but it's all I have. My after pic is me, 16 pounds later. I've since gained a couple pounds and would like to go back, but I felt like I just needed to post these now. I don't NEED to lose a little more, I would just like…
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Nutrient Values
I'm trying to better understand the breakdown of my foods so I know how to get more of the things my body needs. To clarify, my daily recommended amount of Protein is 45 and Fiber is 14. First question is 45 and 14 what? Grams? I need to know this when reading nutrition labels. Also, I don't have a good grasp on when a…
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I need encouragment, a pep talk or maybe a kick in the butt!
For about 8 weeks I worked hard and exceeded my 15 pound weight loss goal, but more importantly than that, I didn't binge which is something I have struggled with for a long time. Last week I went on a trip to the Carribbean to attend my cousin's wedding and even without using MFP at all I feel like I stayed in control of…
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Need Advice On Reading Nutrition Labels
I sometimes feel like I don't know what I'm doing when I read Nutrition Facts on products. Today I compared 2 products and I'm totally confused. I wanted to try a recipe that calls for Earth Balance butter substitute so I hunted it down in the grocery store. This product has 100 calories per Tbsp and has 11g Fat. What I…
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Recommended Sugar intake
I recently added Sugar & Fiber to my list of things for MFP to count in my foods. Apparently te recommended amount of sugar not to exceed is 24g. I made a new smoothie the other day whch was super yummy but when I entered it into my food diary, it calculation a whopping 21g of suger- almost ALL of my alloted sugar…
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I need HELP!!!
I have been trying to lose 10-15 lbs for over three years. Maybe that doesn't sound like much but I am so frustrated and quite frankly MAD at myself. I recently had 2 solid weeks of eating GREAT and the last 4 days I've been OUT OF CONTROL, eating compulsively and putting the weight back on in record speed. This is the…
