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Short Celebrities with Healthy Bodies?
Just curious if you have any celebrity body inspirations? I know some girls out there are famous and emaciated and probably not an appropriate inspiration, but surely there must be some good examples out there for us :) . I think Hayden Panettiere has a lovely figure! She's 5'0"ish I believe, and her body is thin but…
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What's Your Trouble Spot?
We all have an area of our body that irks us, or takes the longest to get into shape while everything else is getting predictably smaller or smoother. What's yours? I'm not intending this to be a self-hate body shaming thread, just a "you're not alone! Everybody has their thing!" kind of thread. My area is the back of my…
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When did you start weighing/measuring self post-baby?
When did you mommas out there start weighing and measuring post-baby? I'm debating between starting at one week postpartum because I know I'll see losses and find that encouraging, vs. starting at my six week postpartum check-up for the sake of staying sane in the immediate postpartum period and keeping my mind off of…
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What gym do you workout in?
I'm a member of the Century Park Spa Lady. Just curious where you all do your healthifying!
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Edmonton's Best (a game)
Let's play a bit of a game, shall we? I'll name a category, and someone responds with the business/place/whatever that they feel fits the title. Then, they propose a new category for another poster. The hope is that in the process, we can all learn something new about our city, and maybe try some new things. I'll keep it…
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Maintainers! Come and Brag :)
I'm reaching the last 10 lbs or so of my weight loss, and I'm pondering the task ahead of switching from losing mode to maintaining mode. I hear that it is more difficult, and I'm up for the challenge, but I could use some inspiration. I remember there used to be a thread called "Let's hear it for maintenance!" that I…
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My 5 month progress - over 30 lbs lost! [PICS]
I thought I'd make a success post to commemorate hitting 30 lbs down, though I still have a long way to go! My daughter was born in June of 2012, and when the dust settled, I weighed 164 lbs. My pre-pregnancy weight had been 135 lbs, and even at that weight I had felt very self-conscious of my body shape. After having my…
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Men, it's okay to smile in your after pictures!
Just sayin'. It won't make your new six-pack look any less manly, I promise!
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Progress report: 3 months in and 20 lbs down!
So, I have a long way left to go, but I thought I'd be brave and show what 3 months of tracking and working out can accomplish. 3 months ago I'd cry when looking in the mirror. I felt helpless, and I was *this* close to ordering some gimmicky crash diet just to finally shift the scale a little. I was 5 months postpartum…
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I am weak
But, I've finally committed to getting STRONG, not just thin. I used to think that thin was all I wanted, but I think I was deluding myself. What was truly happening, I think, was that I didn't BELIEVE I could ever get strong, so I pretended it wasn't what I wanted. To start with, what I mean by "weak" (as an example): I…
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What was the last book you bought because of the cover?
What was the last book that you bought based on the cover/back alone? What grabbed you about it? Did it end up being a good read? I always judge books (and music albums) by their covers, I'll admit. Usually I'm pleased with what I find. To answer my own question, I most recently purchased Iris Murdoch's "The Sea, The Sea"…
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Good Christmas Music
Anyone have some favourite Christmas music they would like to share? My favourite discoveries of this year are Folk Angel (www.folkangel.bandcamp.com) and the collaboration For Folk's Sake it's Christmas (www.forfolkssake.bandcamp.com) - can you tell I enjoy folk music? I like to hear something other than the typical 300…
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What's your biggest temptation this holiday?
What is your biggest temptation this holiday season, and what are your strategies to combat it? It's between the appetizers and the sweets for me... Probably appys because they are so easy to mindlessly consume! I'm a little more deliberate with the sweets, though still terrible. My strategy this year is accountability. My…
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My Small Non-Scale Victory
Hi all! Relatively new to myfitnesspal, but already hooked :) . I was really looking forward to the first time I could chime in with an NSV for you all, and I think I have it! Last night I LOVED my step and pump class (steps + weightlifting/core workouts). You have no idea how big of a deal this is! I hate this class, but…
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Do you maintain the same calorie deficit when sick?
Hey, everyone! Have only been using MFP consistently for less than a week, and so far so good. My only concern is I caught a cold that's going around here, and I'm not sure if that means I should take it easy on the calorie restriction, or if it's okay to proceed as planned. I've got chills, aches, fatigue, cough, runny…
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Difficulty with inclined chest press machine
Hello to all you myfitnesspal people who know your way around the weights section of the gym! I'm a 5'0" woman, overweight at 156(ish) lbs who has a membership at a women's gym. I have always been afraid of the weights section, specifically afraid of looking like a failure or weakling or someone who is totally lost…
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When did you start to notice changes off of the scale?
I'm new to myfitnesspal, and only about a week into logging my calories. It's been successful so far (5 lbs down from my starting weight) but I'm not physically feeling different size-wise (not that I expected to see changes this early in the journey). It just made me curious -- what were some of the first changes you…
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Any Shift-workers?
I'm currently on maternity leave and trying to lose the 25 lbs I received as a souvenir from my pregnancy, in addition to the 25 lbs of extra weight I had from long before that. I'm trying to be disciplined now in order to lose the weight before I go back to my job as an emergency RN at a large tertiary trauma centre in my…
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MFP Sugar Recommendations
Hi, everyone! Relatively new to MFP (signed up a month ago and forgot about it until about 4 days ago). I'm noticing something as I log my food: it is very easy to go over the daily recommended sugar intake! Do people hear regularly stay within the recommended limits? How do you do it? I don't really feel like cutting out…
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Hi everybody - Ready to change my negative self-image
Hi all! I'm Jill. I'm a 27 year old Emergency RN from Alberta. I love my life - I have an amazing husband and a gorgeous 5 month old daughter. I have a stimulating and challenging career, a great group of friends, an awesome church, and hobbies I truly enjoy (trying to learn the banjo, for one). However, I've struggled…
