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Eating while grieving
I am not looking for sympathy, but I do need some nutritional advice. My mother passed away today. I am not an emotional eater. In fact, I am quite the opposite. I have a lot of trouble eating when I am upset. The last time I had a major tragedy in my life, I lost 10 pounds in 10 days. Obviously, I am not going to stay on…
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Ladies who lift (or ride horses, or pole dance)
Okay, so I’m not really new here, but I never did introduce myself, so I guess I should. My story: I got fat. That’s pretty much all the salient information. Then I found MFP, read the heck out of the forums, asked a few questions, and started to burn more than I consumed. I got skinny fat. Went back to the forums. Read…
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Need reasonable beginner weight lifting goals
I got a gym membership today and tomorrow I go in for my "fitness assessment." I want to start lifting heavy and I have read NROLFW cover to cover twice, plus more forum posts, articles, etc. than I can count, but I have yet to actually pick up anything bigger than a dumbbell. The trainer I am meeting asked me to write…
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My poor knees!
This isn't a very active area, is it? No matter - I still have questions! :smile: I've been pole dancing for about 15 months now and my knees just don't seem to be getting any tougher. If I don't wear knee pads, even kneeling on the floor will leave me black and blue so I can't do a lot of my favorite off-the-pole moves.…
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Pole dancing for stress relief
I am having a really horrible week and I feel like someone is going to get hurt if I don't get some relief, so I have signed in to class tonight. My usual class is on Sunday, but my studio allows us to drop in to others if they aren't full already. Some days I swear it's the only thing that clears my head and makes me…
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Felix Cane Pole Mastery DVDs
I just got these in the mail today and I am very excited! Has anyone else used/viewed these DVDs? I will, of course, post my own review, but I am curious about the opinions of others.
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Getting all your calories when you're ill - does it matter?
Hello, everyone I am a big proponent of eating well and eating back exercise calories, but today I have a dilemma. I did my "big" workout earlier today, but by the time I'd finishing showering, some mildly annoying congestion had mutated in to a full-blown head cold. I am a sniffling, sneezing, achy mess and I have *no*…
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Is my HRM trying to sabotage me?
Hello, everyone I have read a lot of horror stories here about people who purchased HRMs only to discover they weren't burning as many calories as they thought. I appear to have the opposite problem. If I log the 30 DS as circuit training, I get around 185 calories burned. My HRM says 233-246. Today I did a couple of miles…