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Planks hurt my wrists
It seems my wrists are not very flexible at all and my hands don't like being at 90 degrees to my arms. Doing level two of ripped in 30, it's all plank moves all the time, I'm only 2 days in and my wrists are already sore. What to do?
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Just a rant
People you're keen on smsing to ask if you are up, getting a reply straight away and then never saying another word for the entire night and not picking up when you call cos you're not a fan of this waiting around game. Just whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I would have preferred it if you had not smsed me at all!
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Make my vegies taste amazing
What do you do to make your vegies taste good? I need to eat more, I get a bit bored of just steaming them up and eating with cheese.
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Who wants to Turbo?
Getting back into Turbofire again, would love someone to do the full 20 weeks with me, help me stay on the wagon. Any takers?
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Feel the love but no passion, or romance
Time to ask one of those questions you aren't meant to ask random strangers in a public space. But these thoughts swirl around my head from time to time and I'd like to get them out. Cliche I know but the passion and sexy desire times have gone out of my relationship....a loooooooong time ago. We connect well in many other…
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Stolen fire staff, super sad, what do I do?
Somewhere between Adelaide and Mannum in the last 24 hours, my fire staff disappeared from the back seat of my car. Stolen? Lost? Misplaced? Near Home? 200 kms away? At some goof ball's house now? Or thrown into the Murray river? I don't know. What I do know is that I feel like I've lost a part of me. This was the first…
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The number versus life
Very interesting read http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/12/27/quantified_self_critique_personal_data_apps_for_calories_exercise_sleep.html I had immense success losing weight strictly counting a couple of years ago but it wasn't a lifestyle I could sustain indefinitely. Feel somewhat validated with my more…
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Intermittent fasting
Who has done it? Is it workable? Does it have a negative effect on metabolism? Do you indeed get health benefits from it? Considering trialing the 2 5 thing where you eat only 600 calories 2, non consecutive days of the week. I'm thinking breakfast and lunch, I get bad headaches if I skip lunch but seem to be ok if I eat…
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Having another go
Lost 10 kilos using this site (and exercise, and eating a lot) 2 years ago. Gained it almost all back now and finally not feeling completely adverse to having a go a logging again. Logging again has got me eating more fresh food and walking at least (aiming to get back into the fitness proper). Looking for some support…
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Planks/tricep pushups and Very sore wrists
Did a workout that incorporated a bunch of planks and tricep push ups today and now my right hand wrist is aching. I notice with this hand I can't actually get it to sit flat on the floor. (Too inflexible?!) This means as I lower myself into the tricep pushup the body side of my palm curls up and I suppose this might be…
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Losing weight and fat acceptance
Last time, the first time I lost weight, I wanted it more than anything else in the whole entire world. I LOATHED my body, I used that loathing to fuel my workouts, to take the pain of lactic acid and strenuous work. The whole time I was on here though, in tandem to my lifestyle change, I was also considering this concept…
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Help, shoes under threat
Clearing out my wardrobe I find evidence that some kind of insect has been feasting on my old leather docs. I can let the docs go but I have iceskates in storage too, want to save the skates. What's eating my footwear? How do I get rid of it?
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Personal trainer, worked too hard?
I had a session with a pt yesterday, strength focused.....after about 20 minutes of non stop movement my heart rate was definitely maxing out and I started to feel like I couldn't breathe/light headed. My two questions are - is this over kill? And the not being able to breath thing, which seems localised to my throat. Is…
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Vitamix blender, are they worth it?
I got to sample some blends from a vitamix on the weekend, a green smoothie and raw soup, it all tasted amazing, but they cost $700. Has anyone splashed the cash? Was it worth it?
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Sad/rant
About 6 years ago I moved from the country to the city (which I love) and bright eyed and bushy tailed, I had a good solid crack at making friends. Then uni got hectic and I disappeared and when I reemerged they were almost all gone. The other day I noticed one who shared a mutual friend with me on facebook had gone so far…
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Practical skin care
Somewhere along the line I decided I didn't buy into this make-up lark, and so, I also never bothered to 'care for my skin'. Subsequently, aged 25, I'm trimming up finally (losing that weight) but I already have little crows feet around my eyes (too much smiling by far). Perhaps, I start to think, it wouldn't just be pure…
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Boobs, shape, unrealistic?!
Yesterday I accidentally went to work wearing a crop top instead a a bra, I have to say, even though I'm 10 kilos down, and the thinnest I've ever felt, I still have a big stomach and I spent the whole night feeling Very flat chested. Here are some pictures to demonstrate (arguably, not the most flattering top) Side on in…
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Attn: Metal connoisseurs and sound techs
Can I borrow your ears? I've been mixing this recording for the last few days and my objectivity has gone to hell in a hand basket. Is there anything glaringly wrong with the mix? I thought I was pretty much done but now I feel the bass sounds Weird (although it always sounded weird, even untreated but is it distractingly…
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Exercising when it's cold
So the ambient temperature in my house is probably about 13 degrees celsius, I've never been bothered by the cold before but this Winter I'm feeling it something harsh! I'm finding it is Really putting me off of doing exercise. I don't want to face the cold of changing into my work out clothes, my muscles hurt sooner and…
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sick last night, why? (tmi)
Last night i ate carrot, celery, rice crackers and hommous, a few hours later i ate too much spinach curry and rice and a milo till i felt uncomforably full....then over the next couple of hours i had a horrible belly ache and wind....and made an alarming number of trips to the toilet for not much at all. I took some…
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People on maintenance
Do you find yourself hungry at the end of the day? How do you deal with it? Do you have many spike days? Do you worry about them or do you find they don't matter too much? I may (or may not) be maintaining on 1770, eating intuitively I tend to find myself over by 100-200 most days, occasionally I go over by a bit more…
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Advice about just strength training
I got this routine from an awesome mffriend of mine who is studying to be a PT. Warmup: 1min walking, 1 min jogging, 1 min jogging with high knees, 1 minute butt kicks, 1 minute star jumps Dumbbell flyes 3x10 (if this is too easy you may need heavier weights) Pushups 3x10 Squats 3x10 Skipping 5 minutes (put cardio in the…
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Gastroparesis how to meet calorie goal?
I'm posting for a friend who has this. She's averaging about 600 calories a day (and her metabolism is quite slow at the moment although she would like to speed it up somehow). She can't eat solids and can't stomach more than about 200 calories in one sitting. She knows she needs to have about 8 meals in a day but for one…
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Vegetarians, how do you get protein into your pasta sauces?
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Strength training videos
Hello, I'm looking for some strength training vids to do, I have weights, resistance bands, and my body weight of course. Eventually I might try something like P90X but for now, I don't really want to commit a full hour to working out (more like somewhere between 20 - 40 minutes). More vids like this 20 minute one by…
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More workouts like this....
something by Denice Austin, exactly what I was looking for, do people know of other workouts like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKOMBCc_81U (20 - 30 minutes long, focussing on strength rather than cardio....)
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Maxine's Burn
Does anyone else use this? I Just wanted whey powder really, the chap at the health food store recommended Maxine's because it was a touch cheaper. It was only once I got it home I realised it boasts all kinds of weird crap including 'fat burners' and 'carb blockers' (why would I want to block my carbs?!!!!!) Do we reckon…
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P90X: How many minutes required in the day?
Roughly how time consuming is taking on the p90x program?
