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July Check-in
Happy July everyone! How are we all doing? @improvingbill, how are you feeling? @AmeeSandhu, @hollyelise68, and everyone else, we miss you!
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Chalean Extreme
I'm doing a bit of experimenting with the Beachbody On Demand feature and started looking at Chalean Extreme. Have any of you done it? What was your experience? Thanks in advance.
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Motivational thread
We have one of these in another group I'm in, and i love to see what the people post. So here goes the first for us... I saw this today. That opponent can be something different for all of us, but the sentiment rings true, nonetheless. :flowerforyou:
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Motivation & Inspiration
We have this in one of my other groups, and it always gives me a boost. So let's see your motivational pictures! And because every thread needs some Batman...
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Regular programs or hybrid programs?
Hi all! I'm a newbie to the group and glad to be here! I recently finished the Supreme Warrior Calendar in Combat, and almost finished Insanity last year. I had two weeks left and then back injury took me out for a little over a month. After that I had a hard time getting going again, but I'm planning on getting "insane"…
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Getting ready for summer
Tomorrow is the beginning of May and my favorite part of the year. The beginning of May through the end of October/ early November is the best time of year (at least here in the Pacific Northwest, IMO). So I'm going to get my plans together and get going. I think I'm finally breaking through the wall I hit several weeks…
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A little backslide
So I just found out that my sister is moving to Texas in a couple of months. She is my best friend, my rock, my confidant, and the only person in the world who is always ready with some tough love when I need it. It has just hit me that, while I'm happy for her for this new adventure, I'm really upset about it and that…
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What brings you to MFP?
I got married in August of 2007. Between then and December 2012 I gained about 40-45 pounds. I had been trying off and on to lose it during that time, but didn't have much success. I know now that most of what I knew about weight loss was either a little off or completely wrong altogether. In 2012, I got an ear infection…
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Checking in
How's everyone doing? I missed my March 19th goal by a lot. I'm only down a pound from the time we set our goals. I lost more, gained, some and so on and so forth. Doh! I hit a plateau, got sick, and got some distressing news which ended up in some emotional eating. I thought I had a handle on that, but it sneaks up from…
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"Must see" movies you haven't seen
What are some movies that everyone "has" to see, but you haven't? I've never seen Fight Club, any of the James Bond movies, or Casablanca.
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Learning a language
What are some good but affordable language programs I can buy? One of my resolutions is to learn another language (or more than one!), but there are so many programs listed on Amazon that I have no idea where to start. I'm getting back to working on Russian right now, and would like to start French since I enjoyed learning…
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Another perk to exercising
On Sunday, I gave my new shoes for Insanity a test run and found they worked fabulously! My other shoes were making my arches hurt so badly that I almost gave up on my beloved Insanity program. Since I had no pain and lots of energy, I went full steam ahead. After I got all cleaned up, my body brought it to my attention…
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Today I....
Since this is a group to push ourselves and each other, I thought it might be fun to borrow from the theme of the "What Are Your Proud of About Yourself Today?" thread and name some accomplishments... because motivation. :smile: I still have a cough from being sick, and was still sore this morning when I got up from month…
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Checking in
So how's everyone doing with Insanity? Today was the end of month one for me. I'm a bit behind-- I should have finished about 10 days ago, but sometimes life gets in the way of our plans. I'm looking forward to seeing what the recovery week is about and then getting started on month two. I have to be honest, I'm a little…
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September
Hi all, I just thought I'd check in and see how we're doing now that September is coming to a close. I'll finish my first month of Insanity at the end of this week (eek!), but I'm still hanging in there. 5 weeks to go! I fell 3 pounds short of my October 1st goal, but I'm blaming that on a bunch of different things that…
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Shoes for Insanity
I'm starting my third week of Insanity, and need some recommendations for good shoes! The first two weeks, I didn't notice my feet as much because the rest of my body was struggling. Now that my endurance is better and I'm able to keep a faster pace and take fewer breaks (NSV!), I'm noticing that the arches of my feet,…
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Is Insanity scaring the Sandman away?
I started Insanity last Sunday, and starting about Tuesday I have had a lot of trouble getting to sleep... a couple of nights it has taken me over an hour. My workouts are usually in the mornings (Thursday and Friday I did it right after work as an experiment several hours before bedtime). Is this just a coincidence, or…
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Trouble sleeping
I started Insanity last Sunday, and starting Tuesday I've had an awful time getting to sleep. I work out in the mornings and the first time I've had any caffeine since then was yesterday. Have any of you had trouble sleeping? Any suggestions for fixing the situation? I figured I'd be sleeping like a baby, but it's just the…
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I don't get all the hype about...
Dave Matthews Band. I don't hate the music or anything, I just don't get why everyone freaks out about it. I thought about that this morning as I was driving in and every radio station was talking about his show this weekend. What are some things you don't get all the hype about?
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What's the difference?
What is the difference, in your opinion, between quitting a goal or standard and changing a goal or standard? And where is the line drawn between quitting and changing? I had this conversation with someone yesterday and have been thinking a lot about it. For example, let's say I want to be a dancer (this example is purely…
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Am I being silly?
So, due to a lot of stressful things going on at home right now, I have been doing some emotional eating. Not some, a lot actually. Over the course of a few days, I polished off most of a bag of sour cream & onion chips, a box of the bbq Special K chips, a box of the sour cream & onion Special K chips, and some cheesecake.…
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Noob calorie/weight lifting question
I'd like to start this post by saying that I've been reading the forums the past few months, so I thought I had things figured out. But now I'm unsure, so I'm looking to the awesome MFP community for some advice. I started New Rules of Lifting for Women on Tuesday. I'm looking at this as a practice week because Tuesday I…
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"Your sister has lost a lot of weight, but....
now her jeans make her look gangster." My sister's co-worker texted this to her about me last night. I guess it's a sort of NSV... a weird thing to say and now I'm all self-conscious about how I look in my jeans again, lol. The part of that statement that actually makes me happy is that they are/were my inspiration jeans.…
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Look Mom, no tears!
This morning I did my weekly weigh-in. I'm the same as last week. I blame this on having a terrible week (not a real valid excuse, I know) and not making great choices or logging all of my "comfort" snacks. I did a just for fun weigh-in on Tuesday and was 2 lbs. less than I am now. So I didn't get upset this morning-- a…
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Trying to help my sister
My sister wants to start working out with me, but is sort of in the "what's the point" frame of mind right now. A couple of years ago, she lost about 120 lbs fairly quickly and with no exercise. As a result, she has loose skin that makes her very self-conscious. I told her that exercise isn't useless to her and that there…
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The Sunshine Diet
http://mynorthwest.com/76/2291184/Seattle-woman-living-only-on-light I heard this on the radio and couldn't believe it. The article says: Luckily for Naveena Shine it's been a sunny week, but things might get rough when the rain returns. Shine, a Seattle resident, is conducting an experiment to see if she can survive only…
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Weird things that bug you about movies
My sister and I were talking about this this weekend. She hates when they say the title of the movie in the movie. I hate live action movies where animals talk or do human things, such as play sports.
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Still not ready I guess...
Lately I've been having some mad cravings for pizza. I figured today I'd indulge and go get myself one. The plan was to get the thin crust, eat a couple pieces for lunch, maybe a couple for dinner, and freeze the rest to eat at another time. My huge craving plus missing my hubby plus feeling so blue, exhausted, and…
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Suspenseful movie recommendations?
Hubby hates scary movies, but I love them. He is going out of town so I thought I'd seize the opportunity to watch some movies. Do any of you have recommendations for suspenseful thrillers? I don't like the gory slasher type movies, but I love a good psychological thriller. Thanks in advance:smile:
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Has anyone tried...
Cardio Dance Club, Target Toning Zero in Ten, Total Body Toner, or Bootcamp: Maximum Calorie Burn? I'm looking to maybe add some new dvd's to my collection. I just can't really get into my Jillian Michaels ones. Maybe I'll try them again at some point. The programs I listed seem fun and interesting on the website, but I'm…
