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My Favorite Worst Picture *pics*
In September of 2012, a few months before I started logging on MFP, I went to a baseball game. During a very, very long rain delay, I took some selfies of myself and my son. I did not post them to facebook. Here's why: Well, that's a crappy picture. So I tried again. And again. But they were all the same, because that's…
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NSV: Ice Skating!
Today I went ice skating for the first time in 20+ years! I didn't plan on it, but I was downtown Chicago at the Art Institute and when I stopped at Millenium Park to watch the skaters, I thought why not? It was awesome. I figured I would cling to the wall, and if that was all I could do then no big deal. But after a few…
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It was really this simple the whole time?
So I've been logging for 140 days today, and luriking around the boards for a few weeks, but I thought I'd properly come out to MFP society today and introduce myself. 5 months ago I sat in the Dr's office, trying to compose myself after the scale read 323 lbs. For the first time in my life my blood pressure was high. My…
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.9 miles short
I finished the C25K program this week, and I'm running my first 5k on November 3rd (Hot Chocolate Chicago!). Last night I ran 2.3 miles in 32 minutes, and my current plan is to just add 2 minutes to each run until I'm actually running 3.1 miles. I was wondering how other people bridged this gap if they had one after…
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Returning to intervals in week 6 (but, but, I don't wanna!)
I started my run tonight with every intention of doing week 6 day 1, but after the first 5 minute jog I did not want to slow down. I couldn't stop thinking about how awesome week 5 day 3 felt, and how pround and happy I felt all day after I finished it. So I kept going for 22 minutes. Soooo: before I do myself some kind of…
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Polar F4 Stuck on "Paused"
So my HRM is stuck on the 'paused" screen. I tried holding down up, back, down, and light for 4 seconds like the manual suggests, but to no avail. Has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it?
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Unexpected NSV
This is less about me and more about my family. My teenage son is active and at a healthy weight, but my bad food choices still affected him, and I felt like I was setting him up for adult failures by eating take-out, soda, etc, all the time. Well, after 4 months of healthy home-cooked dinners, my son cracked open a can of…
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So auditorium seats aren't actually torture devices?
Today I sat for an hour with my legs crossed, and I didn't have to awkwardly wedge my foot into the chair in front of me to keep them stable. My top leg just sort of...stayed where I put it! And my top leg was actually laying against my bottom leg, instead of hanging out in mid-air. And I didn't feel like the seat was…
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Help getting started with my Polar FT4?
I took the unit out of the box and watched the training video. I turned it on and got it to display "please enter basic settings." But then I got distracted by the video and when I looked back down it was just displaying the (incorrect) time and date. I can't seem to get back to enter any settings. The manual says to hold…
