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Ankle-roll Prevention
I've been a tip-toe walker all of my life and a dancer. Being a dancer and a tip-toe walker is perfect, when dancing you're always told to stay on your toes and balls of your feet. Additionally, when I was a youngster learning to walk, I broke my leg. I spent about 4 weeks in a cast that went from a couple inches below my…
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Smoking-cessation
I'm preparing my plan to quit smoking. I am so ready to butt-out, but fear that doing it now will set back my weight-loss progress immensely. I began this just to get skinny again, but now that I've been working out and eating well, I feel the best I have in recent memory so I want to keep it up. Problem is I feel as…
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Avocado Advice
I've never before purchased them, tried guacamole once as a kid and wrinkled my nose to it ever since, and don't know the best ways to eat/use them. Well recently they were marked down at the market, and knowing how good they are for you, I bought a couple. Any thoughts or recommendations on how to eat or prepare them? Or…
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"Cheats" and Relaxing
Hey there! Do any of you have "cheat days" or meals? Or times you're a little more relaxed about your diet? I allow myself to not be so strict on the weekends. Now I don't binge or go crazy, I still pay attention to portions and calories, I merely allow myself to eat foods I wouldn't normally eat; i.e. cookies, some types…
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New, young mom/ myfitnesspal newbie
I'm an overweight, 21 year-old, mother of 2. My beautiful, darling babes destroyed mommy's body! Before getting pregnant with my 14mo old daughter, I fluctuated everywhere from 115-140lbs. I was the ultimate yo-yo dieter who would get and then lose motivation easily, but I was content with my 29in waist line. After having…
