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Introduction for Hall of Fame Inductee
I'm not sure where to post this, and Google hasn't been a ton of help in figuring this out. My sister is getting inducted into our high school athletic hall of fame, and she asked me to write the speech introducing her. The only directions I got were "As a presenter, we ask that you give some historical background of your…
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Lower Ab Exercises and Tailbone Pain
I've had this issue for a while where doing lower ab exercises that need me to lift my legs into the air hurts my tailbone. The best solution I've found online is to use a mat, but I already use a 2" thick mat and it's still an issue. Putting my hands under it helps, but can hurt the effectiveness of the exercise, and…
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Postpartum Belly Pictures?
Hello everyone! I have a friend who had a baby about 4 months ago. She's really struggling because many of the ladies in her life who were also pregnant around when she was bounced back before their maternity leave was even over, and she just hasn't had that result. I'm working on losing weight with her, and being…
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Returning
Hello MFP world! I'm not new—I've been on the app for about 3 years now, and initially lost 100 pounds. Over the last year though, I slipped and I slid and then for the last 5-ish months fell completely off the wagon. I'm looking for some fresh blood on my friends list to help keep me accountable and give me some…
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Having a hard time finding a food
I'm making a potato soup and I can't find a reliable entry for a raw potato without skin. They're yellow potatoes if that makes a difference, but I can't find anything. I peeled my potatoes and weighed them, so they aren't cooked yet and those are the only non-skin potatoes I can find. Can anyone help me? The search I've…
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Dip in Egg or Not?
I'm making some General Tso's chicken tonight, but baking it in the oven instead of deep frying it. The recipe has you dip the chicken (which has been marinating) in some scrambled egg, toss it into a bag of spices and flour, then shake to coat. In addition, before you put it in the oven you're supposed to spray it with…
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How to reduce pressure on tailbone?
I've been doing exercises recently that involve laying down and raising my legs into the air so my hips are at a roughly 90-degree angle (mainly toe-touch crunches and bicycle crunches). When I put my legs up though, there's an uncomfortable amount of pressure on my tailbone, even before I do any actual crunches. I've…
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Looking for Vegetarian Recipes
I'm looking for a variety of new vegetarian main course dishes to try. To be fully up front, I'm not actually a vegetarian, but meat is expensive and I'd like to be able to make a dinner or two a week without any in it. The problem is, I come from a very meat-and-potatoes family and so I don't really have anything in my…
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1 Year, 100 Pounds (Almost)
I’ve been on MFP for just over one year now, and while I’m not done losing yet, I definitely consider what I’ve accomplished to be a success: nearly 100 pounds in the last year. I’ve done this entirely by using MFP, the way it was designed. I’ve been adding exercise in over time, but it’s more because it feels good to feel…
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Potato Soup with Almond Milk?
I have a potato soup recipe that I absolutely love to make. It's mainly potatoes, butter, and milk with polish sausage, some salt, and a lot of pepper and garlic powder. I want to make it, but recently I've moved away from having milk because I just can't drink it fast enough, and we don't have the freezer space to freeze…
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Electric Run
Not sure if we have any runners, or wanna-be runner like me, in the group, but I figured I'd put this out there! I just signed up for the Electric Run at the fairgrounds on June 6. It's a late-night 5k walk/run where you get to be part of a light show and run through lit up "lands". I thought it looked pretty awesome. It's…
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Warm Ups for Strength Training?
I've been doing resistance band strength training for a couple months now (I know, not the most effective I could be doing, but what I've got access to at the moment). Usually before I do my routine I warm up with a 10-minute jog. However, now I'm training for my first 5K and doing a lot of running outside of my normal…
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The Onion's Tips for Getting In Shape
For the original article: http://www.theonion.com/articles/tips-for-getting-in-shape,35689/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=LinkPreview:1:Default Welp, you heard it. Time to retreat to our protein cocoons.
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Biggest Loser Club - Benefits?
For Christmas I got a digital scale from my cousin, which happened to include a free 3 month subscription to the Biggest Loser Club. I was wondering if anyone on here had used it, and was it worth it? Mostly it seems like it would be a nice way to get an exercise plan, since that's what I struggle with most. I know it's…
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Shoulder Pops During Strength Training
So I do resistance band strength training a couple times a week and I noticed that when I do a rowing motion, like with seated rows or upright rows, there's a lot of popping in my shoulders. It's not painful, but it's lots of tiny pops and happens every time I move my arm back. Since noticing, I've tried it when I'm not…
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Looking for Low(er) Calorie Chocolate Cake
I'm making a birthday cake (possibly cupcakes) to bring into work for some of my colleagues. It's been requested that I bring in something chocolate, but last time I made a chocolate cake it just seemed to be a million calories a slice (Okay, like 500, but still a lot!). While I still intend to put frosting on it, it would…
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Invisible Bike Helmet
So I'm just going to leave this here: http://jalopnik.com/swedes-develop-invisible-bike-helmet-1460189477
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The Pizza Cleanse
Cleanses don't have to be juice :laugh: :drinker: http://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/the-pizza-cleanse-testing-the-benefits-of-eating-only-pizza-for-five-days-straight?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social+&utm_campaign=thrillist
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Korean Food - Help
So tonight I'm going to a Korean restaurant with a friend (Mirror of Korea - http://www.mirrorofkorea.com/). However, it's not a chain store so they don't have any nutritional information and I don't know anything about Korean food. I've tried looking up a few of the entree names and they don't seem to be in MFP, and I…
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Viewing Obesity as a Disease
So I was reading this article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/despite-overall-drop-heart-doctors-call-for-help-for-severely-obese-kids/article14579435/ And while it was interesting for other reasons, the thing I noticed most was the language that treats obesity as a disease. Particularly the…
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Brother's All Natural Fruit Crisps - Question
So today I tried Brother's All Natural Fruit Crisps, strawberry banana. If you don't know what these are, here's their website: http://www.brothersallnatural.com/ I've tried the apple ones in the past and they were really good. Only 40 calories a bag, and they said it equaled about 1.5 apples. I looked online and the…
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Strength Exercises for the Beginner
Hello everyone! So I realized not too long ago that while there are a lot of things I know about for cardio exercises, and lots of different options, I know absolutely zero about strength training. I'm going to talk to a nutritionist in the beginning of October for more ideas, but I'd like to start off with adding in a day…
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What are some Mini-Goal Rewards, non-food?
Now that I've been doing MFP for about 45 days, I'm starting to think about the future when I reach my mini goals. I've already got them in mind, roughly every 25 pounds or so, for a total of 5 + hitting my goal weight (6). I was just wondering what other people did or plan to do for their mini-goals? I'm looking for ideas…
