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Pre workout stuff?
Hi everyone, quick question. I'm needing a swift kick in the butt each day to get my workouts in, and was wondering if anyone had any opinions on safer pre-workout options. Coffee I love in the morning, but I get positively nauseated if I try to exercise on a coffee-belly. Years ago I used Jack3d before they took the…
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Turbofire 5 Day Inferno Plan
Anyone try this? If so, what were your results like after the 5 Days? Curious to try it, exercise and eating both. Really want to get a push start on the weight loss, and wondering if this will help at all!
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Sugar VS Sodium
Looking for thoughts here. I don't add salt to much of anything, and I know sodium is EVERYWHERE, but as far as my tracking goes, I feel like tracking sugar has to be more important - I swapped them out in my food diary (my eating is horrendous as is lol). I know a lot of sources are pinning sugar as the bad guy now, what…
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Pants tighter?
This is kind of frustrating. I feel like I've been busting my butt to work out regularly (been trying to get in at least an hour a day every day) doing mostly cardio, and I've been watching my caloric intake, AND drinking water like it's going out of style. I haven't seen a heck of a lot of loss yet (3 lbs total...), but…
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Toe nails?
Question! I had a toenail turn pretty much black on me about a month ago, and it started separating off my toe. Now it is off, and my foot hasn't had any pain whatsoever. People I've talked to all say something isn't right because apparently it's supposed to hurt badly. I should add I was running frequently when this…
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Bum Wrist vs. Planks and Push-ups
I've had an ongoing here and there issue with my stupid wrist. My right one has been causing me problems for probably a year and a half now, but it comes and goes (I think I've narrowed it down to POSSIBLY being changes in the weather that spur it - but could be wrong). I don't even know what started it back when it first…
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Evidence of Geekdom
Hubby and I were invited to a New Years Eve party, and I can't go because I have to work that night. I was pretty bummed about it - until I remembered that meant I'd get to watch even more of the SyFy Channel Twilight Zone marathon! Woot! Now it doesn't seem so bad lol. Get home, get some snacks, and get freaked out all…
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Anyone else have a schedule like this one?
I know there are different schedules out there for this program, but mine seems a little different. It starts with 5 minutes warm up, 5 minute cool down at the end of walking, and in between is just jogging - no intervals, just jogging. W1D1 it had me do 2 minutes of jogging. I'm at the end of week 3, and I'm now up to 9…
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Got a new cat, and she bit...HARD.
Got a question, I don't know if anyone here can answer or if this is the right forum. Hubby and I recently adopted an abandoned kitty (estimates around 3 months or so old), and she is the sweetest most affectionate little thing ever. She likes nothing more than to curl up in our laps and sleep. She spent last night…
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Supportive sneakers!
Hey everyone, quick question. I need a sneaker recommendation. I work on my feet all evening, and do a lot of running, AND I now have a knee injury. Going out of work isn't an option period at this point, and my physical therapist is saying I ought to get new sneakers to help with the cushioning and whatnot while I'm…
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Burn Circuit 1
I am REALLY having a hard time with this disc! I don't really know why, but I just can't get into it. I don't know if maybe the moves don't feel like enough of a challenge, or if I'm just having off days whenever I do this one, or if maybe I'm not using heavy enough weights, or I'm just a grouch :-(. But I truly have a…
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Season change?
This might be a silly question to ask, but does anyone else have a super hard time trying to work out as the days get colder and shorter? In the spring and the summer, I feel like I can destroy any workout that comes at me. As the days are getting colder though, I'm having a harder time and feel like just putting on my…
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W1D2
So I took my run outside for the first time since it's a BEAUTIFUL day out (and I'm tired of the treadmill!), and in my 20 minutes I apparently did 1.28. PLUS I think I have started to figure out a good pace on the pavement! Huzzah! Granted, thirty seconds in I'm still huffing and puffing and wanna stop, but I think I'm…
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How do you track your meals?
When everyone works overnight, I'm assuming they eat at some point over the course of their shifts ;-). My question is, how do you track that on MFP? I very often will be awake for almost 24 hour periods, and I can never decide whether to track everything within the correct 24 hour period (if it's eaten after midnight…
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I lost my cardio!
I lost my cardio for the day :-(. I was all pumped and ready to do a Turbofire, and then my DVD player broke. I did my strength training instead, and planned to go back and do my cardio, and I lost it. Trying to decide if it's worth it going to look for it. Especially if I want to enjoy a glass of wine later like I'm…
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Hello!
This group just popped up on my "groups" page as new, and since I will sing the games' praises every day, I thought I'd join. :) Love the games, love the workout, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who uses video games for weight loss! ;-)
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Fact
Mangoes are much more difficult to peel and quarter than indicated by online faqs. That or I'm much more pathetic than the instructions call for. :-)
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Too many hours at work!
I'm having a hard time sticking to ANYTHING good! I started doing twelve hour nights in July. Technically I only have to do three a week to still qualify as full time, but I've been picking up a ton of overtime as well just because I need the money. For example, this week I have 67 hours at work, all three shifts on…
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Turbo Kick
Hey everyone! I'm a huge Chalene/Turbo fan, and have rolled around the idea of eventually getting certified in teaching it. I'm a little apprehensive at this point though. How long does it generally take everyone to get the choreography down? Is it easier to create your own, or is there a set routine to follow? There are…
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Did I strain my shoulder blade? O_o
I really hate going to the doctor, but I'm likely going to go in the morning. I think I strained my left shoulder blade somehow. I've got kind of a sharp pain in the lower part of it whenever I move. Hurts sometimes when I'm not moving but ALWAYS hurts when I move it in certain ways. Started rather suddenly though I'm not…
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Too hard to balance everything!
Does anyone else work nights? I'm having a super hard time balancing work and working out. Especially for the next couple weeks - I'm working on average 60 hours a week at this point (and most of my shifts are 12-16 hours each), studying for exams, plus trying to work out every day. Budgeting my time just isn't working for…
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Pet insurance
Hey everyone, just wondering, does anyone have pet insurance for their cat? And if so, does it pay off? We just dropped $1700 at the emergency vet that we didn't have, and found our kitty has asthma. We live in a stuffy, humid apartment, in a stuffy humid area, and they said this could very well be a recurring thing. I'm…
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It's official - Jack3D/OxyElite Pro etc are BAD for us!
As a former Jack3d fiend, I'm a little perturbed by the recent news, but at the same time a little relieved I think, since I know I started having negative effects as well. The FDA has officially sent warnings to 10 different manufacturers for "marketing products for which evidence of the safety of the product had not been…
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Treadmill vs. Running Outside
Can anyone tell me what the major pros and cons are of each? I'm thinking about being brave and signing up for my very first half marathon in January, but I don't have any really good running areas around me to practice in. I can't run the course to practice because it's in Phoenix and I'm not ;-), but I do have a…
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Yoga Booty Ballet
Just did the YBB Goddess Booty disc, and I would just like to share how, in that 21 minute time frame, my went from feeling normal to NUMB. I've since showered and am sitting happily on my kiester, and it is NUMB. I have a feeling I'll be hurting tomorrow. Those chicks know what they're doing!! I love it ;-)
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I drank a Mountain Dew at midnight!
And it was a CODE RED Mountain Dew! And it tasted good! Got some pretty bad news about my grandmother while at work tonight, and came home and chugged a soda. It was a temporary feel better thing. Tomorrow I'll try and make myself feel even better by working it off and sweating. But that Mountain Dew certainly hit the spot…
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Turbofire question!
Does anyone else who does Turbofire get tired of Fire 55EZ and Fire 60? I LOOOOVE Turbofire, love the program, love what it has done for me, but I can't seem to get into these two classes. It was fine at first, but now I just get bored with them too quickly. It's not even that I've mastered the moves or anything, it's just…
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Caffeine and motivation and depression...
What does everyone feel about caffeine? I'm beginning to feel like it's pure evil at this point ;) . I've always had issues on and off with caffeine "addiction". Months ago I was able to get away from it entirely (YAY!) and felt fantastic. I'd jump into my workouts and get through my day - tired, but feeling good. However,…
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Any Turbokick instructors?
Hey everyone! I'm finishing week 12 of Turbofire this week and I LOOOOOOVE IT, and have 8 more weeks to go, since I got the deluxe edition. I'm half considering taking the class to be a Turbokick instructor! It wouldn't be till November (that's the soonest/nearest they're holding it around here...), but I was wondering if…
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Skinnygirl products?
Hey everyone, I know a lot of people go to GNC regularly, and I was wondering if anyone has tried their Skinnygirl Daily or the Skinnygirl Green Lemonade Cleanse and Restore? I've been considering them, but we're on a budget and I do NOT want to buy them if they don't do anything! Anyone have any thoughts? :)
