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Perimenopausal and it SUCKS
I will be 43 on 6/14 and I have recently entered into this next phase of my journey. I am not feeling too jazzed about it. I won't get graphic on you all, but 6 weeks, 21 days and 12 days between cycles is not fun. Plus, I am about 8 lbs up from what I was this time last year. Diet is pretty much the same and my workouts…
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Compliments
The last few weeks, I have been hearing them fairly frequently. I usually get "Wow! Michelle . . . you look great! You've lost weight. What have you been doing?" To which I follow up with, "Well, just counting calories in and out and trying to be more active. The truth really is, I feel like I have changed my life…
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Music to motivate you?
I am curious to hear (read) what songs everyone is listening to when they are working out? What gets your blood pumping and makes you want to stay on that treadmill/elliptical/bike or whatever for another few minutes because the song is just so awesome, you don't want to get off? I will usually keep going if any of these…
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Shape Ups or Tone Ups?
So . . . I took my son for a new pair of kicks this afternoon and saw a cute pair of Sketchers Tone Ups. So, I bought them. The kids and I just took a good long walk around our very hilly neighborhood and I could feel a slight difference. They kind of give off a slight wobbly feeling and I could certainly feel some extra…
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Newbie from NY
Hello all! I just found this MFP 3 days ago and I am loving it so far. I am married and I have 10 year old twins. I'd love to shed about 40lbs to be a better, stronger, more healthy mom. My daughter is an emotional eater and she has put on quite a bit of weight over the last year. We have talked quite a bit about the…
