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Looking for friends let's play "answer one, ask one"
So when you answer a question, you in turn post a new one. Answer the last question posted. Maybe get to know people a little, make some new MFP friends! I'll start: What's your favorite song and why?
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Suggested activities when my back hurts
My elliptical broke last week and that was a pretty low impact cardio workout I could do even when my lower back is bothering me. Does anyone have any other suggestions for the days when I can't do much? Yoga is fine, I just get really bored with it and it's not much of a cardio workout. It's also hard for me to walk…
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I'm back after a bad year
Hey everyone-this is my second time starting on here-I had a different username before and deleted that account now I'm starting over. I originally joined back in 2009 and over the course of several months lost about 40 lbs-I was in great shape working out several days a week and eating well-in short I was very happy with…
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Jillian's Ripped in 30 and calories burned
So I recently started Jillian's ripped in 30 and I've been logging it as circuit training. For 25 minutes, the calculator estimated 186 calories burned. I've done other videos classified as circuit training and I feel like this video makes me work way harder than those other videos. I'm kind of wondering if anyone else…
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Cellulite creams
Any of you ladies out there (or guys too I guess) tried any cellulite creams that worked well? I'm not looking to spend a fortune, but I don't want to waste my money on something cheap that doesn't work either. No matter what I do I always have at least some cellulite and I'm tired of it.
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For parents of schhol age children
At what age did you start letting your kids get a snack without asking first? recently my 5 (almost 6) year old daughter has begun to get snacks without asking first, I often don't find out until later when she either tells me or I find a wrapper in the living room. She's not getting bad snacks, its usually fruit or a…
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what if you don't like what you're reading?
I'm in the middle of a book that's really long and getting unbelievably boring.. I'm about halfway through it, so my question to you is if you don't like the book do you stop reading or finish to see how it ends?
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I'm hungry what's for dinner?
I'm at a creative loss. What's everyone having/had for dinner? need an idea or 2. I'm vegetarian if you can go that way for now...or not
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positive things about a cold or the flu
OK so it's the middle of winter and we are all going to get something at some point so I just thought maybe we could look at some of the positives about getting a cold or the flu. Here's mine- coughing all the time will give you a killer ab workout And before anyone goes nuts this is just meant to be funny
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should I wait to work out?
I recently had a strange experience involving caffeine and alcohol which caused me to wake up in the middle of the night with a racing pounding pulse that took several hours to return to anything close to normal. I didn't feel good for several days after so this past Monday I went to the doctor and I had some blood work…
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what do your kids do to stay active?
We all talk here about what we do to exercise and stay active, I thought it would be fun to talk about what our kids do to get up and get moving. I though we could use this to exchange ideas for physical activities for our kids to try besides the regular stuff like just letting them go outside to play so please include…
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so i think people are lying
I keep hearing this " I'm at 1200 calories and I'm not hungry....I don't know what to do!" I think people are so entranced with the idea of a perfect plan that when they hit 1200 they telll themsleves they are not hungry no matter what. I'm saying that when I work out hard, I don't have a hard time eating more cuz I am…
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kinda gross but if anyone can help...
Sorry I'm not sure where this topic belongs, but here seems the closest match. Anyway my problem is that my workout clothes smell. Yeah yeah I know they're supposed to, but I mean they smell even after I just washed them. I know it probably has something to do with proteins in sweat clinging to the armpits of my gyms…
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Exercising with lower back pain
So I just went through some of the past posts about exercising with lower back pain, and there was a lot of great advice on strengthening your core and stretching your legs to help prevent lower back pain from occurring. My question is for anyone who has had lower back pain, what kinds of low impact exercises have you…
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Need your feedback...
So I'm trying to decide whether I want to change my goal weight or not. I'm 4 pounds away from my goal of losing 35 lbs. I will then weigh 120 lbs. I'm 5'4" and very small framed ( I can put my fingers around my wrist and they overlap, which is one way to tell if you are smaller or larger framed). I just feel like I have a…
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garlic scapes
So every summer my mother in law gives us tons of garlic scapes ( the green tops cut off the garlic plant that resemble large chives) and I make garlic scape pesto. This is delicious, but it's the only thing I use them for. Does anyone else have any ideas for using them? they're delicious, but very strong and I find a…
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I'm getting younger! (and you may be too!)
Almost a year ago I took the test on the RealAge website for a class assignment. I was 28 at the time and my realage was calculated to be 37 years old! I just took the test again making all the healthy changes I've adopted over the last several months and my realage was 26! And I'm 29! If you've never taken the test, it's…
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Do you ever just think...UH, YEAH!
So this is for any of you who have recently had a situation where someone said something obvious and you had to stop that sarcastic comment from flying out of your mouth? Here's mine. So at work today, I was cooking for the lunch crowd at the cafe where I work and It was about 85 degrees with high humidity ( gotta love…
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AAWWWEEE!
My fiances BF just told him he wants our daughter to be his flower girl for his wedding!!!
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Yeah not weight loss related, but awesome!!!
So I took my Physiology final this morning and my Professor graded it already. I got a 92% on the final, an A for the class. That meant I got all A's across the board. I got a 4.0 for the semester! I am so excited. I am In the Dental Assisting Program for the Fall and The Dental Hygiene program after. I love my life right…
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25 ilbs is next!!!!
I'm down 24 lbs, and when I started I never thought that the community here would help me as far along as you have, but you have. I have so many friends here whose stories, problems and successes have fueled me. whether your are my "friend" or not, you have probably been an inspiration to me, so I just want to thank…
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calories in my cabernet
So when I looked up cabernet, my brand was not listed, but I found different calories amounts for a 4oz serving ranging from 20 cal, which I find highly unlikely, to over 120 cal, and a wide range of listings inbetween. Anyone have any idea which might be closest to correct, or can the calorie content of cabs range that…
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jackie warner's one on one training with Jackie
I just did lower body and core workout from this video and I'm not sure how to log it. I logged it as circuit training and it gave me 322 cal for 40 min. That seems high, but when I tried entering it as strength training, that seemed low at like 140 cal. I got my heartrate up way more than when I lift weights because there…
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vegan cheese
So oddly enough after 14 years of vegetarianism I had never tried vegan cheese before today. I love cheese and I try to limit it because it has so much saturated fat, so i decided to try vegan cheese because it has no saturated fat. I tried Vegan Gourmet Cheddar and I was very dissappointed. I did not expect it to be a…
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Getting all your fiber
So I've been studying nutrition and I find the subject of fiber interesting. I've learned all about the differences between the two kinds of fiber and the benefits of each and the food sources of each kind of fiber. Statistically the average American gets only about 10 grams of fiber a day (or less) and the recommendation…
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pilates?
I know this has been asked before but I just did a 45 min beginner Pilates workout video and there's no Pilates in the database. Anyone who's ever done Pilates, what did you log it under that was most comparable?
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Burst my bubble!
I was at school today and I was on my way into the locker room to change for my next class, feeling great about the hour plus workout I had just put in, thinking how I'd probably be down another pound or 2 by my weigh in this weekend, when I passed this girl on her way out of the locker room. I heard her say something and…
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The site adjusting calorie goals
When I first started here My calories were set by the site and went down by about 100 cal. in the first few days, from 1450 to 1360. Since the last time they went down, I have lost an additional 10 lbs and no calorie adjustment has been made by the site. My question is does the site have a built in "gimme " period where…
