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Downtown Detroit
I was wondering if any fellow Michigander's could recommend a good restaurant downtown(somewhat cheap to moderately priced, nothing crazy). My boyfriend and I are going to a Tiger game in a couple weeks and I thought it would be fun to eat somewhere downtown before the game. I know of very few restaurants....the one I used…
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maybe buying a house
So my boyfriend and I decided to start house hunting. We got an apartment together last March and he was sort of unofficially living with me in my old apartment for a few months before that. We were thinking of waiting until closer to getting married, but the housing market in michigan is such a buyers market right now…
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If you could invent one thing...
To help with your weightloss, what would it be? I would invent a device that you can just stab your food and it will read the nutritional info for that food, even for that serving size. That way you wouldn't have to save wrappers or worry about entering info incorrectly when your food doesn't exactly match or have info…
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Dietician/Nutritionist
Has anyone been to one? I did once before, a few years back when I was pregnant and a gestational diabetic. I liked her, she taught me a lot about how to eat as a diabetic, cleared up myths and gave me a clear plan to follow. I saw another one a few days ago at the suggestion of my endocrinologist. The first thing she did…
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Showering at the gym
Can anyone share some tips or tricks regarding showering at the gym? I used to shower when I belonged to Planet Fitness before work, but I don't recall it being such a pain as it was today (new member at a YMCA) The shower stalls seem way smaller than I am used to so I have difficulty getting away from the water to get…
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eating alone
This is kind of a silly question, but here goes. How many of you eat alone in a restaurant? I am fine with running errands, shopping, or maybe grabbing a snack in the food court, but I've never really sat down in a restaurant and ate by myself. My boyfriend and brother are out male bonding, so I decided to treat myself to…
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I wish I was as thin as.....
I found a quote on pinterest that is soooo true for me. "I wish I was as skinny as I was when I thought I was fat". I always thought I was fat when I was a teenager/early 20s. I wasn't super skinny, but not fat by any means. Right now I am about 225, a few years ago I got down to 165. I felt great and looked great. Back…
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Do you eat at the dinner table?
For years my husband and I have ate dinner in front of the TV. Up until recently we had no kids (we have a 4 month old now) but she isn't on solids yet so it still didn't seem like a big deal to eat in front of the TV. But I couldn't figure out why I can eat a healthy breakfast and lunch (at work) and view it as fuel for…
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Making yourself work out
I've had great success in the past from simply walking. It's great exercise, it's enjoyable and not too hard on your body. There is a nice park on the way home from picking up my daughter so my plan is to stop there and go for a 30 minute walk a few days a week. My problem is time. I already get home later now that I have…
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I'm back....again
I've been here many times over the last 7 years but I am hoping this is the time I stay for good and lose the weight and keep it off. About 5 years ago I lost 50 pounds and felt great. I didn't reach my goal, but I was very happy at that weight and felt beautiful but I've gained it all back plus some. I just had a baby, my…
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Round 2 (or is it 5?)
HI all, I was here back in 2008-2010 consistently. I lost my 50th pound in February 2010 and felt great, and I had just gotten engaged. Unfortunately wedding stress brought back on 13 before the wedding, and it all went down hill after the wedding. I eventually gained it all back, plus some. My husband and I got pregnant…
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I'm back-anyone use sparkpeople?
After being here for four years, I jumped ship over to sparkpeople for the last month or so. Not because I didn't like MFP, but I was seriously lacking motivation to continue and I thought maybe a new plan/website might help with my desire to try. It did, I have been doing very well with my eating and exercise, but the…
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Should I trust my HRM?
I went for the shortest bike route that I normally take today....usually i would burn about 300 calories on this route. My HRM didn't seem to be acting weird or anything, but it said I burned over 600! Should I trust this? I haven't rode my bike in about three months, and I am at my heaviest weight right now (not that I…
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Taking some time off
I wrote a couple weeks ago about my grandma dying....aside from being 83 it was very unexpected, she was still so seemingly healthy and sharp minded. She and I were very close. Now, three weeks later, my grandpa died (her husband). Basically he died of a broken heart....his health had been failing him for several years but…
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Polar F 4, going nuts
I've had my Polar F4 for about two or three years now and suddenly today it acts weird. It kept shutting off once I reached my supposed max heart rate (even though it was a different heart rate each time). Had anyone had this happen? Do I need a new battery?
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going on
This week has really sucked. My grandma died a week ago, so this week has been very difficult....between just feeling bad, and being so busy with visitation and the funeral, my diet has gone to crap. I haven't worked out at all, and I haven't felt like cooking so we have been eating out and just eating whatever we could…
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anyone work with the elderly?
If so, what is your experience when a patient's spouse dies? My grandpa has been in the hospital/nursing home for almost a month now, recovering from a kidney infection (he's almost 85). My grandma just passed away the other day and was in seemingly very good health so this was quite unexpected aside from the fact that she…
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dating event bans fat people
Would you be offended? I personally would not, because 1. whoever organizes it should be allowed to set whatever stipulations they want, 2. I find nothing wrong with having a personal preference to someone's looks. If someone said to me, I can't date you because you are fat, yes I would be hurt. But I could not blame…
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Chicken pot pie??
I love pot pie but I make it with frozen pie crusts (I'm a little inept at handling home made dough and not getting it stuck to everything) but my husband is very against mixing sweet tastes with stuff that isn't supposed to be sweet. I think it taste fine, but he says the pie crust is too sweet to be mixed with chicken…
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Where do you gain most of your weight?
Mine goes right to my face, boobs, and midsection. Not that I like the other areas, but my face is the worst. I think a person's face kind of sets how the rest of their body looks. Even when I am not too much overweight, my chubby face plus any new fat making it chubbier makes me look way bigger overall. My husband has…
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My therapist was right
She said you know you're getting too fat you your underwear no longer fits. I had to buy a new bra today, my bra now has three hooks instead of two :( This will be my new motivation when I wake up in the morning for the gym...".your bra has three hooks, get out of bed and go to the gym"!
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exhaustion after AM work out
Most people I know that work out in the morning speak of how energized they feel afterward. Not me....when I work out in the morning I get up around 5:30, work out and I'm at work by 8. By about 8:30 or 9 I am completely exhausted and fighting to stay awake. I am just not really a morning person....however lately I have…
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Could you do it?
My recent pet peeve lately is how radio DJ's are now doing commericials, espeically on morning shows. During the show they'll just break out with "so over the weekend I got to thinking about gas prices and so I went and visited my friends over at Such and Such Ford dealership and test drove the new Focus and I absolutely…
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Giving up pop
Let me just say, I love pop. Especially Pepsi in a can, mmmmm, it's like crack to me. I hadn't given up anything for Lent in a few years so I decided to give up pop, figuring it should also help with the weightloss. Tomorrow is weigh in day so we'll see, but after just a week and a half with no pop (I had two cans on…
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Drinking water
I am not too good about drinking my water as I just don't like it. But when I do get on a kick and drink what I am supposed to in a day I am in the bathroom every half an hour pretty much. Today I brought lemon slices for my water and wow, I'm on glass number 9 and I could probably drink about 10 more. But I haven't had to…
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men's vitamins
Can someone recommend a multi-vitamin for my husband? He is not exactly the pillar of health so I think he should start taking one, especially since we're trying to get pregnant. A gummy kind would be great but it doesn't have to be.
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I'm in control
I previously lost 50 pounds and then gained it all back. ALL last year I struggled to get back on track and still can't seem to. But today I had a thought that I think might help me. My husband and I have been trying to get pregnant since May.....we got pregnant in December, only to lose it at 4 weeks. I've been very…
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Please tell me I am not the only one
Whenever I have something yummy in the house I feel compelled to eat it all quickly so it doesn't sit around the house for days tempting me. My brother and husband think this is the most ridiculous thing ever, since I am scared of it tempting me to eat it, so my solution is to eat it all at once. I know, it really doesn't…
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Weight in
I'm weighing in for the first time in weeks tomorrow. I'm terrified. The last time I weighed in my weight was well above scary range, so I'm very scared it will be even worse. But I think I am ready to get back on track, and if I am going to see my progress, I need to know the damage of where I am starting over from.
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spin bike
I feel silly asking this, but I am at work and am not able to call the store right now.....but I want to go buy a spin bike after work (the pro-form 290)....has anyone bought a similar one lately? If so, does it come unassembled in a box, and would it fit in the trunk of an Impala (with the seats folded down). I just don't…
