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Confused... I'm trading addictions?
So this lady I used to go to church with several years ago (that I haven't seen in person in about two years) who happens to be my friend on facebook sent me this message... We haven't spoken in a while... Hi Jenn, Congratulations on your weight loss, you look great. I just want to remind you not to trade one addiction for…
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enjoying the cooler weather?
hope everyone has been enjoying this cooler weather here in the valley... I have been stuck on my couch since 27 aug (I broke my foot) and I am going crazy with the smells coming in through my windows!!!!!! hope everyone is getting out and about and getting the miles in and burning the calories! hugs!
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fear of failure
so I was "talking" with a friend... and he mentioned something that I have thought of for a while.... he said basically that he was afraid to go under 250 because he hasn't been that skinny in a while... I wanted to share my response and get opinions... I know what you mean... that 260 mark is kinda scary for me.... kind…
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nsv, 8 inches in 2 months... and more
ok... so I am really kicking myself for losing my first set of measurements... because the first measurements I have are after I had already lost 30# sw340 cw~262 gw150ish 31 Dec 08 310# waist 53 hips 64 24 July 2012 -270# neck -14.75 bicep - 18 forearm - 11.5 bust -40 waist - 49.5 hips - 58.5 thigh - 28.5 calf - 18 21…
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Upper body questions
So I'm off my feet for a while with a bum foot... On crutches... I go to the ortho on wed... And I'll probably be on crutches a while Until then I'm looking for ways to not loose my upper body strength... I've gotten to where all my exercises I do at the gym involve way more weight than I have at home... And I don't feel…
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push up question
before the broken foot I had made a plan to do 50 consecutive push ups by christmas... after spending two weeks bored on the couch... and still unable to do a "normal" push up... decided today to work on this goal with "girl" push ups... I did 14 today!!! so my question is this... when I get released to put weight on my…
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Exercise ball substitute
I'm home and on the couch and totally not able to put weight on my foot due to a stress fracture... I have been working at the gym and gotten pretty heavy (for me anyways) So I have some resistance bands I'm going to use to try not to loose my strength... I also do sit ups on the exercise ball... I've gotten up to 72 (my…
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inventive discipline
I need some advice... and this is a rather large group of people that I can get pretty much anonymous advice from... I am at a loss... and figured if I had some new ideas it might be helpful... so I am sorry that this isn't fitness related... back story... my 13 year old daughter has a problem with lying... normally it is…
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"You'll never win" - my motivation
I want to say that I am a very strong christian and I know some people get offended so if you don't want to read about God you don't have to read any further :flowerforyou: I still love you and wish to offer motivation to you :flowerforyou: also... it is kinda long :bigsmile: so I have had a lot of friend requests the last…
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I can't believe it... lowest weight since tracking
today is an important day for me... I am 262.8... that is my lowest weight since I started tracking... last may I got down to this point... then went back up to 305... started the new year at 298... I can't believe how long ago (before last may) I was at this point in my weight... and I know that was on an upswing... I am…
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help with dating??
so I am single... divorced... mom of three teenagers... good person... kinda cute... and nice... I love being active... and I want to start dating again... I never really dated before I met my husband... we were married for almost 11 years... I don't know how to do it... I don't know how to meet a guy... I don't know what…
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should I go to the running clinic?
back story here... this winter/spring I wanted (was coerced) to start running... at first my major hang up was becoming short of breath... (and the girls bouncing and hurting my chest)... after about a month I developed shin splints... so I stopped... I kept walking and trying to increase my time... I kept riding…
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trying to find...
a new sitter for while I work nights... my 13 year old says we should have something like Chopped... and vote people through... she wants to get all the prospective sitters in one room and then freak out on them throwing the biggest temper tantrum in the history of tantrums and see how they react.... sigh... finding…
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What's your favorite
Upper back exercise... And hamstrings... Two things I need to add to my weight routine... Looking for ideas
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Nsv for the week
Had to go to the doc for a sprained foot... Bp 118/78 heart rate 64... (my resting is 70 this morning) My doc (not my normal one... Another one from the clinic) said he had never seen such a big person with such great vitals (I'm 268) and asked me about my workout routine... He was very impressed... Especially when I…
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Is it shin splints?
So I had this bout last winter when I started trying to jog... Intense intense pain in the front of my shins... So I took a LONG time off (maybe too long but it was so bad that after a ninety second run I couldn't walk for two weeks without a severe limp)... Got new shoes (I over pronate... Brand is brooks addiction...…
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So apparently I'm a failure????
We set out this last week to do the greenbrier river trail... About 160 miles in five days... Myself and the kids and two friends... We didn't make it... Decided to stop ten miles from the end (saving us twenty miles round trip) and did 140... Slept out four nights... Rain one of them forcing us to seek shelter in a gazebo…
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biking, female moisture issues
so I have been biking for a while now and have gotten to where I can do a weekend trip of about 70 miles with no real issues... I do however have slight problems with moisture ( I sweat HORRIBLY on my whole body) and skin breakdown/rash in the seat area... it is usually only a problem in the last few hours of the trip... I…
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Best all body workout I EVER did!
Ok so sorry about the sensational title... But I'm sore... Good sore... But sore none the less...spent ninety minutes or so climbing up and down and straddling and squatting and sliding and slipping and splashing and lifting and lowering and pulling and pushing... Was sweating and breathing hard and covered in mud by the…
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lost 70# with pic :)
start weight 340 current weight 269 goal weight 150ish it has taken me a LONG time... almost 8 years... but I have spent a lot of that losing a little then maintaining for a while... then losing and maintaining... and I think this is becoming a lifestyle change... I am much healthier... and much more active... I…
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Not sure where to put this... Looking for website
Reposting on this forum as suggested... If you have any ideas please let me know... I'm hoping to just try to log in anywhere and everywhere and somehow find my stats from long ago magically still stored where I left them... many many moons ago I used a website that allowed you to enter ALL of your measurements and it…
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Nsv ... Distance
So the first time I rode a bike I seriously struggled to ride a mile... I thought I was going to DIE! yesterday I rode 15 miles in 2 hrs... Not quite my best time (best for that trail was 1.25 hrs...) But it was hot and very humid and I'm recovering from both knee and ankle injuries and I did a four + mile hike that…
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I just realized
I have never formally introduced myself... I have been on MFP for greater than a year... mainly using it on my phone... but I just started coming to the message boards in the last couple of months... So... my name is Jenn... I am a nurse in the intensive care... I live in the beautiful Shenandoah valley in Virginia... I…
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carb cycling
So I am carb cycling to loose weight. For 3-4 days I have low carb (25% approx of my weight in grams of carbs - or 65ish) and then one refeed day wher I eat approx 125ish. My prob is that on low days I am getting bored... I need ideas for lower card vegi dishes... I tend to eat a lot of meat usually steak, and eggs. I try…
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shin splints
so I recently tried jogging. Got to where I could jog almost 1/2 a lap on the track. I had tremendous shin splints and tried to just push through them but it got to where I actually had bruises on my shins, and the pain felt like I was breaking my legs. I tried the dr scholls inserts in my shoes (I have some new balance…
