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Getting Started
This is about me and my tips. I encourage everyone to talk about their beginning and add their tips here. Please also use this for asking questions as your just starting out or thinking about using this program. I wish I had something profound to say about getting started in the program, but I rarely have anything profound…
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Introductions
We’ve sort of done this but I figured we could make it more formal here. Hi, I don’t give my name out on the interwebz except by accident, but I’m sure you could find it if you try. Just call me Alla. My sn means All about Little Man (all abt lm), I’m the mother to a very rambunctious 2 year old and wife to a very…
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Corset in the gym
Ive seen a few ladies wearing a corset in the gym either under their workout gear or as their workout gear. Im not seeing the logic, anyone want to take a stab at the why?
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New Rules Supercharged
As MyOwnSunshine pointed out, there seems to be a lot of interest in this program so here's an area to discuss discuss it. If we'd like to include some stickies for this we'll have to figure out how to consolidated our stickies (which is difficult as they've all been quite active lately). So, please Supercharge away, and…
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Stage 3 & 5
For posting history on stage 3 please see the following thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/673453-stage-3 For posting history on stage 5 please see the following thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/401311-stage-5-questions We are combining these in an effort to decrease "stickies" so that more of…
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stages 2 & 4
For posting history in stage 2 please see the following thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/796505-stage-2 For posting history in stage 4 please see the following thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/988747-stage-4 We are combining these in an effort to decrease "stickies" so that more of the recetly…
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Stage 7 Questions (the final countdown)
This is the final stage in the journey, not saying you can't start all over again!! Please post your questions here.
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Clean plate club
I heard those words out of my husband’s mouth last night when encouraging our 2 year old to eat. My son has recently taken to playing at the dinner table over feeding himself. Or even just sitting there looking at it at lunch (right after we wake him from his nap). He’s just getting lazy at raising that fork or spoon by…
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Why I think The BMI scale is stupid: I am overweight
Yes, but 140 pounds and 5'3" tall I am considered overweight. I'm also a size 2 or four or six depending on vanity sizing or a small to medium generally small. This is me:
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Stage 6 Questions (optional stage)
Please post your Stage 6 questions here. This is the optional stage specifically geared to get those guys in the gym jealous of your pull-up prowess.
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Soap at the gym?
Just curious what other gym's policies are on soap. So when my gym first opened a few years ago they had those dispensers in the showers, and then they stopped filling them regularly, and then they fell off the walls. Once they fell down they started providing liquid soap in pumps in the shower, so far I'm all good with…
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Justin Bieber's bail set at $2,500
I can only assume that it's set so low because they're hoping he's a flight risk. http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/showbiz/justin-bieber-arrest/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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Crazy advice for getting pregnant
So going into 2014 my husband and I decided it's time for kiddo #2. When we were "trying" for #1 we decided not to put the stress on ourselves of trying and just have fun, have sex, and maybe things would work out. However, trying to get pregnant always makes me thing of the craziest advice I've every heard regarding…
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Is this how a cleanse works?
So my dog ate 2 bars of soap today, which brought up the question . . . does that mean she's doing a cleanse?
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interesting article on wieght and pregnancey
CNN has an article up today about Pregorexia. I see women on here post the question frequently "I'm pregnant, how many calories should I be consuming" and the answer is "talk to your doctor." However, this is a great article on the topic. If you are pregnant, it's important to remember that proper nutrition for your…
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Help me finish my costume
I am a group fitness instructor and I want to dress up as Wonder Woman to teach body pump. I bought bottoms (see below) but have determined that a bustiere is just a little too scandelous to teach classes in (and not one of those WW tee shirts with the drawn on boobs, I would like something slightly more authentic). Please…
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I'm just going to go ahead and leave this here
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23 Things Every (one) Should Stop Doing
I searched, I didn't find it, I'm posting it. I love this article, I don't think that it applies only to women. While women are bigger offenders for some, these are applicable to everyone who stops taking care of themselves, feels uncomfortable in their own skin, looses sight of themselves for the "benefit of others,"…
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1,345 pound man?!?
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/19/world/meast/saudi-arabia-obesity/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2 Wow, this just astounds me. As soon as a person is bed ridden their condition no longer becomes a simple matter of their responsibility, someone is helping them along. (CNN) -- King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has intervened to help a man who…
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Body or face
If you had to pick one, would you choose to have a great face or banging bod?
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Please read and put in your two cents
Over the long weekend I had a request for a sticky thread for keeping a points tally. It sounds similar to how you would tally points for a challenge. The example offered went like this: Day 3/72 Todays workout: Stage 1 A2 did you workout today? 1point = 1 hit your calories today? 1point = 1 incearse yoru weight? 1point =1…
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Stage 5 Questions
Please post your stage 5 questions and discussion here.
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Serious question about lips turning blue during cardio
Okay, this is weird for me, and I'm going to talk to my trainer about it the next time I work with him, but I thought I'd post here and see what you fine people have to say. I teach bodystep, so high impact. I used to be able to really push my heart rate (up into the 190's) but I haven't been able to get it really up that…
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Would you take it back?
I just saw a video on CNN.com that as she left for the hospital to give birth, a woman stashed her $23.000 3 carat custom made wedding ring her husband's otherwise empty watch box on a shelf in her closet. She placed it under one of the pillows in one of the compartments of the box. While she was in the hospital (a 4 day…
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Looking for a good time Saturday morning?
The national white water center has their 6K brew stash dash. It looks like a good time. I can't make it for the fun, but I'm going after for the brew. If your walking around and see a red headed woman with a little blonde bombshell of a 3yo boy just say "hi, Big Al!"
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A word on personal information
Ladies, Please remember that this is a public group and is therefore accessible by anyone in the internet (not just mfp). I've just gone through a thread and edited it to delete email addresses. It is advisable that any personal contact information be communicated via personal message. While the majority of people you come…
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Who's handy in your house?
That's it, who is the handy one in your house? Wife, husband, no one, everyone? My co-worker thinks it's funny that I'm the one who fixes, paints, and repairs most things in my house. I have more power tools than my husband (not including the ones in the nightstand). I've removed flooring in preparation for the workers to…
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now that's what I call parenting!
http://us.cnn.com/2013/02/20/us/new-york-strippers-teen-party/index.html?iref=obinsite CNN) -- An upstate New York mother is accused of hiring strippers for her son's 16th birthday party late last year, according to the Saratoga County District Attorney. Judy Viger, 33, of Gansevoort is charged with five counts of…
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Updated hack squat with video
Any help would be appreciated: http://youtu.be/z87VXhu1CEA
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Is there power (real or perceived) in drama and gossiping?
There is a woman in my life who has a tendency to sabotage her relationships, primarily with family. It’s my mother, and she brings up the most inappropriate topics at the most inappropriate times and forces people into uncomfortable situations because the “thinks we should all get along” when we just don’t, but she has a…
