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Introduce yourself!
Hi, I'm Rebecca. I live in Central Florida so I get to play tennis year round! I usually play singles, either with my husband or in an informal competitive league (mostly men). I have a strong first serve and reliable backhand. I love how my weight loss has made me a better (faster) defensive player! Just noticed someone…
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Healthy foodie friends with open diaries?
Hey everyone! I'm Rebecca. A bit about me: I love to cook and eat out, although I'm doing much less of the latter lately. I have zero formal training and generally cook "everyday" food", nothing too complex, just hopefully well-executed. But I'm pretty adventurous when I have time, and I like to think I cook intuitively. I…
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Feedback from "barefoot" shoe runners
I've only been running for about six months and I'm up to a point where I can run 3-4 miles without stopping at about a 5.0 mph pace. About three months ago, I decided that before I learned to run differently, I would try barefoot running, so I bought the Vibram FiveFingers Bikila. I love how "free" I feel in them and I…
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MEDAL CEREMONY
Congratulations to EVERYONE who participated, what a great group of athletes we had in competition! A special congratulations to our individual gold medalist, overall gold medal event winner, and the only 30-event Olympian - courtneymal17! Courtney, you really impressed us with your workouts! Well deserved! A…
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nearing the end....
Hey Olympians - you've all been amazing competitors! Only 4 days remain in the challenge, so now is the time to push for that team, individual, and/or event medal! We will be closing the competition on Friday, July 27 at 11:59 pm, London time - just after the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in London. We will be…
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Event & Medal Standings
Something new on the website - check it out! Event Standings: We've listed the top performers in each event so you can see how other people are earning points Medal Standings: We've assigned gold, silver, and bronze medal statuses for each event - track who gets the most golds! Hope you are enjoying the challenge so far!…
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Team 1
Hey Team 1! One of you is my sister and the other is my husband so we chat a lot, but we have another member too and need to coordinate to get relay points! I think we're close on 1,600 meters and ping pong LOL. We also need a team name - any ideas?
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Announcing Olympic Teams!
OK, so far we have 6 teams but I expect more in the next few days. If you have a more creative name, please let me know what your team would like to be called. I encourage each team to start their own thread here if you want to coordinate a name, introduce yourselves, and discuss strategy! Team 1: chigui rebecca_florida…
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Last Call!
Today is the last call for new participants to the Olympian Challenge! We have 3 open slots left to round out a final team (first come, first serve) and then we're going to cut it off at 36 people and 9 teams. It would be nice to have an even 36 people, so help me fill the last team! If you know if anyone who would like to…
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Register yourself and/or your team here!
If you'd like to participate, just post here! If you already have a four-person team formed, list all the members of your team (can be from MFP or real life, haha) and let us know your team name. If you don't have a team, we'll assign people to a team at random.
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Olympian Challenge Website is Ready!
We're still working on the Relay points and some other functionality, but here it is! Start recording your Olympic feats here! http://fitnessolympians.blogspot.com/
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READ THIS Re: Accidental Duplicates
****IMPORTANT***** Sometimes when you enter your activities it may take a few minutes (usually 1-3 minutes, but sometimes up to 30) for it to be reflected in the standings on the website, even if you refresh your browser. This is a Google issue and we can't really do anything about it. Tonight we had slight website glitch…
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Introduction
Olympic Challenge website with all the competition details: http://fitnessolympians.blogspot.com/
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Where do you usually watch the game?
I live in FL and rarely get Bears games televised, so about three years ago we got NFL Ticket and can watch all the Bears games at home. We figured the money (not to mention the calories) we saved on wings and beer from going to the sports bar every week made it a wash! Once in a while we do go to the local Bear's fan…
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Central FL - Seasons 52 Park Avenue 5.2K - Jan 21
Anyone in Central Florida area want to run this 5.2K? It is in beautiful downtown Winter Park on Jan 21st. This will be my first official race and I'd love to have some running buddies! http://www.trackshack.com/events/individual/parkave/parkave.shtml
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Organizing diary - within meals
Does anybody else pay attention to the order of your entries for a meal? Not always, but I find that I try to group things together, as if it was a recipe, or in the order I prepare it. For example, if I have coffee and creamer, they are always next to each other, no matter what else I eat with it. In my head, I guess I…
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Cutler's Injury
I'm bummed about Cutler being out for what appears to be at least the rest of the regular season. I like Hanie and the schedule isn't too bad, but I'm concerned now that we'll make the playoffs. Plus for some reason I feel like Martz is going to sabotage Hanie.... The D and special teams better step it up!
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Favorite moment of Eagles game on MNF?
Mine was Earl Bennett's TD catch! I love that guy! (Loved those orange shoes, too)
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Turkey Challenge! - a 3 week exercise challenge
Hello! I'm starting an exercise challenge which starts tomorrow, Nov 1st and runs for 3 weeks (right up until Thanksgiving). I'm looking for a group of people willing to make a commitment to exercise, set a personal calorie burn goal, and report twice a week via a blog website I set up. If you are interested in…
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Did my new HRM cause my plateau?
I've been doing MFP for almost 6 weeks and lost 9 lbs the first month, but more or less stopped losing weight the last 2 weeks. I'm almost always under my net calorie goal and I have good variety in my diet and exercise routine. In an effort to figure out if I'd been doing anything differently, I made a big spreadsheet…
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foodie friends?
Hey MFP people! I started MFP last week, and I think I now spend more time on here than Facebook! I hope this doesn't sound weird, but my favorite time-killer is to see what other people are eating. I find it so interesting and I get good ideas too! I know there are a lot of quick processed low cal options out there (and…
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Newbie here. Any tools/tricks to avoid guessing portions?
Does anyone have suggestions for kitchen tools or tricks that help them not accidentally (or subconsciously) cheat? So far I already know I need a kitchen scale. When I'm running out of calories for the day I know that without it I will convince myself that my 8 oz. of chicken is only 5 oz! :wink: Are there any other…
