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San Diego gal returning to the diary life!
Between medical problems and a bit of the blues, I have put on 10 lbs in the last year so I'm going to start tracking again :drinker: Would love to have some motivating pals here, I've been away so long my friends list has dwindled LOL :blushing:
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*Bikini*Progress*30 lbs Lighter*Happy*Photo*
Hi everyone! I realize that 30 lbs might not seem like much of a success story but that weight represents so much more for me than just weight loss. I was always a fairly thin young woman so I never really worried about weight. I was involved in team sports and loved to run. I ate whatever I wanted. Then I made a really…
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Water Park? Bikini? Canz? *PICS*
Hey everyone, I don't usually post progress pics (mostly because I don't have any photos of myself when I was 170 lbs besides head shots) but I am REALLY nervous about going to Hurricane Harbor this weekend and I need some brutal MFP input :embarassed: I actually bought this suit at the end of last year (end of summer…
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Death in the family = junk food
As an emotional eater, the death of my Grandma yesterday is really messing with my appetite. I can't tell if I'm starving or if I'm just upset. I've eaten 4 rice cakes in the last hour :grumble: At least I get to work out my emotions on the pavement after work... How have you guys dealt with loss when you're trying to keep…
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Stoked - Color Me Rad 5k this morning
I have done a lot of 5ks but we usually walk and I'm stoked bcuz today we ran a good portion of it :flowerforyou:
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Netflix vs Hulu Plus
Moving and don't really want to pay for cable anymore...thoughts on which of these services is better?
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Dentist Apt after work and can barely focus!
I'm finally going to the dentist after work today. Between my alcoholism, bad eating habits and abject fear of the dentist I haven't been in 10 years. I went in for a basic exam about a month ago and they told me they can't even do a regular cleaning bcuz too much plaque built up. Ugh. So disgusted with myself and who I…
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Thank you for the shin splints advice
I have been a runner off and on for the last 6 years or so (took about a 2 year break which is when I gained the weight) and I have always suffered from shin splints. I used to just "play through" the pain until I could barely walk and then I would take a few days off and just not eat those days. (Yes, I had a very…
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Summer + Shorts = Trepidation? NOPE!
<<This girl is comfortable in shorts again :bigsmile: Now I'll be honest, the sick girl inside my head who has a very unhealthy relationship with food/weight first saw this pic my bf took and thought omg look at the size of my legs! Then the healthy fit girl that is trying to kick her out was like nah girl, you look good…
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In need of motivation? Right here buddy :)
I love this crap - I keep it on my wallpapers at work, on my desk, on the mirror in the bathroom, on the fridge :flowerforyou: Add your favorite motivation!
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NSV - getting the boyfriend to participate
Last night I wasn't really feeling up to a run but I "had" to because of GymPact, so my bf says "well I'll go for a walk with you" (he doesn't work out) and it ended up being a really fun little bit of exercise around the neighborhood :) As we were walking up one of the hills we crossed paths with an older couple out for…
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Have you signed up for GymPact yet?
Hello friends! I think this is such a cool idea, what better way to hold people accountable for working out then their own hard earned cash? :tongue: I was disappointed at first because I don't use a gym so I couldn't use it but now they've hooked it up to runkeeper so I'm stoked! Has anyone else joined this yet? Has…
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Working out in the heat
Hey'all, I live in San Diego and the weather is starting to heat up in the afternoons and I'm having a hard time keeping motivated for my hard workouts. Does anyone have any suggestions/tricks for keeping cool while working out? - I drink plenty of water everyday and am not dehydrated - It's just not possible for me to…
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Blood clot scare follow up! Good news :)
Good news from the doc! The large lump that was growing in the side of my calf was not a blood clot - turns out it was from my cheap razors! My skin is so sensitive that I was getting infections under the skin and usually my body was fighting it off but since the weather has warmed up I've been shaving more and making it…
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Blod clots in legs?
I have finally made an apt at the Doctor (finally have insurance!) to get the clots/knots/hardballsoffierypain in my lower legs checked out. Has anyone had this happen? Can someone please calm my fears? This has been going on for close to a year now, I didn't think much of it because a woman I worked with said she had the…
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Hungry Kitty is Baaaack!
I am back and ready for more, I am so sorry to all my friends that I just up and disappeared from MFP with no warning or explanation, this girl left to get sober and stay healthy and thankfully I kept the things I learned here with you all and didn't gain any weight back!! :laugh: I did not however reach my goal before I…
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5 months 27 lbs [pic]
So my boyfriend and I go to the beach all the time but it's starting to get warm now and the subject of relaxing in the sun is drawing closer so I dug out the swimsuit I bought last year in hopes of losing weight but never did and tried it on. I know that I've lost 27lbs but I just didn't feel like I had until I actually…
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HRM vs BMR confusion
Hi everyone, I apologize if this has been asked a million times but I am at work and can't search all the threads pertaining to HRMs right now. I feel like this must be a very dumb question but I am confused. I just recently finally purchased a HRM (FT7) and out of curiousity wanted to wear it while I was sleeping to see…
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The "lighter" side of losing weight :)
The holidays can be over the top stressful sometimes, especially if you're trying to lose weight. Let's make each other laugh :flowerforyou:
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L&L Chicken Katsu calorie confusion
Hi guys, I know that this is a high fat unhealthy meal but I've been craving it like crazy so I figured I would let myself have a cheat day tomorrow. The problem is I'm looking up the nutrition info on the main site ( http://hawaiianbarbecue.com/live/menu/nutritional-information/ ) and as far as I can tell it doesn't make…
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Sugar Cravings - recovering alcoholics
I've never been a big fan of sugary foods but every since I quit drinking I have been craving cakes and candies and all kinds of crap that doesn't fit into a healthy diet. A friend of mine mentioned to me that it's my body reacting to the lack of alcohol so I googled it and found this page which had the simplest…
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Whole cucumber really under 50 calories?
I've been looking around the net trying to find a definitive answer on cucumber calories and from everything I've seen a whole cucumber has somewhere in the vicinity of 50 calories. Is this really true? I almost felt guilty adding it to my diary because it seems like it should be more to me...probably because I love them!…
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Ruffles portion control :)
So I bought a bag of Reduced Fat Ruffles (and before you jump all over that, yes I know they're not part of healthy balanced diet - I'm a potatochipaholic) and I'm dividing the bag into my little sandwich ziplock baggies so that I never have an excuse to "accidentally" eat more than a serving and I actually got a full 8…
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Say something nice challenge!
It is amazing how much little comments, no matter how insignificant at the time can affect our entire outlook on life. Even if we are strong and have faith in ourselves and brush things off, cruel words can linger in the back of our minds forever. The same of course can be said for shiny comments! A couple days ago my…
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Dating someone new - still have body issues
Hi everyone, I usually try to keep the personal life out of the forums but this has a lot to do with my new healthy lifestyle and would love some advice from both women and men. I made a new male friend at a meeting about a month ago and although there was definite sparkage we were just hanging out and getting to know each…
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The FDA Press Releases
Here are the most recent FDA food warnings: FDA NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 4, 2011 Media Inquiries: Doug Karas, 301-796-2805, douglas.karas@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 1-888-INFO-FDA FDA warns consumers not to eat certain ASSI Brand frozen oysters Oysters linked to norovirus cases in Washington state…
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Father Joe's Thanksgiving Day 5K
Anyone in the San Diego area interested in taking part let me know! I plan on walking it since I'm still pretty out of shape LOL http://www.active.com/framed/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1966783&CHECKSSO=0 LLAP :flowerforyou:
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It's not the size of the dog in the fight...
“It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.” ~Mark Twain I know that this saying has nothing to do with weight loss in the sense of the "size" of the dog but today I've been thinking about this a lot and I think it's the perfect weight loss quote! I mean, isn't that what it comes down…
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Music you work out to...
My new favorite song to work out to http://youtu.be/33lLpK2KPCQ nada better than a sexy song when you're getting sexy! What's yours?
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MFP + Twitter = please?
Hi all, I'm not sure if we're "allowed" to mention other sites like Twitter but as much as I absolutely love MFP it's frustrating that the app doesn't allow me to access the community section when I'm on the go :ohwell: so I thought for anyone else who feels like they could use more support when they're away from the…
