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Prevention Magazine's "Lose the Last 10 Pounds!"
http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100214346&page=1 Lose the Last 10 Pounds! A few simple adjustments is all it takes to make that extra weight disappear. By Karen Asp, Prevention You've cleaned up your diet, sweated off countless calories, and watched pounds melt away. But now the scale has…
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How many food calories do I log for...
... licking and sealing nasty envelopes? :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: :sick: It was only 7 envelopes and it's been more than an hour ago, but I can still taste the envelope "paste" in my mouth, and it's giving me an upset stomach! BLECH :frown: HAPPY MONDAY, Y'ALL :happy:
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289 - 250 - 169 -- I have no idea how many calories I burned
Sheesh!!! 25 minutes on the elliptical. Crossramps at 11 or 12, resistance at 6. I think I did about 2 miles. The exercise calculator here reads 289 calories. The Precor elliptical read 250 calories. My Reebok HRM (new) read 169 calories. :angry: :ohwell: :noway: :frown: :sad: I logged 250, since I've been using the…
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The Weighting is the Hardest Part
Peter McKay Tue Aug 12, 3:00 AM ET Creators Syndicate - About eight years ago, I went to the doctor to get a full checkup. I was just entering my forties, had decided to start actually exercising for once, and decided that it might be nice to see whether it was likely that I'd actually see the other end of the decade…
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Want to live a long life? Run (article from yahoo)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080811/hl_nm/age_running_dc;_ylt=An9KN5QtVVSbnFECJoWqPWas0NUE By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Mon Aug 11, 4:03 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People who want to live a long and healthy life might want to take up running. A study published on Monday shows middle-aged members of a runner's…
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My husband was bitten by a crackhead
No, that thread title wasn't a gimmick to get you to look at this post. It's true. My husband stops shoplifters. Last July 4th, he stopped a crackhead who bit him. The bite broke the skin, and hubby had to have HIV testing for a year to ensure nothing communicable was transferred (although the likelihood of transfer was…
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Layoffs, Pizza and Pie -- Arrrgh!!!
Talk about stress. My company is undergoing layoffs, the boss is bringing in pizza for lunch (maybe to soften the blow of laying us off?!?!?), and there's peanut butter pie for dessert to celebrate the intern's birthday. How's a stress-eatin' girl to cope in these times of stress and calorie packed foods? :sad:
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Betty Crocker Fudge Brownie + Diet Coke = pfffffbt
In case you are wondering, pfffffbt is the noise made when my brownies didn't rise. :angry: They are still cooling. I will still try them and report back. I'm hoping to report back that they are just as yummy as their taller, more filled in brothers. PS- I :heart: brownies. The end. :flowerforyou:
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News Article on Food Journals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080708/lf_nm_life/diet_diary_dc;_ylt=Ahhn1gPxTjExAWe.27WYWeGs0NUE Check it out. Scientific proof that keeping a food journal increases your chance of losing weight. Like any of us needed a scientific study to prove that!! PS- can I make that an active link? thanks!
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Changing Ticker Weights for Encouragement...
I started losing weight with a handwritten food journal and a membership to a gym in 2007. I joined MFP a week ago to recommitt to the food journal and weight loss. :smile: My ticker reflected my weight last week versus this week.... and I've only dropped one pound, and not even sure about that one pound, really. I could…
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HELP - I'm addicted to Mexican food!
Someone help! I ADORE salsa, as well as the chips that move that salsa straight into my mouth. I also love Mexican food. My extended family always meets up after church on Sunday for lunch at our favorite local Mexican restaurant. Other than reigning in on the amount of chips I eat, what can I get that is low cal (and…
