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BBAM--Healthy Snacks
If you know what BBAM is then you know it is filled with totally unhealthy junk food eating choices. If you don't know what BBAM is, think of it as appreciation for all you do at work. Basically one month of the year where I work we get treated by the company and managers (which I am one this year...wooohooo go me!) to all…
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Is there a Vet in the house?
Hi MFP fam...I either need some advice or to be told don't worry, it's fine... I have 2 cats. My female is a little thing and she runs between 8 and 10 lbs (age 15). My male is like a small lion and runs between 20 and 25 (age 7, but acts like a kitten). Usually they wrestle (he initiates the fight), of course they sleep…
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Chocolate Milk...actually a good thing?
A new study shows that low fat chocolate milk is good for you after a work out. Just saw this on Fox News Chicago...of course I couldn't find it on their site yet. So I did a quick google and poof here is the study from University of Texas--Austin, by Dr. John Ivy... http://www.utexas.edu/news/2011/06/22/milk_studies/
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feeling successful...
Ok last week I attempted to walk to my public library. This is not something I would have even thought about a month ago. And last week when I tried it was 99* with a heat index of 108* out. I felt like a complete failure because I couldn't do it, and was very upset and irritable with myself. Today I decided I wouldn't set…
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low impact exercise...
I'm wondering if there are any "easy" low impact type videos out there I can get to do at home. My library is a wealth of they can get almost anything for me if I have a name. I'm after something that doesn't require much, and is I'm guessing low impact as I have arthritis in my knees, and my hips and ankles are always the…
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I'm willing to give it a try...
A friend of mine recommended I come to this site. I'm so very tired of being so much overweight. I'm willing to try anything. Maybe this will be the start of a new beginning. I don't expect it to happen overnight. I've always been overweight, and don't expect to ever be a teeny tiny girl. But I'd love to be able to walk…
