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Peppery Reds?
My husband has a great fondness for peppery tasting reds. Usually we can get hints of that taste in Malbecs or in Syrahs. Does anyone have any nice black pepper suggestions? I've found my favorite wine of all time (Rombauer Chard) but hubby still seeks his wine soul mate.
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Thoughts?
I did the 12 week program last summer/fall and finished it in the last week of September. I haven't gone to the gym since. (I know, I know.) I want to begin lifting again, and I assume I'm still stronger than I was before I started it, so I don't want to begin again with empty bars....but I don't know how to figure out how…
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Knee replacement questions
My husband has been scheduled for knee replacement surgery on Nov. 30. If you or someone close to you has been down this path, would you mind responding with your knowledge? I'm wondering how quickly he will feel relief. At this point he is 100% bone on bone, no cartilege left. Every step really hurts. How soon after…
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Can you help answer my questions?
My husband has been scheduled for knee replacement surgery on Nov. 30. If you or someone close to you has been down this path, would you mind responding with your knowledge? I'm wondering how quickly he will feel relief. At this point he is 100% bone on bone, no cartilege left. Every step really hurts. How soon after…
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Squat question.....arms?
When squatting, I discovered that if I press upwards with my arms against the bar while I am raising up from the squat, it *seems* to make it easier on my legs. I described it to my husband, to ask him if I had discovered a cheat, or if I had just figured out that squatting is more than making your legs do all the work. He…
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Obamacare
SCOTUS is supposed to announce their decision on Obamacare tomorrow. Since this topic is all hot and fresh, let's go over it, shall we? Thoughts? My hope is that the individual mandate will be deemed to be unconstitutional, which I believe it is, and the entire law will be gutted. I dislike the way student loans were ever…
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Yearbook in trouble
High school yearbook is recalled because someone used "blind, deaf and mentally retarded" as a description for two special ed students. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/high-school-yearbooks-labeled-special-needs-students-mentally-131931649.html
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Issues?
One of my drawing partners sent me a message, wanting me to take my turn. On my side, it says it's her turn. Right at this very moment, It's (supposedly) not my turn with any of you guys. I find this hard to believe. :huh: Can this be true? Or is the app acting up? Need............to..........draw................:laugh:
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chocolate....pb......
Is it a recipe if there are only 2 ingredients? 1 portion of Quaker Chocolate Quakes Rice snack (13 mini cakes) 1 portion of Better N' Peanut Butter (2 Tbsp, get it at Trader Joe's) smear a little pb on each rice snack.......NOM only 220 calories.
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Football: Putting Bounties on players
Now I just wanted to find a topic we can hash out that cannot go religious or political. (I think) So here goes: Please help fill in the details for me, I am shaky on the full story, but from what I gather (from half-listening to ESPN this morning), there are some football teams in trouble because the coaching staff put…
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Darling Valentine, Please don't give me calories
My wonderful husband does so much for me all the time. He's an amazing cook and makes dinner almost every night. I am truly lucky to have him in my life. We are having a bit of a tough time adjusting to the lifestyle change when it comes to celebrations. For our anniversary, for Valentine's Day, for any special day, he's…
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SuperBowl
Who will win? Who will have the best commercials? Who will be drunk? Discuss :drinker: :bigsmile:
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Disabled Girl Denied Transplant
Story from Yahoo's homepage today, a 3 year old girl with a raare disorder which causes both physical and mental handicaps, is being denied a transplant, even though the kidney she needs is being willingly offered from a family member. They told the mother that one of their concerns is that her mental retardation may…
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Suggestions please?
Last year my hubby bought me an Xbox with Kinect. I thought I wanted to play Michael Jackson experience. Turns out that game wants you to sing and it doesn't have the workout potential I thought it would, so it, and the expensive Xbox and Kinect have been gathering dust for a year. What games would you recommend to get a…
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WHAAAAAAAAAAA
MFP has Ten million members and growing......:noway: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: (from a mod!) Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Alcohol and weight loss...
I have come to believe that if I include alcohol in my diet, even if my calories are on target, my weight losses get stalled. My belief is based on my own observations over the course of the last three years or so. There is much debate about this.....I'm so very interested to hear some intelligent discussion on this…
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The title is a little silly, but...
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/mens-health/in-defense-of-a-daily-doughnut I actually concur with this article, even though the title sounds so silly...
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Nutrition ??, educated answers plz
I wish to stop burning any fat for the next three days or so. Will simply eating maintenance level calories accomplish that goal, or should I eat specific levels of...what? I have been counseled that if I eat carb-heavy, I will accomplish my goal of not burning up any fat, but the source of that info is questionable. My…
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NSV!!! Wedding Ring
When I had my wedding ring made, I was at my highest weight (or close to it). It was made in a size 8. I just had it resized to fit me properly, and it is now a size 6!!!! It was getting so loose I could hold my hand vertically, drop it onto my finger and it would slide all the way down. If I flicked my hands to get water…
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I hate PF Changs
Seriously those !@#$%^&*( %^&*() can go take a @#$%^ off a bridge @#$%^& The lunch bowl is TWO SERVINGS!? I call SHENANIGANS! I read the nutritional content online (on my phone) and saw that it had the lunch bowl "shrimp and lobster sauce" at 315 calories, on the brown rice. That seemed perfect, so I ordered that and I…
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You may be a little OCD if...
These are some of the rules I have: The stripes on my dishes have to be lined up in the cupboard. Ditto for the salad plates, bowls and coffee cups in this pattern. Before I start to run the dishwasher, I have to close the door so that all the water runs down and escapes the soap tray. The dishwasher soap can only be…
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Spaghetti Squash
OK, I'm hooked. So tell me what else to do with it other than the things I have already thought of: 1. Just a touch of butter and a lot of chipotle tabasco. 2. add spaghetti sauce to it. 3. Today for lunch I made a bowl concoction that contained a cup of squash, 1/2 cup reduced sodium black beans, chopped up a chicken…
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Spaghetti Squash, Love of my life
Where have you been all my life? I am just tickled pink at how much I like this stuff!!! I roasted it for an hour at 375, split it open and ripped it apart with a fork, drenched it with some chipotle tabasco and could not finish even one half of the squash. For 85 calories. :love: :love: :love:
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100 pushups. Here we go.
My husband and I are starting the 100 pushups challenge today. (Google hundred pushups) He and I did the test yesterday and I am embarassed to say I couldn't even do 5. He is in much better shape than I am and he could do 20 :grumble: . We have agreed we will do this plan over the next 6 weeks to see if it is true that you…
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OK I usually dislike this, but...
Today I wore a dress that I haven't fit into in a loong time. It's a business suit-shaped dress, ties at the waist, and I feel so confident and sexy in it. I also wore my new pinup style red heels with it... I was feeling great. When I got to work, a man stopped on the sidewalk and said, "Damn, you so sexy senorita!" Now I…
