| 8/6/2010 1:35:56 PM |
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vampirecari
Draper, UT
age: 50
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I was just thinking how hard it is to diet and exercise alone. So I was wondering if there was any interest here in a support thread for healthier lifestyles.
I was thinking we might share tips and interesting food and supplement facts, and even funny stories.
I'm doing the American Diabetic Association diet, eating low carbs, high proteins, and trying hard to stick to 1300-1600 calories a day. For exercise I started with walking in the cool of early mornings. My first couple weeks I could only walk around the block, once. Now I can walk 3 miles in an hour.
Anybody else on the journey??
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| 8/6/2010 2:14:44 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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I am......due to genetic cholesterol problem in the family......and instead of taking the meds I went on a very healthy *rarely eat meat, no dairy products, no processed food and no sodas* home cooked meals *wheat pasta, wheat rice, wheat bread, dry beans, etc* in the past month and half........lost 25 pounds.
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| 8/6/2010 2:54:57 PM |
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joy1dr
West Jordan, UT
age: 52
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WOW, thats excellent Utahgal! Keep up the good work.
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| 8/6/2010 2:58:25 PM |
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mtnmixer
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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Good heavens R! There wasn't that much of you to loose. When you gonna put up a new pic so we can ogle and drool? I do about 50 carbs a day period. Unless of course I lose it, like yesterday and stop at Baskin Robbins for a kiddie sugar cone loaded with pralines and cream. Ok, so it's just one scoop, but it was to die for! Ha ha ha! Get it? I took a monster bike ride in the heat of today to try and lose some glucose and get back to even. Topped the ride off with a loverly snooze. Now I'm fit to fight. Bring it on!
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| 8/6/2010 5:41:18 PM |
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safetyglrl
Syracuse, UT
age: 51
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My fingers are long and skinny. I maintain their shape through exercising them on this forum. 
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| 8/6/2010 7:33:22 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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The first of June - my doctor offically said to me "you are diabetic" sense then I have ate very very little sugar...... and a much better 'balanced' diet. I've lost 20 pounds, so its a good start 
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| 8/6/2010 8:25:43 PM |
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cachehiker
Hyde Park, UT
age: 46
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I've been on a diet and exercise program for 15 years. For the first 2-3, it felt like one. Now it's just a lifestyle. Thanks to 8-10 hours per week of vigorous exercise I still pack it away like a teenager. When it comes to the diet though:
Very little white food like white flour, white rice, and sugar.
Very little deep fried food like chicken fingers or french fries.
Very little that looks extruded or "pooped out of a machine."
Three servings of fruit for breakfast is pretty easy to get used to.
And no meat without some sort of side, even if it is just a bed of lettuce.
If and when I do end up at a fast food restaurant: no soda, no fries, no combos, no super-sizing, just a simple sandwich is enough. It's not healthy but everything else is worse.
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| 8/6/2010 8:32:22 PM |
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safetyglrl
Syracuse, UT
age: 51
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Cache
Those are my thoughts. It's not a diet. It's a lifestyle.
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| 8/6/2010 9:09:53 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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The first of June - my doctor offically said to me "you are diabetic" sense then I have ate very very little sugar...... and a much better 'balanced' diet. I've lost 20 pounds, so its a good start
Good for you, Ann. Doesn't it feel good to eat healthier food?
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| 8/6/2010 9:16:50 PM |
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cachehiker
Hyde Park, UT
age: 46
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And the fringe benefits are so worth it.
Today I rode my bike to work. (10 miles, 33 minutes)
I would've spent 20 minutes in the car anyway.
I rode another 5 miles to a from lunch to justify a double bacon cheeseburger. (would've had to eat light otherwise)
If I had driven, most of my lunch would've been spent in the car.
I rode another 5 to the local tavern (20 minutes) and talked about the week gone by over exactly three beers before riding the last 5 home in the twilight. (20 minutes)
I would've spent 20 of those 40 minutes in the car anyway.
And the sunset was so much prettier without the car window in the way.
Life is good.
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| 8/6/2010 9:50:58 PM |
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gypsiegirly
Provo, UT
age: 44
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I also am on a low carb, low fat, no sugar or white food (bread, pasta, ect.) diet. I walk a hour a day I really haven't measured the miles but I think its 2 or maybe 2 1/2 miles. I been diabetic for 19 yrs. I don't really do a diet though its more a life style, dieting just makes it sound like something you are only going to do for a short time. Good luck and way to go.
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| 8/6/2010 10:29:50 PM |
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vampirecari
Draper, UT
age: 50
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Wow, it's so exciting the positive changes people are making to get healthy, stay healthy and active. All the weight that's been lost this year just by the ladies here thus far is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to each of you. It's not easy to give up foods you love and crave, especially to make a new lifestyle. But it can be done, and we're living proof!
Diabetes is scary. But doctors and Jillian Michaels keep telling us that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with diet and exercise. I'm trying not to get it, because I don't want to lose my legs in the future like my great-grandmother and my father. I had a
horrible scare with my left leg in February
where my circulation was compromised for about 10 weeks. I hope I never fail to appreciate good health ever again. Bless everybody, and keep up the good work!
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| 8/6/2010 10:40:35 PM |
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terryz210
Roy, UT
age: 43
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I have been trying to behave with my eating. I work with a body builder and he suggested chicken and rice, also egg whites. I have become very creative working with these to add taste, change it up adding things like stewed tomatoes, different seasonings and thing like that. I also walk up to 36 miles a week (need to be better at it). Last year when I was very true to this diet I lost 65 pounds. I took a break and trying to get back to how I was, too lose my last 20 pounds.
One of the best things I found to help me was downloading an app on my iPod Touch called “lose it”. It is a free app and really helps you track how much you can or should eat…… check it out.
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| 8/7/2010 12:46:43 AM |
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bazzinga
Salt Lake City, UT
age: 33
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It seems like I'm always dieting. 
After gallbladder surgery it seems like the weight creeps on if I am not conscious of diet/exercise. Coupled with fears of type 2 that runs in my family, it seems like I'm always dieting... I did REALLY well when I was going through Total Health and Fitness--dropped a good 30 lbs in 4 months. Basically I was eating a lot of fresh foods--lots of chicken, whole grains, veggies... They had it balanced out for me so certain points of the day I'd get the needed carbs, etc. The results were awesome but golly, eating every 2 hours was hard. Don't get me wrong, I love food but food is one of those things that just slows me down... Dating was very difficult because if I wasn't eating, I was in the gym... couldn't sit through a movie without looking at the clock to eat again. LOL
I tend to stay fairly active, I know part of my issues with gain has to do with my lack of motivation to eat--then I get hungry and over eat... Then of course, I can't burn it all off because it's too much...
I'm back to dieting again, not for vanity... for health. Sadly, I get physically ill as my weight goes up... Now I'm doing weight watchers. I'll be honest in that I haven't been trying that hard. I've lost 10 lbs in 7 weeks now... and really all I've done is logged my food. I'm a proponent of just food tracking, because it makes you accountable and conscious of what you are eating. When I log food, I subconsciously am dieting because I look back at my logs and say "OMG, I can't believe I just ate 800 calories for lunch!"
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| 8/7/2010 6:58:20 AM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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Wow, it's so exciting the positive changes people are making to get healthy, stay healthy and active. All the weight that's been lost this year just by the ladies here thus far is a huge accomplishment. Congratulations to each of you. It's not easy to give up foods you love and crave, especially to make a new lifestyle. But it can be done, and we're living proof!
Diabetes is scary. But doctors and Jillian Michaels keep telling us that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed with diet and exercise. I'm trying not to get it, because I don't want to lose my legs in the future like my great-grandmother and my father. I had a
horrible scare with my left leg in February
where my circulation was compromised for about 10 weeks. I hope I never fail to appreciate good health ever again. Bless everybody, and keep up the good work!
Yes, Vampire, you did good with this thread. It's nice to have good discussions. Awesome job!
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| 8/7/2010 7:24:21 AM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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Good for you, Ann. Doesn't it feel good to eat healthier food?
It will feel alot better when I loose another 20 to 40 pounds. My body is still adjusting my insides are not quite sure it likes all the veggies.
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| 8/7/2010 7:32:40 AM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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Oh, it WILL.......for me, it's like I can't stand anything with sugar, bad fats or heavy dairy products.
If not already......it'll show rosey color to your cheeks and you'll be more rested from your sleep.
Congrats to those who are watching diabetes. It runs in my family so I've been blessed NOT to have it. Keep up with great work, everyone!
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| 8/7/2010 8:13:13 AM |
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pamela_leigh
Springville, UT
age: 36
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Does just drinking vodka and eating toast count as a diet? 
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| 8/7/2010 8:48:57 AM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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You're such a goof, Pam.
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| 8/7/2010 8:53:00 AM |
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pamela_leigh
Springville, UT
age: 36
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 Can't help it...
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| 8/7/2010 9:02:10 AM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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I know.........and you love it! lol.........as so do we all.
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| 8/7/2010 9:10:31 AM |
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mtnmixer
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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Pam's a card!
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| 8/7/2010 10:23:03 AM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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hey i mowed the grass
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| 8/7/2010 11:33:42 AM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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Uh, I'm NOT going there, BB.
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| 8/7/2010 12:13:41 PM |
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gypsiegirly
Provo, UT
age: 44
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hey i mowed the grass
wanna come and mow mine now 
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| 8/7/2010 12:48:59 PM |
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801dodge
Spanish Fork, UT
age: 25
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never miss breakfast, by eating breakfast it tells your body to start making energy by burning sugar and kick starts your matabalizam
don't eat past 7 pm, that way you don't have a bunch of food that will just turn to fat as you sleep cuz your not burning enery
there is no substitute for excersize,
(i don't know if i spelled those right)
and try and eat 4 small meals with no snackin inbetween instead of 3 bigger meal with a lot of snacking. this you make your matabalizam work all day long
4 meals instead of 3 will make your matabalizam work better and will help a lot in turning the body fat you have into sugar which will be burned off and in turns gives you more energy and a better mood !
but the main thing is stick to what you start ! don't keep switching diets cuz you don't see immidiate results cuz that will just screw with your body and make things worse i think
but what do i know, im just me 
but at the age of 17 i weighted 310lbs at 6'4" tall i had a 48" waist and now im 25 with a 33" waist weighing 205 and thats how i did it
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| 8/7/2010 1:33:38 PM |
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gypsiegirly
Provo, UT
age: 44
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Thats great dodge, and yes eating 4 or even 5 meals a day is best and you also need to remember small is better, other than with vegis and fruit (unless your diabetic then fruit is also carbs, almost everything has carbs in it) the exercise part is the hardest for me, getting it every day that is, working makes it hard cause I'm on my feet 8 hours a day but doc says it doesnt do much unless it a vigorous workout have to get the hear pumping and blood flowing basically for at least 40 mins or more and 3 a week is good but 5 is best.
 good luck and hope everyone gets to the healthy weight they are shooting for.
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| 8/7/2010 3:36:28 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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Uh, I'm NOT going there, BB.
that is some good walking
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| 8/7/2010 3:37:46 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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wanna come and mow mine now  where to go
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| 8/7/2010 4:32:28 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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i do need more walking i just where to go
<------------ Go that way!
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| 8/7/2010 4:46:15 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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--------> or this way
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| 8/7/2010 5:09:57 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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or go up?? lol....
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| 8/7/2010 5:13:24 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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but thats no fun i think i will just walk to a baseball game
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| 8/7/2010 5:16:11 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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but thats no fun i think i will just walk to a baseball game
I live near the field 
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| 8/7/2010 5:17:57 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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in slc
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| 8/7/2010 5:19:11 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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| 8/7/2010 5:50:37 PM |
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skmisbuff
Salt Lake City, UT
age: 24
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i just stick to my normal routine eat healthy during the week and excercise then on the weekends eat kinda whatever it is rewarding to myself and it is working so far and i am on my way to becoming a firefighter
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| 8/7/2010 6:12:36 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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Good luck with your goal in becoming a firefighter. AWesome job/career!
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| 8/7/2010 8:11:52 PM |
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cachehiker
Hyde Park, UT
age: 46
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i do need more walking i just where to go
Find a detailed street map (like 34x44 size if you can get it) and hang it on your wall. Highlight every street you've walked and see how big of an area you can cover. You'll be surprised at the things you find on all those streets you never knew were there.
BTW, I earned a burger off the grill and on a whole wheat bun covered with onions and pickles today doing trail work. Some friends and I are trying to reestablish the Spawn Creek trail. Unfortunately, Spawn Creek is popular with beavers and they're always dropping trees across the trail.
One of my fave rules of thumb is if it's an indulgence like cheesecake or brownies or (gulp!) burgers, you have to make it from scratch. No cheating by going to the grocery or a restaurant.
(No. I didn't cheat. That is, not unless you're expecting me to slaughter the cow.)
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| 8/7/2010 8:47:28 PM |
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lilkayote
Ogden, UT
age: 48 online now!
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I go to Golds Gym everyday early morning, i do yoga spin and bodypump. It gives me energy helps my self esteem and i dont hurt as much all over. Downtown Ogden, nice place
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| 8/8/2010 1:45:46 PM |
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older_wiser
Orem, UT
age: 56
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Interesting subject. One some of us can find useful. Yeah this stuff has been on my mind a lot the last 2 years cause of health, injuries, age and lifestyle. Have had some interesting injuries the last few years and haven't adjusted my calorie intake to account for the decline in activity. 
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| 8/8/2010 4:46:21 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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I believe that our bodies will balance out to the wieght we should be at if we truly eat the right way.... which would be very little sweets... a balanced diet - with lots of veggies. Now if I can train my body to enjoy veggies.
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| 8/8/2010 5:09:27 PM |
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mtnmixer
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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With enough butter, salt and pepper almost any cookable veggie tastes really good.
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| 8/8/2010 5:39:22 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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With enough butter, salt and pepper almost any cookable veggie tastes really good.
Well I have bought more veggies lately than I have for a long time...I try to make it top priorty on the meun. Mostly frozen veggies, some raw and some picked from my garden.
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| 8/8/2010 6:55:21 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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i still dont no about vegs my mom is not her to make me eat them
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| 8/8/2010 8:02:25 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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i still dont no about vegs my mom is not her to make me eat them
I would agree with you buttttttttttt I like that my body is dropping weight it is worth eating the veggies.
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| 8/8/2010 8:19:39 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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i just have a hard time with them good luck
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| 8/8/2010 8:22:42 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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i just have a hard time with them good luck
Thanks I need it my insides don't quite like the veggies and when my insides are unhappy they cause my siatic nerve in my back to hurt...so over the past month my back has been giving me fits. darn old body.
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| 8/8/2010 8:29:45 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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i got in a car reck in march my back has hurt every day
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| 8/8/2010 8:59:29 PM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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i got in a car reck in march my back has hurt every day
oh my... I feel for you. Usually this back of mine flares up a couple times a year but this time it flared up and has not gone away. I pamper it some and ignore it alot.
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| 8/8/2010 9:16:08 PM |
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indie1968
Ogden, UT
age: 42
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i got in a car reck in march my back has hurt every day
OH BB you are just faking. lol Hugs.
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| 8/8/2010 9:54:06 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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i wish i was
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| 8/8/2010 11:46:30 PM |
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mistnt
West Jordan, UT
age: 43
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A good way to get veggies is to "Shake and Broil"
Put veggies in a ziploc bag with just a drizzle of olive oil and shake them up with some ranch dressing powder then broil til just crispy. YUMMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 8/9/2010 7:26:10 AM |
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dandylion_time
Ogden, UT
age: 51
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A good way to get veggies is to "Shake and Broil"
Put veggies in a ziploc bag with just a drizzle of olive oil and shake them up with some ranch dressing powder then broil til just crispy. YUMMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
I will have to try this out
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| 8/9/2010 7:43:35 PM |
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bestboy5858
Centerville, UT
age: 52
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A good way to get veggies is to "Shake and Broil"
Put veggies in a ziploc bag with just a drizzle of olive oil and shake them up with some ranch dressing powder then broil til just crispy. YUMMMY!!!!!!!!!!!
i need a good blender then i could just drink them
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| 8/10/2010 6:33:40 PM |
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lakersrock
Springville, UT
age: 43
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well im not dating, as far as exercise goes, do 12 ounce curls count.
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| 8/10/2010 8:24:05 PM |
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utahgal1
Ogden, UT
age: 50
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well im not dating, as far as exercise goes, do 12 ounce curls count.
Sure, it can work or a bag of nuts would do.
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| 8/10/2010 9:00:19 PM |
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lakersrock
Springville, UT
age: 43
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the sack of nuts are definately for you.
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| 8/10/2010 9:14:30 PM |
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indie1968
Ogden, UT
age: 42
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You should try Laker's nuts. They'll definitely give you a work out.
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| 8/10/2010 9:19:52 PM |
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lakersrock
Springville, UT
age: 43
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i do like to share my nuts.
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