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Well said Jo!
I thought that too. This is about becoming & staying healthy. Making Lifestyle changes. I can't imagine that injections would be a lifestyle change. I wouldn't want to do that for the rest of my life. In other news ...Sunshyne is super busy with work. She had a cheat day yesterday. But all in all she is still doing well. It will be nice for school to get underway & for her to get back into an exercise routine. I get to see her in 2 weeks :) |
Welcome Starbuck!
First of all, I would like to say congratulations on your weight loss. I bet you feel amazing! Like you, I've also done the HCG diet. Well, not as extreme as yours with the 500 calorie a day restriction. We have 2 weight loss clinics here that pretty much specialize in this kind of weight loss. They combine HCG and B12, put you on Adipex (yeah, speed) and tell you to stay within 1000 - 1200 calories a day. You come in once a week, pay $14 for the shots & get a $10 week perscription... they weigh you and say "see you next week." Well, when I did this years ago, I lost an unbelievable 65 pounds.... only to gain it all back plus another 15 pounds. Like others said, this was a temporary fix. I was bouncing off the walls, thanks to the speed, and just didn't eat. I NEVER learned why I overate, anything about triggers, or how to actually eat healthy foods without feeling deprived. I hate to admit it... I've tried this method at last 5 times in the past 7 years. FOR ME, it doesn't work longterm. |
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My only foray into "chemical" weight loss was about 10 years ago. A co-worker was losing lots of weight, had tons of energy, was looking great....and she recommended I see her doctor. I did, and he put me on some pills (can't remember the name for the life of me). I took them, and had a ton of energy, started to lose weight. That went on (for me) for only about 3 weeks....until I found myself unable to get out of bed in the morning, sick, in tears at anything and everything....I was just an absolute wreck. Turns out that the pills I was taking worked by stimulating the adrenal glands...so basically my co-worker and I were on an unending andrenaline rush. No wonder we felt great and lost weight! The problem was that my adrenal glands were (evidently) over-taxed by the stress I was under in my life....and within 3 weeks I had exhausted them, and myself, completely. I went off the pills, and it took months before I felt even remotely myself again. In those months I was exhausted, could never get enough sleep to feel even remotely rested and dragged myself around through my single working mother life like a wet, dirty dishrag. Guess what I relied on for energy and comfort? Yep. In the end my "diet pill" experiment made me lose 18 and then gain 45 pounds. I'll stick to the giant salad lunch, greek yogurt and generally low-glycemic food plan I'm on. I'm losing weight and, more importantly, my blood sugars are good! :) |
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Good Morning Fellow Weight-Loss Peeps,
I was getting ready to post and be upset because I hopped on the scale an hour or so ago and it said I gained almost 5 lbs. :scared: I gasped in horror and was getting ready to beat myself up and blame the yogurt parfaits that I've been thoroughly enjoying this week for breakfast from the cafe' across the street. And yesterday I caved and got pad thai with my friends at work. I ate the majority of it, but left the rest because I was full. I would have never done that, but I'm more familiar with just "saying no" instead of feeling the need to eat everything in front of me. I also had a raspberry/lime diet tonic (soda as you folks know it) last night with my fat-free popcorn, peanut butter and jelly crackers (that I made), reduced fat-free fig newtons (about 6 or 7 of them). This whole week I've weaned myself off tonic and have been drinking water. I've never been a huge water drinking person and usually have to force myself to drink it. Anyway, a few minutes ago, I decided to strip down again and hop on the scale to see if it indicated something different and sure enough it did. I only gained 1 lb. For me, anyway, as much as I despise getting on the scale and seeing any type of weight gain, it gives me that "reality check" of needing to step up and do the right thing. I haven't been journaling in over a month and thought I had a pretty good handle on maintaining my diet plan. Not the case, I need to get back into the swing of things by journaling every single day. So, I must commit to myself to do that in order to be successful at this. Yeah my pants and some shirts are baggy, but I still need to keep that promise to myself and reach my goal weight. I still have a very long way to go and each day it's a struggle and so much temptation is around me and there are days I'm so gung ho about doing it, and other days I say what the hell a little won't kill me and I know my limit. I'm being honest in my posts folks and I just want to say to everyone here that I'm thankful for you pouring your hearts out with your struggles, addictions, goals, all of the above. This thread has a lot of meaning to me and I thank each of you for sharing your stories. Sometimes it's not easy and we take the good with the bad with having wonderful days and then really bad ones. Which leads me into a bad ones: Last night I had a horrible evening with snacking and I also smoked. I really enjoyed the smoking and as I said a week or so ago, I find it very freeing to me for some reason and enjoy doing it. I hate the taste, never enjoyed it, but something about oral fixation that I like. It was 2 days that I went without one and I didn't crave it, but last night I broke that desire. I guess the good thing is I don't have a pack because it was my neighbor was over and we smoked hers. But, we'll see how it goes as the day progresses if I feel the "urge" to go buy them. Right now I'm not there with the craving. Maybe it will stay like that. Personally there is no gray area. It's just the type of person I am, it's either all or nothing. I know I'll get over the hump and do good, and I'm taking it day-by-day. Best, -S- |
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Honey, you are doing amazing! So we've all had those kinds of weeks, but we can & WILL bounce back. Sometimes the last thing I wanna do is think about and monitor my food... and like you, I just try to wing it. I try to keep up with a "guesstimate" in my head, but I know damn well that I'm not keeping up with every. single. thing. that goes in my mouth. Changing our eating habits & getting out of our old comfort zones is hard... fucking hard. I can be out to dinner with friends, and the little devil in my head says, "oh Tonya, just eat what you want... it's not gonna kill you." I can let those voices self sabatoge myself quickly. Thing is, I've realized that my comfort zones were not normal. Who sits down after a crappy day and eats a pint of Rocky Road ice cream and finishes it off with a bottle of wine?! Yeah, that WAS me. I'm having to find ways to pamper or reward myself that DON'T include food or alcohol. Some days are harder than others. You can do this Scorpie... WE ALL CAN DO THIS! One day at a time... and on those rough days one MEAL at a time! |
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The thing that sucks for Me, is that all of My friends here are in another country! Many times I've wished I lived closer to friends, especially many on here, but atleast I have the computer as a way to communicate. I have one bio guy friend who has been saying that he will go to the gym with Me but it hasn't happened yet, so yeah if you were closer bud I'd definately take you up on that offer. Over the last three days, I've only allowed Myself a small glass of pepsi a day otherwise its been water and the occasional glass of milk (like My chocolate almond milk). I've gone for a couple of walks, not long ones but small ones, starting off slow and working My way upto longer ones. I'm making sure to eat three meals a day, and not two and then binge later on snacks. I've been having a package of oatmeal for breakfast which is keeping Me full; then lunch I've been having one can of pasta (chef boyardee) then if I want a small snack I've had one of those 100 calorie packs of Special K fruit crisps (I got strawberry and blueberry). They are almost like small versions of pop tarts, which I love, but so much better for Me and they taste amazing. Supper varies day to day; last night was breaded fish sticks (I only had 4 or 5 instead of like 8 or 10) as well as cheddar and broccoli rice. To bed different for a snack before bed, I had a couple of rice cakes ~ they are tomato and basil, and are very good. I've made definate changes since Tuesday and not only has the swelling in My legs and feet gone down ALOT, but its much easier to walk now and I'm feeling better. Small things like what I've been doing above are going to make these long term changes easier because I'm not going cold turkey on anything, just limiting bad stuff to occasionally and stocking up more on the good stuff ........... I love this thread, its helping Me get healthier :-) Quote:
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Hello everybody! Last night I had a grilled chicken from McDonald's minus the bread, sauce. I just ate the chicken and slice of tomato. I felt bad cause the damn breast felt oily. I'm guessing they cook it with oil. But I looked up the calories on the sandwich as a whole and it was only 300 so then I didn't feel so bad. Stepped on the scale this morning down 2 more lbs. This morning had a couple cups of dark roast coffee. . and now munching on a grissini breadstick and having some hot tea with stevia. For lunch I'm gonna cut a bell pepper in half stuff it with tuna and bake it. . then I'll have some cantaloupe for a snack. For dinner I'm thinking about trying some cut up chicken breast with a bit of low sodium soy sauce wrapped in romaine lettuce leaves. Have a good day all!
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Good Morning all!
Re: Scorp's post, I always weigh with zero clothing on, around the same time in the AM and before I eat or drink anything!
I try to always structure for success and a positive outcome to the best of my ability:) That hot dog from a couple of days ago did come back to haunt me- 1/2 pound gain. I just said fuck it, I enjoyed it and got back on plan. I decided to not punish myself anymore for a rare derail, feels much better that way and keeps me positive and in a good headspace that way! Hugs, |
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Between doing some clean up around hear along with laundry I have been working out with my own exersise equipment,tho not as good as the gym will do just fine.Not shure how far I rode the bike cause th odometer thingy is broke,but I did get 25 minits of really hard rideing and 10 for a cool down..then I went outside to the stuff I have on the patio and did 70 crunchies,50 bench presses,came back in the house then did 90 steps on the stepper so then I finished out with doing some arm curles 30 each arm along with a fue other stretching moves to keep the old bod form tightining up.Tonight im haveing gumbo for dinner..my son ask me to make some so I did.Its chicken/cajun sasuage with a fue shrimp I found in the freezer,lots of trinity(onions,celery and bell pepper)Its ging to be served with wild rice.I am haveing some but eating a nice sise salad first with a glass of chrystle light.U can bet the left over gumbo will go in the freezer for another day.
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Money vs. weight loss
I just wanted to step in and say that money and weight loss or the regaining of health do not have to go hand in hand. There is a tendency out there to think that in order to lose weight we have to “gear up” for it, that first we need to get a gym membership, some fancy kitchen things, a new outfit, maybe some special equipment for at home and a whole host of other things. This is completely artificial, just a perceived need created by the diet industry; make no mistake, this a multi-billion dollar industry that manipulates all of us just as much as the folks who bring us the junk foods that get us here to begin with. Gyms as we know them today and processed packaged diet foods didn’t even exist 40 years ago, (isn’t that about the time the “obesity crisis” began?). Because of recent postings relating to a lack of money as a barrier I want us all to remember, knowledge is power on this one and we have several resources at hand. We have internet access and access to this group and many others as a result. We also have access to free online tracking tools which will keep us honest and in touch with what is really going on, it won’t tell our secrets or lie to us either. :) You can walk and do body weight exercises for free and as someone who has been there, if there is a significant amount of weight to lose you are less likely to injure yourself this way. Learning is free; just be sure to consider the source and apply a little critical thinking. *rant over*. :theisland: P.S. Getting out from behind the computer and taking action is free too! |
Absolutely Kelt! It doesn't cost a thing to get up off the couch or chair and move, ones choices on foods can however tend to cost more for better food. That I blame on over priced food stores such as whole pay check (Whole Foods) and some of the higher end what I call snooty stores. A good farmers market will cost less for better organic foods. If one lives in a zone where growing ones own food is an option, use it, seeds, dirt, a little know how and some water. Use gallon jugs for weights, use a neighborhood basket ball court, tennis court, neighbor hood swim hole.
I'm one of the lucky ones that has a treadmill at home and some weights, but they were cheep, not high end machines. I also have a gym membership that is paid for by my insurance plan on Medicare. I use it when I'm not sick and or hurt. Getting healthy is cheeper than getting unhealthy, it's all about the choices we make for ourselves. |
I love Chik-Fil-A for a healthy snack on the run. I usually get the whole meal and give the fries away. I love their grilled chicken sandwich, without the mayo and tomatoes. McDonalds actually fries their chicken and hamburgers on the same grill, so it really isn't all that great for you. Subway is good, just stick to a healthy choice of sandwich, without the mayo. I like the Subway club with Swiss cheese, lettuce, pickles, mustard and cucumbers on the whole wheat bread is good. I normally just order a 6" sub; since my stomach has shrunk with my original weight loss. I have found adding spicy brown mustard to my sandwiches helps give it a kick and I have also decided to leave the potato chips at the grocery store. Another restaurant that I love to go to is a local salad restaurant here in Orlando. It is called, Greens and Grill and their menu is organic. I love ordering their create your own salad with five toppings and I usually get; cheese, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, eggs<hard boiled and chopped> and peas or corn. No salad dressing.
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Good Evening Everyone,
I love cooking with extra virgin olive oil! I put enough in the pan to cover the bottom and then I add my seasoning. It helps to evenly coat the chicken or cube steaks that I am cooking. I am really enjoying cooking dinner at home on my days off and having the left overs to take to work with me. If there is something that I want to have, I go for it. At my job, they have an employee cafeteria where they decide our lunches. They always have some type of dessert or pastry available. Today, instead of that pastry or brownie that was available, I went and bought a small bag of M&M's. I am having this Immaculate type of cookies. They are all natural and very yummy! They have 80 calories per cookie and I am having three... I agree with Jo Jo about the hormone therapy to loose weight. That doesn't sound healthy and having to much of one type of hormone, can alter your body in different ways. I don't believe in it and I will never try it. Give me the sidewalk, exercise bike, treadmill or weights and I am all good! Sweating is a good thing... I will definately be in the gym later tonight! Zimmy |
Thanks everybody! Have a great healthy weekend! Today I bought garlic flavored fine red wine vinegar to try on my salads. It looks great no calories, no fat, no sugar, no sodium. I can't wait to try it! I found it at Walmart and it's their Great Value brand.
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Good morning everyone :)
I have two really awesome pieces of news to share....the first, and best, is that my son is home! :cheer: After almost 6 weeks gone, first to a Lead America program in Washington DC and then half the summer break with his father in NY, he's finally sitting on the couch, having a cup of tea and a big bowl of fresh cut fruit salad (watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, pineapple, grapes and fresh blueberries) with me. The second piece of amazing news is that, after one week in this new way of eating, with no hunger and no cravings for bad stuff.....I've lost a jaw-dropping 6 pounds! I know that rate of weight loss won't continue (and probably wouldn't be healthy), but I am blown away. The craziest part is that I am not measuring my fats as strictly as the guidelines say and am being downright generous with the salad dressing, fresh avocado, olives, etc., and I also ate dark chocolate (about 200 calories worth) on the day I wanted it. Scoote and I were trying to figure out when I stopped using artificial sweeteners and diet sodas....maybe a month, maybe 6 weeks ago...and since then all kinds of crazy food cravings have vanished. Not only do I not crave sweets, but I'm not craving chips and baked stuff either. Yesterday I was running late for lunch and grabbed 3 big handfuls of the organic baby greens I'm loving these days, a big blob of the homemade chicken salad that I made for Scoote, about half a can of canellini beans, HALF an avocado and slathered it all with my homemade dressing. It was drop dead delicious, and certainly didn't feel like "diet" anything. :) Breakfast this morning....Greek yogurt (my new love), the aforementioned fresh fruit salad and coffee.....ahhhhhh. I feel good. :) |
Congrats Jo Jo!!!!!!!
Greek Yogurt is very delicious and with all of the protein in it, fills you up! Since I started training in my new position at work, I haven't been craving cookies, chips or candy... Glad to read that Rooster is back and now you won't have to worry about him! Have a great day, Zimmy Quote:
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I was up early this morning. Had my oatmeal pancake, prework out shake and was off to the gym. Had a great workout(I love it when the gym is empty). Had my post work out protein shake, and am having some scrambled egg with with salsa now.
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I am having cold Oatmeal Squares Cereal sans the milk and coffee for breakfast this morning! My workout, will be walking around the BJ's Wholesale Club this afternoon with my roommate..I added more music to my Exercise playlist on the Vevo app for the iPhone. I added, Kat DeLuna to the mix and I have found trying to keep up with her is hard as hell, but I will do it!
Have a great day, Zimmy |
Just woke up, need to weigh, etc. So this is a quickie: all of you are inspiring but I must give props and a big "shout-out" to Jo and Zimmy!
You two are awesome and I love your posts!! Kudos, |
I just wanted to come in and say hi to everyone; I've only been allowing Myself one small glass of pop per day since wednesday, and having other things the rest of the time (mostly water, but also some milk and juice). I just had some red grapes and apple slices for breakfast along with some water; the swelling in My legs and feet has pretty much all disappeared and its alot easier to walk around now. I'm feeling overall alot better and just bought the brand new Weight Watchers magazine for September/October which I've already started to investigate ~ I'm enjoying it so far and can't wait to try new tips :-)
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First off, I would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Jo, Zimmy, and Matthew for their lifechanging sucesses this week. It is very inpiring to read about people taking back control of their own health. Also, thank you to Scorp for your honest account of your week and helping me remember that this is not going to be perfect and small setbacks do not have to be license to go batshit crazy. If I was capable of just stopping this behavior forever I would have done it a long time ago. Lastly, thank you to everyone for your very kind responses to my first post. Sadly, 'Fuck it Day' continues, but not at full binge status. I will have to take my lumps at weigh in on Monday, but I have already decided that skipping weigh in to try to pretend that I was not engaged in bingeing behavior will not help me realize my goals. Nor will sneaking out to the grocery store at 9 o'clock at night, buying pieces of cake the size of my head, and eating them in my car.... Gotta work on that. |
Good day everybody! After 1 week sticking to my diet I lost 10 lbs. . . I was so wanting some birthday cake and yesterday I was totally craving mexican food. I saw some chocolates at the store, quickly looked away smiling not even craving it. I didn't cave to any temptations. I've stayed on my path and am happy. I feel like I have more energy. I was one to drink a lot of pepsi and I haven't missed it. . This morning I had apple slices and dark roast coffee. I'm off to figure out lunch which is probably crab meat and cucumber slices drizzled in vinegar dressing.
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Did I mention that I'm in love with fuji apples??!!!!!! Sweet and satifsying...
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anyone lift weights? Someone told me yesterday instead of doing sets or 3 sets with a certain amount of reps one should start with as many as one can do in the first rep. wait 10 seconds go again with how many you can till you can't . wait 10 seconds and continue on this way. and the reason they said was because if you're doing a certain amount in your reps your muscles get used to it and you aren't really working them. and this other way you are shocking your muscles and they are having to adjust and work. . and it doesn't matter the weight only how it is done. so anyone heard of this or what is your routine? I am on a low calorie diet right now so I'm not hitting the gym as much and just sticking to an ab workout for now. But I cannot wait to get back into basketball and weights.
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I bought nectarines at the grocery store! I haven't had one yet...
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This morning I weighed at I finaly made one of my first mini weight goals..I now am weighing in a t 250..50 more to go to my goal weigh.With all the working out ive been doing I should be starting to look like some sort of weight lifter but just pretty much look the same just less of,wich im not complaning about,I just thought the changes would be better.I know sooner or later it will happen over time.Today im takeing the day off from working out but am doing stretches a couple times a day to keep from being stiff in the joints.Tomorrow im going to give the ti-chi tape I bought a try just for fun and see how it goes..I hear its good for lots of things.Ya'll have a great day...stay cool.
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Checkin' In!
I have had a stupid-crazy schedule this week and haven't been around as much as I'd like and couple that with mental exhaustion and my usual pep is languishing away under the couch. :seeingstars:
Still, I've done well this week with cravings and food. Had a few days at work where I had to eat at the cafe and was a little apprehensive about the choices. Bless the cook's heart but she literally drowns the veggies in butter and adds cheese to almost everything. Still, I was able to get a steamed veggie medley one day with a side of brown rice and another day I raided the salad bar. The only decent things on the salad bar were the lettuce mix, carrots, bell peppers, and onion. The rest of it was cheese, olives, egg, and other stuff I'm not too crazy about. I sneaked a peak yesterday and I weighed in at 295. I began my journey at 335. I'm officially free of 40 pounds forever. :) I've had to battle back and forth with these 5 pounds for a few weeks now because my body seems to be freaked out that I'm firmly under 300 for the first time in years. Still, I could ramp up my exercise this coming week and make sure that my lunches aren't too carb-loaded. I have a goal dress for the Reunion that I might not make it into and I'm actually ok with that knowing that it's just another milestone that might come a little later than expected. My bottom line is that this weight has to go bye-bye forever. I'm tired of yo-yo dieting and being out of control and since I started this, I feel very much in control of my desires even when I have to give the control over to the part of me who will force the apple when fat-me really wants some cake and ice cream. It's all choices. I revolve around the thought that every single thing I put in my mouth is a choice. I've gotten into the habit of asking myself "Is this a good choice?" or "Is there a better choice" or "Am I making this choice or am I on autopilot". I've been able to catch myself in autopilot moments more and more and am happy that they are getting fewer and further in between. My waist has gone down 7 inches since I started. I'm the incredible shrinking woman. Someone that I barely know at work asked me if I had gastric bypass. :| My reply, "No, I haven't but that's really a rude question to ask someone you don't know." :) |
Also - Here is a little trick I've been relying on:
http://www.buythecase.net/uploads/pr...2240000033.jpg This also comes in a butter flavor and can save you a TON of calories and fat on things like grilled corn or steamed broccoli! Instead of drowning your steamed broccoli in butter and cheese, just sprinkle a little of the above and it's pretty damn good! The butter sprinkles are also good in oatmeal, on popcorn, and lots of other veggies. |
I'm thinking of picking up a vegan Indian cookbook.
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Thanks for the link. Hope your vacation is going well! :balloon: |
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Whatever you pick up, if you have trouble locating some of the more exotic spices World Spice is a great resource. Their quality is top notch and if you have any spice questions just ring them up, very knowledgable staff. :) |
Only a 8 oz loss today at my weigh in, but I'm excited! It was a hellacious week, probably one of the worst for me ever, professionally speaking and I didn't freak out and eat 21 lbs of Mac and Cheese or anything crazy. Just kept moving forward. So, I have lost 18 lbs so far. I'm excited! My 36 Levis are calling me!!!!
To everyone posting here, stay the course and be strong!!! You can do it! |
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A little how too vid on making you own garam masala http://video.about.com/indianfood/Garam-Masala.htm |
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Although there are many juicers and prices you'll waste a lot of producer picking the wrong one. For instance I use to have a Juice Man and the pulp was soaking meaning it didn't do it's job. I personally like Breville and have a juice fountain. This one is 199.00 [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Breville-JE98XL-Fountain-850-Watt-Juicing/dp/B003R28HWQ/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1313924160&sr=8-6"]Amazon.com: Breville JE98XL Juice Fountain Plus 850-Watt Juicing Machine: Kitchen & Dining[/ame] also juicing on a budget http://jointhereboot.com/rebooting-on-a-budget/ |
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I don't do the gym. It takes too long to get there and I hate working out. Walking and and swimming I love. The gallon jugs is good. I lift 2 gallon feed buckets when watering my dogs. Something really fun that burns a lot of calories is Zumba. You can do this at home. |
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