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    THE BIGGEST LOSER TRAINERS ON OPRAH!

    LOL - yeah, I remember when Oprah tried the Carb-Addict's diet and pronounced her cravings cured, he looked so squirming in his chair and would NOT give it up to her that it was ok! He MUST have his hands full with her...but she has to run MILES, not just a mile of intervals, she has to eat...
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    Question for personal trainers

    The shorter workouts likely will make her MORE compliant....truthfully, it works fine....before I was a wife and working mom, I was 1-2 hours a day and then went to 1/2 hour when I had my first...now I"m 30min-one hour 4 days a week, and it works for weight and muscle....all the uber trainers...
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    Question for personal trainers

    I've had them feel more encouraged with no incline and interval training...and at that weight that meant 3.5 for 30 seconds, to 2.0 for 2 minutes...that kind of thing, at first so it was not overwhelmingly sickening, but do-able, and then after 2 or three, make them crank it to 4 -4.5 slow jog...
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    THE BIGGEST LOSER TRAINERS ON OPRAH!

    I'll tivo that too - Jillian said she felt snubbed last time she was on Oprah...given Oprah's un-results over the years with Bob Greene, makes ya wonder!
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    Obama:Kettlebells are socialist!

    Just kiddin'! Both candidates are pro-kettlebell....
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    AFFA or ACE which is better?

    At every club I've ever taught in or been a member of, they just ask if you have a cert,no one is impressed either way, you can have duds or stars in both....Ace/afaa/acsm/issa - personality and ability to teach and connect are the bones, the cert is to cover themselves legally....do which ever...
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    BL: Vicky & Heba

    The percent that don't keep the weight off is only 35 percent...according to.........oh gorsh, I forget...not to say they didn't pack on some more pounds but not to the extent they were...its a better average than average!
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    I feel absolutely horrible about what I just did..

    Don't feel bad - I feel regret because I know I'd enjoy the workouts...but they are simply way too expensive....and I know I can get great muscle work with programs less than half that price;; Would love a fairy workoutmother to grant it to me though!!!
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    RAVES

    Yes, have had people actually ask about my skin....with my usual 2 liters ofwater a day and clean diet, the thing I changed was to Mychelle deep repair night cream and 8percent alpha hydroxy Beauty without Cruelty Moisturizer during the day.....just sent for the fruit acid cleanser from Mychelle...
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    Do you get a Flu Shot?

    Until I was 34, I believed in natural immunity and generally caught the flu every year - being a gym rat who underate I"m sure...and after the flu, would be so knocked down, I'd pick up every bug the rest of the winter...rarely escaped it.........then at 34, got it, lost a 3month pregnancy, got...
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    knee-friendly running shoes?

    It took 30 seconds at Running source to just notice that one knee is higher than the other (compensated scoliosis, thank you years of exercise!) and pronation....a pair of Brooks felt comfier than asics and I put in an inner sole to the "lower knee" leg and voila, felt great!!ALSO - big hit is...
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    Tracy Effinger

    I'm going to order next week when Jen from advancedworkouts.com has it - you all talked about her, and she is so EASY to deal with, really nice outfit...I think totalfitness is too right?
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    Friend dicovered melanoma

    Poor girl - that's one of the cancers that doesn't play fair...the good thing is, hopefully we'll see more funding for science in the upcoming decade, and SOMETHING will work on that beast. Of course she has our prayers and best wishes...keep us posted ok?
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