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    need a happy cry?

    Those golden retrievers!!!!Is there any doubt our sisters and brothers that are canine are sensient,feeling beings....thanks for the post.
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    HR monitors?

    Gurus, what is the difference in HR monitors - strapped vs. non strapped? Anyone have any favorites or ones to stay away from???
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    Ipod Touch at the Gym

    Does the touch do what the iphone does,just without the phone?
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    Laser eyelid surgery or Blepharoplasty surgery

    My mom (71) had the laser at the opthamologist office in 35 minutes! Doesn't look like she had any "work" done, but she looks refreshed, natural and bright...MUCH better than the surprised look alot of women have who go the plastic route...
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    Weight Watchers and GWF

    Thanks Baylian! Sounds like something that has been missing in my life!!!! :) Have to look into it! BTW - WW put my mom (a onetime model,who gained 50lbs in her 40s when the docs took away her speed!)on track at 68 years old and is now off lipitor and b/p meds, saving her (ok, we taxpayers)...
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    What is the Most Ridiculous Thing You've Done for Beauty/Weight Loss?

    I remember adolescent chubbiness -5'4 and 125 was chubby in the 70s! And I put saran wrap around my arms and legs while exercising to a workout from Teen magazine that had me walking across the floor in what would be described as a downward dog position...and what's more, I used to swear it worked!
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    Valerie Waters AHB dvd set

    They are packing the dvds and shipping them themselves - and its taking longer than they thought, so they should be out soon.
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    Weight Watchers and GWF

    What's GWF?
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    vegetarians help!

    I bit my tongue until Carola spoke! Soy isn't gonna hurt anyone in normal rational servings - portion size is TINY in the orient...but AMERICANS end up doing tofu for breakfast, soy shakes for lunch, soy bars for snacks, edaname with salad - AND our general food supply is STUFFED with soybean...
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    Mackenzie Phillips

    Consent -yeah, I believe it, it happens more than we like to believe (my mom was a social worker for 30 years and this story is not uncommon, sadly). Mom saw many times that in these cases, the abuser is "kind" and seductive, and the sex, as sick and twisted as it sounds, is not painful, but...
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    30 minute workouts

    With a healthy diet, and I mean really healthy, you most certainly can see big results in 1/2 hour...gotta make it work, not daydream and pet the doggie or read your blackberry during it (speaking from my students in group ex classes over the years)...but I've seen dramatic transformations in...
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    Wish me luck...extensive bloodwork today...:(

    Hey Clarissa, We've had 4 nurses in our small nursing staff with thyroid malfunction in the past couple years...2 are your age, and it was post-partum with both. The one was "post partum thyroiditis"....thyroid went bonkers after each of her kids but really bad after the 2nd...she went hyper to...
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    knitting perception in our society

    LOTs of young women AND men knit and crochet! In fact, SO MANY leaped on me when I was in christmas stocking making obsession (note, never make a stocking when you're having a nervous break down-gives Santa balloon hips but I digress)... I was power walking in Colonial Williamsburg,near my...
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    Ted Kennedy Dies At Age 77

    Despite his atrocious behavior in his youth -likely result of insanely ambitious parents, unspeakable tragedies and an alcoholic predisposition - he could've spent his life like a Paris Hilton or Donald Trump(though neither is in the same wealth class I know) - but despite it all, he did show up...
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    Yoga Instructors

    I trained with Doug and David Swenson, and am also certified in hotyoga...but I didn't join Yoga Alliance - I use my ACE certifation and the certificate from Doug and my hot yoga teacher (both are ryts,so why pay for YA to stamp the certificates, you know?)and I've had seminars over the years...
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    Awe man, . .hanging up my running shoes

    Sorry about your pain...to blast weight I grudgingly added, twice a week a 3.5 mile jog (literally,feet barely off the ground because running is SO tough on my bones)....and 3 weeks into it...even with great shoes,stretching,etc, woke up with blinding bone pain down the femur, in the knee, the...
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    Good anti-aging skin care

    I've had good luck with Beauty without cruelty's alpha hydroxy lotion and their vitamin C one too.
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    Why does my towel smell like ammonia?

    I teach hot yoga and my stuff sometimes smells like ammonia too - not all the time though! I think its an interaction of something too - like sweat and whatever is residue in the detergent?
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    Obesity costs $147 BILLION in 2008

    An economic PHD candidate at our local university (comes to my yoga class) commented that for a 10 cent TAX (ooh that dirty word) on every product containing high fructose corn syrup,and I think all the processed snack foods,we could provide national health coverage in the equivalent of medicare...
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    SUPER tired, run down 45 yr old Catheite

    I agree with the above,only with those routine labs,also the complete metabolic profile to assess your kidney function etc. Flu takes a few months to recoup - its a population leveler and whacks one harder as you get older- so flu/pneumonia shots every year...one area where I'm not...
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