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    Front row at the Inauguration!!

    I'm having my kids stay home from school and some friends from the hospital oming over for lunch and to watch.....with his team turning out to be SOOO diverse,fiscally responsible (Paul Volcker?!He came in with Reagan,when I was in college!), its a new era welcoming back rational thought...
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    Any Obagi users out there?

    A dermatologist told me to keep retin-A(tretinoin),away from under eyes, it would prune them up...deep moisturizer or product with alpha hyrdoxy is what she suggested....and newest is to keep away from parabens. While we're on the subject- who has found a do DIE for under eye cream???
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    How about Bob on the Biggest Loser last night??

    Heartbreaking ending huh? But now Jerry is an urban legend and America loves him, so all that humiliation will be rewarded with an outpouring of adoration - what a super family they seem to be! But....Joelle - now unless I'm missing something, she is coming from a place of ignorance -even if...
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    Ummm I must be getting older because...........

    Who needs a life when you have appliances!!!! I have the front loader Neptune - LOVE IT..used to go through a vacuum a year until I invested in an Electrolux - I could ride it to work, get it tuned every year or so, its a dream....have a Bosch mixer (can make several loaves of bread at once...
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    How much cardio is enough?

    With good diet, the 3x week cardio under 30 minutes and the weight training works fine...No WAY would I EVER go back to longer than that!
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    slight pain in deltoid from kelly coffey-meyer bootcamp

    It can be your bicep tendon slipping from its groove(where the ant.shoulder hooks to the body),it causes a referred pain...it can also be your shoulder/rotator...can you sleep on your right side? BACK OFF - take it from me, once this starts, it becomes a monkey on your back forever (if you're a...
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    Do you think the perimenopausal spare tire has to happen?

    I've lived a life of brutal exercise and spartan diet - bikini still at 40...41, got curvier - figure changed and looked more womanly - boobs and hips bigger - weight still 129-134 at 5'5 with tons of muscle...then 46, my period went from 4-6 a year to every month, and 8 lbs appeared....and...
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    Why it's fun dating out of your age range

    In 1986, I was 25,he was 40 - didn't KNOW WHAT HIT ME!!!!!! We've been together 22 years and my heart still jumps when he walks into the house! The only thing is, no one notices the age difference anymore, he looks like a million bucks (Indiana Jones with dark hair), I need a young wife now!!!!
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    Nip Tuck fans out there??

    I LOVE that show - so twisted, yet very good character development and a real love story of the brofriends! Sharon Gless was loving every second of that part wasn't she? You can tell the actors have a great time being so over the top! Can't wait!
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    Chalean Extreme Initial Impressions

    I'm finishing week one, and really loving it beyond my lukewarm expectations...after 13 hours of work, I wanted some cookies and wine(yeah, I know,some yogiini)...but did the Recharge 30 minute interval workout, not at full throttle because I was pooped, but Chalean chirped,"even halfhearted is...
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    Question About Frequency

    Gymnasts and dancers fill the orothopods office with overuse injuries...longterm, both experience orthopedic problems (talking in gross generalization)....to work every body part daily, strenuously, is -over a long period of time (years-which few but a few of us maniacs do)leads to wear and...
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    Shoulder injury - but afraid to stop UB weights

    Everything Massaging mom described happened to me....pushing through it destroyed my shoulders.....
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    Does anyone else NEED snow for Christmas?

    Naw,Christmas is everyone being together and a peaceful day - snow brings accidents,falls,(albeit as a kid it would be fun for an hour or so).....we left the NE 9 years ago, and on sunny Christmas mornings enjoy walking Colonial Williamsburg and the brisk outdoors...no missing snow here at ALL....
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    How old is TOO old?

    I had BA/MBA by 24,then went back for nursing at 28.The people who worked full time, had kids, and were over 25 ALL made it to graduation.(only 29 out of 170 graduated) Having said that, the reality is that there IS a point where your "comeback" time isn't as great.The older MD residents - and...
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    For those of you who do "Santa"

    My kids were cyber slick from birth-and we always sent Santa an email! We still track him on line on the 24th! Still leaving out cookies for him and carrots for the reindeer..... It got sticky when eldest was 5 she fussed that her Jewish friends wouldn't get presents because they didn't...
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    Holiday-ish songs that make your ears....

    Hate Alvin and the chipmunks song - because I've heard it ad nauseum for 40 years.....REALLY HATE Blue Christmas, by Elvis...like nails on a chalkboard its so annoying.....What child is this dressed in Greensleeves gets on my nerves....gosh whatta crank I am today....um...Pride myself on knowing...
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    Any great page turners you can suggest?

    The Shack - no thanks, I KNOW poignant,brilliant and moving.....no thanks! All those books are really worthwhile...but..........at this stage of my life, at this time of year........anything by Sophie Kinsella works for me!!!! Can you Keep a Secret? The Undomestic Goddess, The Shopaholic...
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    Chalean Extreme

    YOU ALL ARE KILLING ME!!! I vowed NOT to order this, and now I am really wavering!
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    Starvation Mode? True or False and why?

    Well, I remained bone skinny for decades only eating an apple at breakfast,maybe a yogurt and banana for lunch and a dinner of no more than 600 calories....about 1000/day with killer workouts....it was spartan,full of deprivation, but apparently enough calories not to go into starvation...
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    OPRAH'S TALKING ABOUT HER WEIGHT, AGAIN!

    When Ferret Bob came out with his first book around 1996,I started the program at the 6th week post partum and dropped 10 lbs in 4 weeks, even nursing....but THEN was my own "aha" moment....I smelled a wheat thin and went bonkers and realized with that deprivation and punishing workout schedule...
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