Bullying: Curves
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Curves or a Gym?
Asked by M.F. from Pittsfield
on August 16, 2008
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I'm looking to start exersizing on a daily basis. I'm not a fan of walking a treadmill and I do have some knee issues and an abdominal hernia. My doctors says I need ...
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- I worked with a teacher who started going to Curves along with her daughter. She loved it! She and her daughter (I think her daughter was 17) were very pleased with ...
- Hi M..... I'm not sure what's right for you, but our Y membership just went up considerably, so we're going to give it up. It makes no sense to pay a monthly fee and ...
- M., I know it's hard to get back into exercising and a gym can be intimidating. Just going on walks can be super beneficial to your health with many other great bene...
PTSD - Sharing the Learning Curves
Asked by S.B. from Seattle
on March 30, 2008
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Do you have PTSD? I do. What's something that works for you when you have an episode (or just an anniversary) and still have to be the mom? Is there anything in par...
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- There's a therapy called EMDR (eye movement desensitization and re-(something)) that helps tremendously. I'm speaking from experience with the therapy. It interrupts t...
- You didn't say what caused the PTSD. A traumatic event, like the death of a child, sibling or parent or other close person can be debilitating. Anniversaries are diff...
- I have PTSD and have been struggling with it for years. The chronic sleep depravation and panic attacks have made my life unmanageable at times. It is especially dif...
Jeans, What's Your Pick
Asked by K.D. from Dallas
on December 29, 2010
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I am looking for new jeans. I currently wear Old Navy jeans, but I'd like to try something else to make my butt look better. Any suggestions. I have no rear end and...
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- These arent really "jeans" but I love the fit. Dickies Working Girl pants, they are awesome. You have to use softener in the washing machine tho or you end up having...
- I have the same problem and love my Miss Me. You can get them at Macy and use there always available 20% off making them around 75-80$ Also I was reading what other ...
- Try shopping in the jr department. I cannot find a pair of misses jeans to fit me right and I have tried them all. I buy my jeans from Deb (not sure if you have one by...
Losing Weight Advice
Asked by M.J. from Sacramento
on May 23, 2007
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my son is about to turn two and I still have not lost the baby weight, Please help I currently have membership at curves, but by the time I get home cook my son dinner...
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- I do sell a weight loss product that is all natural and completely safe. Even for kids to use!! It's called LiquiGenics and you can get it at my website at www.WellWis...
- i have a 2 yr old too and I used to go to the gym all the time. Now that Im working I started putting on weight. This girl at work told me about these pills slim 30. A...
- Try and take some time to take a walk either before work, or right after dinner. That or start doing some areobics when the baby is bed. You can either rent or buy som...
How Do I Teach Teen Daughter to Pick Flattering Clothes?
Asked by C.H. from Washington DC
on December 26, 2010
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My daughter is 13 and suddenly very "into" clothes. (Up til now, she was more about comfort than style!) She is a little bit chunky around the mid-section; not fat b...
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- If she's suddenly very into clothes go with that and buy her some books on the matter. I love "Kate Spade's Guide to Style" and I'm sure there are many more that disc...
- I agree with the idea of having someone else shop with your daughter. I took my niece shopping when she was about this age. We both had fun and she ended up with some ...
- how to solve the problem easily, without hurting her feelings, you say, ok, you like this style, i like this style, if we go with this pair of jeans, i will pay for it...
Any Suggestion on Which Gym Facility to Join?
Asked by M.S. from Chicago
on October 7, 2010
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Hello M.'s. I want to work on loosing some weight. I have decided that I need to join a gym in order to focus best. I would prefer an all women gym like Women's Work ...
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- I belong to Mieko's Fitness. I like it because it's cheap. One of the biggest pieces I can give you, however, is join a gym that is CLOSE! If it's far, you will not ...
- I love the YMCA. It is not for profit, not fancy, has decent child care and more importantly has great kids programming too. I love that my young children were able ...
- I love lifetime fitness in Romeoville. There child care is excellent. It is a mixed gym but the fitness classes are 90% to 100% women. Let me know if you want more ...
Seeking Diet That Works
Asked by D.B. from Chicago
on June 17, 2009
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Hi tho all the moms,
I'm desperate! I need a healthy diet that works. I don't believe in quick weightloss since you only pick everything up in no time! I love go...
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- Read "Fat is a Feminist Issue" this is the sanest of diet books.....We can give up many things, but we must develop healthy attitudes towards food and ourselves.
- You can do Weight watchers. They have an online program. This is real food, not thiers. I have lost with this program in the past. It is not a quick weight loss, but r...
- Weightwatchers online is a great tool to help track what you eat, your exercise, weight etc. Like the others have said, it is with real food you would buy at the stor...
Who Is Your Husbands Celebrity Crush? and Do You Compare?
Asked by A.D. from Washington DC
on October 29, 2011
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I know we all have our own "celebrity crushes", but who is it that your husband drops his jaw for? I have always had a huge crush on Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlie Hu...
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- My husband has the "hotts" for Erin Andrews the sports reporter. He really likes any blonde smaller women. I am neither of those things. It does not make me jealous at...
- For my husband it's Keisha Knight-Pulliam, the girl who used to play Rudy on the Cosby Show. have you seen her lately? She's pretty hot. My husband doesn't want to adm...
- Sheryl Crow. She looks nothing like me. Doesn't make me jealous, doesn't make me proud. I just told him that if she makes him an offer, he has to share.
Do You Wear a Bikini?
Asked by L.P. from Pittsburgh
on May 12, 2011
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Ok, so that qusetion is pretty self explanatory. LOL
With summer fast approaching (can you say YIPPEE!!!), it is time to dust off our swimsuits... GASP... I know.
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- I am all for other women wearing bikinis - I think they are cute. But I don't like to wear one myself. I just don't feel comfortable in it. I never have been comfortab...
- I think you (and people in general) should wear whatever you are comfortable in. I find it obnoxious and rude for people to presume that if they don't want to look at...
- http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/11009910364602236929 We just talked about this recently ... many say it's a personal choice ... mine is tankini, in the plus sizes ...
Help with Sister
Asked by T.H. from Topeka
on September 22, 2008
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Hi Ladies! Please don't judge me but here is my problem. I have a sister whom I love dearly. She is the nicest person & greatest aunt to my kids. She has been married ...
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- Kudo's to you for wanting to help your sister, and kudo's to all of you out there who seems to think that a 16/18 isn't THAT fat. New's flash, most, although not all,...
- You are not a horrible person for wanting your sister to be healthy. To be honest. I don't have a real sister, I have a brother. But, if I did I would tell her straigh...
- Good Morning T.! First NO your not a horrible or bad person for wanting to encourage your sister. Bless you!! The problem though (in my mind) your sis will have to ...
