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Exercising for the first time?
I am 23 years old and I am 5 ft tall, I weigh about 130 lbs. I used to weigh about 160 but I started Adderall for my ADHD and went down to 120, some stuff happened and I got depressed and went down to 110. I looked amazing and loved how I looked. I was never more confidant in my life, but now that I am happy I am back up to 130. I was a little upset about it but not devistated... until I had my physical done and I found out that not only do I have high triglycerides but I have 33% body fat and I am overweight. I want to try serious exercising for the first time ever in my life but I don't want to do crunches, I tried doing them but I feel like I just got muscle bulk under my chub cuz I looked heavier.... not exactly what I am going for -_-
I want to start jogging and I know I have to ease into it but how should I start? 20 mins a day, 30, 40? I want to jog with ankle weights because I heard that will help quicker, how much should they weigh? Should I start right away or build up to it? How will I know when I'm ready to add them? Also, to the ladies, even in sports bra's my breasts hurt when I run/jog even for short times... my fiancee said that he's sure that will go away but uhhhh hes a guy, lol. Does it? ooor do you have any tips? Maybe I need a stronger sports bra or to wear it with a bra? I have the walmart ones lol, Im not a fancy girl.
I also want to do some exercises I saw in a magazine but I don't understand the directions. Sorry if that sounds dumb but I don't. I think its 15 reps per arm/leg- what are reps? Is it short for repition? How do I know if I should hold the position for a certain amount of time/how long? I think it also said to do them for 20 minutes - so if I do 15 reps and it takes me 10 mins should I do another 15? I am so utterly confused.
I want to get healthy and look good, firm but not hard. I know I need to eat healthier but I am a very busy person between work (which is 30 mins from home) doing what I love (co-founder of a local ferret rescue/fostering group. I have four ferrets of my own and they're a lot to keep up with) and picking up my fiancee from work. I don't want to give up my passion and fiancee can't drive atm, but I need to get healthy as heart problems run in both sides of my family.. (plus, come on- who doesn't want to look fab on their wedding day?? I have time though, I'm still trying to decide weather I want a spring or fall wedding) Does anyone have advice on where to get quick recipies that are healthy? I would have time to cook more if I didn't have to pick him up, but I do so I only have a short while to cook.. and I am aweful at time management.
Thank you in advance :)
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I appreciate your answers in advance :)
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I have two ferrets, one is 3 and the other 5. They have never been aggressive or bitten me, ever. Recently I have had some issues with my left wrist, my doctor thinks there may be a cyst inside, and they will bite it and scratch at it (not in a vicious manner, it doesn't even hurt at all when they do it). I thought it was weird but not freaky enough for me to certainly believe they can tell that somethings wrong. We met a fellow ferret owner in our area and decided to have a play date, even her ferrets bit and scratched at my left wrist. None of her ferrets nor my ferrets have touched/gone after my right wrist, just the left one that may have a cyst. I have laid on the floor in my living room while my ferrets were playing in another part of the living room and they both come over and fuss with my left wrist, ignoring the right one like it doesn't exist. I just thought it was so strange and wondering if anyone else had experienced anything like this?
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I have psoriasis of the face, scalp and neck that didn't start until I was 18ish. I am 22 now and it just started getting super bad! I have been trying a bunch of different things, including creams from the doctor and most stuff makes it worse. A few things I have tried make it better for a little while but it doesn't last, even though I am still using the stuff. My fiancee who is from Honduras, swears by this stuff called Crema de Concha Nacar aka Mother of Pearl Cream... I heard that 100% pure extra virgin Coconut Oil clears up Psoriasis in days and prevents it from coming back. Saturday I went out and bought some, not realizing that he went out and bough me the Mother of Pearl cream. He was begging me and begging me to try it and I was like "fine" since I hadn't tried the coconut oil yet. I put it on yesterday and my skin FELT better (less itchy/painful) and the redness reduced a little but the patches of dry seemed to look harder i guess u could say? And this morning I was super itchy and he told me to keep using the concha nacar because it takes a few days to start working. I read online that it is mostly for acne scars and anti-aging.. which makes me nervous cause stuff for acne and anti-aging usually irritates my skin. He said it will work in 4 days and to just trust him.. Should I wait or should I just start using the coconut oil?
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I must have a very strange body or something, I am not an over weight person (118lbs, 5ft nothing) but whenever I put jeans on that fit my crotch, thighs and butt, they are too tight around my waist which = muffin top! Eck! However, if I go up a size to accommodate my waist they are way too baggy around my crotch, thighs and butt which I can't stand either. I was hoping maybe someone knows an exercise (not crunches cause I have done those and it makes me too boxy) that will firm up around my hips and tummy? Thank you!
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3 AnswersXbox1 decade agoAfraid to bring my ferrets back to my apartment?
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Male
Andre/Andrei
Beau
Lazar
Orest
Nikolai
Razvan
Vuk
Val
Raul
Isak
Malte
Ruben
Misha
Mattias
Yuri/Yury
Matvei
Dmitri
Jesper/Jasper
Female
Milica
Anya
Ivana
Dace
Alva
Taisia
Nikola/Mikola
Livira
Mira
Astrid
Vera
Natalya
Milica
Yelena
Larissa
Natalia
Oxana
Viktoria
Liliya
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Im writing a horror/tragic/love story and I was wondering..
What kind of guy do you think Val Andre Roux would be? And Beau Gage Debois?
What kind of woman do you think Lecia Nicolette Mixe would be? How about Gisselle Carine Larue?
Basically, what do the names convey to you? Do you think they'd be sweet, a jerk, funny etc. I just want to see if the names convey what I want them to convey about the characters. Thank you!
2 AnswersBooks & Authors1 decade agoBest way of killing Roaches/Eggs before I move?
I am getting my first apartment and I have been renting a room in my friends house, when I moved there I didn't realize the roach problem and it's so disgustingly out of hand. I have a chihuahua and two ferrets so I'm worried about using pesticides but I move into my new apartment this weekend and I *so* do not want to bring them with me. How can I get them out of my couch/mattress? I don't want to use roach spray on cloth items, though the couch is leather but then I'm afraid I'll damage the leather.. ughhh and how do I make sure I don't bring any eggs to my **new** place? Please help! Thank you!
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I am going to be renting my first apartment VERY soon, when I went to talk to all the appartments in the area I over heard a snippet of the Leaser's conversation with the new leasee and it was about renters insurance. What questions should I ask about renters insurance? How do I know what is too much to pay for renters insuracne if I don't have many friends with apartments and most of them don't have it? Any other good questions I should ask? Thank you in advance!
1 AnswerRenting & Real Estate1 decade agoBegginers knock his socks off meal?
My fiancee is an AMAZING cook, it was his profession for years... I, however, am not. I mean I'm not terrible but I'm not incredibly "skilled". My cooking usually consists of rice cooked in stock {seafood, chicken or beef depending on what meat I'm making) some kind of seasoned meat with veggies, tortillas, crema and beans. Or Empanadas.. Or something with pasta. We only have a stove top atm, the actual oven isn't working- i do have a toaster oven for the time being though haha. Anyway, I want to cook him something extra special tonight and I'm not sure what. He's never had my pasta sauce before so i was thinking maybe that {its amazing, passed down in the family from Sicily} but I kinda wanted something fancier. So I was wondering, does any one have a recipe that's not out of this world difficult and that will taste like it is out of this world difficult that i can cook on a stove top or am i dreaming? Haha, Thanks all in advance!
4 AnswersCooking & Recipes1 decade agoA question about fuzzbaby fur....?
I have 2 adopted ferrets, Kahlua (my female) was adopted in January she is roughly a year and a half old. She came to me practically dead with no fur on her tail and thin brittle fur on the rest of her body, after a few months of TLC she had a long beautiful coat. It was still cold and my mom's ferrets both had their long winter coats so i just figured thats all it was.. well they've lost their winter coats now and have short fur where as Kahlua doesn't. Her fur is still very long, while doing some investigation i stubled along the Angora ferret (aka the long haired ferret) but looking at the pictures their fur seems to be longer than hers... 3 weeks ago I adopted a ferret (Mojito) who is roughly 2 years old, he too has this long, thick fur. So, I was beggining to think maybe my moms ferrets are weird.. These are not out first ferrets, before these ones we had ferrets but it was long ago and no one can seem to remember which set looks more "normal" so we took them to see my brother's friends ferrets.. they have shorter fur resembling my moms ferrets too.. took them to compair with my sister's friends ferrets... they too have shorter hair. BOTH of my ferrets we're bought by the original owners from Marshall Farms.. ALL of the ferrets im talking about are Marshall Farms ferrets actually.. So what is up with my two? WHY is their fur *so* long and thick? I heard that you could have 3/4, 1/4, 1/2 angoras- could marshalls maybe have experimented with that & thats why their fur is so long? I am only asking because I am worried because Angoras have so many health issues and Im worried mine will too.
Thanks
1 AnswerOther - Pets1 decade ago