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Exercise and Fitness

Aerows

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8. I'm doing weight training

Reply to Raffi Ella (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2015, 08:56 PM

Apr 2015

to build my body up. I quit caffeine, and have quit smoking. I struggle with maintaining weight for various reasons, but since I quit smoking, I feel a HELL of a lot better. I felt a hell of a lot better, too, when I quit caffeine.

I'm not a monk - I will occasionally eat red meat, but cutting out the really bad things has worked for me so far.

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15 Habits of People Who Have Effectively Lost Over 20 – 30lbs and Kept it Off [View all] Raffi Ella Apr 2014 OP

Absolutely right! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2014 #1

I just really like the way she laid it all out. Raffi Ella Apr 2014 #3

I lost 60 lbs in 2011 and kept it off....here's what I am doing NRaleighLiberal Apr 2014 #2

That's terrific, Good for you. Raffi Ella Apr 2014 #4

Going vegetarian got me down to high school weight... Gloria in NM Jul 2014 #5

Thank you! theexwife Jul 2014 #6

I liked number 2 so well that I printed it and placed it on the front of my patricia92243 Mar 2015 #7

I'm doing weight training Aerows Apr 2015 #8

any exercise you like to do works. For me it's wordpix Apr 2015 #10

a few tips from 110 lb/5'5 formerly overweight woman wordpix Apr 2015 #9

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I lost about 30 pounds by quitting all alcohol flibbitygiblets Apr 2018 #14