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  • How do you know if your ready to "do it"??? And how should we "do it" if we do?

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    Okay so we have been dating a year, we have known each other since we were two, we are both virgins, we both love each other. I have the most amazing boyfriend ever he's always there for me and he is not pushing me to have sex with me in anyway, he just says "we will do it whenever it feels right to you" and i think I want to do "it" with him i'm just nervous I think, so i keep telling him i'm not ready yet and he says "okay baby, it's no big deal". I think the real thing i'm scared about is getting pregnant, but he says he will use protection and he has thought about that to and he wants to stop when ummm "stuff" starts to come out. Also i've heard that doing this with someone causes you feelings about them to change sometimes for the better sometimes for the worts... I don't know what I want to do? Do you think I'm ready? What are the chances of us getting prego? and how should we do it the first time??? Help???
  • i need help?????????????????

    Singles & Dating - 4 hours ago

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    i want to ask this girl out but i dont know what to say and im to shy to ask. so can someone help me. dont give me the worst she could say is no crap because thats whats stopping me from asking her.
  • Dose she like me??????????

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    so the amrocan girl i like blond hair brown eyes allways talkes to me at the lokers and lafhs. today she told me that i pray to much and that the man that im named after was a extrem patrot to germany(he went down with the bismark. i pray to jesus that she likes me (she dosant know). but at hoomrome and at S.S.R. i look at her and she looks at me but for some rison i cant look into her eyes and i have to look away.at the end of the day she told me bye. dose she like me?how can i make her like me?any tips?how do i hint i like her with out telling her?
  • I dont know how to do this still?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    i am 13 and i dont know how to flirt.I dont even know what flirt is So can anyone tell me what is it and how to do it?
  • How do I pull him away from video games to have sex?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    Ever since he got this x-box 360, it's like our sex life is non-existent. I've tried sexy clothes, makeup. I feel like an idiot in our living room dressed up for him to say, "One more match," and fall asleep by myself.
  • Are you putting up with a family member on Thanksgiving day because you have no choice?

    Family - 5 hours ago

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    I am, most of my hypocrite family who wear their heirlooms on Thanksgiving and the next day they put back their horns. I do it for my mom who is old but not because I want to.
  • okay. me and my boyfriend have been together for almost 2 years. porn is alawys something we have argued about?

    Singles & Dating - 5 hours ago

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    and im done! i dont want to argue anymore. iv told him this amillion times.! but i cant tell if he ihas stopped. last time i found it on his computer about a month and a half ago he was just as upset as i was and disapointed in his self. he knows i hate it. just last night i found more on his computer/ he told me he swears its not his. that it must have been his brother who is 15, he told me he hates seeing me upset. that he only thinks of me and only me. that hes done with that shit as he called it and doesnt want to do it anymore. please dont tell me this is just something boys do. that its normal? thats not the answer im looking for. if he honestly is telling me the truth like hes saying..im to insecure about the subject to beleive him almost. hetold me if he looked at it he wud tell me because he said he wud rather me help him with it then him keep doing it behind my back. he also told me that he has had 4 urges to do it since i found out the last time. he told me that those times he had the urges he just went to bed or jacked off to me. i feel bad cuz i feel i cant trust him. and i also feel bad cuz when i feel like it was him and i get mad and upset he gets mad cuz i dont beleive him. i realy honestly dont know what to do to make my self feel confident about it. hes not one to lie. cheat. or any of that. i mean everyone says it cud be worse ya know? but i dnt want the porn in our relationship. last time what realy got him was...i told him i was gna leave if it didnt stop. a relationship of 2 years is pretty important to just let go like that. i honestly dont think he being hte person he is wud just drop that. can u guys help me? and before u say it i wont whatch it with him! and he has tons of pictures of me and stuff like that. i just want me and him without the porn. not me him and the porn ya know??
  • What to do when parent are strict?

    Family - 5 hours ago

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    My Friends and i are having a party on this friday at 1035 Bern road, Wyomissing which is laser quest and we are having a lock in meaning we will be ther from 11:45 pm to 6 am and she flat out said no even though 1 there will be many adults there 2 it's not like i will be out doing drugs 3 we must stay in the building I just don't know how to get her to say yes because we already paid for it. Any advice to give me?
  • Have you ever.......?

    Marriage & Divorce - 5 hours ago

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    Have you ever looked in your spouses/significant other's phone text messages or facebook/myspace pages if you had a gut feeling that something was going on behind your back? And if so, wether you found something or not, did you feel guilty for looking in the first place? I looked out of curiosity while trying to download some music onto her phone, didn't like what I found, and felt guilty anyway. If I don't say anything, God only knows how long it will go on for. If I do say something, she'll think I don't trust her. My issue is, it could be nothing at all, she is a viscious flirt. We have a great marriage and a fantastic sex life, so if it is what I fear, why would she find the need to stray?
  • How cheap is cheap? im with a cheap a$s?

    Marriage & Divorce - 6 hours ago

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    My partner is cheap, all the time. Now when i get money i always spend it on what we need, i never whinge and feel that well if we want to eat out, then lets do it. We have no kids and arnt paying mortage etc...when he is broke im always there to buy him anything he needs. Now when it comes to his money, the day he gets it he will be quiet and not go places to spend money, he avoids it all costs. he will only eat once a day. Mind you he is arabic, i know sometimes they can be cheap and they eat a very basic diet his is chicken and rice, every day almost i cant stand no more chicken and rice.i will scream if i see another grilled drumstick. So come to today i want to make something, thai chicken curry, he is all for it, then its his turn to buy he changes his mind when i say get chicken breast fillet, i need it, he says no lets get a kilo of chicken drumsticks they are $2.50 a kilogram, i said why he said its cheaper i dont want to spend alot of money, i said to him how? he told me we can boil the chicken and peel the meat off, put that in the stir fry. I was so mad you cant believe. Then we had a massive fight in the car because i called him cheap, he says he isnt, but he is, and he dosent want to spend alot on food.cheap with everything..i pay more than him and i need to eat decent food, so he said to me okay i will cook myself and if you want to buy expensive stuff then by for yourself. Im still angry and want to know if this IS cheap and he is being?!! after the arguement we didnt buy food, he just went to macdonalds and spent $15 there? i thought he wanted to not spend alot of money? oh yeh and he ate half my fries too :(
The Lifestylists

Fitness check: The Power Plate

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 2009
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The pained groans coming from Sarah Paul's studio weren't the most encouraging sounds to hear when you're waiting for your workout and you don't like exercising.

I had the opportunity to try out the power plate work at Paul's FlexRx Studio on the Danforth. You might have seen them in the gym - big vibrating machines that look like a Segway without wheels. The idea behind using the power plate machine is to do your basic exercise moves - squats, push-ups and sit-ups - on the vibrating plate. According to literature about the Power Plate, the vibration action makes your muscles contract up to 50 times per second versus the one to two times per second when not using the Power Plate. The plate moves up and down and side to side creating an unstable surface forcing you to tighten your core (and working it out.)

The client left smiling, and it was my turn. Paul had decided that since she only had me for one session, I'd go straight to the intermediate program. She asked me to do squats while the machine vibrated for 45 seconds. Sounds easy. Well, about 20 seconds later I understood why the previous client had groaned. My thighs were already burning. Paul just smiled, said that that meant my muscles were working and moved me through my 30-minute sessio. There were push-ups and sit-ups and yes, my triceps and abs also burned.

Paul says that 30 minutes per session is all a person needs on the Power Plate. She does caution that the machine isn't a magic bullet. You still need to do cardio and eat healthily to get results. 

The Power Plate does come with celebrity endorsements. But personally, when I woke up the next day, I was sore - liked I had done an hour of weights. The Power Plate would be a nice addition to my workout. 

 -- Renee. 

 

Editor's note: Always consult a doctor before starting an exercise program. 

 

 

 

 

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