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Exercise Plan?

snap_dragon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:35:50 -0800

I have three days a week and approx. 1 hour 15min. I am about 30 lbs over weight but eating healthy. I know I need to do cardio and I like weights. Anybody have a workout plan that they can suggest for 3 times a week? (I hope to go 4 eventually but this is the time I have). The only exercises I cannot do are military presses do to a rotator cuff issue. So with this limited time and stretching thrown in, what is your advice/opinon? Feel free to share with me your workout program. I am in okay shape but still in the walking stages of cardio. I am rather strong but am not looking to get more muscular....rather to get lean, if possible. I would hire a trainer but cannot afford it at this time.

Help my friend tickle the plastickies.

prefpara — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:17:28 -0800

(Posting for a friend): I just bought a keyboard, and I would like to learn a little piano-playing. Is there any free or cheap software that can hand-hold me through it? Are there any websites that offer beginning piano lessons?

How bad is Lean Cuisine, really?

Amizu — Wed, 03 May 2006 05:35:25 -0800

Is Lean Cuisine the type of overly processed food I should be trying to avoid, and if so, why? They hype their "no preservatives in 80%" of meals. No artificial flavors in a large portion too. I always hear how bad processed food is, and microwaved dinners in a box seem quite processed, but then the no preservatives thing makes me think Lean Cuisines might not be so bad. Please explain what is so bad about processed food, and whether this applies to something like Lean Cuisine?

It's so damn convenient! And cheap. (And some meals actually taste pretty good.)