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what are some cardio exercises to make my thighs LEAN, not muscular?? Thanks:)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=cardio+exercises+for+thighs

there are many good ones in there, i couldn't choose.

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i am stuck here in the middle east (saudi arabia ) and i want to get excersise. problem is, i am canadian so everyone will stare at me if i go outside of my home!DX i rlly want to be fit and to exercise!!!!!!!!!!
here are some of my reasons:
A) i have to wear an abia which i can do any phisical activity in.
B) there is no gym or swimming pool nearby my house.
C) i am not in a compound so i could have more chance of getting run over by a car.
D) there are weirdos out there. my mom was walking my dog once, and the a guy in a truck whent on the sidewalk! she had to call the police!!!
so , i rlly want to be in shape, so TNX so much the people that help!!!!

you live in saudia arabia? that's so cool! My aunt and uncle used to live there. I wish I lived there! You could like go see the Ka'bah so easily. Anyways.

Here is an idea of what you can do to get exercise.
http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=536463

If there are stairs in your house, then you can run up and down them.

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HEY PPLS!! I'm 14/f. and i have a question and need some help! Well you see all the girls in my family are kinda big and a little more than average but not by much really. well ya see i'm kinda over average..last i check i was ranging between 140 to 145..well she that is kinda alot for me..and i'm not the skinniest person..i am looking for some ideas and tips to lost weight like in thighs/legs..and your core area. i go walking and running as much as i can..i jumprope, situps and leg ups..and some other stuff..i dont do yoga anymore...also my mom is working night now and she only eats like 1 1/2 meals a day...the doctor said that it is perfectly fine but my mom lost a lot of weight..she is also getting exercise by what she does at work...but i cant do thatand i need!!!more ideas and tips!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also eat pretty healthy but any suggestions/comments would be very and really really really really GREAT!!!! Thanks so much.
ps. i am not looking to be anerexic or bolimic. just saying i dont really like that idea..its seems unhealthy...

Click on the following link
http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=536463

as for finding specific exercises for a part of the body, go to google and type in "exercises for toning ________" you will get great results.

Good luck!

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Special K brand foods are said to be healthy, but is it even good for a diet. I'm not one to starve myself to be thin, that's just sad.. but some things I know is just for advertising sales. I was told that this advertising was not factual. So, I wanted to know if special snacks, cereals, etc are really good for nutrition, fiber and are they really that healty? And what foods are healthy but good that I can enjoy while on a diet?

look at the labels in the food you want to know about. Look at the calories and compare it to the calories that come from fat (fat calories should be less than 1/3 of the total calories). Also look at the ingrediants. They are listed based on the quantity of the ingrediant in the product. So see if there is more sugar than grains. Also look at the trans fat and saturated fat. Looking at these things shows what the food is really like.

p.s. there is no such thing as "organic" food. That right there is a fluke. Don't buy into that.

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i want to run for historian for my schools student council. i have to like tell people why i think i'd make a good historian. i mean i know i could do a good job and i like taking pictures and making scrapbooks [thats what my job would be] so what should i say?

thanks for any suggestions!

if you make scrapbooks as a hobbie, show them some of your work. That should definetly impress them.

Tell them you will be dedicated enough for this and that having an interest in what you will do in this position will make you do a better job.

good luck. hope you make it!

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I really want to lose some weight over the summer. I'm thinking about starting a gym membership but I'm not sure if I'll be able to. So far now I'm stuck excercising by myself. I really wanna lose the fat on my stomach and thighs. And I wanna tone my butt, arms and calves. What're some good excercises for those particular areas? And how much should I do and how often? Thanks in advance!

tips on loosing weight
http://www.advicenators.com/qview.php?q=536463

(i found the following sites fro google so if you need more exercises simply go on google and type in "exercises for toning _______")
exercises for butt
http://www.virtualfitnesstrainer.com/newsletterworkouts/10_great_butt_exercises.htm

exercise for stomach
http://www.chinese-holistic-health-exercises.com/exercises-for-toning-stomach.html

exercise for thighs
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/diet-fitness/thigh-toning-exercises.html

good luck (This is kinda my goal as well for this summer)

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I do not know where to start but to make the long story short i hate my self and my life I am 25 years old i am not capable of having any kind of relationship cause I am the person you want call when u r having bad times however I am never there when u r having good time. Moreover,I finished law faculty but hate it so never practiced.I have done my master degree on something else, event management, but hate it as well. Right now I do not know what I want to in my life. So I have start to think best thing to is commit suicide....do you know the easiest and quickest way to do it.

like younggradma said, you will not get the advice you asked for.

look, the thoughts that you are thinking of (suicide)believe it or not will pass. I know life seems really bad and difficult, but that is what life is. Without all the bad things, the good things would not seem as great.

Don't hate yourself. You have good qualitites. You just need to remind yourself of them. You need to learn how to be more confident about yourself. You are great at something, go find it.

Forget about what you hate. Find something you like to do. Try more things, with your career. People change career field all the time. You are lucky enough to see it now, because you still have the chance to find something that suits you. Some people don't realize what they hate until it's too late.

Please, go talk to your parents, siblings, or friends about your feelings. You may not realize it, but they will be very concered about you and they will truly want to help you.

You are too young. Things always get worse before they get better, and things will get better for you! :)

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ok so i started the school year by going back to 6th form at my school, i chose art photography and design. i am in a class of girls, theres 9 girls and me... at first i thought this wont be bad at all i'll actually get on with something and have a chat at the same time because i know them all. well yeh it did sorta for a while, now i'm feeling lonley in that class because i have no one to connect with theres no guys i can talk to about the stuff i like. theres one girl who comes close to this but she only has one lesson every couple of days. like yesterday they were all on about sex (which is normall conversation for them lol) and they were all talkin about how they didnt like the way "a mans you know what" looked as they put. so i felt kinda upset because im the only guy there and you dont exactly wonna hear that sorta thing said about you so i was kinda getting singled out.

i guess i'm just askin to see if anyone understands why im not exactly happy at the moment =/ thanks

lol, last year in my child physh class there were like 25 girls and only one guy. You you are better off in that sense.

If you don't have someone,then bring a book and read. Or if you have like an ipod, just listen to that. That way, when they are talking about that kind of thing, you won't have to listen.

Don't be afraid to talk to other girls, just start a conversation about somehting normal.

have fun

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13/f
My older brother's birthday is coming up and I have no idea what I should get him. He's turing 24 and I want to make this gift a good one. Not one of those younger sibling gifts which are cute but are never used or kept as an important gift that he actually likes. Last year I got him a pocket knife and he carries it around all the time. (wasn't cheap) (recently got him shot glasses so that's out of the question) I want to get him something good that he'll actually appreciate and tell I put some thought into it. Cost doesn't matter as long as it's under $300. Please, what should I get him??? Any ideas???

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/379019/birthday_gift_ideas_for_the_24_yearold.html (some good ideas)

maybe something to go with his car.
customised tee-shirts that say something funny
book?
take him out to dinner?

or how about a nice giftcard

that's all I got

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15/f

I want to try and get into Yale. I know it's a lot of work. Can someone tell me all the qualifications and stuff?

i couldn't really find it on the website.

also do colleges like that have everything? like if i wanted to do fashion would they have courses on stuff like that?


thanks to anyone who can help!

I'm a junior as well. The best thing I can tell you is to go to your counsler or career center. They can help way more than I can. Plus they will give you better advice, tips, and helpful things for your future.

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My mom never lets me pay for anything. If I want to go shopping, I'd rather pay for it so that my dad doesn't get mad at her, but she NEVER lets me. & if I offer to pay for my own clothes, she gets mad at me & says it's "stupid." & I TRY to help out around the house cause my brother never does. THEN, my brother goes on & on about how spoiled I am & how I get everything I want without even working for it & how I'm a brat & everything & my mom AGREES with him. I honestly don't understand it. Why will she NOT let me pay for anything & get annoyed when I try to help, but then turn around & say how spoiled & bratty I am?

Why don't you just clean up around the house without asking. Like say the family room has toys on the floor. Without asking, just pick it up. Say you are home alone with dirty dishes in the sink, wash them.

Do little things without showong them that you are doing it and you will not be spoiled. As for your brother, ignore him. When you will be helping out in your own way, you won't need him telling you things.

If that fails, then try to talk to them. Say like "how do you expect me to be not spoiled when you don;t let me do anything?"

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You know how you go to some people's websites and they have a link where you can make their page your homepage? How do I do this?

Go on the Internet
-On the top tool bar there click "Tools"
-Look at the options that are displayed and click "Internet Options"
-when you click on that, under "General" there is a section of "Hompage" where you can change it.

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ok this might be long ..but i need advice and i need it now PLEASE

ok well it all started yesterday when my dad came home and the lights were on in the house...and he ALWAYS tells me to leave them off because he hetes paying for electiric like 400$ and stuff..and he tells me all the time and that happend agian yesterday >!! =(...

no another thing is i was histraically crying afterwards for hours ...beaucse of it when my mom just made feel more like shit every time she talked..it got to the point where she told me finally about the disease she has..now at that point i was done !! i was liek in tears all in and out..it couldnt of gotten worse..and she said she was gonna die!!! so knowing that i couldnt stand my self. so i got on the floor and got on my knees and started crying kissing her feet ( she didnt care she kept screaming and screaming)
when she left i cut my self..and continued to cry..then after what hapend was she agian after i clam down told met that i cant never go out,,,and that she doesnt trust me i can never go back to the club and that i cant have sleep overs and she i gonna think about even giving the phone back i stared crying more...and more....after that..she also said i have to make (G) my X_b.and that i cannot go out with ever agian...i told him that but its was over aim and he basically never responded back when i told him my parents want me to break up with you ..so whatever...


it was all realy bad we both apoligized and i was still stuck on the dying part ..and so i asked her about it she didnt answer at first she kept calming me down and so i asked agian and agian she didnt asnwer so i asked agina and she said she was kidding!!! can you believe that ..but the thing is im sure she might not have been and now im soo scraed..and lost i want to have her trust and my phone because i cant live without txting and i dont understand why she would say that ..from mypoint of veiw it was reallt messed up /..!!! and today she said we were gonna talk about myy actual punishmnet but i meanthis has been th worst birthday week on my life !! im so lost HELP PLEASE PLEASE


i know this was very long but please i NEED SOMEONES HELP HELP PLEASE i wwill rate you i promiss

thank you so much Y.B

wow. I know another person who is going through a very though time as well. I have had bad days/weeks as well.

I'm goin to try my best to help you but it's so hard to tell you what to do. It would help if you gave an age.

Ok so, let's take this one at a time.
B.f-> your parents probbaly don't want you to see him because since you said yourself that you lived in not a good place before, they are probably worried that he would have a bad influence on you (with the drugs and stuff). So first try to understand that. For know just break-up because you need to deal with a lot of things and you don't need your parents yelling at you for somehting like this. Next time he IMs you tell him again.
Parents-> I don'tknow if your mom was really joking or if she was telling the truth. But, that is something very scary and a topic that you wouldn't really joke about. Leave that subject alone for a while and ask her some other time. Or you can talk to your dad.
Now, if what is happening with your mom is true thn it would explain their behavior perfectly. They are, themselves, in a tough time and are obviously stressed. Give them a break.
Phone-> I know you like texting but right now, you need to leave that. Just for a while, live with the discommfort before asking for a new phone or buying one yourself.

I know you don't want to hear this, but for now listen to them. Just go along with them. Let them cool down and get a chance to think about it. If you try to rebel, that will make things worse. After a week or two or even later (depending on how they are acting)talk to them about it.

As for your birthday, it is just unfortunate that this is happening close to your big day. I'm sorry about that. Everyone has these days/weeks.

Try your best to look on the bright side and take a couple of deep breaths. When you feel angry, close the door and just sit or cry and relax.

Good luck.

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I have two daughters one is eighteen and the other is twenty-three. They both live at home and they haven't gotten along for quite some time now. The older one thinks that we cater to the younger one way to much. The younger one is still in high school and has a dominating personality and is argumenative where the older one doesn't talk and is very distant and pretty much avoids life and confrontations. They are totally opposite in every way. They both work but they don't make enough to be out of the house and being that the younger one is still in high school we do not require that she be out or the older one for that matter. The older one is very angry and feels she is never comfortable or a part of the family. I don't know why she feels this way. She claims that she can't stand the younger one 90% of the time. The younger one feels she is always second when ever the older one is around. I always feel I'm in the middle because I tend to get attacked when I try to intervien when they argue and fight. The younger one is putting so much stress on us financially and mentally because of her demands. I know that it is our fault, but because she has always struggled in school and now she is finally excelling and we are pretty much spoiling her because of it. My older daughter is very angry because of it. She feels the younger one doesn't deserve anything because of her bad attitude and rudeness. We are afraid that if we don't give in she will not further excell, she has done so well and we are afraid she won't try no more. The older one never received things and really never asked for anything as near as the younger one has. When the older one was younger we were not as financially set as we are now. I feel so drained in everyway and I cry because I don't know what to do. I have always prayed that they will get along but it doesn't look good. I worry so much about the older one because she feels so left out and thinks everyone in her family treats her like crap. I have so much guilt about both of my daughters for different reasons. My husband steps in if he's home, or if he sees that I'm getting upset. Most of the time these arguments happen when he's not home. I have so much more to share but that would probably take alot more space. What should I do for my daughters? I'm so proud of the fact that they both work and are doing good for themselves but I just wish they could get along and not make me feel that it's all our fault and that they feel they are not treated equally.

Wow, that's alot to take in as a mother. I am not old enough to understand your situation exactly but here is what I think.

I am the oldest in my family. I have three little sisters. I havedefinetly recieved the more strict deal because as the first child I was getting over protected (I still do). I never asked for very much. I understad what your older daughter is thinking though. She find it unfair because she worked just as hard and got no rewards.

Here is what my mom does. And my dad aswell. They try their best to be equal. I have definetly noticed this. She never tries to treat one more special (althought I notice my youngest sister getting more indulgence, and the third sister getting more praised over her A's).

I think you should take your older daughter somewhere. Just the two of you. You can go for ice cream. It doesn't have to be big. While doing this, talk to her about how proud you are of her and that you believe she will do great and make a great living. (I think that part of her living in your house makes her feel like she needs you still although she is old enough to move out.) You can also talk to her about this problem. They are not aware of this and your feeling and it will help if she understood what is going on. She is old enough for you to rely on her.

As for your younger daughter do the same another time. Talk to her about how proud you are of how well she is doing. Tell her that it makes you very hapy seeing her do this good in school. But also talk to her about how she has to be good with what she asks you. Tell her that if she needs something, to try and earn it. Tell her you can't indulge her as much because you never did that for your first daughter and it would not be fair. Also talk to her about how their behavior makes you feel.

I think that they are unaware of your feeling and when you tell them then they will try harder to make it work. They are cirtainly old enough to understand and to help you work things out.

I wish you all the luck and hope everything works out!

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ok so theres this guy everyone thought he liked me and i liked him. well when some of my friends asked him he said he only liked me as a friend and nothing more. but when people look at use they say he likes me and everyone knows i like him.
so what could be going on?
does he like me?

Well, maybe he didn't want to tell your friends that he liked you. Maybe he is just too shy to admit it.

as for if he like you;
http://www.wikihow.com/Know-if-a-Guy-Likes-You

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Why shouldn't people be acquiescent to others?

wow, I had to look that word up. lol

I think it is a good quality to be acquiescent especally to one's parents. People should be able to do things for other people without hesitation if it is an ordinary thing. Helping people is a good thing, and people should be able to help out. But, of corse to a limit. They should not be a push over. They should be able to say 'no' when the job is unjust or too hard.

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I love doing stuff for other people and i love making other people happy but i've kind of wondered if i'm only trying to make everyone else happy to like cope with all my problems or like ignore my problems and happiness and stuff like that what do you think

Maybe that is just your nature, maybe that's just who you are.

I mean I love helping people out but I have also noticed that I rarely tell people my problems and help others with theirs.

But, if it makes you happy and you are fine with that feeling and don't think it is a burden of any kind then it's doesn't matter much.

But, I also think that you shouldn't keep all of your problems to yourself. Share some of your problems woth others and let them help you.

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how do i tell my best friend that the guy we both like, like's me and we're kind of talking?

:/

well, definetly tell just nicely, don;t brag about it.

Too bad you can;t show her. But, both would hurt her a little.

If you guys aren't "serious" then there is no need to tell her know unless you guys like go out.

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i have really small eyelashes...but i'm wondering if theres something you can do to make them grow...not any expensive products....or any special good working mascara, please help...ill take any advice.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Eyelashes-Longer

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Longer-Lashes

try the things that the website says. Hope it works :)

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so i just got back from vacation and i got too much sun. i ended up burning petty bad and its started to peel. i have ugly blotches were the skin has peeled, so some skin is darker then other skin. is there any way to help fix it??

http://www.wikihow.com/Treat-a-Sunburn

Wow, it seems that everyone went to a warm spot. Well, I hope you feel better. (I bet you got a killer tan)

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