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"Dara Torres, the amazing Olympic swimmer (and an old pal) visited SELF's offices to talk about her favorite energy replacement system, then Chris McCormack (aka Macca), the world-champion Ironman triathlete, stopped by to show us his book and talk from the heart about his commitment to breast cancer (he lost his mom too early and it changed his life). And it's been a whirlwind of a launch for the [SELF app on the iPad](http://tinyurl.com/selfipad), which makes it fun to Drop 10 pounds in five weeks (our testers tried it and did just that...now it's your turn!).\\n\\n![[#image: /photos/57d8e4df50778cef321a6bbc]||||||](http://blog.self.com/magazine/blogs/lucysblog/assets_c/2011/03/IMG_0491-101483.html)   \\n  \\n##### Dara and I with the fitness team, from left: Marissa Stephenson, Meaghan B. Murphy and Jaclyn Emerick\\n\\n   \\nThe app has workout moves that move, a \\\"happy plate\\\" feature where you load up the foods you simply WON'T give up while dieting (for me that's wine, chocolate and cheese...with a few chips thrown in for good measure) and find out how many/much of each you can eat per week and still lose weight. (You'd be surprised at how many treats fit when you have 1,750 calories a week to play with.)\\n\\nPlaying with your food is the point behind the spinning-menu slot machine that allows you to reject a meal and spin the dial for another of equal calorie and nutrient value, so you always get to choose what you want to eat and still slim down. Ten, 20, 30 pounds\u2014or more! It's up to you. Just keep going and achieve your body dreams, or your dream body, whichever comes first.\\n\\nSpeaking of a great week, I got to ride my new bike, swim outside in the beautiful ocean off Miami last weekend...and then returned to a snowy, rainy, frigid NYC. I love my hometown but I am ready for the weather to turn hot. When Macca went for a run he remarked on how hard it must be to train and be fit here. \\\"I'm from down under and I'm solar powered!\\\" he said, explaining how it took heroic focus to keep on running in the freezing weather wearing just a T-shirt and shorts. He managed to stay positive by telling himself this was an opportunity to be in Central Park, with the skyline and the New Yorkers all around him working out. Same with Dara, who lives in Florida. I say: It makes us tougher, knowing that we have to get outside in the cold, the wet, the gray-sky days. If we can make it here (our fitness that is), we can make it anywhere. No excuses, be dedicated, be determined and get out there and get moving. Today is the only day like it you're going to get. Trust me, it won't get any easier if you don't take advantage of it!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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