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Run baby run! I ran competitively too, in the top 1% women runners in the nation in the 90s. Forget about the scale you're already skinny. Be sure you get the right calories and nutrition. Add upper body workouts for muscle tone, rowing or weight training is gr8 compliment. and be sure to stretch a lot in your lower body.…

Garmin vivofit is gr8! I track steps walking, hiking, running, and activities, of course water and diet. Considering upgrade to the fenix later this year once I accomplish more competitions! Add me for mutual motivation and goal setting! Garmin name: AnnettesFit

@amelia.... Not finding that group you mentioned.

Cool! Catching up with posts! I've been traveling 5 months straight! Getting back on track!

the last 25... congratulations! I'd suggest yoga to get that last bit off and make you a lean-mean-man-machine. I did 20" a day of yoga and was the leanest ever in my life and it was the only thing that erased the last 25! It triggers acupressure points that balance everything in your body. I do think 1200 calories is too…

thinking about what you want, your goals, keeping it positive, is vital to success! I also enjoy interacting with those focused on their health and fitness goals. sending friend requests! it's been a two year journey for me, to lose 125#, and I've lost 36# so far. What's amazing to me is that I'm losing more inches than…

prepackaged food is very high in sodium &/or sugar, as both sodium and sugar are preservatives used by the food industry. those two things alone can cause weight gain. muscles also weigh more than fat and burn more calories than fat. find a way to make your own meals so you know what's in it. suggest make a dinner on both…

I agree with "find the one that tastes good to you." I have long been a fan of MaxMuscle MaxPro whey protein as it tastes great, dissolves easily in water or anything, but we don't have a store in texas (a California franchise chain) so I have to order online and have run out sometimes. So I tried the zero carb Isopure…

tilapia... is known to have the highest cholesterol of any fish or red meat. it's not good for you. it is cheap farmed fish.

grilled broiled baked poached or raw: cold-seawater fish, seafood, turkey. chicken ok but still naturally higher fat that's not like beneficial fish oil. whey protein: only grass-fed organic whey protein, non-denatured. Designs for Health brand and Now brand. lentils and peas, quinoa. boiled or poached eggs. hard cheeses.…

cabbage is very very good for you and can help you lose weight. I am not a fan of fad diets. cabbage binds to fat and pulls it out of your body before you digest it. in some countries they eat it at every meal. I've started adding 1/2 cup to breakfast smoothie, 1/2 cup as lunch salad, and 1 cup for dinner in sauté or salad…

ps: I bought my garmin vivofit at REI. they also have polar. It's a good idea to learn how to measure your heartrate by reading your pulse, and having a stopwatch or reading the seconds hand on a nearby clock. over a ten seconds, count the # of heartbeats from your wrist or neck. multiply that # by ten. that's your…

I love my garmin vivofit. it's an HRM, pedometer, sleep monitor, and a whole bunch of other cool tools. integrates to MFP, has an app for iphone or android. I wanted only the HRM and was pleased to get all the extras. my polar ft7 croaked two years ago, and it was a good enough HRM but when I looked to repurchase this year…

speaking of weightlifting routines... I think it's good to keep changing it up. I absolutely love the routine Ultimate Body Workout published by men's health. I can honestly say this is for serious body strengthening and fat burning. I find that the men's routines are much better for muscle strengthening, than their…

I love love love how great my body looks and feels from using free weights and bodybuilding exercises, and I still look very feminine. I've trained since college years. to this day I do not know how that myth started, of women bulking up. it just doesn't happen. you have to train a certain way to bulk up, and also take…

yes yes yes! just what Connie said! ... eating small meal-snacks throughout the day really keeps your metabolism high, burning calories faster, and keeping your energy even and high throughout the day. you'll lose fat and your muscle tone will show much more quickly. I'm 53, and as we age, both our digestion and metabolism…

I do my best eating 5-7 'small meals' a day. I'd really call them snacks because they need to be <350 calories each for my BMR (lose a # a week) plan. In fact, once I figured out how to do this, I was never ravenous again. for me ravenous = hypoglycemic hangry. I've also noticed that when a homemade smoothie goes above 350…

I love my food scale, and also a measuring cup now and then... I honestly used to just eyeball portions, etc, I'm a chef so pretty good at it. FISH FILLER-UP The first time I knew I needed it... when I couldn't figure out how big a piece of expensive fish to buy at grocery store.... it was either always too big a portion…

LOL! yes log the lawn mowing, every minute of it! this post makes me laugh. it matters only what you think, not what anyone else thinks. Your journal your journey your truth man... quite honestly, it's harder, even electric or gas lawn mowers, harder than pushing a grocery cart, and grocery cart pushing is exercise too.…

yes I would! of course my yard is huge and takes two hours to mow the back with a walking mower (not a riding mower). mowing is great exercise, 30" of mowing is great exercise. all logging is good to get you into logging your actions towards your goal.

i was the tallest woman in my family, does that count? :) 5'7" Seriously, just last week my hairdresser pointed out to me that no one would see the gray roots on my head except guys over 5'9".... she was correct! My hair grew 2" gray roots before anyone noticed! I am the only one that notices except really tall people! I…

first of all, WOW! you look amazing! congratulations on your fantastic achievement! secondly... umm, what is onederland? :)

I absolutely love love love the routine Ultimate Body Workout published by men's health. This is not a sissy workout either! I can honestly say this is for serious body strengthening and fat burning. I find that the men's routines are much better for muscle strengthening, than their women's workouts. Their women's workouts…

over quite some time I figured out some routines to do at home and in hotels (road warrior). these days it's less travel. Plus I don't need a bunch of equipment. * do lunges every hour as you walk between rooms. * keep a couple different size dumbbells, a pair in different rooms you hangout. grab a 5" set everytime you're…

Hi Deborah, sounds like the same path i went through. super athletic and fit all my life, reached age 40 and i started having small weight gains, then by 45 it was out of control. Now I'm 53 and 100# overweight (aka: chronically obese). It was a long journey to regain control of what was going on. I'm not into diet fads…

I'm also working on muscle building as I've lost so much over the years. building through activities, diet and supplements. activities: thank goodness for muscle memory, which responds most rapidly to the activities you did when young and fit and strong, building muscle faster. diet: i always eat low fat protein after…

never give them any of your energy... visible or hidden. it only feeds that thought form. let it be a reminder that you are on the right track and are well on your way to accomplishing your goals! also, those souls have 3 fingers pointing back at them when they point a finger at you in judgement... big karma on their way!

agree that it may not be worthwhile for the young generation that are active and fit.... I was an extreme athlete til my 40's after which I hit a health challenge and now the tool is fantastic to motivate me to get where I have set my goals (medically approved limits).

yes and no. I think it pays to have a tremendous dose of common sense when buying a fitness tracker tool. It's also good to know how to measure the data on your own, such as #steps or distance per minute, or # heartbeats per minute. I'll start with the realities of these tools, and finish on the motivators to get good…

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