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You can do cardio every day. Pay attention to your heart rate though. Some people will do something like treadmill and go x mph for y minutes, but they keep that workout even after they get in better shape. It isn't how fast you go or how long you sustain it. What matters is how hard you have to work. Pick a target heart…

I am pretty close to where you are percentage-wise. My math says 34% That is kind of insane. Other ways I have looked at it that have been an eye opener. My son is 82 pounds. I remember when I had lost what he weighs. It is a strange experience. Now I have lost more then one of my girlfriends weighed back when I was…

Not all guys are the same, and your mileage may vary, yada yada yada, but in the early stages of any relationship most guys are not going to want to hear about all your emotional baggage. That is the fun 'getting to know each other' stage (emphasis on the fun part of that sentence). If you are ready to date, then date. Go…

A gram of fat is 9 calories. If that was truly 430g of fat, the dressing alone would have 3870 calories just from fat. That cannot be true.

It is Fall. Maybe they are all fit ;)

Any bread product that isn't whole wheat. Anything from McDonald's (used to have burgers/fries a couple times a week with my son) Anything else deep fried.

For those who are being a bit critical of her goal, keep in mind how much happier you would be right now if you had decided to take action when you were only five pounds over your desired weight. I know I would have been far better off!

Well, my week is over. At the beginning of the day today I had 99.72 miles for the week, and it was raining. It rained until just a couple of hours ago, so I grabbed the bike and went for my standard recreational ride, putting me at 115.65 miles for the week. So, I made my 100 ;)

If you have been trying for six months and haven't lost anything you have taken the first step in recognizing the obvious; what you are doing now isn't working. Based on what you have written though, one of two things is true. Either you are eating more than 1350 calories a day, or you need to see a doctor. Since you…

I have one like this at home. It is entertaining, but it gets its reading via an impedance test. The readings will vary quite a lot from day to day, and even from moment to moment depending on how wet/dry your feet are. If you use it at the same time every day, and under the same conditions, it can give you a general idea…

People can get into all kinds of philosophical discussions about mental well-being and when emotional abuse has reached a limit that you should no longer endure. But, that line is a lot easier when it comes to physical abuse. You cannot and should not accept that. There is never a time when that is appropriate. If he…

Nut products are good for you and very dense in calories.

It won't be long and you will be posting your 50 pounds lost milestone. The best part about what you have celebrated today is that whatever you have done to get this far can get you the rest of the way. 25 pounds is no 'fluke'.

If you have to eat breakfast at McDonald's, get the Egg McMuffin. It isn't really all that bad for you, especially when compared to the other menu items. The other thing I have done, when I get the uncontrollable munchies, is just make sure I have lots of healthy things to munch on. Gorging on 3 or 4 apples will still take…

I have been doing week 3 level 2 for the past two months. I noticed dramatic improvement when I first started, but I have since tapered off and just can't seem to do any more than I am doing right now. It has made a clear difference in the sculpting of my arms, chest and shoulders, but the notion of actually ever doing 100…

I ate a home made brownie from a batch our purchasing person made and put in the break room.

I already posted results in the last thread. I am shooting for another 100 miles this week.

Well, my week is done. Ended up at 112.34 for the week. Other interesting things off the Garmin: Total time: 7:21:13.80 Average Speed: 15.3mph Average Cadence: 81rpm Total Ascent: 5337ft (Descent is the same) Total Calories: 8889 I will go for another 100 next week. I will be on vacation the week after that, so I will…

Scales can vary from one to another. You need to weigh yourself on your old scale, then on the new one, then you will know if you really lost or if the new scale just reports a lower weight. I 'gained' three pounds when I got my new scale.

Enough of the cayenne pepper would be a great weight loss incentive for most people. Just pour a bunch on anything you are about to eat and it will be so intolerable you won't have any choice but to eat slowly and smaller portions.

That isn't automatically bad. Grilled Chicken Chili Lime Spinach salad, or the Grilled Shrimp Spinach Salad. Both are under 300 calories, though the latter has bacon on it.

I am hoping that the 100+ mile goals of a few of us haven't been intimidating others away from participating. If it has, I thought I would share my history for the past couple of years. In December of 2007, when I decided I didn't want to be a fat couch potato any longer, I hopped on an old exercise bike I had in the…

It has kind of died down in here. Maybe everyone is out riding? I am going for 100 miles again. I think I am going to blow the lid off my mileage average starting next week though. It looks like my commute is going to get significantly longer due to bridge construction. If it doesn't kill me, it will definitely make me…

Well, my week is over. Pledged 100, came in at 102.17. I should be good for another 100 this next week.

It depends (don't you love that kind of answer?) You may have over-exerted something and be genuinely in need of an off-day to heal, or you may just be a bit stiff. If you were doing something like lifting, most people feel pretty strongly about an off-day to allow the muscles more time to heal. That is probably good…

Feels good, doesn't it?

Well, we will just have to assume it was someone not jumping to their defense! Interesting incident this evening. A 14 year old kid wiped out on his bike in front of my house just before I got home from work. I crested the hill and saw him laying in the road, unconscious, with blood oozing out of a wound on the back of his…

Weight loss isn't a race. I doubt you gained your extra 100 pounds very quickly, and you don't need to lose it quickly either. I just decided, in December of 2007, that I was tired of living the way I was. I changed the way I ate, I pretty much stopped using the car (bicycle instead), and I changed what I did with my…

Sure is empty in here. Did someone fart?

I am going for 100 again. I got some not so fun news in the local media today. We already have one bridge closed due to construction. The next closest one for me is going to close in two weeks, and stay closed for five months. That leaves just one bridge for me to cross. It makes my commute, which is normally 6 miles one…