freezerburn2012 Member

I'm almost done Stage 1. :)

What's the point of it?

He ruined my party this weekend. Someone was making margaritas using his 'guilt-free' recipe. They were awful. Totally turned me off of drinking for the evening which I didn't think was even possible. And, I was soooo looking forward to getting hammered... :drinker: :sad:

The deficit comes from your daily activies, outside of exercise. BMR is an esitmation of the amount of calories your body burns if you were to stay in bed all day. The point of exercise is to increase your fitness, not necessarily to control your weight (though it does help).

It's like you're reading my mind! GETOUTTAMYHEAD!

Imagine being an 81 year old woman and getting your taint burned off by coffee that is served too hot by a company that knows its too hot and doesn't care. http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/107/t/000479.html

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You could always put aerobars on your road bike. This will also give you a few more options for where you can put your hands. I had a tri bike and a road bike and I did Ironman on my tri bike. My friend did it on a road bike with aerobars and we both finished. I just sold my tri bike and bought a hybrid as I didn't ride my…

What are you asking exactly? Are you looking for approval for what you are doing? You seem to have stated that you don't want to make any changes so what does it matter what anyone else says on here?

nom nom nomm :laugh:

Women's specific bikes are usually a lot smaller than the men's but you may not need that because you're not short. The most important difference between a men's bike and a women's bike is the saddle.

Artist: Young The Giant lyrics Title: My Body Stop! the train is riding Down to the station Where you lived When we were school kids Hey! the rails are gone now And I am falling down Fools in a spiral Round this town of steel My body tells me no But I won't quit Cause I want more Cause I want more My body tells me no But I…

I do a short run as my warm up for the lifting session. On the non-lifting days, I golf, bike, splash about in the pool, yardwork, etc. My running goal is to get faster at running a 5k. I've done the super endurance/slogging through the race just to finish and I want to start really improving my running time on short races.

Just think of book 4 as book 3, part 2. It helps.

Do you point your toes really sharply? I know that when I swim and point my toes that I get major foot cramps.

I don't know about being an addicted runner but when I trained to do Ironman, I never really lost that pudge around the middle.

www.beginnertriathlete.com has some good plans for all levels. They have a plan building tool that you can use too. Maybe check that out and adjust to fit your schedule as needed?

When do you rest and let your body recover?

"It puts the lotion on its skin..." As long as you're not collecting like that, who cares!

I workout at home and to start, I use my nesting dumbbells. They go up to 45lbs each. I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I get beyond that.

If I do anything besides the usual household/yard stuff, I bike, yoga and golf on my non-lifting days.

lol... why did I think I would be the only one to think of do this! Mine's not quite as high though.

Can you sell one of the cars? Start with the smallest debt/CC/loan/whatever and pay it off first (while making minimum payments on the rest). Then, move to the next and then the next. Get rid of them one by one. I know from personal experience that it feels good to get them off of that debt list. How often do you go out to…

How long did you increase your calories for? There is an initial gain but that levels off after a while. You have to remember to not freak out and give it enough time to really see if it's working for you or not.

Try alternating alcoholic beverages with water. (1 drink, 1 water, repeat until...) You may find that you'll be a little less drunk and less likely to lose your inhibitions when it comes to food. This will also help with the hangover. :)

It's not muscle. It takes a lot of effort to build muscle. A lot of heavy lifting effort. It's probably water weight. When you workout you create micro-tears in your muscles and they suck up water as they try to repair themselves. Put the scale away and go by how your clothes fit!

I love wine so much that I moved to wine country. :D

I think the book says that wearing gloves can interfere with grip strength development.

Why not? It's just a sprint. :wink: :devil: If you do both, I would go hard on the first one and take it easy on the second one. Drink lots of water and get plenty of sleep, eat your calories and have fun! Don't forget to put up a race report!

Total Immersion is a good book that helped me out (in conjunction with swimming lessons).