warrior_underdog

Well hello there. I'm 24 in DC. Looking to drop 15 or so and tone like crazy. I'm doing a bootcamp in Rock Creek Park area for the next few weeks, then another one in Kalorama I think. Warrior Dash in MD on May 22nd! I want to get down around 130-135 I imagine in the long run, but I'm just out of the 160s (yay 159! hehe)…

Weekly Goal: A whopping 6,000 Mon: 815 (Bootcamp: running, pushups, crunches, running, leg lifts, jump rope, running, etc.) Tues: 620 (rowing and elliptical--I missed bootcamp this morning due to a migraine unfortunately) Wed: 789 (bootcamp: running and abs, and walking around the city) Thur: 769 (bootcamp: upper body,…

Weekly Goal: A whopping 6,000 Mon: 815 (Bootcamp: running, pushups, crunches, running, leg lifts, jump rope, running, etc.) Tues: 620 (rowing and elliptical--I missed bootcamp this morning due to a migraine unfortunately) Wed: 789 (bootcamp: running and abs, and walking around the city) Thur: calories burned (how they were…

I think there's something similar on food.com (which took over recipezaar.com, one of my favorite sites) For foods "high in X or Y" http://www.food.com/recipes/high-in-something And for foods "free of X or Y" http://www.food.com/recipes/free-of-something Also, is your username a reference to Hocus Pocus??

Sounds right! I just went and weighed some of my cashews hehe. 18 cashes were 26 grams on my scale.

Word. I love Gardein. For Lightlife, I only like the chick'n strip things to make "chicken tacos" but I make sure to basically just eat salad otherwise that day so that my sodium is in check. There is a ton of sodium in processed and canned foods--just look at a normal can of soup--and it's to improve shelf life and…

Hey edorice, I'm doing a Warrior Dash in May! The Maryland one. Let me know how it goes!!!

Weekly Goal: A whopping 6,000 Mon: 815 (Bootcamp: running, pushups, crunches, running, leg lifts, jump rope, running, etc.) Tues: 620 (rowing and elliptical--I missed bootcamp this morning due to a migraine unfortunately) Wed: calories burned (how they were burned) Thur:calories burned (how they were burned) Fri: calories…

Weekly Goal: A whopping 6,000 Mon: 815 (Bootcamp: running, pushups, crunches, running, leg lifts, jump rope, running, etc.) Tues: calories burned (how they were burned) Wed: calories burned (how they were burned) Thur:calories burned (how they were burned) Fri: calories burned (how they were burned) Sat:calories burned…

I'm in! I started a bootcamp last Friday and burned just over 1000 calories and have it every weekday this week! So I'm going to set my weekly goal at 6,000 calories burned. I'm guessing each weekday will be 800-1000 and then will try to burn at least 500 on Saturday and Sunday. I'm a huge fan of this because it means that…

I vote Insanity but it depends what you're looking for. I personally chose Insanity because: *Requires no equipment; uses your own body weight for all exercises *High intensity intervals *I sweat my butt off, dripping by the end *Sufficient stretching intense warm-up *It feels like intense training for a sport, and that's…

I got up at 5:20 today and it was my first! I had a bootcamp at 5:45 and it was a 10 minute drive away. So I got up at 5:20 (wore sports bra and workout pants to bed), threw on my layers of shirts and some sweat pants, packed a quick bag and got in my car. Then I blasted some loud rock music and sang the whole drive haha.…

How did this never occur to me before?

Falafel does sound pretty delicious...I found out (the hard way--headache) that a great falafel place a few blocks away has feta cheese in all of their hummuses :( But there's another place that has good falafel (and regular hummus) in my building! I don't even need to brave the cold again just yet. Thanks…

It's Coeliac for most of the world, and spelled Celiac by the North Americans :)

Yep, you'll need a heart rate monitor to actually know (that goes for running on a treadmill that gives you estimate #s as well). But I do Insanity (off and on, I don't follow the program) and I'll tell you what *I* burn. I'm female, 5'4" and weigh about 160. The "yoga" DVD burns less obviously, but when I'm going hard…

I had never heard of it so I googled and their main website says: Lose 1-2 pounds per day. Yeah, that's incredibly unhealthy and downright dangerous.

I'm on day 4 of eating no processed carbs and it's been hard but getting easier, and I feel great. So no bread, tortillas, chips, croutons, crackers, and such. I've been eating a lot of fresh veggies, quinoa, fruits, oats, and soups. I think it was a great thing to do short-term, but I will be bringing back whole wheat…

Lucky! When I signed up, it was full! I'm on Sunday afternoon with about 10 other friends! Good luck, let me know how it goes for you! They're doing one in Virginia in October, I think if you sign up before the 27th or so then it's pretty cheap :D I'm doing that one too, will see how much better my time is since I'll be in…

I hear you...loud and clear. I went from 175 to 155 and was feeling amazing, looking great, and let it go to my head. Soon enough, I was drinking at happy hours left and right, eating as I pleased, and wound up at 165. Now I'm at 162 and eating (well, not...) my humble pie. Congrats on pushing through the urge to say,…

I eat a mainly vegan diet but have eggs sometimes. I'm heading to bed but I do the Insanity program and have done other intense workouts while eating a vegan/vegetarian diet and have lost weight and toned, while feeling great. It's possible! Lots of veggies, I use vegan protein powders (Vega is a great place to start, but…

Talk to the hubby. Let him know that eating better means a lot to you and that you appreciate him bringing you stuff, but that you'd like him to help support you in getting healthier :) And I second the emergency snacks. Figure out some healthy snacks that you enjoy and that you know you'll eat. Maybe that's some flavored…

Also the program at http://www.halhigdon.com/5K%20Training/5-Knovice.htm

Here's what Harvard has to say (from http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsweek/What_you_need_to_know_about_calcium.htm): High levels of protein, especially animal protein, alter blood chemistry so calcium leaches out of your bones. But there is no cutoff here, just a general word of caution. And here's a nutrition article on…

So I got sick last week, followed by a weekend in Atlantic City. Haven't started Insanity again yet, but still sticking on this thread if you ladies don't mind... :) I'll be starting tomorrow morning most likely, unless I can get the apartment to myself for an hour tonight. I'm on a no-refined carbs kick for the week to…

Haha hard to pass this up, considering my name and all...

Yay! I tutor tonight until 8pm so will be starting Insanity tomorrow morning! I've been looking for a new kick in the pants and this is it! Very excited. I've gotten 2 weeks into Insanity before but injured my foot and then never got back into the routine.... Name: Warrior_Underdog Goal Weight (60 Days): 150 pounds Week 1…

I lost 25, gained back 10, and am back to MFP :)

For iphone, I definitely recommend the following: Nike Training (awesome) 5K Coach RunKeeper SmartCoach EDIT: All free :)

So here's the science behind addiction to cheese, in case this comes up at some point. Cheese contains more casein (a protein) than other dairy products. Casein has casomorphins, which are peptides (protein fragments). Some say that a peptide in particular (beta casomorphin-7 or BCM7) creates an opioid response, which…