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Things are supposed to be beautiful this early in a relationship, if they are not, they only get uglier and messier later. To be accusing you of stuff, he has some serious issues, issues that no one but him can fix (assuming he is willing). Only you will know how much crap you will be able to take before you realize that…
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One of the things i do.... Whenever I find myself habitually going into the kitchen to look in the fridge, I fill up a glass of water... I end up drinking a LOT of water that way... helps with getting all the water in. Then I pet my kitties on the way back - to reward myself for not eating. Also I don't keep any ready made…
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Emotinal eating, comfort foods. I think a big part of the problem isn't so much the sugar and it's chemical/physical properties, but your mental relationship with food. (don't take this as a negative criticism - I do this too). We develop a relationship of sorts with certain foods that make us happy, and then when you cut…
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What is your current height and weight and age, and how far are you from the goal weight? Not knowing how close you are to your target weight, here's something I experienced years ago - in case you can relate. When I was in my 20's and working out a lot too (at 5'9") when it came to last 10-20 pounds to lose, I had to drop…
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Hey, I think I read someplace that you may feel like you are cheating when you start off slow in sets where you are supposed to start off slow... here are my 2c on that. In addition to cardio work, part of the idea with buildup sets where you start slow and build up is to start with paying attention to technique, which can…
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For a while you may want to do a drill with a dolphin kick and breaststroke pull, they are little easier to do then fly arm pulls, and they can help you get the hang of the rhythm, and getting your hips up high. People call it kick timing, I prefer to call it rhythm that happens throughout the whole stroke cycle. If you…
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Tell your BF that with the amounts that you eat, that wold be one helluva expensive buffet. When my DH wants to go to a buffet, I sleep in and let him go there for breakfast (without me). On the other hand, if you don't have a specific time limit for when you need to be done losing weight and you don't find it difficult to…
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Awesome post!!!! I too have a little sadist living inside my head I keep evicting, but the brat still sneaks up on me and starts squatting when I'm not looking.
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I just love how many cat people are in here!!!!
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USMS is a national organization that usually sanctions competitions and offers universal insurance to masters clubs/teams/workout groups etc. Membership is a one time yearly fee. They also have a website and some cool resources to learn to swim. If you want to swim with a masters team on regular basis, you also need to…
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Start with getting comfortable in water, learning freestyle, rhythm and breathing. Maybe get yourself a pair of short fins, they will help you at the beginning with getting the hang of balance and rythm, and you can also use them for fat-burning cardio kicking sets as they will increase resistance. Also if you are just…
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You can also do a lot of one armed fly drills, especially if you are still just building up the strength and rhythm for it.
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If you don't have overhead flags for backstroke, look at the markers on the lane lines, on either side of you.
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Yea, I've been out of the pool for good 5-7 years, during which I gained about 100 or so pounds too when a whole menu of new health problems got me all discombobulated, depressed, off track, hard to move with all the weight etc... I'm back on the diet (mostly reconnecting with all the good habits I used to have for years)…
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Bottom line in weight loss is to create a calorie deficit. While you are doing that you also want to make sure that your are not ending up malnourished (getting a good balance of vitamins, minerals or nutrients) For most people a mix of 30-40% of calories from protein, 30-40% from carbs and about 20% or so from fat and…
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Oh, a swimmers group sounds nice, I havent gottenn the hang of how groups work hete yet, Ill look it up. Yea, I'm a masters swimmer :-) ahem, well I wad 4-5 years ago. Trying to get back in my old healthy routines after falling off a wagon big time.
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Personally I get irritable when my blood sugar gets too low, a small carb/protein mixed snack (25-50 calories) usually fixes that. I'm prone to getting low blood sugar.
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Purrfect, we'll fix you up with a cat ;)
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Why do you think inactivity is your biggest problem?
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I think a cat loving dude counts double!
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Are you monitoring your heart rate? You may just be going through a period where your heart rate is peaking and you are temporarily feeling oxygen deprived. It may be a bonking period too when your body has used up readily available glycogen in the blood and needs to work harder to get them from fat storage (It's a…
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One step at the time, one day, one hour at the time is good too, whatever gets you to take the next step. Is there anything in particular about sorting yourself out that you want to talk about?
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^^^^^^ THIS!!!!! ^^^^^^^ When I was in my 20's after losing weight I wanted to get into body building a little bit. Bulking up for a female takes HUGE amounts of work and a long time. Also, should you notice yourself starting to bulk up a bit, it just takes a bit of backing off and it will disappear quickly. I'm pretty…
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Every day, you only need to focus on getting through that day. Big pictures are for two things - planing your general direction (so you don't get lost along the way) and to feel good when you look behind you and see how far you traveled already (great for self esteem, almost addictive, and in a good way). Once you plan out…
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Someone called for crazy cat ladies? I have 5... (cats, not crazy ladies), just one crazy lady (me) here. Ok, that sounded strange, calling myself a lady, usually I'm much more comfortable with the crazy part. I also volunteer for a cat rescue. oh, and haaai :)
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It happens, life almost never happens in a linear fashion (except maybe in fairy tales).
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Fluctuation of several pounds can also happen throughout the day depending on how hydrated you are, and being a female, on the time of the month. You want to monitor those fluctuations for a while (few weeks or longer) before you can decide if you are really gaining the weight, or if it is just a normal little fluctuation.…
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It depends on how much you have to lose to start with and how much you bulged out of your clothes at the beginning. Sometimes when we are gaining weight we postpone moving into the bigger size until we can 'barely button out pants' so to speak. By then we are can be up to two comfortable sizes bigger then the clothes we…
