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thirty pounds times two or it turns out that i am not a special snowflake
I have thirty pounds to lose. Again. A year ago, a couple of years after losing thirty-one pounds and keeping it off (through conscious eating supported by logging), I decided i got this. i been good. a little improv is okay. i can tighten down a little and make up for it. Thirty pounds later, I am waddling proof that this…
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expanding my circle of friends... join me?
my network here has trimmed itself an awful lot over the last six months. not a surprise, i guess, given that keeping up with keeping up can be a drag sometimes... so... i am looking for some new peeps to hang out with. my exercise and eating habits are geared toward supporting my doing-things-outdoors addiction and…
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epic (for me) community service trek in nepal
I am on my way home after five or so weeks in the Himalayas, where I worked as part of a medical team in a really rugged and remote part of Nepal. Some stats: we walked approximately 140 miles, climbed five passes over 17000 feet (and about as many more at 15000 feet or more), and accumulated the equivalent of going ten…
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LFF that go to the gym so they can do stuff outside
I am on my way home after five weeks in the Himalayas, where I worked as part of a medical team in a really rugged and remote part of Nepal. During the trip, we walked approximately 140 miles, climbed five passes over 17000 feet (and about as many more at 15000 feet or more), and accumulated the equivalent of ten miles…
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strength training at 58... uncharted territory
i have been a gym rat, on and off, for more than thirty years. after a decade long absence from the weight room, i started lifting again, following an old-fashioned five by five progressive training regimen. over the last six months, i have made steady, if slow, progress. my numbers are a fraction of what i was doing last…
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ninety days of "no misses no excuses"
when i joined mfp at the end of 2013 i was already on a good track. with the tools and friends i found here, i lost more than thirty pounds while making big improvements in all the usual health markers (resting heart rate, blood pressure, vo2max, etc). moving into maintenance mode, i continued to eat properly and exercise…
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noob once again
when i left for nepa in september, i was in decent shape and at my goal weight. i had spent the months before the trip doing cardio, hiking, eating wholesome food in reasonable quantities, logging, and so on. in dolpo, after 175 miles of walking, high altitudes, long work days? no problems. it was a marvelous adventure. i…
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motivational thought for the day
why squats? because no one ever wrote a good song about a small butt.
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letting other people decide...
what you eat without being aware of why is generally a terrible idea. a reasonable reminder, from the washington post... http://tinyurl.com/jyenp7s my favorite quote: Because, and this is the judgment call, fat isn’t bad; stupid is bad.
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aortic heart valve's second birthday
two years ago today i was in the cleveland clinic having open heart surgery to replace my aortic heart valve and repair an aneurysm. i was thirty pounds overweight. i was sick and weak and having trouble breathing. two months ago i was in the himalaya mountains. our four week trip included 140 miles of hiking with gear,…
