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My before and after
Pardon my hair in the latest pics. It's morning and I just wet it down. also pardon the background. they were taken in my "dungeon". The basement of our new house that is my office, eventually I'll fix it up...after the kitchen, the bathroom, the deck, the back yard, the roof...etc. LOL anyway, I have 3 picture times. Here…
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my old me would smack me right now!
So I'm just sitting here, pretending to work, perusing the MFP forums, munching on my mid-afternoon snack #1 of 1 serving of baby carrots and 1 serving of sugar snap peas (raw, delicious!) and thinking, "Man! the old me would have given me a backhand to the face if he saw me doing this!" I just find it kind of amusing.…
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Who's HARDCORE - Week 4
So after a week from hell, with my boss tossing WAAAAY to many projects at me. I kind of lapsed with the hardcores this week, I barely had time to get one really good 45 minute workout in yesterday, but have been working non stop for 4 days straight. So now, without further ado. Let us continue. After tomorrow, my load…
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CRISPY Yam Fries (or sweet potatoe fries, sam difference)
easy but you need 1 thing you may not have, a spray bottle for a water/oil mix. ingredience needed: -3 to 5 yams (peel them if you like, I just wash em) -Canola or EV olive oil -Water -Sea salt or any spices you may like on fries (I love chili powder) here is the steps. 1 preheat the oven to 450 2 take the Yams and cut…
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Stress, Cortisol, HGH, and Testosterone
I wanted to type out part of an article that I read recently because it has some really good info and I'm all about understanding why people become overweight. This article talks all about stress, and it's looong, so I won't post the whole thing, but I'll give a little intro so that you understand the context. In the…
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Who's HARDCORE - week 2
Week 2 here guys. Hotmom, you're up. Who wants Wednesday and Thursday?
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My wife thinks I'm a bird
So I usually make my own food up for the day. But I was running late today and the wife is working from home today so she offered to put together my food for me. Now to put this in context, I'm 6' 2" 185 lbs and not trying to lose weight (I already lost my 55 lbs) but rather trying to gain muscle. That being said, my…
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I made lasagna - so can you
I'm very proud of myself. My wife and I decided that we wanted to have lasagna this week, so I went and bought all the ingredience, now mind you, I bought the GOOD version of all the ingredience. Granted the sodium was a little high, but what can you do... here's the nutritional info. the recipe is just a basic lasagna…
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Wonderful article on caloric defict and exercise
I found this great article on the american college of sports medicine. I think it neatly sums up the calories in vs calories out debate. It's long guys, but a VERY good read. here is the url if this turns out to be hard to read:…
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Jillian Michaels Radio show
did you know, you can listen to her weekly radio show here: http://www.kfi640.com/main.html or you can listen to it later by clicking the Listen tab (top left side) and clicking KFI on Demand. She's on every Sunday from 9:00 am to 11:00 am
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Who's HARDCORE (join if you dare!)? I'll bet ya I can make
you collapse on the floor in a puddle of sweat, breathing so heavy you can't talk for 5 minutes. Can you do the same to me? I dare you to try! Anyone want to join me? I want to start a hard core exercise team that consists of people willing to try new, hard, and intense exercises. You don't have to be in perfect shape to…
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I found this amusing
So I'm not really happy with my job, and I was looking around on monster and one of the jobs posted that looked interesting had the following requirement. SQL server administrator: -Must have 5 years SQL 2005 or 2008 experience Now, SQL 2005 came OUT in 2005 (or actually at the very end of 2004) So it's physically…
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Holy jelly legs batman
I just did my first Tabata protocol. I used the traditional method of a regular stationary bike. I did the professional version which is 20 seconds at 100% of your maximal effort, followed by 10 seconds recovery (stop or extremely slow cycle) and repeat for 8 intervals. this is sandwiched between 2 five minute 75% maximal…
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You think you have it rough with an hour of cardio?
my wife just emailed me her schedule for saturday. See, she teaches body pump, and Les Mills is having their quarterly release this weekend, so they invite the trainers up to take EVERY class they offer. She's doing ALL of them. I already told her she was insane. Check this schedule out. 8:00am - 9:00am BODYPUMPR Master…
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what a great article I just found
I love the topic of how exercise and stress relates to the body and it's metabolic systems (I.E. how we burn fuel). I found a great article that talks about stress, training, and cortisol. I have more in depth knowledge about this if anyone wants to learn more, but this is a great article that most "layman" can understand.…
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3 reasons you may gain eating your exercise calories
So I have seen lately a lot of people saying that they tried their goal set on MFP, and ate their exercise calories and they either maintained or gained weight. I wanted to offer up some real, hard to face reasons for why people will temporarilly gain weight while following a goal AND eating their exercise calories. Make…
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Dreading, and yet Dying for my HIIT training
Ugh, anyone who has done it will know, High Intensity Interval Training SUUUUUCKKKKKSSS! while you are doing it. But anything that can work your like a dog for 1/2 an hour, let you burn close to 500 calories in that time,AND both increase wind and endurance in that short of a time period is pretty cool. After the workout…
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5 myths I you may (or may not) already know
I have done a lot of research into the topic of exercise, health, and nutrition. Along the way I have heard many many theories. Some of those theories sound perfectly logical, but they aren't all right, and some can be a huge hinderance to people trying to lose weight. I'm going to post a few of the most recent ones I have…
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OK Finally, Jamaica Pictures
here they are. http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm92/Banks1850/Jamaica2009 I put this under motivation because, last year, I never would have taken pictures with the "Energizer" (the dude with the REALLY cut abs), and it shows me where I would like to be by next year at this time! Pardon my squinting in some of these,…
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BL, Jillian did my HIIT workout!
I just finished watching the Biggest Loser for this week, and I'm watching their last chance workout. Low and behold, she did like 3 of the routines that I have in my HIIT training. The frog jumps, the sprints, and the crawls. I almost got misty. If you are curious, here is the original.…
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wanna see something funny?
lol, So I'm a dork and I was a chemist in college for 3.5 years before I changed majors to computer science, so I can read and understand clinical trials very well. So when I started becoming healthier, I decided to subscribe to the New England Journal of Medicine, it's not for the faint of heart, but the funny thing is…
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Middle of Jamaica right now
but still doing my routines, the food isn't really great for working out but I'm keeping on top of it. Pictures as soon as I get back guys. Hope everyones doing well. Gotta go get a massage and swim some laps in the pool. later all!
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Wow a REAL live person in chat
first time in months. :tongue: come join us http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/7809-chat-room-instructions
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My obsession is your gain
I found an AWESOME article on HIIT training. it has a really good tutorial on HIIT training and a Beginners guide too! check it out. It's sooooo worth it. http://www.answerfitness.com/187/high-intensity-interval-training-hiit/
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HIIT training for REAL Fat loss
About a year ago I posted a routine I made up that was based on my years as a high school and college football(US football, not soccer) and rugby player. Little did I know it was all just an advanced derivative of the now widely popular HIIT training type (High Intensity Interval Training). Which fatigues muscles to…
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Post anaerobic workout meals .
If you are on a low carb diet, don't expect to gain any significant lean tissue after working out (muscle) unless you add carbs after workouts. Protein is needed to build muscles, that much most of us know. But ingesting protein isn't the whole story when it comes to muscle building. The process goes like this, you ingest…
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The "DIET" trap
(this is a long one, sorry in advance for wasting your time, and sorry for any spelling issues) The word diet is a split personallity. Taken one way it can mean what we eat on a regular basis. Taken the other way, it can mean a temporary change in our nutritional intake to change our body. I wanted to go over WHY people…
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Nice little reminder article for most of us
http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/ideal-weight-or-happy-weight Just browsing Webmd and found this, not bad, somewhat remedial for many of us (those of us who are dorky enough to study this stuff even if we don't have to), but to others, it may provide some really good info. Reminded me of a couple of things I had forgotten…
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I'm ready to come clean about Banks
OK, so a few of you on here know that I am actually Banks1850. I.E. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10665-newbies-please-read-me-2nd-edition I was sent this post http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/37876-what-ever-happened-to and was so touched that I couldn't NOT say something. Yes, it's true, I was tired of…
