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What I have learned!
I am a busy mom of 4 teenagers, I have found the time to work out. Lost 60lbs - put 12 back on - lack of motivation first half of this year!!! Back on it. The first part of the weight loss was easy. I started training for my first half and I let me food slide, thinking that it was too hard to monitor everything. My half…
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1yr in bored - headed to CrossFit 30day Challenge
I started this new lifestyle over a year ago. Lost 60 lbs, mentally know that eating healthy and moving your feet is essential for a healthy long life (God willing). I am not just plain BORED and unmotivated. I am happy with my new size but it needs to be firmed and toned a lot. I am tired of working out 6 days a week. I…
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1 year = 58 lbs
Today marks my one year mark.... a year ago today I decided that my health was far worst than it needed to be for a 40 year old. I was grossly over weight (80 lbs at the bare minimum) My knees hurt, bone spurs, and arthritis, my cholesterol was high (which I can contribute 70% to genetics, now that I know more), blood…
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9 months - 57 lbs down - (comparison pic)
I have been actively changing my lifestyle for the past 9 months. I am down 57 lbs. I still have 25 plus to go and lots of toning. I have had good days, bad days, good weeks, bad weeks, but I keep plugging along... Here is a pic of me and my daughter - one year apart. I coach her softball team!…
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Jiggly Legs
Ok so Im working on the healthier happier me. I've lost 57 lbs have another 25 to go. I have started running and do ok with it. So far the weight is coming off ok, I have a few trouble spots that most of us have: bat wings, mid section and thighs. Of the those my THIGHS are grossing me out. When they were full of fat they…
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Komen 3 Day - 60 mile Walk - WashingtonDC
Anyone thinking of doing this race? Oct 12 -1 4Th http://www.the3day.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homepage
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Vegetables
I am not eating enough vegetables. No if and or buts. Not sure how to break this habit. I would like to replace my entire lunch routine with an all veggie options. (cutting out those carbs I so desperately think I need) My questions is how and what. Anyone have suggestions or receipts you want to share? Background on me -…
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Take Pictures
I have a little advice for all the new people who have decided to get serious with a healthier lifestyle change. take BEFORE (yes I know you hate it) and PROGRESSION pictures. I did not do that and I regret it. Pictures are worth a 1,000 words and will give you motivation when you get discouraged!!! Today I met my half way…
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HRM Confusion
I am having some serious confusion on with my new heart rate monitor. Polar FT60. I found it easy to setup and use. I am in week one of a training week. I am 5'2", 182, 40 yrs old female. I set it to fat burn. Since I have 42 more lbs to lose. Problem 1 I had read that the calories on the machines can be off at least 20%.…
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running toward 40
New here on myfitnesspal...Seems that I am hitting 40 by the end of the year and along with my sister, have decided to get busy changing our lifestyle and loosing that decade of being a mom weight. You know that weight that you put on because you have so much going on that you are up at the crack of dawn and not in bed…
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Adding Cardio when over in calories?
So is it acceptable practice to see that you are over calories to add in another cardio at the end of the day ? I think I will have to do this until I figure out how to eat 1200!
