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Why am I gaining weight? And how do I fix it?
I'm hoping for some informed opinions because I am super frustrated with my weight. Here's my history: May 2010 - Started MFP at 148lbs (5'4'') with a goal weight set at 130. I generally ate 1200 calories and I always ate all my exercise calories. Yes, I did have cheat days, and even some vacation cheat weeks (few and far…
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Hula Hoops?
I've been hearing a lot lately about hula hooping for exercise. Apparently it's a great cardio and core workout. I'd like to get a hula hoop and a workout DVD to start with, to check it out, but I have absolutely no idea where to start. It seems like from what I've seen online that there are different weights for different…
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awesome 20-minute treadmill workout
I live in Austin, Texas, and right now it is WAY too hot to run outside, so I've been running inside on my treadmill. Unfortunately though, running on a treadmill is super boring. So I did a little searching on the internet and found this great treadmill workout. I got it from www.fitnessmagazine.com.* *A small…
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Korean BBQ - What should I expect?
Some friends and I decided to try Korean BBQ tonight. None of us has ever been, and I'm not sure what to expect. I wikipedia'd it, and I get the general concept: there is a grill in the middle of the table, and you grill your own meats (mostly ribs?) and vegetables on it. But then there are sides? My question is this...…
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Showin' it off at Carnaval... 3 lbs to go!
Some friends convinced me to go to the Brazilian Carnaval in Austin this year, so I decided to get in to the spirit of things and show off my new body a little bit with a fun (and skimpy) costume. It was liberating! And I haven't had the confidence to show off my body like that since high school. Here are some fun pics,…
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There is a bug inside my scale.
Yes, there is a bug inside my scale. Literally. I've had this particular scale forever... I think my mom had it when I was in junior high, and I'm almost 30, so it's been a while. I tried to take the screen off and remove the little critter, but the scale is made so that you can't do that. So... I decided that he would be…
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starting to notice a difference!
The other day I saw a professor of mine from a different department that I had taken a class with about a year and a half ago. She was excited to see me, and said, "Wow, you look great!" It didn't sink in until later, but I realized I weighed about 150 pounds when I took her class. That 150 pounds looked about like this...…
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A small success worth mentioning
As I mention in my profile, my goal is to create a healthy lifestyle for myself that doesn't get pushed to the side when I have other "more important" things going on in my life. Yesterday, I took my PhD comprehensive exams, and I am very proud to say that I did not let eating healthy and exercising fall by the wayside as…
