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How much water is too much
I am often asked why I drink a lot of water, well when I started this journey my nutritionist ran a program that asked a bazillion questions and then she based my diet off the results. Onfriday she gave me a link to a few calculators for stuff like sodium, water and sugar. Here is the link to the water one…
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Friday morning ramblings
The last two weeks have been crazy and a real eye opener to the pro's & con's of daily weight checks vs. weekly. Also important is the use of things such as how clothes fit and increases in exercise performance to keep your motivation up. On 11/25 I had gained 2 pounds from 11/18 and on 11/27 I was up 6 pounds from 11/18.…
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NSV - Gym related
I joined a new gym and had my first session with a trainer on 10/22, she put me through my paces and had me do two 10 minute sessions on the cycle at cardio burn cycle. The most I could do was an avg mph of 11.7 over the 20 minutes total and I felt like the world was about to end. I didn't have an HRM then, but on the bike…
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7 Ways to Build the Exercise Habit
I found this post three weeks ago and it has really helped me build my commitment to the gym. I thought I would share it with MFP'ers that were looking to improve their exercise habits. This is a guest post from Mehdi, author of StrongLifts. Leo did a great job with his article How To Make Exercise a Daily Habit. I’ve been…
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There are no secrets to success
When I started my journey to lose weight in February of this year I was always looking for an easy way to do it or making excuses. New diet pill - tried it. Exercise - who needs it, I'll just eat less. Moderation - Isn't that for people who are addicted to Internet forums Sore muscles - Jeez, I better take a 10 days before…
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Interacting with friends: Dining out
Question for fellow MFP'ers. How do you deal with friends that don't understand what you are trying to do. Last night I had an invitation to dinner that was at a restaurant that I know did not have healthy low calorie options. I passed on the offer explaining that I was watching calories but that didn't phase them. The…
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A Couple NSV's from the last week
Yesterday morning I added up the numbers from my pedometer and I had 4x more steps in four days than I had the previous Monday through Friday. This doesn't include exercise stuff, just normal daily activity. I just started making a conscious effort to pick the parking spots furthest away, walk to my coworkers desks rather…
