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Make the Choice - Take Control!
My wife and I watched a show last night about Obesity and they mentioned that over the next 6 years, those of us who lose weight are more likely to put it back. They said there is a small, rare few who actually are able to make the permanent change. It's because dieting/weight loss/fitness is not a phase of our life; it is…
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That Moment When...
Tell me your moments! That moment when you realize your thighs don't rub together any more.
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The Hardest Part About Success....
I want to hear about you overcoming the difficulties of your fitness journey. Ready......... GO!
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Changing, but not changing
So I've done this "losing weight" thing before - twice, actually. Both times I reached my lowest weight, I usually follow with a year of crashing and burning - gaining everything back and feeling horrible - leading to poor attitudes and depression. So this time I'm changing my approach. I've read a lot about how gaining…
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Dealing with Discouragement
It's hard to believe that anyone, in this day and age, who is trying to live a healthier lifestyle would feel discouraged or be discouraged, especially from friends or family - but it does happen. It's terrible to admit, but sometimes people say the wrong thing - sometimes without knowing it. This has happened to me before…
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Logging Everything or only Intentional Workouts?
Are you the type of person who logs every activity they do during the day? I tried this a few years back, putting in everything from Cleaning the house to my Insanity workouts. I found that my calorie count was way off. I then switched to only putting intentional workouts into FitnessPal and results seemed to be more…
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Here's The Plan
Ok! So I'm back to Dieting and Exercising. The major reason is that my wife and (baby) daughter deserve to have a healthy leader in the home, PLUS I was way happier and positive when I weighed about 20 pounds less. I was reading through some of the posts I had in this community two years ago when I was 20% lighter and how…
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A Problem
This month has been a train wreck on every level and I need to ask some opinions on what I should do. As it stands right now, I get about 6 hours of sleep. I go to bed at 11 and wake up around 5 or 6 - depending on the day. Every day I get more and more tired as the hours roll on. I work as a pest control guy - carrying…
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Biking Question
So, I love biking. Last year I started biking to a job I had that took me 40 minutes to get to. I now work a lot further away - but I am really tempted to bike there too. It would take me 3 hours. Thoughts?
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Insanity (Literally)
What a crazy morning. My alarm went off at 4:45 and I was up at 5 to try my first workout with Sean T & his Insanity DVD's. Summery: It was brutal. Seriously, I spent 1/3 of the time trying not to throw up or pass out. He kept telling me to drink water, and I found that it was good for a few sips, but then when I really…
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Goal Reached. Now what to do from here...?
This morning, after about 5 months of this FitnessPal and some serious workout time, I reached my goal. It's a great feeling to be so much lighter then I was at the beginning of the year. I seriously doubted that I could make it. Now I have been doing Insanity for almost a week and a half. Today actually would be that…
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Biking Challenge - 1 mth, 150 miles
So on my ride to work this morning, I was thinking that maybe I'd challenge myself to bike more then 150 miles this month. At first, it sounds crazy, but I actually think it's easily obtainable. If it proves to be too easy, I'll up the challenge next month. Anyone want to join me on this one?
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The Might of Encouragement: A Commission of Hope
I've been feeling really good about being the weight that I have lost over the past year. It's been a long time since I've been comfortable in my own skin. It's been several years since I have weighed this little - and now I am on a mission to encourage you in your goals. The basic foundation is that this world is so…
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Almost there!
I have been working at this goal since mid-April and as of today, I am only 4 pounds away from my goal. I'm so excited that I'm literally bursting at the seams. I haven't weighed this little since elementary school! I couldn't be more proud of myself. Now for the million dollar question. When I get down to my ideal weight,…
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Grumper Pants
For the past several months that I have been working on this weight of mine, I have noticed that I get annoyed/frustrated easily with life. Perhaps it's the job, perhaps it's my life situation or stage, but I find that I am easily annoyed and typically it is about stupid things that I use to just let roll off. I use to be…
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Sugars
What is the deal with the sugars on this thing? I can keep to my calories and I can handle my Sodium intake, but the recommended sugars are so low that after some coffee with two teaspoons of creamer and my bran flakes with Milk, I am already maxed out first thing in the morning. Anyone else having this issue?
