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Happy Independence Day to those in the USA!
Happy Independence day USA and MFP friends !!! Remember that our freedom comes with a price. Say a prayer of thanks for those who sacrificed their all for us to have this. And don't let anyone tell you that you can't. Just because others around you have not yet achieved something doesn't mean you can't if you want it bad…
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Anyone doing the Summer Smash Mud Run June 27th at the "Battlegrounds" in Cedar Lake, Missouri?
What will I do to train for the 1st Phorm Summer Smash Mud Run next month? PS the poster is compiled of the poster from their website (bottom half) and the pictures of me. I am not actually on their poster, I just felt like making the collage to write about pullups/chipups. I will just keep doing what I'm doing already.…
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How do you combine Intermittent Fasting with a Calorie Deficit?
How do you combine Eat Stop Eat Intermittent Fasting with the recommended program's calorie deficit range? I wrote this post for Danell a new Venus who follows me on Facebook and she asked it regarding the Venus calorie deficit but it's also within the range here on MFP so it's basically the same thing. Yes I do the Venus…
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I ditched the diet "rules" and body image "rules"
I streamed some vegetables this morning as I like to keep them in the fridge to make custom soup quickly. Along with the veggies I keep a variety of cooked meat and usually some steamed white rice. I use them along with chicken broth and spices and customize the amount of macro's according to my needs for the day or meal.…
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Friday Motivation - age 45 before and age 54 after
It is always kind of fun to put a recent after picture next to a before picture. It makes me wish I had more before pictures. Don't beat yourself up with before pictures. Just put them aside and do what you gotta do. Everything in our past serves a purpose. It did not happen overnight. It did not happen without lots of…
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Feeling discouraged because it's not happening fast enough?
Feeling discouraged because it's not happening fast enough? Feeling like giving up because it is so much work for no results, and the body weight scale isn't moving? This seems to be the theme of every single email and message this weekend! Give up that dang body weight scale for a bit. It's messing with your mind. Guess…
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My Memorial Day run 2015 and what it means to me.
I'm thankful that I can now run and not feel the pressure of trying to perform, that I can stop and "smell the roses", that I can be thankful for the freedom we have and appreciate that it came with a price. This might not mean much to those not in the USA, but for those of us here, we have freedom not typical of the rest…
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Don't believe society's lies about age and hormones.
When I started losing fat at age 48 and was frustrated by my previous 15 years of yo-yo dieting people would say "Why don't you just accept the fact that this is what happens when you get older". That slow creep of weight over the decades, like 10 or more pounds per year? Well that is not hormones, that is accumulating a…
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Our holiday picnic today was yummy, good friendship and food (but not too much food! lol)
It's a holiday weekend in the USA. Memorial day, when we remember all those who have served in our country and paid the price for our freedom. My friend Pam brought her daughter and her daughters friend up for a picnic lunch today. We met online and it turns out we live near each other so we are becoming friends in this…
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One of my best fitness achievements yet, for this 54 year old.
When I first lost 85 pounds about 5 years ago I was wasn't working in the industry, just online helping people, including here on MFP... I won a little transformation contest and it was fun. I've been around and helping others 1150 days now, as of today (actually longer but I didn't know about the "streak" in the…
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NSV Back to martial arts after losing 85 pounds :)
The last time I did martial arts I was 85 pounds heavier. I focused mainly on lifting weights and portion control to lose the weight, and just a little cardio (easy steady state or HIIT). I put lifting first, then cardio. I know we are all different but for me ignoring exercise burn helped for the fat loss phase. Now that…
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1145 days of CONSISTENCY and 85 pounds lost and kept off MOTIVATION
I just want to encourage you that it's all about CONSISTENCY. We hear that a lot I know, so how does it apply? Mainly we all have those bad days and series of days that we don't go exactly according to plan. That is because we are all merely human and especially with eating our hunger ebbs and flows with all beauty and…
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Make your PAST a GHOST
Make your past a GHOST. Sure it will always remain a part of who you are. But MAKE WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN A REALITY TODAY. The hardest part about the fat loss journey and building a physique you want is all in the MIND. Letting go of the past, letting go of yesterday, and DECIDING you are not doomed to stay in the same…
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It truly is the slow turtle who wins the fat loss race.
These were my thoughts last night as I worked out. I just wanted to encourage people that even the fat loss phase serves a big purpose. It would not help you if you achieved it instantly. I think of all the women who have started all over again after having had the various surgical procedures and HCG diet; for most of them…
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Happy Mothers Day! Be proud of your Tiger Stripes!!!
A picture of me and my precious daughter Sara 31 years ago. https://instagram.com/p/2gjsuYymLq/embed/ I haven't seen her in awhile and I miss her more than anything, so I made her this picture today and sent it to her. She loves orange Tabby's and always has a couple living with her. No matter how much they grow up, once a…
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Flex Friday after the scary lightening storm we all survived here in California.
It was kind of an exciting day yesterday, our little hillside was struck by lightening. http://fox40.com/2015/05/07/community-on-edge-after-lightning-sparks-several-fires/ <--- My husband was teasing me because I don't run away from the camera anymore like I did most of my life. Yes, your life does change when you go from…
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1135 days in a row and we survived being struck by lightening last night!
1135 days of logging fitness AND survived being struck by lightening! I didn't get to exercise. I just got my wifi up in time to finish a deadline for one of my bosses John Barban minutes ago. I want to eat all the food in the house. I didn't get enough sleep. But I'm determined to stay on track with food because I've had…
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You don't have to explain your diet to everyone. Just take ownership.
One of the biggest mistakes people make in the beginning is feeling the need to explain their diet to everyone, or explain why they are not eating this or that in a social situation. There is also the pressure from others, all the "food pushers" in our life. Just don't let them have ownership of what you put into your…
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Obesity to OMG: one woman’s journey
This makes me so proud that I never gave up. <3 My friend from the UK on here (http://www.myfitnesspal.com/darrensurrey) published this article today: http://www.wimble.com/obesity-to-omg-one-womans-journey/ I lost 85 pounds almost 5 years ago and MFP has helped me maintain since then. I can't add any more friends as I've…
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I lost 60 lbs at age 51, Anyone Can, Any Workout
It took me two years to lose 60 lbs. The secret; eat less and move more. It is not easy but it is simple and sustainable and it works. I'll tell my story first, and put a few before and after pictures down at the end. All the pictures here were taken at home with my husband's camera. Over the years I ran and lifted…
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A calorie budget is like a financial budget
It's funny, on my weight loss journey I've learned to think of my calorie budget like a financial budget. This has worked out superbly in my relationship with my husband. We have been married a long time and we get along great. He does the finances and I'm glad he does because I hate that drudgery, but not only that he is…
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Age, menopause, and metabolism, Don't Believe the Lies.
I love Mondays. I love all days. Any day that you can just walk into the gym is a blessing. But they are hard sometimes too. We all have to MUSTER UP SOME ATTITUDE to conquer it. For us females that can be hard, especially when we are small (hint short). As we get older people try to tell us lies about hormones,…
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Fitness success and some fun with the local Marines yesterday.
Yesterday my patrol partner Byrren and I stopped by a Marine recruiting booth where they had a pullup bar. Byrren is pretty fit, in fact he is the friend that got me hooked on Intermittent fasting and MyFitnessPal back in the day. Anyway with 35 pounds of gear on we both did pullups. Byrren did about 15, I did 5 pullups…
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The New Me (pictures NOT posing)
Today a friend of mine on MFP said she would love to see some pictures of me NOT posing (like my Bobbies Fitness bikini pictures) or acting like a cover model. So here are various pictures of me enjoying life as the new me, as a "Venus" as those of us who use the Venus Index Workout program like to say. Living the Venus…
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My audio interview just posted on the internet today!
http://www.venusindex.com/fitness-career-at-51/ My contest win interview was just posted on the internet today. I have not heard it yet. I know I'm a dork. LOL. But I am pretty happy. :)
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DXA scan shows excellent bone density and no VAT
I'm super happy that my DXA scan shows I have the bone density of an above average 30 year old (I am 51.5 yrs old), I have .06 VAT, and I've happily lived well under athletic BF (way into "underfat") for a year now. This after spending most of my life in the Overfat and Obese categories. And yes the pictures here are…
