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choosing the next race - opinions please
Some notes about me. Completed two sprint tri's this year both very similar in style and type to the first option. Finished in about 1 hour and 30 minutes each time. Had fun and enjoyed the experience. I don't own a tri wet suit. I ride an old Craig's list hybrid bike with block pedals that can have issues switching gears.…
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couch potato to triathlete
Just posted my success story from my sprint tri yesterday. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1027374-found-the-faith-to-believe-in-myself?page=1 Thanks all for sharing your experiences. I lurked here a lot the past 3 weeks!
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Found the Faith to Believe in Myself!
I had a stranger take this picture of me last year. I had just "run" for about an hour. I had started using MFP in April 2012. I was down 25 pounds by this picture, and was feeling really positive about the whole experience. I had just increased my calories and macros (40/30/30) 5 days before based on the ‘In Place of a…
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Macro for Maintenance
I followed the In Place of a Roadmap philosophy and now reached my goal weight. My macros were set to 40 carb/ 30 fat/ 30 protein. I did post this in that group but have gotten no responses. Does anyone have a specific set of macros, or followed 40/30/30 and stayed there for maintenance.
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Refuse to Regain! by Barbara Berkeley
I'm 20+ pounds away from my weight goal but want to start preparing now. I want LONG TERM success! I just got this book out of the library, 'Refuse to Regain!: 12 Tough Rules to Maintain the Body You've Earned!' by Barbara Berkeley Has anyone read it? Your thoughts? Or want to read it, and have a little book club…
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First 5K - Mission fit for 40 ahead of schedule :)
Hello All! Yesterday, I ran in my first 5K race! I finished with a time of 35 minutes and 1 second. That 1 second bothers me a little but not too much, because I know I gave it everything I had and even "sprinted" at the finish line. I won a trophy for the second best time in the (self-selection) Athena division -women…
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Home strength training advice
So about 7/8 weeks ago I started doing some basic lifting with my husband's barbells. Just three exercise; squat, bench and dead lift. doing 5 sets of 5 reps with a 5 minutes warm up on the Nordic track skier. I figured that as long as I did those I wouldn't lose much lean muscle mass. But seem to have my limit of doing…
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Food you thought weren't too bad until you logged them?
Mine biggest surprise were Buffalo Wings. I mean I knew they weren't healthy but had no idea how high calorie they are esp. when you add the blue cheese dressing. What foods surprised you?
