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135 LBS GONE!!!!!!
In December 2011, I was a very different person then I am right now.... I was sad I was depressed and I was very very overweight. On New Years Eve, I was at home alone sitting on my chair watching the rest of the world enjoy the new start of the year, set goals, and laugh and hold onto the one they love and kiss them. And…
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HRM calorie Burn vs Calories Consumed
Hello. I have been wearing my heart rate monitor to find out what I burn on an average day. It says I burn between 2000-2500 calories a day (24 hour period) I am wondering if that is the case and I want to lose more weight... I should be eating about 1500 calories a day right?????? I am confused because I have been doing…
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happy birthday to me i reached my goal of 100!!!!!
I started this amazing journey on Jan 1... I made a goal to loss 90 lbs by my birthday... it was a good 10 pounds a month or so.. but i knew if i worked at it i could do it... well today is my birthday.. and i have lost 102lbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am singing and dancing this…
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92 lbs down and A HUGE NSV AS WELL pics included!!!!
I am now 92 lbs down since Jan 1.... I have never felt better and felt more alive. I was going to write a big thing about how the whys and all that.. but lets be real the how.. i did it with calorie counting, mfp every day and my shakes and working out like a demon as much as i could... and my why.. to live life completely…
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best 6 months of my life... 75 lbs gone with pics
i have been working hard and so far here i am.. still got more to go.. but loving gettig there... I have went from being a couch potato and sick and lazy.. to happy healthy and so full of life it is crazy.. i am signed up for my frist 5k in September, i love the gym and tennis is something i love to do.. my life is the…
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Training for a 5 k
So today I signed up for something I have always wanted to do... I signed up for a 5 k run.. i am doin the CIBC Run for a Cure on September 30 in abbotsford bc.... I am nervous and excited and everything else in between. So i am doing the c25k training and i am working on that according to plan. I am wondering.. does…
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i want to shout this from the rooftops....
I HAVE LOST 75 POUNDS SINCE JAN 1.... ME---- I HAVE DONE THIS--- I WORKED HARD I FOUGHT MY OWN DEMONS AND I HAVE DONE THIS I AM UNSTOPPABLE I AM GOING TO BEAT THIS BATTLE AND I AM SO HAPPY thanks for letting me do that.. i am off to the gym to celebrate much love
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70 pounds gone... reallly gone.. so happy (pics)
I HAVE LOST 70LBS. I AM AT MY HALF WAY POINT... i am so excited... i wanted to show this picture cause i am in shock about the diffrenece.... this is the best i have felt in years
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high reps low weight vs low reps high weight
hey everyone, thanks for taking the time to read this and any help you could give me.. I have lost 66 lbs and have been doing mostly cardio.. now that i am down i want to start doing strength training.. I have been looking into it and have read both sides of it.. high reps low weights and the low reps high weights... My…
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i have lost 60 lbs
I have taken some pictures of before and now.. I used the same outfit as suggested by people on here. sooo here are the pictures.. :happy:
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music for the workout..
hey everyone.. i am trying to set up a new playlist of music for the gym... i need some great tunes for power and for energy.. any suggestions would be great thanks so much
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low carb and calorie is it possible??
i am just wondering if i am a dreamer here.. i know that carbs are my enemy... and i know i want to be low cal... so i have 1760 calories a day before exercise.. but i want to be low carb too.. has anyone done this and any tips
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I was told to eat my goal TDEE
Ok so my goal weight TDEE is 2137 Calories.. I was told i should just eat that now to lose the hundred pounds i am going to lose.. is this true or is it just some crazy talk lol (i am always looking for some guidance since each day is a learning experience)
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59 lbs..and i dont know if i see it..i feel disappointed
So on Jan 1 i reached my ah hah moment.. and no longer wanted to live the way i was.. so I made a lifestyle change.. .instead of burgers and junk food i went to healthier cleaner better for me food.... instead of sitting on the sidelines.. i got into the game.. started going to the gym and playing with my kids outside....…
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Am i the only one it pisses off
when you go into the gym and the piece of equipment you want to use is being used by someone who seems to be there just because it is the cool thing to do... nothing makes me more crazy then the people who hope on a machine at lowest level and just go on there like they are doing a casual walk around the mall.... WORK OUT…
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NSV... GREATEST ONE YET
So I have had to get new pants, new bras.. new everything... but this is the best thing.. my feet have shrunk.. ( well not as fat anymore) so I am now a smaller shoe size... cough cough... REASON TO GO SHOE SHOPPING.... LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!
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SO FRUSTRATED AND JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP
Seriously..... Everyday it is a diffrent story on what a person should do. MFP tells me to eat 1450 calories and eat back my work out calories.. which i am pretty sure they are over estimating.. so how many should I eat a day... I look through the forums and am told that my BMR is 1499 and with the workouts i do i should…
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NSV.... making me push forward!!
Well.. I started this new lifestyle on Jan 1 2012.... I did it for a few reasons... the main ones being that I had reached a point where I was doing nothing.. I was watching my kids have this life and enjoying it and I was sitting on the side lines.. screw that i want to be in the action playing.. i want to be the mom that…
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Need some great workout at home suggestions for single moms
Hi everyone... I am a single mom who just cant get to the gym some days.. but I hate not working out everyday.. so I am wondering if there are some great at home videos or something you can suggest. I dont particullary wanna go and buy all the equipment for home.. would rather use the gym membership i pay for to do that..…
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HIIT
Hey.. i was wondering.. while doing hiit on the treadmil.. so you do a sprint/ walk intervals or as i have seen some people do a sprint/ rest on siderails type thing I have heard arguments for both keeping muscles working the whole time.. etc vs.. letting the heart rate drop proper.. I would love to know thoughts of school…
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losing the urge to lose.
I dont know why or what is going on in my head. but i feel about done with this and feeling like i am gonna be a fat *kitten* forever so forget it. I have lost 50+ pounds but now am doing this awful up and down bull. i go up five pounds down 2 up three down four and back and forth.. i have been doing it for so long i am on…
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Advice
Hello, I would like some advie regarding exercise and what is best to get the weight loss goals i am looking for. \ I am currently staying below my 1500 calorie intake as recomended on MFP. I drink water none stop and it is all i drink. Here is my current work out plan. I have been using the elliptical (cross ramp) as i…
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need some suggestions re carb intake.
Hey. I have been losing weight since Jan and working out hard since then too. I have lost about 52 lbs ( with water weight i went up and up high recently... cutting wayyy back on sodium.) anyways I have a question. I currently eat an average of 194g carbs per day. I know my body and I know that carbs are my demon!!!!! I…
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Insanity or PX90 or.... ADVICE????
HEY EVERYONE... thanks for taking the time to read this... and the advice if you have any... I am looking to do a little something more while at home. I go to the gym currently and rock out some great cardio but am looking to have something to do at home on the days I cant go to the gym (im a single working mom.. so…
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Some advice Please
Hey there, I am new to this site and looking for some help. I have been losing weight for the past 4 months and have dropped 46lbs. I am very pleased with this.. and love my clothes all being too big!! it is amazing. I have recently ( last three weeks) stopped losing and am sitting at that lovely spot and can not get past…
