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I hate water!
I hate drinking water. I know I'm supposed to have at least 8 glasses a day but it's hard to stay on track. Does anyone have any tricks or suggestions for how to get enough water without disliking it so much?
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5k results are in!
so i ran my first 5k on saturday... being 20 lbs overweight, 45 years old and running at 6500 ft elevation, it was no easy task. but i did it! i did it in 40 minutes 50 seconds and I DID NOT FINISH LAST! i wasn't even close to last! how 'bout that! my new goal is to run the same race next year in 30 minutes.
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i might be an idiot....
so my neighbor and i signed up for a 5k race this saturday morning. i've never run that far in my life! i walk 6 miles a day, 3 to 4 days a week. but running? i'm 20 lbs overweight and 45 years old! i think the paramedics will just follow us and wait for me to keel over. my goal is not to simply finish... but to NOT FINISH…
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Unbelievable...
For months I've been tracking food and exercise on here but I haven't exactly been setting the scale on fire. So I went and bought a Polar F6 Heart Monitor. OH MY GOD! Apparently, my heart is in extremely good shape. For all the exercise listed on the site, I'm burning about half of what they say I should be. I knew…
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cardio vs strength
6 days a week i burn a boatload of calories doing a very fast, boxer-style jump rope. i've been sick the last few days and don't want to start that just yet. so i thought strength training would be good and looked up the calories burned from lifting weights. it's about 1/4 of the calories burned doing cardio. it hardly…
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Not going to make the calories today
I just got what everyone else apparently had. I spent all of last night... paying homage to the porcelin king... if you will. So not only did I unceremoniously get rid of those calories, but today I just can't get beyond 500. I made a valiant attempt. It's ok though, considering the only exercise I've gotten is moving from…
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New Motivation!
Just when I thought I was starting to lose motivation.... Around Christmas, my sister-in-law was diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2nd time. My brother has decided to organize my entire family (and it's a big one) to do the national 3 day 60 mile walk to end breast cancer through the Susan G. Koman Foundation. Among all…
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A female... observation
I've been so good: exercising with a bum ankle... eating properly... I average a pound a week and I'm ok with it. And then it happened: The whole "I'm-not-pregnant" thing accompanied by the usual suspects: bloating, pissiness, lack of motivation and all I want to do is EAT... I don't care what, just eat! I'd be so happy…
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equipment poll
ok, the ankle's still swollen. i iced it, then hit the hot tub. looks like i'm going to need something low impact for awhile. so here's the question: what piece of equipment do you all use that is great for cardio but QUIET??!!
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I'm in sooo much trouble
Boy do I need help. Most of my exercise consists of jump rope. It burns an incredible amount of calories and is very high impact, which I need to keep the calcium from leeching out of my bones. Here's the problem: I did something awful to my ankle. But I can't afford to stop the jump rope. I don't like anything as much and…
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Finally....
After weeks of the scale not budging, I lost 2 more lbs today and have finally hit the 10 lb loss mark. YAY!!!!
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How much fat?
I was just wondering how many grams of fat everyone eats in a given day. Mine always runs jbetween 10 and 20 grams. Is this good? Too low?
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Snack attack
I don't know if this will help anyone but it's worked for me. I'm a snackinator around 4pm... But I usually don't have a lot of calories that I can put toward it. So I figured a way to have pretty low cal snacks but with high impact on hunger. Here's what I do: I make homemade salsa (HOT). I love making it and it's…
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Boy, do I feel stupid...
Ok, so I hadn't lost any weight in a few days and I thought I was being absolutely religious about tracking everything and exercising. Until I remembered that I forgot..... the raisins! I was adding a few raisins to my Weight control Oatmeal in the morning and a few again for lunch. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY CALORIES…
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Soup to Nuts...
I've heard a lot about "weight-loss soups." Kinda like the Cabbage Soup Diet or the Baptist Health Diet. Does anyone out there have any experience with these? I have a SERIOUS late afternoon munchie problem and these might work. But I don't really want to give up much of my alloted calorie limit. Right now, I just shovel a…
