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Anyone interested in a rowing marathon?
Thanks to BrianSharpe for pointing me to this group, I didn't even realise there was a rowing group on MFP. I recently posted a thread on the Fitness and Exercise message board but there appeared to be little interest and I guess its because all the rowers are here! I won't repeat everything, but I have recently decided I…
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Anyone interested in a rowing marathon?
I was inspired by a blog entry from downsizinghoss. I have a rowing machine at home but have tended to prefer the elliptical for my cardio workouts. But I felt like a change so this week I started training to do a rowing marathon by the end of September. I thought I'd post here in case anyone would like to join me. I'm…
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How about this for NSV
Going through airport security and was detained a little while as the officer looked at my passport and asked "Is that really you?" Even when I explained I had lost over 50lbs she still took a bit longer deciding whether it was me or not. Of course the fact that by this time I was smiling all over my face and looked even…
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Plyometrics - new found respect for my daughter
So I have been on this healthy lifestyle kick for nearly 3 months, lots of success, over 30 lbs lost, improved resting heart rate by 20 bpm, dropped body fat by about 5%. My daughter is a competitive speed skater and has been eating reasonably healthily, exercising a few times a week and really has almost nothing to lose.…
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Over 15 years of obesity ended today!
In 3 months my BMI has dropped from 35.5 to today's 29.8. Officially I am now just overweight for the first time in many years. Still some way to go, I am now targeting 'normal' weight although I may well settle for something higher as I would like to build up some more muscle mass. Total weight loss includes a week of…
