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Finally smiling when I see pics of myself
I don't really have a long story. I've been fat all my life and I always blamed it on genetics. Around 25 I finally woke up and realized it wasn't genetics, it was being lazy and eating like a pig. Even after realizing that it took another 9 years to actually do something about it. I lost quite a bit of weight about 10…
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Why I enjoy my HRM, and it has nothing to do with calories
I took up running this spring. I always wished I could run when I was in highschool etc, but I was always fat and lazy :P Now that i'm 34, less fat, and significantly less lazy, I made it happen. Just ran 14km this morning before work... There are a lot of people constantly asking about what HRM they should get. I'm not…
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10k or 6mi
So i'm in Canada, 5k and 10k always made sense. Then I started seeing people on here saying things like "so i'm training for a 10k so I went out and mapped a 6mi loop"... :huh: I think you meant you are running a 10km race so you mapped out a 10km route :laugh: It makes absolutely no difference, and i'm not making fun of…
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Ever picked up an X pound weight and just thought...
Wow, that used to be strapped around my waist all day! Seriously, about 10 years ago I was around 295lbs, today i'm 207. I used to bench press 90lbs dumbells and now I can't even fathom having one of those dumbells strapped to my body all day! It's seriously mind boggling that the human body can even adapt to it.…
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So much less sweat! Loving it
I've been going pretty hard losing weight for the last few months. It's been going very well losing around 2lbs a week fairly consistently as i'm quite diligent about filling in my food journal and making it as accurate as possible. I do fear a bit for my life every time I ask my wife for the ingredients in whatever she…
