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NROL ladies - talk to me about calories
My book arrived in the mail today, and I promptly sat down and read the whole thing! :) I'm ready to hit the gym in the morning with the first workout! Talk to me about calories though. I'm so nervous about this. I've been on a 1200 calorie diet for the last 9 months, and have lost 40 pounds. In a perfect world I'd love to…
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1 Year, 45 Pounds! 32, PCOS, Mastectomy, Lifestyle Change
Today marks one year since my weight loss journey began. I gained the weight slowly over a 12 year period, from my low in college in 2002. The most dramatic increases happened in the last 6 years with a PCOS diagnosis, fertility treatment, two pregnancies, and just letting myself go. I thought weight loss was too hard; I…
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Finish weight loss before starting lifting heavy?
I'm 40 pounds into my weight loss, hoping for ~10 more. I've been pretty much all cardio (running) all the time for fat burning. I've visited a gym to join to start working on resistance and heavy lifting, I have a free week-trial pass right now. I met with a trainer who gave me an assessment, and he thinks that because of…
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4/5 of the way to my goal! Getting easier??
I hit 40 pounds today!! That was my original goal. When I got to 35 pounds lost, I realized that I could keep it going pretty easily, and decided to go for 50 pounds. A strange thing is happening though... Through the 9 months I've been working on my weight loss, I've been somewhat consistent around 1 pound per week lost.…
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Has anyone run a Rock n Roll Half Marathon?
I just ran the Cowtown a couple weeks ago, and a good discount came out today for the Rock n Roll in Dallas on March 23. As long as I'm trained for it, I'm thinking about doing it. Do they put on a good race? Well worth my $80, or just meh?
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Money-saving tip for when you are flying through sizes
I've been losing weight since July.. Started at a 14/XL and am now a 6/S. I am spending 6-8 weeks at each size, and it was getting expensive to keep buying new clothes that fit me! In the process of my weight loss I have discovered the magic of Goodwill! It has totally changed me and the way I shop, I don't know that I'll…
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How much running stamina do you lose in 4-6 weeks?
I currently have myself trained up to a comfortable half marathon. I was supposed to run the Dallas Half Marathon yesterday, but it was canceled due to the ice storm. I registered for the Cowtown Half Marathon to run in late February instead. In July I had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction. I started my…
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Northern Winter Runners HELP!
I'm (hopefully) running a half Marathon in the Dallas Marathon on Sunday. We had an ice storm overnight last night with .5 inch of ice and 3 inches of sleet on top of it.. Temperatures aren't expected to go above freezing until Monday, so it depends on what crews can do with the roads but I won't be surprised if they…
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Half Marathon on an ~8.5 mile base?
Last December I ran my first half marathon, having built up from little to no running experience over about 4-5 months. I got it in my head that it's something I'd like to do every year. This year has been complicated - I had a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction surgery in July. I wrote off the Dallas Half for…
