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Staying in Neutral
“I just want to stay at this level of conditioning. I like it right here.” “Do I always have to be rethinking my goals and creating new ones?” “Why can’t I just stay right here for a while and enjoy myself?” “Why can’t I have a cheat day every once in a while.” “It is the holiday’s I deserve a break from all the workouts I…
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Basketball for the weight Loss challengers
Well today we had some fun. Today the challengers played basketball. As I enter the court I looked at some of them and they seemed to be a little nervous, but in the end all had fun. How many of your have thought about doing something like that but have told yourself that because of your age, build, or physical condition…
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Goal Weight or Ideal Weight
Goal Weight, Ideal Weight What is your goal weight? How is it defined? Who determines it anyway? When picking a weight for yourself, checking the federal government's standard guidelines for adults can be helpful. Don't just land on one number; choose a range of three to five pounds. After all, body weights naturally…
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Good News!!!
I have been doing some research on people and our ages. Did you know that age forty is the new 20? Well let me be more specific, I have been trying to answer in terms I could understand if we are truly living linger lives and what evidence we have to prove it true or false. I personally believe we are living longer and…
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Stop smoking and gain weight? Why?
I was talking to a friend the other day about the subject of smoking and I had a question for her. I asked her why people tend to gain weight after they stopped smoking. The answer she gave was a good answer and one that everyone uses, “they stop smoking and just eat more”. Many people think that. Many people think that if…
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less calories, less weight? That is the question.
Wondering if the more weight you lose the less calories your body needs. This system doesn't go less than 1200 a day. I started at 1200 was weighing 167 now down to 153 but still at a 1200 caloric intake What a great question. Does the body need fewer calories as you get thinner and lighter? Are there ever enough calories…
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Short workouts...
I was talking to a guy one day at the beach and he asked me how many hours a day I worked out. I told him that I may get in 45 minutes a day and he looked at me like I had three eyes. He looked perplexed and questioned what I must be taking to look the way I do. He told me he works out 3 hours a day and still he has excess…
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test
just testing, ignore me
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Here we go, the second month of the year
Ok, so you say to yourself that you made it thru January and you are making some ground on achieving those goals you put out there. Everything seems to be moving in the right direction. You are making a regular workout schedule and you have even made new friends at the gym you are currently at. You may have even tried to…
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Post Packer Syndrome
OK so now you are thinking to yourself what Post Packer Syndrome (aka P.P.S.) is. Let’s start by going down a check list of items to see if you have any of the following: 1) Big time fatigue or tiredness when you got up this morning 2) Sore throat 3) Sore leg muscles 4) Sore arm muscles 5) An upset stomach and sore body…
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What is a calorie?
Well what do you think a calorie is? How do you define it and what is it really good for? So many people talk about calories as if they are bad things but are they really? What is their purpose? Can we do without them? Every person I have asked what a calories was, with the exception of one, had no idea. One person told me…
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What really is the problem...
I was watching a show the other day and there was a guest on the show who was talking about gastric bypass. He said that there was new and exciting news he wanted to share with the public. So that kind of peak my interest so I stayed tuned waiting for this news. Well, here is this doctor on public television talking about…
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Parker's Place Weight Loss Challenge 2011
WLC 2011 is now in session!!! We have 22 people, the most I have ever had, and they are have come to Parkers Place and said, “I am tired of the way I am today and I don’t want to be like this anymore!” Today’s challenge took place at Oconomowoc High School. The challenger had to walk to the high school from Parkers Place…
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Can you use weight loss as a goal?
Some if not most of you are going to get very upset with my next statement. Using weight loss as a goal for better fitness is not good and you are setting yourself up for failure from the beginning. Now that I have said that let me give you my reasoning. Let me ask you a question, if you weigh 125 pounds and you keep…
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The mental aspects of good fitness
As we enter into this year we must come to it with a renewed sense of purpose. In the past especially over the last few year’s you may have experienced some sort of calamity in your life and it has colored your world in dark grays. Maybe it was a death of a spouse or a break up in a relationship, or the loss of a job, or…
