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Beginning runner using C25k
Yesterday (10/07/2014) I started the C25k program and I wanted to make a series of posts detailing this journey (I will also post it in my blog, but I hope what I have to say here will help someone) because prior to my ‘run’ yesterday I was feeling very discouraged. But first, a little background to put some things in…
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Weight training and Cardio questions
A little background on me first. I started watching what I eat on September 1s, 2014 (weight at that time was 270.2 lbs.) and I started exercising on September 9th. In the beginning, I was just walking but on October 7th I started the C25k program and am now on W8D2. I am male, I just turned 40, 6’0” tall, and I currently…
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Requesting advice on weightlifting
Good morning everyone. I have a question about weightlifting for those who are in the know. As a bit of background, I am 40 years old and I am about 65 lbs. overweight. I got my butt in gear and started using MFP on September 1st. Around September 7th I started walking a few miles a day. On October 7th I started the C25k…
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Feeling disappointment
I have reached my first real hurdle in my journey, and I am feeling bitter disappointment. I came back to MFP on September 1st. That is the date that I logged my first food entry in almost a year. I logged my first exercise on September 3rd, but then I did not exercise again until September 9th. From September 9th to the…
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Greetings one and all
I have been a member of MFP since January 2013. Like many of us, that was one of my false starts on getting healthy. I had some other issues (like most of us do) but I have since gotten (most of) those straightened out. When I first logged onto MFP back in January 2013, I weighed 290 pounds. At my heaviest, I have weighed…
