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May Monthly Mileage Goal
Happy May everyone! Spring is upon us and hopefully nice weather will motivate us to get out and log some miles! I’ve hosted this challenge each month in 2014, and we have a wide array of participating individuals, so pick a mileage goal for the month and check in from time to time and let us know how you’re doing. You can…
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April Challenge - Pick Your Mileage Goal!
Hello again everyone. I have been posting these challenges each month of 2014. We have tried for 30 miles, then 35, and since we all have such different schedules, methods of training, etc., let's just set our own goals this month. It's easy. Just check in periodically (I try to post shortly after I complete my mileage)…
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March Challenge - 35 MILES!
Hello again My Fitness Friends. I have been posting these challenges each month of 2014 following attempting (and not succeeding) at 50 miles December 2013. So this goal is for 35 miles. This goal range is good for me personally as I crosstrain and don't log TONS of miles each week as I like to keep up with yoga-lates-ish…
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February Challenge - 35 MILES!
Hello again My Fitness Friends. Last month we tried for 30 miles. I have to say I had to push myself a little to hit this goal and was motivated to log some extra miles from my norm. Let's try for 35 this month. You can log walking, running, elliptical, etc. This goal range is good for me personally as I crosstrain and…
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30 Miles in January
Hello all. I did (okay....attempted) to do 50 miles in December. I tried pretty hard and came in right under 30 so thought I'd try something a little more attainable. I run a couple times a week (2-4 miles) and do some walking too, but lift and take a yoga-pilates class too so can't log a whole lot of miles each week if I…
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Why I Love to Lift
The first time I went to the gym I was 13 years old. It was a snow day and I went to our little small town gym with my sister and her BFF. We did step aerobics (circa 1992 or 1993). Throughout the next couple years, my Mom would "encourage" me to go to the gym. Besides, I wasn't involved in any sports anymore (I was much…
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6 Week (OK, 7 weeks) 6 Pack Results
A brief overview of my journey this year: I had a baby late January. I gained 30 pounds while pregnant. I ran up until 36 weeks (in additiont to walking and swimming), logged almost the whole time (but ate plenty) and generally tried to keep myself in check and healthy. I lost all my baby weight in 4 months, but my body…
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My Journey (including a pregnancy)
Hello friends. I wanted to share my journey to just my friends via blog, but I coudn't get my pics to show up that way so what the hell, here you go MFP! I had a baby January 2012 and have been working pretty hard trying to lose the weight, which I have and now am toning up and trying to get the body I have always wanted.…
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Fit, Fabulous and Pregnant - January 2012
Welcome everyone! This forum is for women who are pregnant and are maintaining their fit and active lifestyles to join with other like minded women! Heatherchrist started this thread and recently had a baby girl so I'll be taking over the next couple months untill mine comes. "I've been on a board with women who were…
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Fit, Fabulous and Pregnant - December 2011
Welcome everyone! This forum is for women who are pregnant and are maintaining their fit and active lifestyles to join with other like minded women! Heatherchrist started this thread and recently had a baby girl so I'll be taking over the next couple months untill mine comes. "I've been on a board with women who were…
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Strength Training and HRM's
I have heard that using a heart rate monitor while strength training can give you unrealistic numbers....something about cardio, heart rate, oxygen something. Anyone have any insight on this? I did some strength training last night at home. It looked something like this: 2 sets (each leg) Bulgarian split squats with 8lb…
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color for my home gym?
We are in the process of finishing our basement which includes a home gym. Yay! Any suggestions on paint color? I'm leaning towards a cornflower or slate blue. Not sure if there is any psychology behind color and motivation, etc. Thanks!
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Which weight should I log? I'm taking a poll!
So I woke up this morning, drank a little water, went to the bathroom, go back in bed for about 20 minutes, got back up, washed my face, brushed my teeth, disrobed and hopped on the scale... 136.5 It's a loss, so I was happy. Put on my running clothes, ran about 2 miles, came home, drank a whole glass of water, disrobed…
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Do you log everything?
My parents were in town this weekend. This means we have happy hour every day at 5, along with cheese and crackers, and then we go out to dinner. Needless to say, my weekend was over on calories every day. Not as bad as I thought. Then again maybe I forgot a Girlscout Cookie here or there. :happy: I just completed my logs…
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Eating Backwards
I know how it's supposed to go - breakfast is the biggest meal and dinner is the smallest, or mini meals throughout the day....just not the bulk of your calories at night. Truth is, I'm not a breakfast person. I never have been. I try to eat somethng everyday for breakfast, but it's usually 100-200 calories and often times…
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Day 17...maybe I need some peeps?
Today is day 17. I originally started using this app on my phone only to track my food and workouts. I'm very much a numbers person and need to see things broken down to fully understand and believe them. (OMG, I drank 900 calories worth of wine and beer on my first Friday night!) So this site is good. After about a week,…
