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What would you do, if you knew you could not fail?!
What would you do, if you knew you could not fail?! This question was given to me during my workout today and it made me think a lot about my goals & ambitions in life. Particularly with my weight loss journey to a healthier me.
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Core Strengthening workouts daily?
Hello all! I have started concentrating on my core more during my strength training sessions. My core is much stronger now than when I first started but it is still pretty weak. I wanted to know if I could do core exercises daily to help strengthen that area or should I continue to do it every other day? I wanted to do…
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40 minutes of stretching, do I count the calories burned?
I have a 40 minute Turbo Fire Stretch workout to do today. I have never done this one before, always skipped it LOL. From the looks of it, it has some yoga style poses and stretches in it and will be using some of my muscles to help keep me stable. My question is, because it is 40 minutes, should I count the calories…
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You won't let me see, so I can't add you!! *RANT*
I am here to make support friends for the whole weight loss journey. I want to add like minded people, people who have similar goals in mind, things who have things in common with me. When someone sends me a friend request the first thing I do is go to their profile page to see what they are all about. Many of the people…
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Mirror image doesn't match!! *RANT*
Why oh why is it that when I look in the mirror I can see changes in my waist line, changes in my legs etc... but when I take a picture to compare it to my other pics to see my progress I don't see the changes that I thought were there. i think my mind is playing tricks on me. I see a thinner person when I look in the…
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What is my activity level??
I have been here for over 2 months and have been losing weight at a pretty steady rate. I have always wondered if I have chosen the correct activity level to calculate my caloric needs. I originally put sedentary but now i am not so sure. I am a stay home mom with a 4 year old at home with me. I am not very active but once…
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2 Month progress pics
I have been on this journey for a little over about 2 months using MFP & Turbo Fire. Here are images of when I first started to now. They aren't huge differences but you can really see the difference on my back. I will keep going until I reach my goal!!
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Turbo Fire w/ 1lb weighted gloves!
Am I crazy to use weighted gloves with Turbo Fire? I am on my last month of of the schedule and feel pretty good as far as the workouts go. I know all the moves and can follow pretty much with my eyes closed with some serious intensity. The problem is as I am dropping weight I am noticing I am not burning calories like I…
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I think it's about that time!! What about you?
I have been HATING my body so much that I got rid of all my full length mirrors in my house. All my mirrors are from mid-chest length and up. I couldn't stand looking at myself or how my clothes fit. But now, I think it is about that time, get one back in my house. I have a new found motivation and love for myself today. I…
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Purpose of Recovery Drink?? No Sales Pitch!!
Can someone please explain to me what the real purpose of a recovery drink is. I know you are supposed to drink it after you workout but what is the reasoning behind it. I have asked this question before but the only people that responded were Beach Body coaches that tried to sell me on their recovery drink but still gave…
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Don't you wanna do it the easy way????!!!!!!
WTW!! I am furious right now people! I have my MFP updates for calories burned in exercise and pounds lost show up on my Facebook status. A lady on Facebook that I speak to once and a while contacted me a few minutes ago about some program that she did that made her lose a lot of weight really fast. it's called Vi-Shape by…
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Why so much pain?
I have been doing Turbo Fire for 2 months and it is a really high intensity interval training 6 to 7 days a week. So why is it that I went and walked 4 miles around my local park yesterday and today I feel like I got hit by a truck. Did I over do it? I thought since I am doing do much cardio I could certainly do a 4 mile…
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Ladies Only Post!! TOM question!!
Ladies I have lost 14 lbs in 1 1/2 months and I am doing it the healthy way. My period is late and want to know if my weight loss could be causing that? I am definitely not pregnant so this is the only other thing I can think of that could cause this. As of today it is 2 days late. Should I worry?
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I hate rest days!! LOL
OK I have become so in love with exercising that I hate when I have to take a rest day. I work out 6 days a week with 1 rest day and I can't stand it. I try to be active on that day but it just doesn't feel the same to me. LOL Am I weird? I know rest days are needed to allow your body to recover but dang, I wish I didn't…
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Too Fat to get on rides with kids at amusement park
I felt so horrible, I have small children and we took them to Six *kitten* a few day ago. The ride require adults to get on with the children if they are under a certain height. OMG I was too big to get on most of them, I had to get y husband o is 6'1" to get on those kiddie rides. He looked funny cause his legs were so…
