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Really, Bowling
I plan on going bowling today for a couple hours and as a joke I wanted to check out how many calories is burns. Much to my surprise, I can burn like 900 calories bowling for 2 hours. That seems rather high to me. Considering I can burn about 250 calories for a half hour on the treadmill. I am sure it is because of how…
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Bone Mass
I just bought a WW scale that reads, Body Fat, Bone Mass, and Body Water percentage. Is having high bone mass percentage a bad thing? I would think that the higher the bone mass the better you are.
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It's Official I am a Triathlete, with Pics
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jhardenbergh/view/it-s-now-official-i-am-a-triathlete-at-least-that-s-what-the-usta-said-after-i-completed-my-first-triathlon-with-some-pics-406108
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Another Goal Reached, Just one more to Go
So I posted this on my blog last night and figured I would put it on the forum as since more people go to the message board. I use everyone's success stories for motivation and haven't posted mine in here for awhile so i figured I would update a little bit. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jhardenbergh
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Jogging Strollers, any suggestions
My wife and I are having a baby in September and she is registering for baby stuff, she asked me is there anything that I would want or prefer and me being a new fitness addict, I requested a jogging stroller. We are looking for something that's practical, where it can be fit through a door way, but still well made. One of…
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My New Motivational Poster (Pic taken yesterday during my 5K
alright not really motivational, but I thought it was funny
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A pretty gross NSV
I can finally feel the very bottom of my belly button, oh yeah and when I pulled my finger out it didn't smell like pooh. When I was at my heaviest it was like a neverending pit that had no end. I actually thought it might have been the well that Baby Jessica fell down. With the loose skin that I have I am always forming…
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Cardio, Good or Bad
I lost a bunch of weight this past year and in the next stage of my fitness journey. My dilemna is, I began to really enjoy cardio exercises. Running, arc trainer, stair climber etc... My dilemna is I don't want to jeopardize my muscle mass that I am building by having a cardio day. I began lifting again back in September…
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Our Ultimate Goal Achieved, Sort of
I posted this as a blog, but figured I would share it here as well. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jhardenbergh/view/my-last-and-final-goal-achieved-sort-of-213952
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54 Weeks, 187 lbs down, Half the Man I use to be at least we
So My wife and I began our trip down healthy lane on January 13th, 2011. We chose to forego Gastric Bypass after researching it and began a diet and nutrition plan with a local hospital. I lost 120-130 lbs in the first 6 or 7 months and since then have begun working with a personal trainer who has been very helpful in…
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My Journey, so far, One year and 180 lbs lost
Here's a copy of my blog entry from yesterday, I thought I would share it here as well. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jhardenbergh/view/over-180-lbs-lost-my-year-in-review-lots-of-pics-193385
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A Nice NSV to boost my body image
I can thank my initial starting weight for this NSV. So today I am traveling for work and as usual when the minute I get to my hotel I search out their workout room, cause I wanna get a burn in before I go grab dinner. Much to my luck there is no one in there so I have my pick of equipment and with this being an allout…
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I have lost a lot weight, haven't hit a plateau, yet, but fe
Here's my situation I am trying to loose 20 lbs of fat while tone what I got and build by muscle mass. I know in order to get bulky you have to eat at a surplus, I don't plan on doing that. I am 5'7" and 196 lbs and am eating on average 1500 calories a day. I workout 6 days a week, usually burning 1000 calories plus per my…
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What type of deficit should I be eating at? 180 lbs lost st
Here's my situation I am trying to loose 20 lbs of fat while tone what I got and build by muscle mass. I know in order to get bulky you have to eat at a surplus, I don't plan on doing that. I am 5'7" and 196 lbs and am eating on average 1500 calories a day. I workout 6 days a week, usually burning 1000 calories plus per my…
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Fat and Fit, the new skinny fat
I see all this talk about skinny fat and how no one wants to be skinny fat, except for maybe a couple people. I would prefer to be Fat Fit, which hopefully pretty soon I will be. I am currently 5'7", I weigh in at 196 lbs. I am technically obese by the BMI charts at 30.7. However I had my body fat done with calipers as…
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A Funny NSV, doctor related
Alright so today, I go to weigh in at the weightloss center that I have been going to since January 13th, when my new healthy lifestyle started. I wanted to visit with the doctor cause he asked me to come and see him every 2 months just to check on my progress, order blood tests, yada yada yada. Up until August I was…
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Goal Weight and is it Possible anyone guy or woman with abs
I am 5'7" I weigh in at 198 lbs, I am about 20% body fat, that number is based upon calipers as well as a medical scale. I know it's unlikely 100% accurate, but it's gotta be pretty close. I would like to get down to 175 - 180 lbs and look better which will put me close to 200 lbs down in a quick amount of time. I would…
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I don't know why, but is this weird
I guess a little back story first. I have been overweight really morbidly obese my whole life. My parents, family, and friends were never judgemental always supportive of me at any weight. I would be the one that usually brought up that I had to do something about my weight. But for some reason, I don't feel comfortable…
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I'm serously thinking about buying a mirdle
and wearing it until my loose skin around my belly is gona, you can only do so much core. I didn't know where to post this, so I figured it would be alright in here. their expensive, for a good one about 90 bucks for a freaking shirt, are you kidding me. It only took one Malaysian to make it, why so expensive. It must be…
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NSV (New Jeans)
Well today I went shopping at Express with the wife. I tried on a pair of jeans, never did I think I would fit into jeans from Express, a buddy of mine tells me they run a little small usually. I tried on some 36 x 30 and they fit perfectly even over my belly not where I usually wear them under the belly. Just to put…
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My neverending journey to get photo's reshot
Last time my wife went to Gillette Stadium to see the Patriots play we around our heaviest weights. See picture below. I think my wife looks beautiful in it, me more like a fat oger with no neck. Then today, 10 months and one week into our weight loss trip my alma mater UMASS was playing my trainer's alma mater UNH at…
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Down 161 lbs since January 2011, feeling great Update
When I began, I felt hopeless weighing as much as I did, I was morbidly obese, a diabetic and didn't know it, as well as prehypertension. I figured at the rate I was going I wasn't gonna be around for more than 10 years. I started my diet/lifestyle change, whatever you wanna call it on January 13th 2011, My final pictures…
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7 months over 140 lbs down updated Success Story
When I started I never thought I would get down as much as I did, but now that I am where I am I feel great. No more diabetes, bp in check, can run a longer distance than ten yards, it's more like 3-4 miles at a time. This was done without Gastric Bypass Sugery, which to be honest with you in my opinion is a harder way to…
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NSV-BMI
Although, I am still technically obese, damn it, why can't I be 6'5", my BMI has dropped 20 points in 6 months. At my goal weight I would still be considered overweight though. Not that BMI really counts for anything.
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Old Clothes, What to do
I have acquired quite a wardrobe ranging in sizes from 4xl to xl and pants from 50 waist to 40 waist. I would hate to just throw out some of these clothes especially the larger sized ones. Not because I think I will need them in the future, but they were very expensive stuff. You can take pants in but jersey type shirts…
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Which Calorie Burn do is most accurate?
So today, I went for my normal 2 mile walk (a little more) around the neighborhood, It was a little bit faster pace this time around, at around 4.0 mph. I have been doing it at around 3.75 mph in the past. The question I have is which calorie burn should I use for the day, I just bought a new HRM with chest strap. I had a…
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Almost 110 lbs lost in 22 weeks with pics
I began my weightloss/lifestyle change on January 13th. I cut out fast food, alcohol, and starchy carbs completely. I still have a little ways to go. I wanna lose at least another 40-50 lbs. It's funny now, even though I am eating minimal calories, I feel that if I don't exercise at least 6 days a week, I am cheating. My…
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What I did after I lost 100 lbs in 5 months
I got a tattoo as a reward, something to remind me not to go back to my bad eating ways. A tribal style Phoenix rising from my sun
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Down 96 lbs in 19 weeks
This was me before on my honeymoon in Antigua. At my highest weight This is me after, this morning Memorial Day after a 10 mile bike ride, sweat included. Same Shirt, fits a lot better. about 55 more lbs to go
