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Fitiversary: 2nd Year: Change is Easy, Until you are no longer the Hare and are now the Turtle.
!!! Fitiversary Year 2 !!! Can it really be another year? Is it so?? Two Years ago I decided to change my life forever, more than giving up soda and sugary drinks but to make a choice to be active in my physical, spiritual and emotional life. To no longer allow unhealthy lifestyles to prevail. To live a life before God…
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When do you eat breakfast?
My schedule recently changed, and I find myself getting up at 6am, but often not going to bed til 8. I am forcing myself to wait until 8 am to eat breakfast otherwise I am hungrier through the day. Anyone else do this? Is it practical??
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Fitiversary: 1 Year, Pics, My Story
Hi, my name is Jessica, I am 28 years old and today is my Fitiversary. Last year on May 29th, 2013 I decided to change my life. I had spent the last 3 months giving up coffee, soda and juice and went from 385 to 352.2 and I felt better than I had in years. Still miserable I decided to find a way to get healthy. No loose…
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Runner, 147 down and yet a long ways to go....
Hi my name is Jessica. I am 28 years old and this last year has been an amazing up and down ride on MFP. I absolutely love this forum. I started my weight loss journey at 385 and found MFP at 352.2. Since the. I have lost 147 pounds. I never expected what an amazing adventure this would be. I never wanted to loose weight…
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Green Team Week 12 : Time to buckle Down
Good Morning. I didn't think Tammie would mind me starting this week off again. Missing all you ladies. Hope you had a great holidays and New Years. I am sure glad fourth quarter is over. I love my job but I'm glad that the biggest 6 months of the year are done and now I can refocus my attention on my weight loss goals.…
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Green Team Week 11
Good Morning ladies Been so quiet on here this week and I was waiting for Tammie's post. I wanted to see how everyone's Christmas went. What workouts you go in and what your New Years Goals are? I don't believe in a resolution as those are meant to fail. So what are your obtainable goals? Mine are: Be under 200 by Feb 26…
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Marathon Training, Lots of Questions
So, I have committed to running a Marathon on May 4th & July 27th. I have been loosing weight while learning to run and now while running. I started my journey here on MFP at 352.2. Since then running is my mainstay. Longest run so far is 9 miles. This week I have ran a 3M, 5M and still have a 8M & 3M to run. Since…
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Daily Check In - Oct 20th
Did my first ever Zombie Run yesterday and put in 4.5 miles. Had an absolute blast and plan on adding this running app into some of my shorter runs every weeK!
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Exercise Calories
I've seen a lot if different information on this. I have only ever eaten some of my exercise calories twice. Should I be eating those??? I always assumed that you shouldn't. I also still seem to be full at my current 1760 calories but I can assume as my goal drops there may be a point where it is too few calories based on…
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Exercise Suggestions for Runners
I don't have access to a gym which is fine with me as it doesn't fit my budget needs. I am looking for other kinds of exercising that will help my running. I have lost over 80 lbs. Recently started Stair stepping 2-3 days a week for a half-hour along with my 4 days of running (2 days of 4-5 miles, 1 day of 2-3 miles, and 1…
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DAILY CHECK IN - Tuesday OCT 8th
No one else had posted. So I hope this is ok. Today I prepped to go back to running on Saturday. I did over an hour of stair steps and did 3 miles of walking. Broke in my new running shoes so that I am ready for Saturdays 4 mile. I have a rest day tomorrow, which is also a work day. Things are looking up!
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C25k challenge
I started the C25k challenge and am absolutely loving the fact that I can run. I can become a runner. After just a week I'm already looking at going on after hitting a 5k. Anyone else done the couch to 5k challenge? How did it go for you? Did you go farther??
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Just hit 30lbs!!
I just hit 30lbs lost today. I am so happy. I am so close to what I weighed when I got married 6 years ago. Now I have 21 lbs left to get under 300lbs. I'm looking for a few people who would like to get to know me. Working on loosing weight themselves and wanna encourage me as I encourage them on their journey. Anyone out…
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Day 26... How did I gain??
I'm 26 days into my adventure... I started at 352.2 lbs and last week weighed in at 327 and today I weighed at 331. I was so mad and disappointed. I know how foolish that sounds. But it's so true. I haven't posted on the forums yet. I've been reading everyone's stories. And know I can do this. So today I'm pressing in more…
