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Don't Have to Eat the "Earned" Calories
Every day we earn a certain amount of calories from doing exercise, like walking or running or whatever, and that gives us an extra ten to hundreds of calories in our budget. I'm finding that when I allow myself to eat those extra calories, my body gets used to it, even in the short term and on the days I have a smaller…
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Failed! Now to start over tomorrow...
I can't even count how many times I recognized that my food choices on a certain day hurt my desire to be healthy and my goal to a certain weight/size. While it's not good to mull over it and feel like a failure, I think it's really healthy to take that moment and use it as motivation to try again the next day. And that's…
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Does HIIT work for you?
I'm at the "last 10 pounds" area which is amazing. I read that doing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) is great for getting rid of the last 10 pounds. I started them this week and they are kicking my butt! Literally. Can we say burpees+butt kickers+squats = ouch! But I wonder if those work outs really help with the…
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When Your Friends Prefer You to Stay Fat
I just read this from a People magazine article feature on people who lost tons of weight. It really encouraged me! Not that I have people encouraging me to stay overweight but I have heard encouragements to not "lose too much". Hope this encourages someone to not stop or compromise and to keep pursuing your initial goals!…
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A personal milestone, ha ha...
This might be a too-much-information kind of post, but it's such an important milestone for me! The one time in my life when I really focused on getting healthy through weight-loss, I got down to a bra size of B. That was a really big deal for me at the time. So I tried on my B-sized bra last night and it fit!! I have a…
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I'm so hungry! So I went and ate...
...some almonds!!!! I just finished a 200-cal burn workout and had to feed my son. As I chopped up some bbq chicken strips (skinless and boneless) and some oranges, I snuck a few bites. But then I just wanted to smash the whole thing!! Then I fed him some organic yogurt. I had to clean off the spoon when he was done so I…
