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14 mo in, lost 72 lbs, need new ideas for weight loss
So, like my subject states, I have had a great deal of success with a slow, patient regime of diet and exercise to lose weight. I started with swimming, then realized diet would have to become a lifestyle change, played around with that for a while. Weight finally started to come off when I started doing exercise with…
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8 weeks of running and no weight loss
So, I've now been running for 8 weeks, and have seen no change in my weight - no gain, but no loss at all. Could it be due to me focusing so heavily on running, and not enough variety including weight/resistance training? If that's all it is, I'm cool with that. That's fixable and a reasonable explanation. I'm still…
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Running avg HR too high according to Polar = no fat lost?
So, in a former life (20+ years ago), I was a varsity track and cross country runner - although I was never really built like one (stereotypically for distance runners, they were always long and lean, whereas I was shorter and more muscular - at my peak, when my mile splits were about 6 minutes per mile, I was 5 ft, 5…
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switch from group exercise to jogging
So, I just celebrated my 50th pound lost since I began my lifestyle transformation, and I decided to celebrate by signing up for a half marathon. I spent the 6 months of my weight loss journey working out in the gym (on elliptical/stairmaster/treadmill) and participating in group exercise (bootcamp, Zumba, resistance…
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demoralized after gaining 4 lbs in one weekend
I decided to start upping my exercise regiment last Thursday - and have started doing a combo of cardio/strength training/resistance training-Pilates so that I'm burning between 800-1000 calories per day. I did that Thursday-Sunday. I kept my calories between 1200-1400. Somehow I gained 4 lbs (pounds that I really fought…
