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new balance HRM question
So I bought a New Balance N4 heart rate monitor today, and I tried it while doing an exercise DVD. The chest strap seems to be working fine, and it's displaying my heart rate, but the other functions aren't displaying (% Max, In Zone, and more importantly - calories burned!) Does anyone know if I have to change something…
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A great book
Just read "Appetites: Why Women Want" by Caroline Knapp. It's a great read - for everyone not just women! - I highly suggest it. The author struggled with anorexia for years, but she addresses the issue of appetite in the context of all desires/needs - the hunger not just for food, but for love, for acceptance. She uses…
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NSV - 27 days without soda
When it got to the point that I couldn't even go a day without a soda (or multiple sodas...), I finally decided to make it my new year's resolution to quit. I only ever drank diet soda, so I always used that as an excuse to keep drinking it ("there's no calories in it, so even if I drink a lot to satisfy cravings, it's…
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20 lbs lost - pictures
So despite being (in terms of height/weight ratio) the smallest I've ever been, I'm still very discouraged that I have been at the same weight for awhile. I need to remember that what I've accomplished thus far is great, and it's about changing life habits, not about a quick fix. What better way to do that than to look at…
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plateau advice
I've heard that "shocking" your body, by eating more calories one day and less the next, can help you get over a plateau, but exactly how many more calories are we talking on those higher days?
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patience
...is hard. Maybe it's just being a 20 year old, but every time I've tried to diet, I lose quickly the first week and then stop or even gain back weight (even when sticking to the same diet), so I just want to give up. (It might be a personal characteristic of wanting things done, and wanting them done yesterday... ha) MFP…
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need some running advice!
I am pretty much completely new to the whole running thing - not that I don't ever jog for exercise (however it's a very small amount comparatively), but I have this really strong desire to get to a point where I can run in 5ks, 10ks, etc. I think that would be such an amazing experience, but I need some advice on how to…
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GREAT inspiration!
This article is one that totally inspires me and gives me motivation every single time I reread it. It's about learning to allow yourself the freedom to live right now, not sometime in the distant future when you might lose enough weight to deserve happiness.…
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weight loss fear
Losing weight is hard, but sometimes I think I stay within the "comfort" of being overweight, because that's all I've ever known. I've been approximately the same size since I was 14, and the lowest weight I've been was only 10 pounds lighter than this for a period of a few months last year. I envision my "true self" as…
