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loving yourself and losing weight
Love yourself first so that you can lose weight? or Lose weight so that you can love yourself? Which one comes first for you?
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How fast do you lose weight?
During some weeks I've lost 1.5 kg (3 lbs), but now that I am losing my final 5 kg I lose barely 0.5 kg (1 lbs). So, results come slowly. I have stopped setting deadlines, I will just make sure that I keep losing and eventually I should reach my goal. Could be in 3 months or so if I keep losing consistently, but it could…
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The experience of losing weight
Hi, I want to share some experiences I have (had) during my weight loss process: Every now and then I notice that some part of my body has changed and this causes me to feel a combination of happiness from the fact that I can really see progress and just weird, like this is not my body. It takes some time to get used to…
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From obese to triathlete
I always was a lover of (doing) sports, and (dare I say) I was a good at it until my early student years. As a student I gradually gained weight during the years; I never learned to become aware of what I eat, probably because I burned massive amounts. I got in a depression and exercised less and less. I picked up smoking.…
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What is it like to finally have a flat stomach?
That's what I've been wondering ever since I started losing weight two years ago and even more now that I am almost there (only 5 more kg!). I guess it may feel good to achieve this goal. Or I guess it may also be a bit anti-climatic. Or it can be weird, like a part of your body is missing. I guess I'll have to wait a few…
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How much weight do you have to lose before you notice it in the mirror?
Losing 0.5 kg is enough for me to see that I've become thinner now. I remember in the beginning I had to lose 3-4 kg or so before I could see any difference. What about you?
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Why am I not hungry/why do I have so much more willpower
Ok, so I had this plateau. You know the thing. It lasted many months. I had a lot less motivation to watch my calories. I also had an injury (I had flat feet, which finally got solved with insoles). After the injury healed (a month ago) I started running again; during the injury I swam/walked/cycled a bit, but now I was…
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Can you visualize what life will be like after you've reached your goal?
Inspired by the feedback I've got from you in my last thread I have another set of questions for you: Say you get to your goal weight; how will that change your life? What will you look like? How will your self image change? What will it feel like? How will your lifestyle change when you enter maintenance mode? What…
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Are you confident that you are able to reach your weight loss goals and maintain it?
Are you? What is the basis of your confidence and what is the basis of your doubt? For example, is your confidence (or doubt) based on solid evidence or are you fooling yourself? What would help you to become more confident that you will reach your goals? I'm interested in having an open conversation about this, because I…
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learning about nutrition and exercise
There is so much that I have learned (and am still learning) about living healthy; what minerals and vitamins do I need and what do I need to eat to get enough of them? and what about macros; which ones do I need, and when, and in what quantities? how does exercise affect my body and what exercise do I need to do in order…
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Proteins
I love exercising, my passion is to become a stronger and faster triathlete. In order to keep improving I try to improve my technique, endurance, strength, gear, rest and nutrition. There is so much to learn! I recently started looking into how much protein I eat and how much I need, what good sources of protein are, when…
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Reward yourself
Do you use rewards to help you motivate yourself to keep losing? From now I do. Every 2 kg I lose I reward myself with something: <84 kg: get new swimming goggles <82 kg: buy a new cycling shirt <80 kg: get a new haircut reach end goal: buy new clothes (will be around 78-79)
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Those overeating days
...I just let them happen. I always think I apparently am more hungry, usually when I've a handful of days of eating less calories than I need, so that it is time to refuel; of course energy-wise, but also refuel my motivation. I don't want to push myself not to eat when I really want to, because I think that doing so may…
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Water retention because of salt intake
Ok so my weight graph spiked up today. So I asked myself... why? Well, yesterday I burned around 3500 calories and I ate around 2000 or so that's not the reason. But then I realized that I put quite a lot of ketjap (indonesian soy sauce) in my food, which contributed about 10 grams of salt. According to this article 1 gram…
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Increasing running distance per week
I've read that if you want to increase your running distance it's good to increase your distance by 5-10% per week max. I had an injury (because of flat feet; now I have insoles which should solve the issue - so far they do their job well :smile:) and I want to be a bit careful. Until 8 months ago (when I got the injury -…
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how fast can vo2max increase after you start running again...
10 days ago I did my first triathlon, ran 5 kilometers with an average speed of 13 km/h average. I did not train running for 8 months due to an injury - which btw was not due to overtraining, but I had flat feet... now I have insoles, took some time to rest after that and unfortunately didn't have time to train for the…
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some lifestyle changes relating to alcohol, fast food and cooking
Ok it's a while ago that I made lifestyle changes, while the past changes I made have made a huge difference to my weight and my health in general; I don't buy any soda in the supermarket (so I hardly drink it), I drink a lot of water instead, I don't smoke anymore, I exercise regularly, etc. The changes I will make: 1)…
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My doctors advice on my ideal weight is wrong
Hi, I was 106 kg, lost about 20 kg now. When I was still around 88 my doctor said that I shouldn't lose more. I am 1.86 meters and so my BMI was still above 25, in the overweight range (I am aware that doesn't say everything, especially because I have a lot of muscle, but I think I still had about 16% body fat). I also…
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Share some good exercise advice... in 500 characters or less
There are so many people who are enthusiastic about exercise, all doing different sports, so I though it would be nice to share some advice with each other. You can say something about your specific sports or about exercise in general. Interpret it in whatever way you like. Anyways, here's the questions and my answers: The…
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It's been 8 months, but my injury finally healed!
I did my first olympic triathlon last september. Trained for more than a year for it and it went well, but unfortunately I got some problems with my right lower leg shortly after that. I thought I overtrained, so I took rest. I tried to start exercising, but every time the pain returned and I had to took rest again. 2…
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Improving my freestyle swimming without lessons
Hi, I've been swimming with a friend for the last six months. We are training for triathlon. I am teaching myself, and because I started earlier I also taught her, but now her swimming technique is as good as mine (or as bad) and I would like us to become better (I am getting better because I am becoming stronger, but I…
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How much can I improve my running time in 5 weeks?
Ok so I started running again. I was injured for 8 months, but I discovered what the problem was and I solved it. I took a lot of rest and last Sunday I did a triathlon, which included my first run in a long time, a 5k. My 5k time was 23 minutes and 11 seconds; about 13 kilometers per hour. I was happy with that for a…
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Looking for friends who do triathlon
Hi, I love triathlons and I am looking for like-minded people! About me; Last September, I did what I've dreamed to do for a long time; I did a triatlon! My first was an Olympic Distance (time: 2h 33m) and it was awesome! :) . I trained for it for a year, during which I lost 25 kgs. Unfortunately I got some leg trouble…
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tracking my weight daily
Hi, Two days ago I started tracking my weight again (I did this earlier for a year or so). I weigh myself every morning and just note that in an app. It creates a nice graph that goes up and down all the time, but after some time you notice a general trend (upwards, flat or downwards). Very simple method to keep me…
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Weight graph
Ok I want to accelerate my weight loss, so I thought it would be nice to return to an old habit that helped me a lot when I was losing my first 17 kgs (over a year ago); I will start tracking my weight again. Very simple and effective (for me). I will do it by weighing myself every morning and noting this down in a weight…
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Exceed yourself physically
I hear a lot of people talking about looking better by losing weight. That's great, it also motivates me, but I get most of my motivation from the idea that losing weight makes me a stronger version of myself - most importantly a faster one. Some days I work as a garbage man (to pay for university) and now that I am…
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Most calories burned in a day
I find it interesting to think about how many calories you can sometimes burn in a day. I don't know why, I guess I just like numbers. Anyways, during normal days I burn somewhere between 3000 and 4000 calories. My record for burning calories in a day is when I did a 210 kilometer bike ride a few years ago. I estimate that…
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Lose weight or donate
Hi there! If you are here because you want to lose weight and you're looking for some extra motivation, then this challenge may be interesting for you: set a weight loss goal for the next four weeks, donate to charity if you fail to meet your goal. 1. determine how much weight you want (and expect to be able) to lose in…
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Losing weight for my next triathlon
Last Sunday I did my second triathlon and it was AWESOME! I freaking loved it. I did 1/8 tri in 1:10:30 (4 1/2 minute less than my target). In 5 weeks I will do my next tri, also 1/8. I want to shave a few minutes off that time, hopefully to about 1:05:00. Quite a big step to take, but I see many ways to win some time. One…
