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Runners! Needing encouragement :(
SO I have a few questions all you runners out there! First off I JUST finished C25k Week 4 day 1 and I have to say WTH? it was quite a big surprise how far it jumped up. My cousin who runs tons of Marathons tells me it is all a mind game, but I was SOOO not mentally prepared for that! Anyways I look at this now as…
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EPIC FAIL
So i found onederland last year. It was a beautiful place I go to 190 pounds and stalled out. this december i hit 197. Figured the holiday gain, but now I'm up to 201. Goodbye onederland.... this is so frustrating. I know that if i start like I did I can easily drop 10 pounds in 2 weeks. ( I usually carry about 10 pounds…
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Jillian Micheals 30 day Shredd
I need some motivation bought the DVD last month have yet to open it. have gained back 6 pounds since "goin it on my own" without my fitness pal haha aka "i just want to eat 5 pieces of pizza and not worry about it" hahaa anyways I need some motivatoin so I want to see BEFORE AND AFTER pictures. When I start my hubby…
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TOM for the girls haha
So I am having my time of the month at the moment. I normaly gain up to 8 pounds during this time. I gained like 2 and now the scale is going down? I'm brusing horrible. For example I got bit by a spider i look at it today and its got a half dollar size bruise around it. my legs are bruising in places that don't ever get…
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Drive for 5 Challenge
I recently fell off the wagon for about a week and need a bit of motivation so i figured this would be a great month to get back on track. Coming up is July and this July is going to be relatively hard. I find my weekends ALWAYS are the hardest especially holiday weekends like the 4th of July. Lots of temptations and food!…
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NSV and looking for some more motivation!
This weekend my family went camping, not me and the kids, but we went out and visited we had a small family get together to celebrate june birthdays as well. I slipped on my pre-pregnancy jeans and a L (no X involved haha) shirt) and went. I got so many ooos and ahhs it was amazing I saw these people in April about 2 weeks…
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Running
I want to start running. I am not exactly the "ideal" body for a runner. I have a cousin who is the flatter chested twig long legged body types. She probably will run over 20 marathons this year. she is a runner haha. I just want to once say i've ran on or even a 5k. I was wondering how to get started at training for this…
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The Story of the Sweatpants
When my grandfather had a stroke and went to a hospice home back in September I had to buy a new pair of sweatpants to wear because I literally had 2 or 3 outfits that actually fit me. It was dreadful! I have worn those Minnesota Gophers sweats quite often. I'd often wear them over my belly to hid the fat and they were…
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NSV!
`So today I was out walking. When TOM visits I always am super bloated and crapy feeling. I eat pretty much whatever is not glued down, but this month (month 3) i am really trying to ignore those urges to eat unhealthy food. Finding ways to "compromise" without compromising (for example at a Go Lean Kashi meal replacement…
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From our friends at the Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss-recipes/RE00126 <<<< The Mayo Clinic is known worldwide when I saw they had a weight loss recipe site I had to share it with everyone. =) looks like lots of tasty stuff :)
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Love this article
Though I am a fan of Cooking Light I think that there food isn't necessarily low cal enough at times haha. This article though had a lot of things I've been trying to stress to one of my friends (for example eating a smoothie at dairy queen is not low cal) anyways thought I'd share…
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Discouraged.
Today I feel discouraged. I get this way often when my son hasn't slept at night and due to teething we were up all but two hours last night. I can eat right all i want, but somehow I just feel like its not enough. I want to exercise (though I can barely keep my eyes open or even drag myself off the couch) its a rainy…
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Water Retention?
Okay so today I went and weighed myself. I had a mini relapse and was stepping on the scale yesterday and it said I'd gained 2 pounds (but it was at the end of the day so i was like NO biggy i normally lose 4 in the night) i woke up and my feet and legs are VERY swollen. I have had blood clots in the past during my…
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Lack of loggin :S
So I have been feeling like I've been doing crappy. I haven't logged in like a 4-5 daysish, but stepped on the scale today and realized I lost more weight!? I know I've cheated.. those brownies and frisco burger I know were a huge no no but still losing weight? anyone else experienced this? getting back to eating healthy.…
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off and on
Soo I am steadily stuck at 10 pounds loss last week I fell off the band wagon and feel like I'll I do is eat. I need to get back on and get back to losing this weight. I can't believe i let myself fall off. I feel horrible as I was doing SOOO good. =( I knew this lifestyle change would not be easy, but why this hard. I…
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weigh in on weighing in
QUESTION. I weighed myself last night and i had lost 7 pounds, weighed in this morning and and have lost 10 pounds... which is correct, I went with 10 sheerly on the fact I liked it more haha but is that correct?? just wondering!! When do you all weigh in?
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Losing weight like its my job!
So I started my fitness pal about 2 weeks ago (not quite two weeks) and hadn't weighed myself since. Tonight I weighed myself and I'm down 7 pounds!!!! I know a lot of this is water weight, but its amazing! I feel better, I even have had people noticing already! Which is really weird because its only 7 pounds! But it sure…
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Scared to step on scale
Been doing this for a little over a week now and am scared to step on the scale. First of all I don't own a scale (perhaps a trip to walmart tonight haha) second of all what if I didn't lose anything? what If I simple am eating this way and not losing a single pound!? I keep worrying. Oh boy I drank that low cal wine last…
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under calorie intake
So far i have been really watching calories. Today i ate between 800-900 calories but i'm not hungry. Has anyone else had this problem? Plus I ate a whole box of Sugar free Jello with 6 tablespoons of fat free cool whip it is only 85 calories.. but I ate full servings of foods. Did anyone else have problems getting the…
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New Found Energy
I was just wondering if anyone had a giant rush of energy about a week after starting this? haha I was playing hard with the boys today have so much fun dancing and playing HARD haha. I even broke a sweat but didn't care the kids and I were having a blast! Anyways did anyone experience this rush of energy. Last week…
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Hello
Just a quick intro that will be not so quick haha.. My name is Amanda. I am 23 years old and to be just flat out I never used to be this fat! haha I'm bloggin about my experiences, feelings, expectations, motivation, ect. When I was a senior in high school I decided to make a lifestyle change and get healthy. I didn't need…
