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What to do after a blood letting?
So I have to have a pint of blood removed every week for somewhere in the neighborhood of 3 months. (too much iron in it, so they take out a pint with iron and my body makes a new one without and so the iron levels drop) I seem to be able to walk / jog the day after without too much trouble, but I feel wiped out if I try…
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1 year later
August 24, 2010, I weighed 357 lbs. My self esteem was at an all time low. I hated how big I’d gotten. I was even seriously considering a gastric bypass surgery, but I was too big for the one I wanted. I needed to weigh 350 or less. Stupid huh? So I figured I’d lose 7 lbs, so that when I saved the money I’d be able to get…
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357 to 199 with pics
OK so I broke into "onederland" this weekend, officially 199.2 lbs, and as corny as I think that phrase is, it does feel really good :happy: On August 24th 2009 I weighed 357 lbs. My self esteem was at an all time low, and something inside me finally just snapped. I started cutting back my portions and trying to eat…
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Why there is no free will
If you believe in God there can not be free will. Let's take something that seems random like the weather. I can't tell you exactly where the next tornado is going to strike. I can't tell you the exact path it will travel or the exact damage it will cause. But that is because I'm limited in my knowledge. If I knew…
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Deadlift Question
Ok, so I know I have a bit of a mental block with deadlifts. For the life of me I can't seem to pull 500 lbs off the floor. I "should" be able to, but it just won't come up. Yesterday, I did some rack pulls, and repped 500 fairly easily. After I was done I noticed that the rails were set a little lower than they probably…
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Opinions on which program next wanted
Hi guys and gals, So . . . some back ground. I did P90X for a year, and graduated to heavier lifting once I got my weight set and built a squat rack. I did 2 or 3 rounds of a Stronglifts madcow program. Once I started hitting some plateaus with improvements I moved onto the advanced Stronglifts program. I'm currently into…
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Sigh
Ever have one of those days? Where you can't seem to stop looking backward? Days when you just dwell on what was? I've been doing this for a little over 2 years now. I'm pretty much at my goal weight, but I'd like to lose a little more body fat and get myself the six pack I've never had. For some reason though I've just…
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HRM awesomeness
So I was jogging on the treadmill yesterday at 7 MPH sweatin like crazy and gasping for air. I looked down and my HRM said my heart rate was 68 beats per minute. TAKE THAT LANCE ARMSTRONG!! Umm it might have been broken though cause I'm pretty sure that would mean my resting heart rate is 0. But I'm gonna claim the awesome…
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NSF (Non Scale Failure)
I've noticed that since losing weight and my face got all angular instead of round and soft and stuff that shaving is a lot harder! Anyone else??:laugh: :wink:
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Discussion about moderation
Recently there have been a few threads that have been locked and or removed because they were considered to be "about" topics that are not allowed on the forums. Personally I don't think that a thread entitled "Looking for Republican friends to help me lose weight" is ABOUT politics. (Feel free to substitute Democrat /…
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Once upon a time . . .
Once upon a time someone told me I was fat. That hurt, mostly because I believed them. I didn't want them to know that it hurt so I sucked that pain inside where it did bad things. Soon when I saw myself in the mirror I'd hear that voice saying "you're fat". Soon it was all I heard weather I was looking in the mirror or…
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A question of soreness
OK so here's the story. I was in decent shape a long long time ago in high school. I never really ate right, but I did burn enough calories for it to not matter a ton. When I lifted the next day I was sore. Not overly "I can't lift my arms above my waist" sore, just that nice dull tension. Recently I've started P90X (in my…
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30 vs 60
I've been dieting on my own now for about 6 months and am fairly new to the site. I found the I-phone app and started using that a little over a month ago. I was wondering what the general opinion about exercise is. Are 2 - 30 minutes sessions better or would 1 - 60 minutes workout be better? I can't seem to find anything…
