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Morbidly Obese to Triathlon in 8 Months (thats the idea at least)
Hello, I am reintroducing myself. I did well on MFP a couple years ago but when grad school and teaching got to overwhelming I fell off. Now I am back and my goal is to focus on physical fitness more than what I do on the scale. To that end I have signed myself up for a Super Sprint Triathlon in August of this year. My…
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Shrink or Sink: Row the World Challenge, Full Boat
Hello everyone,. I am Rob and I will be captaining this ship. I am really looking forward to tis challenge and happy to have a great group to do it with. So I would love fore everyone to introduce themselves in this thread and in the future we can use it as a group meeting place. A couple housekeeping items. Our Roster 1.…
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Comfy Bike Seat Recomendation
I know a lot of people shy away from cycling as an excercise (especially at long distances because of the discomfort they experience in their rear from the bike saddle/ I would like to put a plug in for the Serfas Rx saddles. I got one a little over a month ago and it makes a world of difference. Even when I do not wear…
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Cycling Century: Looking For Advice
So this was a goal of mine back before I gained all my grad school weight. To ride a 100 mile bikeride. A little background, I used to ride y bike everwhere, including 15 miles roundtrip to work. Now that I am concentrating in getting back into shape I regularly ride short distances between 3 and 7 miles. But I would…
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Four Honest Questions about the Paleo Diet
Hello, I know there are other threads about the paleo diet but I did not want these to get lost in the sometimes angry debate happening in those threads. I am neither a proponent nor opponent of the diet there are just a few things I want to know from a practical and anthroplogic perscepective. I certainly do not think…
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It all depend on where you start
We just signed up my sister-in-law for MFP. She is looking to gain more weight as see is quite thin. I was all for the idea and helped her set up her account. I was suprised to find out that the number of calories she needs to eat a day to gain a half a pound is the same as the number of calories I need to eat to loose a…
