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Half marathon, anyone?
I ran a half marathon four years ago. Since then, I've been an on-again, off-again runner. Right now I can run about 3-4 miles, and there is a half marathon coming up in November. Part of me is a little nervous, but another part of me says, "You did it before! You can do it again!" Anybody else interested in running a half…
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How many calories do you burn?
This is a really cool website for when you're not sure how many calories you've burned during a workout: http://www.self.com/health/activity/calculators/ You select an activity, put in your weight and duration, and it calculates about how many calories you've burned! I found it helpful for entering in a cardio exercise…
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the coolest nutrition calculator
I don't know how many of you have a Red Robin nearby, but this is one of the coolest nutritional calculators I've seen. I took a salad that's usually over 650 calories and knocked it down to 366 just by changing the dressing the holding the marinated apples. (Apple Harvest Chicken Salad) Check it out!…
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Stress fracture?
Has anybody ever had a stress fracture in their leg? What does it feel like? What did you do for it?
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Has anybody done Weight Watchers?
I did WW in college and lost about 15 pounds. After gaining most of it back over the past couple of years, I decided to start counting my points again. The only problem is that I could lose 5 pounds counting WW points, but then the weight just stopped coming off. I finally met with a PT to ask him about it, and he told me…
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Biggest Loser at Work
Just an idea for some of you looking for motivation ... I started a "Biggest Loser" Challenge at work. Everyone who wanted to participate put $10 in the pot. We ended up having 12 people, so we nominated three captains, and then the captains drew names out of a hat to get their team of four. Each team then picked a name.…
