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Going the Distance with MFP
Wishing everyone a fantastic day today! I have been a MFP member for the past two years, so I am not new to MFP, but I recently continued my journey to healthy eating, exercising and practicing a mental positive attitude each day. Something I know helps me in this daily journey to be the best I can be and honor this body…
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Get Over It
Have you experience the same obstacles that keeps us away from staying focused on our weight goal lost? I have noticed that I try each week to hit the most important steps to helping me make my goals work. I write down: 1. drink my water daily; 2. exercise; 3. eat healthy and 4. Stay positive and motivated. Well I have…
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Week 10 Weigh In
Good Morning In It To Win It 2012!!! I am enjoying the sunshine that came out today in beautiful Southern California and I sending you each a big hug for the day! As for the weigh in I am up a pound. Not my favorite post but at least I am trying to be honest on this site. I haven't ran in about 4 weeks and it is driving me…
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Week 6 Weigh In
Good Morning In It to Win It 2012, it is a beautiful day and yes we are moving forward to new changes in our journey :flowerforyou: Take time to smile and be good to yourself :heart: and enjoy the Day! With this in mind my week was one of no exercise, just recovery from my 1/2 marathon. My legs and body are fully recovered…
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Week 4 Weigh In
Congrats to all of you who have made it to this week! Your motivation to be In It to Win It 2012 is here and so are we. Each week is another challenge that only you can conquer so with that in mind, stay positive and focused on this upcoming weekend; take care of yourself with a little pampering and know that the beauty in…
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Week 3 Friday Weigh In
Good Morning In It to Win It 2012 :wink: How you feeling today? Any successes or trials that came your way? We want to hear from you. I would like to start off with my own story...this week was a very emotional one; my best friends lost her son and the funeral was this past Wednesday. As you can imagine all the emotions…
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Week 2 Friday Weigh In
Good Morning In It to Win It 2012 Team!!! It is a beautiful morning and I am wishing you a very blessed day and week ahead. For accountability I am checking in for the Friday weigh in. I am happy to report I have lost inches this week. Which leads me to believe that measuring and weighing are both very good motivators to…
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Friday Weigh In
Hi Everyone! You have made a wonderful commitment to start taking care of yourself with your food, exercise and overall well being:smile: Tomorrow is our 1st Friday weigh in. It is the starting place from you. Some of you may be fearful of the scale, I know I had these feelings, but as I followed the program of eating…
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Day 1 In It to Win It 2012
To those who have joined the challenge today, Congrats!!! We are in it to win it in 2012!!! We are in the present moment where our/your commitment starts Cheers to your Success :heart: We will do well when we stick together :flowerforyou: Enjoy the Day! OCRunner 11
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Need Runner Advice!!! Treadmill Speed Workout???
I want to improve my pace for my next 1/2 marathon in 2012 and I wanted to add a speed workout on the treadmill, one day a week. I already run 5 miles twice a week on Tuesday and Thursday, Saturday morning is our long morning run, so this speed workout would be on a Wednesday. Does anyone have a workout that is reliable…
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I PR on My 1/2 Marathon Race
This is a excellent place to share my happiness and joy of running my 2nd 1/2 marathon. I wanted to give you a brief update on the beginning of my running experience. I started running last October 1, 2010, signed up for a 10K race in December. I was pretty excited about completing this race and so I decided to sign up for…
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P90X is delayed Back strain this Morning
I was so excited about starting the P90X today and early this morning I pulled or strained my back. I am taking it easy but upset that this may effect my running. I have a 1/2 marathon that I am training for. This past Saturday, I ran 10.2 miles and felt great. I hope this is something minor and I can come back and at…
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Hit My 1st 5lb Goal
Feeling totally excited to finally hit the 5lb goal in 2 months! A struggle, but well worth it. I have a new sense of confidence that my next 5lb goal will come off in time. I have a new plan the P90X workout that I joined up with starting September 6 and my running. I am motivated and focused on getting everything ready,…
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Change up on Workout
I did my workout today, increased weights on my arms routine:flowerforyou: and now they feel like jelly. I did the workout different, first 5 minutes on the elliptical machine for a warmup then 3 sets of 8 different upper arm reps, then finished off with 15 minutes of elliptical. I understand this a better workout, what do…
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Broke the Barrier
A fantastic day today! I wanted to share with you my joy in finally breaking the weight barrier, since I started in July 2011. I have been struggling with the original two lbs loss. So many things kept coming into my head, was it my medication? Have I gained that much muscle- running 3 times a week and adding extra arm…
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Trouble losing During Menopause???
This questions is out there for the women in MFP; I have been struggling with weight loss for the past 2 months. I have cut the calories, increased the exercise and I can't seem to lose. I realized recently that perhaps I was consuming too little calories and possible putting my body into starvation mode, which I realize…
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I believe this will Work
Good Morning and a salute to all of you who have taken the courage to start a new healthy lifestyle with this site! I have found inspiration, support and motivation to keep going "one day at a time". It has been one month, since I have started logging into this system and I must admit, I have not been consistent. I realize…
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Need Help with Food Diary
Hi there! I am a newbie to the site and was wondering if you experienced MFP can give me clarity and direction. I list my food and exercise and the system always comes back with you have more calories to use. Well, I don't want to use them if I am not hungry. So my question is this, if I do not take the calories and don't…
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Exercise I loved in High School
Greetings it's a beautiful day in Orange County (OC) CA! I was reflecting on the two exercised I have brought back into my life, running and zumba. I have to say I have always loved the feeling I get when I run and hit the "Zone" when my breathing is easy and I am just flying down the trail or road. I recall an experience…
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Trying My Best
Trying my best to keep this simple and yet I find myself wondering why is this taking so long. I gained back a pound since last weigh-in and lost inches. I should be happy with these numbers, yet I find myself upset with myself because I wanted both numbers to come down. Have you had this feeling? I know I have to evaluate…
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Going Outside the Comfort Zone
:flowerforyou: This is a major step for me to post this on a blog/website. I pray that positive results occur. Ciao
