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Easter Fitness Challenge Check-In Feb 18
Happy Monday? What an exciting week - our first full week of the Easter Challenge. Start it off right! I started it off right this weekend. Yesterday I did interval walking, walking outside, and yoga - managed to practice handstand and side crow. Might have pulled a little something. I'm still a little sore from Saturday's…
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Can Sugar Substitutes Make You Fat?
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1711763,00.html?xid=rss-health When it comes to dieting, most of us are willing to resort to a trick or two to help us curb our appetite and eat less — drinking water to fill up when we're hungry, for example, or opting for artificial sweeteners instead of sugar to get the…
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Valentine's Day Fitness Challenge Check-In February 9
Yumm, Saturday. Only 5 more days until V-day! Make them count! Start thinking about how you are going to challenge yourself next time. Today is my own little challenge - 3 hours of yoga: way too early in the morning. The reason I'm up first! My teacher was called out of town, so it's my first day at her other location to…
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Wii vs PS2
Wii fit and sports package or Ps2 with fitness and kinetic????
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High cost of food - Mary gets on a soap box
Last week a mfp member (I think it was big dane) mentioned how much more money health food cost than crap food. An apple costs more than a ding dong. I'm reading the "Omnivore's Dilemma" and found two interesting quotes on the subject: "It's true that cheap industrial food is heavily subsidized in many ways such that its…
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Valentine's Day Fitness Challenge Check-In January 20
Niccole beat me to it.
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Valentine's Day Fitness Challenge Check-In January 12
Happy Saturday All! I'm up early this morning to go to 2 hours of yoga! Actually I have to be introduced to a class in case my teacher needs a sub. It's at a swanky gym, so I'm a little excited to see how the other half lives. Yesterday was 50 minutes on the elliptical and 20 minutes of weights. I also played with the…
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New Trends in Fitness?
Thought this was interesting and wanted to share. What are you going to do that's new this year? I want to try spin/yoga! Fitness Predictions For 2008 - American Council On Exercise Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness News Article Date: 04 Jan 2008 - 2:00 PST The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has completed its…
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Books and Calendars
I just finished reading "Mindless Eating, Why We Eat More Than We Think" First off, I would like more book recommendations from all of you - I'm a bit of a health news junkie. I want hard science though - no "diet" books, if you know what I mean. Secondly, the best piece of advice I thought the book had: pick something (or…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-In December 21
My last post until the New Year! You won't have to "hear" me rant for at least 10 days! Yesterday was 40 minutes elliptical and 15 minute fast walk (with 1 minute jog:smile: ). Good luck to everyone over the holiday. Remember to have a safe, HEALTHY, holiday.
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Fitness Challenge Board Game
Has anyone heard about this? Or better yet, played it? Google it, or look it up on amazon if you are curious. From what I understand, you pick a partner or two and each make a list of your own fitness goals. Say 5x cardio 3x weights or whatever. You have a chart where you get a star for each day you met your goals…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 12
Christmas is a week from Tuesday. It jumps out at me from behind the stairs every year. This is also the time of year I start to stress. I need to step back, realize what is important, and do that first. Exercise is high on my list! Yesterday I did 40 minutes on the elliptical and a 1 mile walk (with my 1 minute jog). I've…
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Fashion Help needed
I showed off my idiot side yesterday afternoon, and went through the closet trying on old dresses (I need two nice things to wear for Co Springs in two weeks, and I don't have a lot of selection). First off, I hate shopping, so the latest thing in there was at least 2 years old. Hardly anything fit (too small :sad: ) and…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 10
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For those having trouble exercising
Fit people live longer - even if they're fat http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22102233/ Beat this into your head until you believe it.
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - December 4
Morning Everyone. Nicole must be tied up with the little ones. Don't know how you moms do it. I can hardly keep up and all my little ones have tails - my picture on the left is an artist's interpretation of one of my babies, not far from the truth either. Yesterday I taught the 90 minute yoga class and walked for 45…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check-in - DECEMBER 2
I'm up early! Won't happen very often, just have a CPR class today. To take it easy on my ankle yesterday, I went to my husband's gym where they have a machine that is part elliptical, part stair stepper, part ski machine. Burned 500 calories on that sucker in 40 minutes. Cooled down with some stationary bike for another…
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Christmas Fitness Challenge Check in ~ November 27
Filling Nicole's shoes for today. I think I'm a time zone or two ahead. Hope everyone is working on their weaknesses - Cardio or Weights or Stretching. My weakness, taking it easy, I finally did yesterday with my 90 minute yoga class and a 30 minute easy walk. It was hard for me not to walk more, so I could eat a few more…
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Hungry after workout
I've read a lot of post about people not being able to eat all their calories, or working out so they don't eat. I just don't get it. I have the opposite problem: I'm starving after working out. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. BTW, I heard Dr. Dean Edell say that for men exercise is an appetite suppressant, but for…
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How do you reward yourself?
I've notice that some people are taking a dream vacation when they get to their goal weight. Others get a massage when they reach a certain goal. What is your reward? Both short and long term. I'm having a hard time with rewards. Chocolate cake is counterproductive (though allowed on rare occasions), and I recently quit…
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Thanksgiving Challenge - Fitness Check in ~November 9
78 minute walk/hike though the Texas hill country. I'm going out to eat tonight, so I'm on my way to the gym as well for strength training and a little elliptical. Work hard and enjoy every bite. Mary
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Thanksgiving Challenge - Fitness Check in ~November 8
Hope everyone is exercising hard to gear up for the weekend! Yesterday, I drug a friend to the greenbelt. We walked for about an hour, and there were a few hills. I was worried that it wouldn't burn enough calories, so I walked for another 20 minutes at home and did some yoga. I would have been ok though. I have a rule:…
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Strength Training - how do you make it fun?
How does everyone out there keep strength training from becoming totally boring? I'm anticipating future downfalls...
