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S.B.F. Fitness Challenge. . .July 14th
A new week! I filled in my challenge sheet last week; I hope I can do it this week as well! Yesterday I brought my butt to the friend's mega gym. I could tell she wanted me to join (she showed me around), but of course, that would be silly. It was nice having a workout buddy. I wish I could get her to join my gym as there…
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S.B.F. Fitness Challenge. . .July 13th
Viviakay beat me to it - see other post
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S.B.F. Fitness Challenge. . .July 12th
Yumm, Saturday. Sleeping late and farmer's market. Yesterday, I did outside yoga for an hour. Burned 225 calories. It was in the lower 90s and high humidity - almost all standing poses. My dad loves having a private yoga teacher on his porch, so it looks like this will be somewhat regular. Also walked for 40 minutes.…
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S.B.F. Fitness Challenge. . .July 11th
Me first! Happy Friday all! Hope you have fun plans, and fun exercise plans, for the weekend. We were invited, by people much fitter than us, to go for a very difficult bike ride in the middle of the afternoon on Sunday (should hit 100 degrees). We declined the invite but said we'd drive our car over to watch the Tour de…
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S.B.F. Challenge. . .June 30th
It's the start of a new week, and it's an intense exercise week for me. Today is walking, yoga, and weights. I wish weights class wasn't so late (7:30) because I need to eat before I go and I would rather have yoga after weights than before. Ah well. Can't change the world to fit my schedule. Wednesday's class is before…
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Stronger, Better, Faster Challenge. . .June 28
Morning y'all! Yesterday I forced myself through the BL2. I wasn't that impressed with the low intensity, but I have to remember that there was a time when that would have been more of a workout for me. I figured the studio must have had complaints about the intensity of the BL1. I'll just do the Bob segments from now on.…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 21
Welcome new challengers. Hope you will post everyday. Yesterday I skipped the video - just wasn't up for it. I walked and did elliptical instead. If I'm going to make it to weights class, I'll have to leave in 15 minutes. I'm still on my morning coffee, so we'll see. I considered kickboxing in an hour, but haven't decided.…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 14
Mornin' y'all. On my way home from dinner last night, I found myself dreaming about going home and eating some crackers while reading the paper! I didn't know I had it this badly that I would day dream about eating and reading. I've been good this week even though I miss it. I had the crackers anyway (my dessert). When I…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 13
Happy Friday the 13th! I'm up early to make sure I get to bed early, for tomorrow's 3 hour yoga stint, I'm not a zombie. I've spent the morning looking up day-pass gyms in the North Dallas area (we are going next weekend). My how times have changed. I used to just look up restaurants. Yesterday the elliptical sneaked in my…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 12
A week and a half to go! Went to weights class yesterday and did everything but dead lifts. I know these are supposed to work your hamstrings, but I feel they do go into the back a little, especially if you do them wrongly. Had a good time. It was a packed class! I'll start going twice a week again starting next week.…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 9
It's a new week and a moderate exercise one for me. Though I didn't do weights or classes last week, I still kept the calorie burn to 750+ (except yesterday). Like WL, it's hard for me to eat less, so hopefully I won't go over by much. My back is still making me aware of it's presence. It doesn't really hurt, so it's hard…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge - June 6
Happy Friday :bigsmile: I've managed to get through most of the intense exercise week without varying the workout. Looks like today will be more elliptical and walking. I'm going to try some incline walking today and see how that goes. I really need to pay more attention to HOW I'm eating. I caught myself entering my…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge - June 5
Hope everyone is working hard. Yesterday I did about 1 hour on the elliptical and 90 minutes of yoga. Today is more elliptical and some walking. Still waiting on the back before weights. I could do some weights at home and just focus on my arms. Hmmm, maybe. I read the shred post. I have two hard ones from my boot camp…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 2nd
That's all for the welcome home, makes me feel warm and fuzzy. AD - you make me blush. Both of the yoga pics have reasons behind them. The backbend picture was inspired by my teacher's picture. She's doing the same pose near a lake, so I did it near the ocean. The handstand picture is something my little sister and I do on…
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Victorious Fitness Challenge. . .June 1st
I'm back. It's always good to be back and good to leave. I was browsing through the recent posts, and it's amazing what happens in two weeks! There's a new thing called "report post" - I guess there's been issues with some posts? I saw some new emoticons (or whatever those face things are called), but I don't see them in…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge. . .May 17
My last morning on mfp for almost 2 weeks. I will miss it here. Yesterday my sister and I went to a circuit class. We thought it would be easy, since most of the midday classes are, so we did 30 minutes on the elliptical first. It wasn't easy, but I was glad to end my hard week on a high note. Today I might be my day off…
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Take the test
Fitness test on-line President's Challenge: http://www.adultfitnesstest.org Or http://health.msn.com/fitness/fit-zone/ scroll down and click assess your fitness
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge. . .May 13
I'm the first one up today??? I'm up really late too. Less than a week left. Only 4 days left for me before I drive, drive, drive to the beach. I read yesterday that walking on the beach burns twice as many calories as walking on a hard, even surface. It must be a sign. Yesterday I did the first segment of the Smart…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 10
Happy Weekend! Yesterday I did the Bob's BL low & high and did some walking for 530 calories. Today I'm up way to early to go to strength class. Every once and a while I experiment with the "get it over with" mentality. I got Yoga Burn in the mail yesterday so I might do that too. I did something stupid yesterday - I was…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 9
Glorious Friday! There is a small voice in the back of my head that can't wait to step on the scale on Monday. There's also a small voice that tells me to stop obsessing about my weight. It will say stuff like "100,000 people died in Myanmar and your worried about a pound of fat?" Not that I think what we do here isn't…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 8
The countdown has begun! 10 days left to show us what you're made of. I'm cutting back for this week. I'm aiming for 500 calorie workouts. This puts my food intake under 2000, so I went over a bit yesterday and will probably go over a bit each day. Next week, I amp it up again, then two weeks of vacation. Some people like…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 7
Oh, it's a happy Wednesday - strength training day. If anyone told me a year ago that I would look forward to a weights class, I would have thought they were crazy. How we change for the better. There are still many of you we are missing. Come back! I have a feeling you are secretly reading the posts without putting in…
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RD, PT, or MD?
I've been counting calories since September of last year. I'm on the lb a week program. As far as I can tell, I do everything the way I should. I exercise lots, eat plenty of fiber (40-50g daily), eat my exercise calories, etc. etc. I've been at a stand still for a while - about 2 months. I never lost quickly, but it was…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 5
Yesterday was elliptical, a very short bike ride and walk. Today is the day off with yoga and maybe a walk. The two week mark is really looming for me. I guess I would like some sort of quantifiable progress - either inches or pounds. It was made even harder yesterday when I went out with a friend. She is quite out of…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - May 4
She beat me to the punch - see Viviakay's post.
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What was your hardest workout ever?
My second hardest class ever, was yesterday - a boot camp interval class with only two students in it. I was very lucky the other student was new to the gym because she slowed us down a bit. The class was suppose to be interval, but the teacher mentioned she was going to do boot camp - the "interval" was 1 min upper body,…
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Victorious Victoria Day Fitness Challenge May 1st
It's May, it's May! The Lusty Month of May. Every May 1st I get that song from Camelot stuck in my head. I was raised on musicals though. I still don't know what a "lusty month" is. I always heard that was February. Anyway, I had a great workout yesterday at my weights class. I really felt good afterwards. I also went on 2…
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I know it's been asked a hundred times, but...
I just wore my HRM for 7 hours of normal activity, mfp/email time, cleaning house, grocery shopping, eating lunch, etc. I couldn't wear it all day and night because it was driving me crazy. So, I burned 920 calories. If we take that as an average = 131 calories an hour and figure 15 hours awake = 1965 calories, maybe…
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Another reason men are evil
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24339210/ Fitness regimens for the sexes Researchers envision a day when workouts are tailored for men vs. women Getty Images stock Researchers are finding that the differences between the sexes go beyond muscle mass and testosterone when it comes to physical activity. Men and women also differ…
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Victorious Victoria Day Challenge - April 29th
When I grow up, I want to be viviakay. :tongue: You could tell your husband that your both off the charts! since I'm sure you could do more than 40 bent knee push-ups if you can do 17 regular. I plan on testing myself soon. Also testing myself on cardio, though I expect, it will be my worst rating. There are flexibility…
