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Embarrassed Myself
Tonight I had a 90 minuted class at Orangetheory Fitness and it was very rowing heavy. I like the long classes and enjoy rowing. But tonight, it the last 10 minutes low blood sugar reared it's ugly head. I told the instructor I was going to stay in the green/blue and try to tough it out since we were so close to the end.…
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First Dri-Tri!
Today I did my first Dri-Tri! A Dri-Tri is an OrangeTheory Fitness event they do twice a year. A 2,000 meter row followed by 300 body weight exercises (2 rounds of 20 pushups, 20 tap squats, 40 step ups, 30 bench hop overs, 20 burpees, 20 plank jacks), and a 5K. I know it's impossible for me to place (I did the power…
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Working out after donating blood
Yesterday I donated blood at work. I was still scheduled for an evening class since there was a good chance they wouldn't be able to get blood. (The last two times I donated blood they had to throw out the kit after moving the needle around a lot in both arms.) Perfect hit on the first try and filled the bag nicely. Since…
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I can wear my wedding ring!!!
One of my mini goals was to be able to wear my wedding ring again by our anniversary: March 20th. Last night before I left for my workout I fished it out of the drawer to see how close I am with 5 months to go. It fit! It's not perfect of course, I still have a lot of weight to lose. But just the fact I can take it on and…
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I won! I won! I won!
It's Hell Week at Orangetheory Fitness and today's workout was called Final Distance Destination. It was a timed 45 minute partner row. When your partner was rowing you did a series of floor exercises in the weight area and then did a set distance on the treadmill before relieving them. The floor exercises were things like…
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OTFers: Who is doing Hell Week?
Who else signed up for Hell Week at Orangetheory Fitness? Today's session wore me out completely. So many, many burpees. My arms were dead.
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Tried out OrangeTheory, think this might work for me.
Last night I went to Orangetheory for a free class and signed up for a membership right away. I think I found something that will work for me. I'm an introvert with an elementary age SPED kid and a long commute. It was too easy to find reasons why I was too tired to go to the gym "tonight". Mostly I just wasn't comfortable…
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Blue Apron (and similar) question
We started Blue Apron several months ago and I'm really enjoying it: trying ingredients and recipes I don't normally use, shaking up the dinner routine, etc. The downside is even though the meals in general are pretty healthy, the calorie counts can be high: 700-900 per person. The servings are large in my opinion and I…
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Nervous About June
This next month is going to be a bit rough on my routine. Next week we will be living in a hotel while our house is being worked on. I did get us accommodations in a place where our accommodations include a kitchen, so I can take over groceries from our house and that should help. I am excited about having access to a gym…
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Potassium
When I look at my daily Nutrition Details the one place I keep coming up short is Potassium. I'm hesitant to take an additional potassium supplement, since so few items in the database seem to list potassium at all. For example, my broccoli steamer bags omit it entirely, even though I know broccoli is rich in potassium. So…
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New from Leapfrog: Activity Tracker for Kids
I'm on the email list for LeapFrog and got an email this morning that they have a new product coming out, an activity tracker for little kids. Here is the link: http://www.leapfrog.com/leapband?utm_source=BCH_US&utm_medium=email&utm_term=140501_ANNO&utm_content=MERCH&utm_campaign=140501_ANNOUNCE_LeapBand Not sure how well…
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Mirena Users PMS Question
I recently had a Mirena placed and it's been going well. The reason for the placement is I've always had very heavy periods and serious cramping and back pain (from knees to mid back, just agony). The bleeding only got worse after I had my son, placing me in abnormal territory (menorrhagia, causing anemia). My doctor…
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Measuring Question
I didn't want to derail another thread, but saw frequent comments in it about how measuring is "no good" for dry foods. Can someone explain this? I bake a lot and this is the first time I have EVER come across this statement. As long as you use the correct type of measure (dry vs. wet) why would it not be accurate? The…
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The Completely Guilt Free Ice Cream!
So I've been exercising and logging my food all week. Last night I come back from my evening workout (brisk walk around hilly open space with German Shepherd/Rottweiler mix who doesn't understand "don't pull") and realize that I short 600 calories and according to the chart what I need was fat, protein, and calcium. I had…
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Do you log your blood pressure?
I currently have no problems with my blood pressure. Even with being obese, I have great numbers (because when I was thin I had hypotension). We have a blood pressure monitor in the house for my husband (and let me tell you how great he is about using it...). So I was wondering if other MFP members who didn't need to track…
