January 2012
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Tracking
After I finished my workout last night, I was in my car tracking it on my Runkeeper app & I realized that I use a lot of tools to help me stay on track. I decided to share them with you. I will provide a link to my profile in case you want to add me.
Runkeeper - I use this app to track all of my walks on my iPhone. When I first started working out, I downloaded the Nike+ app...
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Do Life Challenge: Week 4
By Wednesday, share five specific goals with each other that will be reachable by the end of week FIVE. 12 days.
Christy (noquithouse) is my buddy for this week’s (and I think next week as well) Do Life Challenge. She’s lost 76 pounds so far. How awesome is that! Definitely check her blog & cheer her on.
Here are my five specific goals from today through the end of week...
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“If you want to be healthy, you need to take care of yourself!
As I say, it is...”
– Via notovernight
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The most important thing in your diet, aside for your adherence to it, is whether it’s easy or not to follow. Keep it simple and stick to it to see good results.
Via thespartanwarrior
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asmallloss replied to your photo: Tracked all my food for the day. According to…
that is really interesting! i always thought about weight watchers but the points system never really clicked with me … while i understand why they wanted to make some foods 0 points, i can’t see not “counting” anything i eat/drink that isn’t water
What I hope that I can get out of this experiment is the...
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W9D1
According to my schedule Monday’s are rest days. But since I didn’t workout at all last week then I really had no reason to “rest” today so I went to the gym.
Walking:
0:50:14 || 3.1 mi || 16:12 min/mi (+142 pts)
I’ve also been logging EVERYTHING I have put into my body today both on Weight Watchers & MFP.
MyFitnessPal
Weight Watchers
I know...
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Weekly Weigh In
This week was a total failure as it regards to losing weight. I didn’t track or eat right & only exercised for 20 minutes all week. That is beyond ridiculous. I think my gain from last week and having no job prospects really got me down and I was sort of in a haze. I was just existing and not living. I don’t want that. If I look back at the past couple of days, it’s like...
17 reasons why you're not losing weight →
13. You’re full of excuses.
If you find yourself having mini self-contained internal arguments throughout the day (and you lose), or (even worse) lying to yourself about what you’re eating and doing, you’re probably also full of excuses.
Reblog if you are a fitblr who makes mostly...
itsmejustbetter:
Such as…WODs, pictures or you and your food, and posts about personal struggles and victories (not necessarily limited to fitness related stuff!)
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Not one, not two but three.
Woke up to three employment rejection letters. Today was the most unproductive day I’ve had in a really long time.
Tomorrow will be a better day.
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Just keep swimming
You would think it was Christmas morning since I woke up early. I was so excited to weigh in. I got on the scale and couldn’t believe the number I saw. I got off the scale, weighed in and got the same result.
This week I had a gain of .2 pounds. Sigh…
I am so freaking disappointed. I thought that I did everything right. I worked out, I tracked my food and drank a lot of...
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What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
This is gonna be a long post so get some tea & get comfortable :) If you would’ve told me that I would be walking 8 consecutive miles in one day I would’ve laughed. I never thought that I would have the endurance for it. But today I did it. It was hard and there were several times when I just wanted to stop but I kept on going. Some random tidbits about my walk today:
I...
beckles asked: What's the digital display that you posted a pic of earlier today? Is that the reader that clips onto the belt, bra strap, etc?
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8 miles. That’s what I am getting up early to do. Going to eat my breakfast of champions (Strawberry Fage, banana & coffee), fill my water bottle, get my GU & go get my walk on.
Frak! I can’t believe I’m actually doing it.
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Good luck to @asmallloss (Mary) & @lifechangeneededaisle3 (Anthony) this morning. She is running her first half marathon today & he is running his second marathon.
I know you’ll do fantastic! We are cheering you on.
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Going to what I hope will be an empty gym & walk 4 miles. Tomorrow I’m scheduled to walk 8 miles but since it took 2 full days to recover from Sunday’s 7 miles I debating what my mileage tomorrow should be.
What would you do? Walk 7 miles & try to improve last Sunday’s time or walk 8 miles & my goal should be to just finish & not worry about the time.
Go...
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Been listening to this song on repeat. Thank you @AgentLover :)
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fitnessandthetramp replied to your photo: Flashback Friday 10 years old - 1989 in my fifth…
I always wanted that hair cut but because of my curly hair, my mother wisely wouldn’t allow it. But so Dorothy Hamilton chic.
I actually have curly hair although somehow it’s tamed there. I don’t think I was going for Dorothy. More like my neighbor got her hands on my hair. hee hee
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frostitution:
raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are one of the reasons i have trust issues
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That moment when you are in the gym sweating & you...
And you smile.
Today was a good day.
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Rob OWNS Life.: You are Your Own Hero →
robownslife:
Many of us look look to other people for inspiration and motivation. Many of us have found those people who inspire us. None of us can say that nobody here has inspired us. For me, it is many of you. Your posts, your daily struggles, your daily wins motivate me to be a better man, a better…
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runsforredvelvet replied to your photo: 4 things I did well: Listened to my body & took…
How did you make the photoset like that?
I use an application called Diptic on my iPhone & then I can upload it as a single picture.
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My hips don't lie
They freaking hurt. I made the executive decision (as CEO of my body) to not work out today. I woke up early with the intention to go to the gym but my hips hurt.
I’m spending the rest of the day with my mom celebrating her birthday. Taking her to her happiest place on earth… an Indian casino.
Today my body does not feel like a wonderland. Hahaha!
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WatchDolvett from the Biggest Loser demonstrates some exercises you can do at home.
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livinglovinglosing replied to your post: Do Life Challenge: Week 2
Oh how do I didn’t know the WW app can be set up to issue reminders! I’ll have to find that feature.
It’s in the Settings menu under the About App icon. You can set it up for different reminders. I have mine set up to track by 8pm & it remind me to weigh in on Mondays (like I would forget). I just set up a custom...
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Do Life Challenge: Week 2
I was sort of lame in week 1 so let’s kick some booty this week.
I didn’t keep up with my push-ups, I worked out 3 out of the 5 days I should’ve & I gained 1.3 pounds. Blah! But I still walked 14 miles which I think is the most I’ve ever walked in a week. That’s good, right?
My goals for this week will be to:
Continue working towards losing 8 pounds (or...
sudoeslife asked: Just wanted to say that you are the reason I became a fitblr. I didn't know the community existed before I found your blogspot blog via Karen's MBB. I read your blog for a while and found it really inspiring, and one day, decided to create a tumblr for my journey :) So, thanks for being such an inspiration :)
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Weekly weigh in
A gain of 1.3 pounds. I knew it was going to happen. During the middle of the week I wasn’t there mentally with my weight loss. I was feeling sorry for myself and let myself indulge a bit. I weighed myself on Friday morning and was sort of shocked by the gain but thankfully I managed to get it down with lots of water, watching what I ate & walking 11 miles this weekend. This sure...
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runsforredvelvet replied to your post: 7 Miles
haha when I took my camelbak with me yesterday I didn’t know what to do with my hands, I’m so use to carrying my handheld water bottle. I found myself holding onto my headphones cord! LOL
I think it has to do with my hands sweating so much. It does have the moisture wicking strap but it just bugged me. I guess I gotta get used to it.
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7 Miles
Mentally, I feel good. Physically, I feel exhausted. I am still can’t get over the fact that I walked 7 miles today. My goal for the day was just to finish it. But then this morning when I was setting up my Runkeeper to start I decided that I wanted to finish in two hours. I barely made it. I love my Runkeeper app. I set it up so every 1/2 mile it would tell me my distance and pace....
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