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Day 55 | Sidelined by Chest Cold
I haven’t exercised in 5 days. I have a terrible chest cold. My energy level isn’t too low but I have a horrific sounding hacking cough and a stuffy nose. I haven’t felt that exercising with this condition would be a good idea. But, I have still been losing weight. How, you may be asking? […]
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Day 51 | Do Squats Improve Running Speed?
I haven’t run into two days. But I am wondering if squats improve running speed. I did a circuit training class on Wednesday and have been extremely sore the last two days. In the class, we spent the first 10 or 15 minutes doing squats and reverse lunges. Walking squats and reverse lunges. Then more […]
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Day 48 | Heart Rate Monitors
I’ve been at this now for nearly 7 weeks and I’ve lost 10 pounds (as of today). I’m at a certain point in my lunar cycle where I’m retaining a bit o’ water, if you know what I mean. So calling it a 10 pound loss is conservative. It’s probably more like 12. It’s not […]
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Day 42 | Fridays are Rest Days
I don’t have much to write about but I feel like I should write something so I stay in the habit of writing. I worked out hard Monday – Thursday, and I’ll be working out again tomorrow and Sunday. So today is a rest day. I had a moment of pure bliss this morning. I […]
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Day 41 | Squats Are Getting Easier
It could be my imagination, but I swear squats were a little easier today. And I did a lot of them. Tons. It is all getting easier. And it is showing on my body. I’ve lost nearly 12 pounds so far. And I’m right on the border of the next smaller size. I went to […]
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Day 40 | Finding Time to Run
I think it’s pretty easy to use the excuse of not having time to work out. I certainly have used it myself. That is, until I decided that I was going to lose weight. Until I actually made the commitment, I didn’t have time to work out often. But, somehow, almost magically, once I went […]
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Day 38 | Surviving the Super Bowl Spread
So yesterday was the Super Bowl. I couldn’t be happier that Paid-a-Ton Manning lost the game for his team. Anyway, I was worried about Football food and overeating. So I took precautions. My husband baked some chicken wings, and with buffalo sauce they were really good and were only 55 calories per wing piece. It […]
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Day 37 | Calorie Cycling to Break Weight Loss Plateau
Yesterday’s experiment was to increase my calorie intake for one day to trick my body and get it out of starvation mode. I’ve been trying to keep a large calorie deficit going every day, and I had hit a small plateau. One thing I had read was to try cycling my calories so that my […]
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Day 36 | Weight Loss Plateau Breaking Tips
I’ve been researching how to break out a the plateau I am stuck in. I know it’s probably not really a plateau until my weight doesn’t change for a few weeks. It’s only been a few days, so I really should just be patient and stop my complaining. But I’m not really feeling patient. I […]
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Day 35 | Plateaus Suck
I’ve been plateaued the last few days at 190 and it’s really bumming me out. I am doing everything I’m supposed to do. I am eating right and I am exercising. I think it may be as simple as I am retaining fluid and I’m not really stuck. But the scale doesn’t lie. The reason […]