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New Bootcamp Pictures

Sunday, February 28, 2010

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Yesterday morning I headed out to my second open-to-the-community boot camp workout down under the bridge at Town Lake! Remember the first time I went to one of these, just a month ago? Attending that session convinced me to give the whole boot camp thing a go—and doing that has helped me to shed about [...]

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A February Bike Ride

Saturday, February 6, 2010

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I knew I needed to get in a workout today, but I wasn’t sure how until M suggested riding our bikes down to the central branch of the town library (he had ulterior book-related motives, but never mind that)! It was 4.6 miles each way, and we had a few minor adventures getting there and [...]

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Boot Camp Sends Some Pounds Packing

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

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Today’s weigh-in revealed a loss of 2.5 lbs this past week! I’m so relieved that the scale isn’t stuck for good, and I think that the two boot camp sessions I participated in (Saturday and last night) helped nudge the number down. My total weight-loss so far is 36.5 lbs. Let me pause for a moment [...]

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Looking Back at Day One and Moving Forward

Saturday, January 30, 2010

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Today I came across some notes I jotted down during the first week of my weight-loss effort, and I wanted to share some thoughts I had on Day One (September 15, 2009) here: I really believe that I will do this. I have to do this. Being 80 lbs overweight might not put me squarely [...]

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I Accidentally Started Jogging

Monday, January 25, 2010

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I can’t believe I forgot to post about this. Well, actually I can. I have taken to embarking upon new challenges in a crablike, surreptitious fashion. Then, after they take hold, I start talking about them a little more. It’s my way of not freaking myself out. The strength training program on SparkPeople that I’ve been following this [...]

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Dipping My Toes Into Strength Training

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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This month I decided I would finally test the waters a bit and try some low-commitment (read: free) strength training in small (read: 15 minutes or less) doses. My free membership at SparkPeople has been the perfect medium for this experiment—in fact, reader Quix suggested this idea to me ages ago! Here’s my current SparkPeople online [...]

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A SparkPeople Challenge

Sunday, January 3, 2010

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Tracking my food intake consistently has been one of the keys to my weight-loss success so far, and the tool I consistently use to keep an eye on my consumption is the nutrition tracker on the free website SparkPeople. In addition to providing food and fitness tracking tools, the site is a community that is [...]

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Two Months In

Sunday, November 15, 2009

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Today marks exactly two months since I began this weight-loss venture. Two months of sticking to a plan and gradually increasing my exercise to 5 days per week. Two months = 18 lbs lost. I’m so close to my next milestone I can almost taste it. In terms of my plan, I don’t see myself making [...]

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Creating an Exercise Montage

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Riding my bicycle to work this morning, I pedaled furiously through a green light (it’s one of those that only lasts a split-second) and realized that I’ve been doing this bike-to-work thing for almost a month now. This is a twice-a-week thing for me, balanced out by elliptical workouts on three other days and two [...]

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