Weight Loss

Weightloss: Check Your Heart

December 9, 2009
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Resting Heart Rate–As you work your cardiovascular system, your heart gets stronger and more efficient and can pump more blood with each heart beat. Because of this, when you’re not taxing your body, your heart doesn’t have to work as hard. Your resting heart rate (heart beats per minute when the body is at rest) should decrease over time if you are increasing your cardiovascular capacity.

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Wednesday Weekly Weigh In–5/20/09

May 20, 2009

Well, I didn’t make it to a 1 pound weight loss this week, but that’s ok.  Things looked good on Monday morning when I woke up and the scale said 176.6.  But something didn’t feel right about that number.  I didn’t feel like I had been diligent enough in my workouts or eating plan to [...]

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Wednesday Weekly Weigh In–5/13/09

May 13, 2009

It’s time to get re-focused.  I’ve only run 1 time since my race last Sunday.  And I haven’t been to the gym once yet.  I have no motivation at all.  It’s as if I’ve entered a state of exercise depression–with nothing to train for I have nothing to work out for.  I have to get [...]

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Wednesday Weekly Weigh In–5/6/09

May 6, 2009

Lately it feels as if I’m living my life in fast forward.  It seems like just yesterday I was restarting my Wednesday Weigh In posts after a long hiatus and that I was still talking about how I have four more weeks to train for my race.  Well, I’ve been consistently posting my weights on [...]

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Wednesday Weekly Weigh In–4/29/09

April 29, 2009

As of last night, I had this week’s post all ready to go.  It was all about how I ‘d gone another week without losing any weight, how I’d entered “maintenance mode” too early, and how I wasn’t going to worry about it one bit until after the race this weekend.  Can you tell I’m [...]

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