My Journey to Lose 120 Pounds
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This race was nothing short of amazing – I’m not even sure my recap here can do it justice. The Run for Music 10K appealed to me because musicians from the Naples Philharmonic would be playing along the route. Really, could it get any better than that? Music is a lifelong passion of mine and [...]
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Those of you on my Facebook already know this, but the 911 Fitness Challenge that I joined in January came to an end yesterday and here’s how I did:
Jan. 1 – 231.2
Apr. 1 – 207.0
So I lost 24.2 lbs for the duration of the challenge (and 49 total so far – 1lb away from 50!.
We [...]
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So, here’s my final tally for tomorrow’s workout pledge:
13.5 minutes of running at 4.5 mph
1 minute walking at 3.5 mph
8 minutes on elliptical
40 crunches
80 squats
20 reps on weight machine
6 minutes on exercise bike
9 minutes on stairmaster
I will also do a circuit of all of them (a minute of each) at Jody’s recommendation.
Thanks to everyone [...]
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If you missed my workout pledge, you can participate by clicking here. You can help determine my workout on Wednesday! So far, if I’ve tallied correctly, my routine is as follows:
100 squats
3 minutes stairmaster
40 crunches
4.5 minutes running (4.5 mph)
1 minute walking (3.5 mph)
1 minute elliptical
20 reps on weight machines
3 minutes on the exercise bike
1 Circuit [...]
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This Wednesday (March 17th), I have the day off so I’m making it GYM day – “Biggest Loser last chance workout” style…but here’s the catch, the workouts I do will be chosen by YOU! This is called a Workout Pledge and I got the idea from Tyler over at 344 Pounds. They seem like a [...]
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Image by Pippa!
Today marks the 100th day of the year, and as such the Perfect 10 challenge has come to an end. Here is my final Perfect 10 Update:
Walk 100 miles over the course of the 10 weeks. This will help keep me on track to reach 500 for the year.
You might recall that [...]
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Calories burned? 532
Time spent on treadmill? 1 Hour, 45 minutes
Total distance? 6.01 miles (Farthest EVER for me at once!)
Leaving the gym looking like this:
and this:
PRICELESS!!!
Oh hell yes! What an awesome workout! My face gets SOOO red, doesn’t it? So, now I’m less than 5 miles from reaching my perfect 10 goal, [...]
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I weighed in this morning at 212.6 lbs which is a .4 lb loss for the week. This brings my total weight loss so far to 43.4 pounds.
Nothing to write home about, eh? I’m still trending downwards, though, which is awesomely awesome. I’ll take a .4 loss over a gain any day! [...]
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Image by Pippa!
Time again for another Perfect 10 Update. Only one more week left people! Here were my Perfect 10 Goals and how I faired on each of them this week:
Walk 100 miles over the course of the 10 weeks. This will help keep me on track to reach 500 for the year. [...]
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I was scanning some old photos tonight and came across a couple gems I wanted to share, I hope you don’t mind.
As you can see, my love of pasta began at a very early age!
Of course there was also this picture:
Yes, that’s me sitting on my dad’s weight bench (those are my [...]
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