This post is a bit random as its basically a dump of thoughts I have on exercise, weight loss and the use of Polar Heart Rate Monitor. I was at a family gathering with my wife’s family over the last weekend where I saw many of her family members that I haven’t seen in a
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I’ve realized that I eat when I’m bored. This realization came to me while I was eating when I was bored. I came home from work and my wife wasn’t home yet. I checked the DVR to see if there were any shows recorded to watch, but there wasn’t. I looked around the house to
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I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis. I read mostly weight loss, fitness, healthy lifestyle blogs. I’ve learned so much from reading these blogs and I continue to learn everyday. There are two themes that seem to be present in each blog: 1) everyone has their own way of doing things and
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Them: “You look great” Me: “Thank you” Them: “You’ve lost weight. You look great!!” Me: “Thanks!” Them: “What are you doing” Me: “Living” Them: “I mean, what are you doing to lose weight” Me: “Living” Them: “How are you losing weight” Me: “By living an active and healthy lifestyle” When I first started on my
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Losing weight isn’t hard. Let me clarify…the act in and of it self of losing weight, is not hard. What is hard is all of the emotion, planning, preparation, lifestyle changes, motivation, mental aspects etc, etc, etc. It’s tough to get motivated to go to the gym at 6am. It’s tough to eat a chicken
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When I embarked on my weight loss journey, I knew nothing about losing weight. I knew nothing of how he body uses food. I knew nothing about exercise. I knew nothing! The good news is that there are hundreds (and probably thousands) of people out there willing to share their knowledge. They share in the
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Throughout my weight loss journey, the one question I get asked the most is “how do you eat healthy on a regular basis?” It’s tough to stay on track with healthy eating. There are numerous external pressures that usually lead to unhealthy eating. Football season is always tough cause your buddies want to go to
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Well, my Thanksgiving vacation is coming to an end. This is a good chance to look back at the successes and slip-up I’ve made so I can take note of them.Tracking success helps me take a look at what went well so I can implement them in similar situations down the road. The same goes
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When we make dinner at home, which is 90% of the time, we know exactly how many calories we are consuming for dinner. Same goes for bringing my lunch to work. I know the nutritional value of everything I am eating. This becomes almost impossible when you eat out. When I look back at my
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When I first embarked on my weight loss journey, I went to the web and read every blog possible to see what advice I could get from people that were already on the journey. I quickly found that weight loss blogs are in one of two categories: either people are trying to lose weight and
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