In the past, I’ve wasted a lot of time and energy comparing myself to others when it comes to health and physical appearance: “I wish I was built like that guy” “I wish I was as healthy as her” “I can’t squat as much weight as that guy” “My bench isn’t as good as his”
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Many people don’t like The Biggest Loser, saying it exploits overweight people, the workouts they perform can’t be done in the real world and that their diets are easy to follow because everything is cooked for them. While all of this may be true, I love watching The Biggest Loser. This post isn’t trying to
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This is a guest post by my friend Miller. I met him after I sent out a particularly frustrated tweet. He replied with words of encouragement, and since then, we’ve become friends. We encourage and support each other in our respective quests for health. Please check out his blog Retroactiv. You can find him on
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There is so much information out there about goal setting, so I’m not going to rehash the importance of setting goals. All that I will say about it is that its important and everyone should set goals; you always have to have something to aim for. What I want to write about today is what
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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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I’ve lost close to 50 pounds and I feel great. I still have some weight to lose, but this is a journey. The weight won’t fall off overnight. This knowledge makes my ass go to the gym four to five times a week. I love going to the gym. I feel amazing when I walk
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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 you are dieting or trying to make a lifestyle change (i.e. changing eating habits), big parties and events make it difficult to stay on track. Take Superbowl Sunday for example. There really isn’t any healthy tailgate food at Superbowl parties. Fried foods, chips, dips, alcohol and chicken wings make up the staple of the
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When I started out on my weight loss journey, I had visions of grandeur. I thought that if I ate a healthy diet and went to the gym, then everything was going to be great and the pounds would melt off in no time. Well, everyone knows that isn’t the case or everyone would be
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Several of my friends are ready to shed a few pounds and have asked me how I did it and what it takes to be successful. I have taken some time to reflect on my weight loss and to gain an understanding of what it takes to lose weight. What I realized is that losing
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