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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Accountability & goals
So yesterday I made a deal with a new friend at Burn the Fat Inner Circle (which has rapidly become a central community for me) to become accountability partners (hey Eva!) — & already this is providing benefits. Yesterday she … Continue reading
A Turbulence Training workout
Just as an example of where I’m at in my workout program, here’s the TT workout I did tonight. It comes from Turbulence Training for Fat Loss by Craig Ballantyne, Beginner Level TT, Workout A. Strength training (For each exercise, … Continue reading
Visual progress
Had a visual check-in last night with a friend who comes over to my house weekly: she felt that I’d lost some fat around my face, my abdomen, & my thighs just above my knees. The “thighs” was a surprise, … Continue reading
Baseline: cardio & strength
History. When I made my permanent dietary changes two years ago, I also began exercising pretty consistently. I started with dancing, because I enjoy it. I would simply stick the earbuds of my iPod in my ear, put on a … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged cardio, Concept 2, dancing, grey, Melz history, reset, rowing, strength training, Turbulence Training
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BBFM week 5 rundown (17-23 March 2008)
I’m still not sure that the 10 lbs. my scale says I’ve lost is the real deal or not — the scale is frustrating, readings change by as much as 5 or 6 lbs. if the position of the scale … Continue reading
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Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle
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Nearing the end of Week 4
Workouts. I did another Turbulence Training — henceforth TT — workout on Tuesday, which felt pretty intense to me, for all that I am still in the “intro” workouts. There’s one exercise in particular that seems dead easy, that isn’t. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowflex, Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, dumbbells, fitness equipment, March Madness, precision nutrition, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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Hunger pangs & satiety
I don’t really have problems much with food cravings, not after two years of eating a low-glycemic diet & being sure I don’t skip breakfast. And I haven’t had a big sweet tooth for even longer than that. Nor have … Continue reading
Posted in Insulin resistance, Nutrition
Tagged 5-HTP, blood glucose, books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), carbohydrates, Hunger Free Forever, Michael R. Lyon, Michael T. Murray, satiety
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Depression & despair
I’ve had lifelong issues with depression & despair — though I’ve never really thought about how they might be related to PCOS or insulin resistance. I have, over time, learned the things I need to do to take care of … Continue reading
Week 4 begins
I’m calling Feb. 18 this year the start of my fat loss program this year, & as that was a Monday & so is today, that makes this the first day of my 4th week. I don’t know that I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged March Madness, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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A progress report
Restart & progress since February 18. I started up again on getting exercise again just two & a half weeks ago, on Monday, February 18, doing about 30 minutes dancing with my iPod each morning before I went to work. … Continue reading
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Tagged March Madness, progress report (fitness), rowing, rowing challenges, Turbulence Training
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