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Sore to the Core
I officially know what Sore to the Core means after training with Emilee last week. Emilee is amazing, it seems like she can look at you and immediately pinpoint your trouble areas and then tailors a workout to hit it. Last week I worked out twice with Emilee and twice on my own and I [...]
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December – Ba Humbug
The holiday season is a tough one to maneuver when you’re trying to watch what you eat. My saving grace has been the xbike classes and working out with Kate.
Her latest trick is to have me do everything for a full minute. No more of this 12 or 14 rep stuff.
And a minute can seem [...]
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Yikes – Another Weigh In
Boy do weigh ins produce anxiety. Especially after the month I’ve had. Nothing like stepping on a scale during the holiday season. Frankly I probably prefer gum surgery. But then….the anxiety drops. The results were better than I thought they’d be. Kate really gives me terrific
guidance on managing expectations. And how to read the results [...]
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Setback
Last Week I had a weigh in – some disappointing news. I didn’t even lose an entire pound…and I actually gained .75 of an inch around my waste. It’s very discouraging when you feel like you are working hard, and you get no results.
During my next workout Emilee said I needed to start writing down [...]
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Why it’s Different
I may or may not have mentioned before that I have gained and lost the same 25-30 pounds at least 3 times in the last 7 years. I have in the past struggled with keeping the weight off, I get lazy, quit working out start to eat bad again etc. I told a friend of [...]
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Survived Thanksgiving (I think)
The holidays are always a challenge. Too much food, too many parties. And then you throw travel into the mix. It’s challenging at best. And this year I decided to go to London to spend time with family. Had a wonderful time. But I truly tried to be mindful of what I was eating most [...]
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3400 Calories
I was watching a show on tv that was talking about how many calories Thanksgiving dinner was if you ate all the trimmings and drank wine. 3400! 3500 calories is a pound. I started thinking to myself about how glutinous Thanksgiving is. American’s gorge themselves on 3400 calories and it spirals them out of control [...]
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First Weigh In
Normally when I go on a new diet/training routine I weigh myself at least once a week.
This is a whole new ballgame waiting an entire month to weigh in. It was hard managing my expectations. I knew I hadn’t lost a lot of weight, but I was pretty sure I had lost inches.
The workouts have [...]
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Coach Charlie
Working out with Charlie is a blast. You never know what he is going to do, I will admit my workout on Monday was the hardest one I have done since starting to workout almost 3 months ago. I had to do do everything to fight back the tears at one point and tell myself [...]
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How Many Squats Can a Person Do?