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Weight Loss

Interview With A Weight Loss Champion and Ultra Marathon Runner

June 9, 2009

A few days ago I discovered a blog that I found to be  inspirational in my own adventure in weight loss. The site was Run4Change and it details the weight loss journey of the site’s owner Jason.
Since 2006 Jason has lost over 130 pounds, and went from being overweight and un-athletic, to fit and [...]

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Getting Away From The “I’m On a Diet” Mindset

January 5, 2009

photo credit: Celso Flores
2008 was a year filled with ups and downs.   My wife was in and out of the hospital a couple of times, and at one stretch was hospitalized for 3 weeks straight with a blood clot. We had tons of other things going on during the year that made it [...]

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Help Track Your Fitness Goals By Using Your Iphone Or Ipod

January 2, 2009

Over the Christmas holiday I got a new Ipod Touch through some work I did for another website.  Since my old classic Ipod was stolen a few months back I had forgotten how much I loved having an Ipod.   It was useful in so many ways,  but then again it was limited for some applications.  [...]

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Personal Finance And Fitness: How Are They Related?

November 13, 2008

photo credit: shoothead
Life gets busy
The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve only been able to exercise a couple of times per week.  We’ve been extremely busy buying a new car, teaching a class on personal finance at our church, dealing with family issues, and just being busy.   I know most of you [...]

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High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT): Running

October 24, 2008

Last night I did my upper body weight workout for the first time in a couple of months. Whenever I go that long without doing a weight workout, the first time I lift again I get really sore. This morning, I am really sore – I can barely lift my arms above my head!
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I’m Back On The Wagon

October 22, 2008

Earlier this week my wife and I decided that we needed to finally start exercising again, and actually watching what we eat.  We had slipped into a bit of a malaise where we didn’t care much what we were eating, or where we were eating.
So this weekend we made a pact with each other that [...]

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Back from the trip, and recovering from being sick

September 30, 2008

photo credit: Bob Jagendorf
Well I’ve been back from our cruise for about a week now.  The trip was amazing, we had a wonderful time, and we saw some of the most beautiful places in the world during our 2 week cruise.
I also ate some of the most amazing food while we were gone.  The [...]

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Is Exercise Sometimes Not Worth the Time You Put In?

August 19, 2008

I’ll sometimes talk with people I know about their weight loss plans, and how they expect to lose weight. When I ask them what they’re doing they’ll give me a report of drastically reduced calories, and a workout plan that involves a few situps and walking once or twice a week.  In most cases I [...]

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Running. Love it or leave it?

July 21, 2008

One thing I used to just hate doing was running.  I would rather die than go running.  Running is hard, it makes you sweat and it always leaves you as a heaving sweaty lump on the floor.
Well that’s how I used to think about it at least.
Since I’ve been working out and trying to lose [...]

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My preferred indoor workout routine – “The Biggest Loser Workout”

July 17, 2008

Indoor workout routines
During the winter, and when the weather is nasty outside I have to find a way to exercise indoors. Usually for me that means one of a couple of choices. My first choice is usually running on our new fuel treadmill. It has a high intensity interval training (HIIT) setting [...]

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