Getting Fit For Ballroom

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Mon, 14 Jan 2013 02:54:00 -0700

Followers :)

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:41:10 -0600

Thank you all for the love and support. Warning though, I might not post for a couple of days because I’m in the middle of Spring Term finals right now. I’ll see what I can do for you though. Thanks again!

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Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:30:00 -0600

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Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:17:00 -0600

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Tue, 05 Jun 2012 19:27:00 -0600

Hmmm...

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:22:31 -0600

I’m thinking that the scale doth lie sometimes. I weighed myself a couple times just to make sure. Supposedly I’ve lost 4 pounds in the past week. I feel like if I lost that much weight it should probably show a little. I suppose a lot of it could be water weight and I could have been at a real high last week.

Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to be happy that I’m a bit lower than I though :)

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Sat, 02 Jun 2012 16:05:00 -0600

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Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:01:00 -0600

oh great! well, I was just wondering, because i'm looking to start training for a mini one.. but I have no idea where to start, what to do, what kind of training to do etc.. haha, so I was just wondering if you've got any helpful tips? What variations are there? haha, I didnt know there were sprint kinds! haha :)

Thu, 31 May 2012 22:43:51 -0600

Sprint triathlons are sort of the mini versions of triathlons - everything’s a lot shorter. Then there’s olympic, half, and full, etc. For me sprint length didn’t require too much training other than maybe the swim because it’s only 12ish mile bike and 3ish mile run. If you’re a doing sprint I would mostly advise just staying active and practicing the biking on a road bike, not a regular bike. Training for something longer will take more work.

I actually followed this program pretty closely but started in at around week 7 because I didn’t have that much time. The website also has tons of helpful tips.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/sprint%20programs.htm

Let me know if you have any questions :) I think you’ll love it. Triathlons are really fun and slightly addictive.

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Tue, 29 May 2012 17:48:23 -0600

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Mon, 28 May 2012 09:55:00 -0600

Okay...

Mon, 28 May 2012 09:53:15 -0600

I gained 0.8 lbs. Honestly I’m surprised it was only that and even that weight gain could just be a fluctuation due to some random factor. I’m actually kind of happy about staying steady. It’s been a rough month with finals, new semester, work, etc. I’ve realized I wasn’t as committed to being healthy as I should be.

Sometimes priorities in life shift. That’s okay. It’s going to happen. Now my priority has got to be my healthy again.

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Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:38:00 -0600

So Yesterday...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:16:00 -0600

I think it went okay. At least it was better than the past semester. I actually bought a stationary bike from a secondhand shop. I works way better than I expected. I can adjust the speed and it folds up - which is definitely important in a college apartment. It actually is a bit of a stress-relief when I’ve been studying for too long.

Also, I ate all three meals and they were relatively healthy. This might sound a little silly to most but this is one of the bigger problems with my diet. I get so busy that I don’t eat regularly. Then when I do it’s large amounts of the wrong stuff.

Yay today! I can and will cope with finals and healthiness.

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Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:50:03 -0600

20 in 200

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 21:03:00 -0600

Now that I’m thinking about it, there are so many reasons other than just ballroom - which is admittedly the largest reason right now - to get fitter.

I just realized there are about 200 days before my younger brother comes back from overseas (beginning of November). We were really close growing up. I was always borderline too thin growing up and he helped me through the teasing in high school. He also helped me be okay with my body when I gained a lot of weight because of a hormone problem.

I want to surprise him by being back down to a happy, healthy weight when he gets home. I think I can lose around 20 lbs in the next 200 days. NO EXCUSES! Even though I’m in the middle of finals right now I’m going to try to at least get in a half hour of exercise per day and get more fruits and veggies.