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I'm thankful for...

Thu, 8 Mar 2012 04:48:49 EST

...the peace in my present life. I know it's not even close to perfect but it's much better than before.

...the existence of the person I can proudly call my love.

...all the things my sister did for me.

...the effort my parents made to help me learn English. :)

...the beauty of spring, the nature and the sky! :)

...the awesome trainer who trains me! :)

...having opportunities in my life, for being able to use them!

...

July calorie deficit, here I come

Sat, 2 Jul 2011 13:23:29 EST

Yupp, I'm at it again!
I'm posting my calorie deficit each day, it helps me stay on track. Nuff said!

MODEL

July ,
BMR + Calories Burned = 1860 + =
Calories Consumed =

Calorie Deficit =

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July 1, Friday
BMR + Calories Burned = 1860 +700 = 2560
Calories Consumed = 1800

Calorie Deficit = - 760

[I felt a little hungry before going to bed, which usually makes ...

Theraphy! :)

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:01:11 EST

For me, there was no big beginning. I don't remember ONE day when i decided that i need to do something to lose weight. I remember feeling a 'little big' as a child, i remember my mom telling me not to eat this or that, or too much of this or that. I remember feeling less attractive than the other girls in school. I remember looking in the mirror back then, in about 6th-7th grade and feeling that i'm relatively allright, but i wish i had thinner legs, a flat stomach and thinner arms. I consta...

new weight

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 06:36:08 EST

New weight: 74.4 (from 75) kgs. :)

Not much but makes me very happy! :)

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Mon, 23 May 2011 14:05:12 EST

I went down to 75,0 kgs last week from 75,6 kgs. I only measures higher weights than 75 since then but i'm stepping it up a little so i'm confident that i'll keep on seeing weight loss (and self-esteem gain)! :)

Happy day y'all! :)

reward :)

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:27:13 EST

I WILL do this! I WILL keep on losing weight and feel better and better about myself with each pound lost.
From now on i'm rewarding myself for each kilogram lost!!!
Starting with today, because i went from 76,2 to 75,6 kgs, i crossed the 76-mark, so here's my reward: shopping for something nice!
Yaay! :)

New diet regimen for hubby = easier for me too

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 16:22:05 EST

Something happened that is potentially good. But lets start at the beginning. In the past few weeks i have been lacking energy and willpower. Eating was eating (I mean i was eating a lot) and exercising was hard (i mean i didn't exercise). I decided to let go of exercise and focus on the food part (i know exercise is important but it's 80% nutrition and 20% exercise, so i decided that with the little energy that i have, i should pick the more important one sice doing both is verwhelming). Bu...

Day 2 was stupid but kinda funny! :)

Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:09:28 EST

So i planned my meals for 3 days - this was 3 days ago! :)

Day 1 was great! I wasn't hungry and i stayed in range!

Day 2 was bad. It started with me not being able to eat my breakfast+lunch (although i prepared it religiously in the morning) because i was busy (i only had my smoothie) and i ended up eating something not-so-good. This wouldnt've been a problem YET because i could've managed the rest of the day well BUT when i got home i got in a fight with my boyfriend an...

I want results!!!

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:53:46 EST

I've planned my meals for monday, tuesday and wednesday just now. I skipped tomorrow (sunday) because we'll dine at a restaurant and their menu's not on the internet so i have no idea what i'll have. I'm planning on consuming 1120 kcal on those 3 days. I'll eat the same menu on all three days. I'll be traveling on thursday so that will need planning but my wednesday will be free so i'll have the time to plan.
I realised that i'm basing too much on exercise and i end up not doing my exerc...

Every day is a new start

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:52:03 EST

So i was off track for a few days but i measured my foods religiously today, i just introduced them to the nutrition tracker and found out that i'm a little over so although it's almost 10 o'clock i'm off to burn 500 calories!

Tonight, you better sleep like a baby, because tomorrow...

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:23:09 EST

When you see the total weekly fitness minutes showing a bigger and bigger number...

When you see the ticker on the weight bar moving more and more to the right...

When you realise that you committed yourself to something and you're still in it after 4 days (which, for some people - like me - is plenty of time to give up 8 times...per day!...) ...

That's when you feel you could cry from joy! Although it's not a big deal, right? I am aware that it's not a big ...

Lazy warm saturdays

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:06:35 EST

I constantly keep on having mood swings but it's not too bad, it doesn't destroy my day or anything like that, it just makes me a little moody but i'm okay with that for now. I'm on track with my nutrition but i'm starting to feel stat working out in my home isn't gonna work for me because giving up after 15-20 minutes is very easy. However, i'm not putting the "Not working" sign on working out at home just yet. It's all a matter of willpower, right? :)
I planned a 650 kcal deficit for y...

I'm not a morning person. Or am I?

Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:08:26 EST

I decided yesterday that I'm gonna blog each day (at least that's the plan), so here i am, excited actually to write this blog because it's only 8.30 in the morning and 3 great things have already happened.
First of all i gotta start with yesterday: I was tracking some food i ate, i had no plans to check out anyone from the community, i only tracked my food. Then i noticed a cute status message posted by teeny-bikini about Denzel, her...bike! :)) Well anyways, i checked out her sparkpage...

What's working and what isn't?

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:08:28 EST

It's been almost a year and a half since a very hard period in my life ended - and i'm still not fully recovered. Will i ever be? I'd like to think that i will. I know i will. But it's probably not happening by itself, i gotta work for it. And lately i didn't work for it - on the contrary: i worked against it.

I used to be focused on "how much" and "by when". Now all i care about is to stay on track when it comes to weight loss. Stay on track day after day: consume 1600 kcal, burn ...

Deficit

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:42:32 EST

MODEL:

February ,
BMR + Calories Burned = 1890 + =
Calories Consumed =

Calorie Deficit =

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February 19, Saturday
BMR + Calories Burned = 1890 + 615 = 2505 (burned 615 kcal with 1 hour of aerobics at home, tracked with my awesome new Polar watch)
Calories Consumed = 1840

Calorie Deficit = - 655 kcal

I've been away for weeks because I felt that I'm too weak to do this. Well, I'm not! In f...

Week 3 (January 17-23) calorie deficit = - 2740 kcal!!

Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:20:17 EST

So I had a great week last week. I ate things you wouldn't usually consider eating while on a diet, but i tracked everything and if i indulged i then compensated with the next meal being very light and low-cal but still nutritious. I discovered tofu (i know you know it too well in the States but here in Romania it's not a traditional thing so it's not sold in each deli just the bigger supermarkets). I eat it with light ham and whole wheat bread and veggies and i la la looove it! Tastes great ...

Week 2 (January 10-16) calorie deficit = -1385 kcal!

Sun, 9 Jan 2011 09:24:24 EST

So i had a system so far in which i added up all the calorie deficits and surpluses for a WHOLE MONTH. And i just realised that it's better if i track it in weekly periods (just like my workouts) rather than in monthly periods because...if i mess up a little it pisses me off that one bad day or days messes up the whole month's number. But if i make weekly totals not monthly totals i can start each monday from zero and that works better for me...maybe some of you don't understand but this is h...

Week 1 calorie deficit (January 3-9) = - 420 kcal

Mon, 3 Jan 2011 05:36:22 EST

This is my model that i love using for my calorie deficit and water intake tracking.
Those of you who are interested in this type of tracking can calculate their BMRs here:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calo
rie_calculation101.asp

MODEL:

January ,
BMR + Calories Burned = 1740 + =
Calories Consumed =
Cups H2O =
Calorie Deficit =

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I didn't track my food intake on January the first because....

I'm down 1 kg (2.2 lbs) :)

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 02:54:36 EST

So I'm down 1 kg! :) I'm glad about it of course but I'm also surprised because in the past few days I overate. It was mostly because of stress. I have this thing that when I'm stressed eating a bigger amount of food (foods like pizza, pasta, meats, etc) calms me....BUT now that I have an extra weight of 50 lbs (only 48 now :D) it actually worsens my mood because I get more stressed 'cause I sabotaged my weight loss. So it's a vicious circle.
What I did well in the past few days was not ...

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Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:01:33 EST

So i had 3 bad days in a row... i got back to almost NO kcal deficit for this month and of course it makes me angry and kinda like to wanna cry. Stupid food. Stupid me. No i know i can't say this. I'm smart and able to make this...but I sooo wanna see a smaller number on the scale. I've never been this heavy IN MY LIFE. EVER!!! I wanna feel that i accomplished something. Losing the first pounds should be easy. I HATE that i think too much of food. I feel a little obsessed about it. I start f...

December calorie deficit

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:28:21 EST

MODEL:

December , 2010
BMR + Calories Burned = 1740 + =
Calories Consumed =
Calorie Deficit =

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I plan to have a daily deficit of 700 kcal when i go to aerobics class (this means i'll consume 1600 kcal) and a deficit of 540 when i don't (consuming 1200 kcal).

December 11, 2010 - Saturday
BMR + Calories Burned = 1740 + 560= 2300
Calories Consumed = 1825
Calorie Deficit = -475

December 12 ,...

This was my "introduction text"

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:58:16 EST

This was my "introduction text" on my Sparkpage at the beginning of 2010. I had big goals and i didn't work for them hard enough - i didn't reach them. I'll make 2011 different: less goals, one to be specific (ACHIEVE 126 LBS!), more work put in.

I'm Lilla, 23 years old. My journey with weight (loss) has been a long one, just like for the most of you guys. Ups and downs (literally), that feeling called 'I hate myself' and more.

I'm 5' 4'' tall, sometim...

Great morning, great goals

Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:38:33 EST

I set the alarm last night to 9.00 for this morning, to go to aerobics class to 10. When it rang to wake me up I immediately hit snooze, then again...and again. I didn't want to go. But my sweetie woke up and he started waking me up gently, with kisses, hugs and a backrub :),so i woke up, and after 30 minutes of morning rituals and prepping off i went to the gym. Man it felt so good afterwards...I did well on the aerobics class, I was strong and fit in those 60 minutes, maybe stronger than du...

Yeah...

Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:43:28 EST

Although I decided to track my food in this month...i didn't start that yet. Everything was hectic, i even had a small car accident, my honey takes the exam for his driver's license tomorrow and i'm trying to learn with him as much as i can...
I did eat less today until a little too much sweets tonight but that's a start too...
I NEED to stop being negative, i need to stop hating myself, i need to TRY every day - if i'd succeed only half of the time that would be good for a start - ...

December calorie deficit = -995 kcal so far

Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:59:26 EST

I decided to start tracking my food again. It won't be simple because my daily schedule is hectic but I will try my best. I hve to plan meals - and most importantly - stick to the plan!!!!
My BMR is 1740. I go to aerobics classes 5 times a week and I'm gonna track those too but I'm not sure which type of exercise to choose. The tracker has general aerobics: both low and high impact, and step aerobics, also low and high impact. I go to a class that does step too but not 100% of the time.....

I feel it!

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 07:59:33 EST

Hi everyone! Since the last time I wrote - 2 weeks ago - I had one rough week and one good week. The rough one was the first in line, i only went to aerobics class once, on monday, instead of the 5 times i planned. And i didn't do anything good on the nutrition field either. This past week was much better though, i went to the aerobics class the whole 5 times. I've got trouble eating less though. If i get hungry i eat, sometimes even when i'm not completely hungry too, i don't plan meals, i d...

Blog #2

Sun, 7 Nov 2010 02:08:19 EST

Hello everyone!
I wrote a blog entry 2 weeks ago after I decided that I'm gonna post blog entries on SP again more regularly. Although I want to write more often than 2 weeks I just didn't have enough time and when I had I forgot about it.
SO.
I can confidently say now that I've been going to my aerobics class regularly. We do one hour of simple or step aerobics and it's really intensive, I sweat a lot and my muscles are sometimes sore but I already feel that I can do more with...

Hey everyone! :)

Sat, 23 Oct 2010 09:50:35 EST

Hello there! :)
To write a reeeally quick recap about what has been going on lately: i stopped trying to lose weight because once again I started working more (not quite as much as 2 years ago but still...), because I now have a pretty big house to keep tidy, because I now have to try to cook, because my boyfriend loves me the way I am...and - most importantly - because I'm lazy.
A few months ago I was active on SP sometimes spending hours on the site but I don't have time for that ...

At least I... part II.

Wed, 9 Jun 2010 08:14:12 EST

I got some really nice comments to my previous blog, thank you very much for them, it feels really good! :)

As for my past 3 days:
- i didn't have any calorie deficit (i hade smaller or not so small surpluses)
- i overate
BUT
- i started exercising regularly (day 1: 450 kal burned, day 2: 940!!, day 3: 790)
- i drank at least 8 cups of water each day

Today i'm planning to do my regular exercise, drink my regular water but this time i won't overea...

At least I...

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 12:06:38 EST

I haven't been doing anything lately to lose more weight. On the contrary. I ate more and didn't exercise, so i probably gained. I say 'probably' because although i measured my weight (and the scale says i'm up 2 lbs) i can't tell how much i really did or did not gain, because the weight can fluctuate from one day to another. But i don't wanna foul myself, i can see it on my body: i gained.

See, it seemed so great back in february. I knew i was gonna have more than 4 full mon...

Week 15 workout Plan

Mon, 31 May 2010 09:49:04 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 2630 / [560]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5 hrs / [1 hr 45 min]

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Monday
3 SP videos - 30 min (350 kcal) - did only 1 video, 115 kcal burned

Tuesday
3 SP videos - 30 min (350 kcal) - NOT DONE

Wednesday
Biking - 1 hr (410 kcal) - NOT DONE

Thursday
Biking - 1 hr (410 kcal) - NOT DONE

Friday
3...

Things i'm thankful for - May

Mon, 17 May 2010 08:35:51 EST

May 16
"Know that for every day that you have stayed within your calorie limits, you have used a little of your fat stores. "

May 17
I'm thankful for finding this quote: "I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experiences behind him."
- Eleanor Roosevelt, human rights advocate

May 18
"Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courag...

Week 13&14 Workout Plan

Mon, 17 May 2010 07:57:52 EST

I really don't know what to say about this week, because my main exercise is biking but I can't really do that this week because it seems that it's gonna rain almost all week...
The other thing I can do is Sparkpeople videos, but we are 5 people living in a small house with 3 rooms, I'm not gonna do it in front of others (they're my boyfriend's family...come on...you get it...) and in the next 4 days everyone will constantly be home, noone's working until friday...I just hope there will...

Week 12 Workout plan: 3515 kcal burned, 9 hrs 52 minutes exercised this week!

Sun, 16 May 2010 16:46:01 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5770 / [3515]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 14 hrs 15 min / [9 hrs 52 min]

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I'd like to see some results this week but I know i gotta be disciplined with food! Last week I successfully bounced back into exercise but didn't do well with food, I'm planning to keep up the good exercise and bounce back into good eating this week. I want to make it work, I ...

May kcal deficit: -1520 kcal deficit so far!

Sun, 16 May 2010 16:42:13 EST

1 kg=7700 kcal (or 1 pound=3500 kcal).

My BMR is 1725 kcal/day.

Check out this link if you'd like to calculate yours:
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calo
rie_calculation101.asp

I want to lose 3 kgs (6.6 lbs) in May, so I must have a deficit of 23.100 kcal to achieve this, that's an average deficit of 770 kcal/day.

That's my goal: creating a 770 kcal deficit each day with consistent exercise and clean eating.

(Unfortunately ...

Week 11 Workout Plan: 4890 kcal burned 12 hrs 20 min exercised this week!

Mon, 10 May 2010 09:02:13 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5730 / [4890]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 14 hrs 15 min / [12 hrs 20 min]

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This is the week when i'm bouncing back into my healthy habits. Also, i'm starting running again!! :) I'm following the Coach to 5k program, not because i'm gonna run a 5k but because I don't want to rush things, I don't want to end up with a shin splint again so i'm taking th...

Week 10 workout plan: 2670 kcal burned, 8 hrs exercised this week!

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:51:30 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 4200 / [2670]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: no plan / [8 hrs]

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Monday (600 kcal) - NOT DONE; this was the day I traveled back home from the other 'home' :)

Tuesday (600 kcal) - NOT DONE; reason: pure laziness

Wednesday (600 kcal) - burned 855 kcal with 2 hrs 5 min biking (33.5 km - 21 miles)

Thursday (600 kcal) - buned...

Week 9 workout plan: 820 kcal burned, 1 hr 10 min exercised this week!

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:24:39 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 4200 / [820]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: no plan / [1 hr 10 min]

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I only want to set the goal of burning 600 kcal each day, I don't want to decide with what type of exercise or in how many minutes because I'll have more options this week.

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Monday (600 kcal) - burned only 120 kcal with a 10 min SP v...

Week 8 workout plan: 3010 kcal burned, 9 hrs 5 min exercised this week!

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:29:42 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 3920 / [3010]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 9 hrs 20 min / [9 hrs 5 min]

Total crunches done this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 700 / [0]

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I found a great cycling route last week. Imagine cycling on a perfectly even and flat cycling road with beautiful sunshine (not too hot but not too cold weather - somewhere in the middle, which is perfect)...

April calorie deficit = - 6765 kcal

Thu, 8 Apr 2010 14:05:30 EST

1 kg=7700 kcal (or 1 pound=3500 kcal).

My BMR is 1740 kcal/day (check out this link if you'd like to calculate yours:

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/calo
rie_calculation101.asp ).

I want to lose 3 kgs (6.6 lbs) in April, so I must have a deficit of 23.100 kcal to achieve this, that's an average deficit of 770 kcal/day.

That's my goal: 770 kcal deficit each day.

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Update: Today's March 8th, and ...

Things I'm thankful for - April

Mon, 5 Apr 2010 05:10:08 EST

Day 1
I'm VERY thankful that I got the chance to have this past month - March. I learned a lot about my habits, my strenght, about health and fitness, and I also lost 3 lbs. I wanted more, but I'm thankful for every ounce of these 3 lbs, they are gone now and I am 3 lbs closer to my goal.
Also, I saw a photo of 1 lbs of fat and it's...ugggh...I got rid of 3 times the amount of fat...suddenly 3 lbs doesn't seem that little...

Day 2
I'm thankful that Ali (sparkname: B...

Week 7 Workout Plan: 2600 kcal burned, 6 hrs 40 min exercised this week!

Sun, 4 Apr 2010 14:40:08 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5145 / [2600]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 12 hrs 15 min / [6 hrs 40 min]

Total crunches done this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 700 / [400]

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I tried to run last week but my shin and knees still hurt. I finally got into biking though! At first traffic seemed really scary (although I've been driving a lot in the past 4 years, but cycling is s...

Week 6 workout plan: 2935 kcal burned, 8 hrs 15 min exercised this week!

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 16:08:06 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5040 / [2935]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 10 hrs 30 min / [8 hrs 15 min]

Total crunches done this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 700 / [200]

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I'll start jogging again this week but i'll take it easy because I just recovered from a shin splint (which was caused by jogging too much without being in shape for it).
I will jog 5 minutes than ...

March calorie deficit = -6765 kcal

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:01:28 EST

Total calorie deficit for March: -6765 kcal
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I'm starting to track here in this blog what my daily calorie deficit is. I saw this at a sparkmember, Smurfette0725, I am a big fan of hers, she is awesome and seemingly has an energy and willpower of 5 people! :)
It is a great way to monitor my success, so here it is:

Day
BMR + Calories Burned = 1,750 + =
Calories Consumed =
Calorie Deficit =

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Things I'm thankful for - March

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:22:39 EST

Day 30
[A WONDERFUL person - her sparkname is MATCHA - commented on a blog of mine today, i checked out her page and found a series of blogs. She writes a short blog every day about what she is thankful for on that day. I decided to do the same. This is day 1.]

I'm thankful for the fact that a horrible period of my life ended 2 months ago and a wonderful, calm and safe period started with a wonderful man by my side.

Day 31
I'm thankful for the fact that I've o...

Every woman

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:36:14 EST

EVERY WOMAN
~ Maya Angelou

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..
a youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a past juicy enough that she's looki...

My rewards for going from 73 to 58 kgs! :)

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:11:06 EST

About a year and a half ago, in September 2008 when I got serious about weight loss for a few months (only for a few months because I started working crazy hours, like 17 hrs/day and so...) I made a list for myself about what rewards I'll give myself for losing each kg.

I weighed 75 kgs (165 lbs) back then and I planned to go down to 58 (128 lbs). I went down to about 67 (148 lbs), then started working and stopped exercising and eating right, and I gained it all back and more, gett...

This seemed fun :)

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:32:02 EST

try to use one word!

Where is your cell phone?
nowhere

Spouse?
bed :)

Your hair?
ugh...

Your mother?
severe one

Your father?
workaholic

Your favorite thing?
love :)

Your dream last night?
bad

Favorite drink?
lemon+H2O

What room are you in?
bedroom

Your hobby?
exercise+SP

Your fear?
loneliness

Where do you wan...

Week 5 Workout Plan: 2160 kcal burned, 8 hrs 55 min exercised this week!

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:08:10 EST

Total calories burned this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 5110 / [ 2160]

Total minutes exercised this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 12 hrs 50 min / [ 8 hrs 55 min]

Total crunches done this week:
Plan / [Actual]: 700 / [100]

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I've learned a lot about myself, about good nutrition, about good exercise, about mistakes, about injuries.
it's time to use this knowledge the best way I can.
I will burn 730 kcal o...