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Picture of fat vs. muscle
03-13-2005, 12:48 PM
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That pic is a real eye opener, thanks for posting it!
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03-19-2005, 03:42 AM
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Howie6267's Honey
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Newark, OH
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Did any of you watch Celebrity Fit Club on VH1? On the last show, the doctor handed each of the people blobs of fat equalling the amount he or she had lost. Like one of them said, "where was it all?". They also ran sprints wearing vests weighted down with the amounts they'd lost (similar to the race in "The Biggest Loser").
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I was down to 199, but got back up to 265. Know what? No matter what my emotions, hormones and taste buds say, I won't ever give up!
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05-16-2005, 05:45 PM
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5lbs fat vs 5 lbs muscle
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Cincinnati, OH
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It's in my avator
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Know that you can do it. It is not a question of willpower. I have none of that. It is a question of willingness. What are you willing to do to reach your goals? No matter what your situation, no matter what your history – you can be successful and improve your health and physical fitness. You can never be defeated until you quit.~anon
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05-19-2005, 03:15 PM
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Staying Healthy
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Suwanee (Atlanta), Georgia
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I just showed this photo to a friend of mine at work who is frustrated with slow weight loss. She made the comment this morning that her clothes are fitting better since she started working out, but she failed to see any results on the scale. She feels better now! Thanks for sharing. It will help Terri (and me, too, but I already know how much exercise can do!) 
LOVE, JILL
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06-09-2005, 10:33 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: MI
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Hi, I'm new.
That is a great motivator. You can buy a piece of "pet fat" online, but I figure why pay for a hunk of fake fat when I can just look in the mirror... and now this picture really helps.
Another motivator is going to see the Body Worlds exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, IL. It's really something to see.
http://www.msichicago.org/bodyworlds/index.html
Anyone here with spinal problems and have difficulty exercising as it causes pain? I've been trying to break up my recumbant stationary biking into 10 minute increments, but am finding it hard.
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06-20-2005, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Originally Posted by BrOOklyN ChIcK
Talk about an eye opener. I'm tempted to print it and put it up at work but its may scare people lol.
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I just made it the background on my computer screen at work. Ew. Talk about motivation!!
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06-20-2005, 04:32 PM
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Howie6267's Honey
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Titanium, I would *love* to see that exhibit! It's amazing how the plastination process preserves the parts (boy, if THAT wasn't alliteration, I don't know what is!). Fascinating stuff.
~ The Morbid One
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I was down to 199, but got back up to 265. Know what? No matter what my emotions, hormones and taste buds say, I won't ever give up!
My blog, my fella & my fella's blog.
Biggest Loser Challenge
Goal: 25lbs. by 3/31. 265/257/240 (-8)
Total weight loss:
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06-20-2005, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: MI
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It really was an inthralling exhibit.
I'll tell ya - if you want to go check out Amtrak prices on their website.
From Royal Oak, MI (just outside Detroit - Detoilet as I call it) it was only $50 round trip per person - and no parking fees in Chicago at the hotel.
We pricelined a hotel and got one for $79 a night - 1/2 of normal prices for a 4-5 star hotel.
We stayed near Merchandise Mart (to catch a blues benefit show at House of Blues) so did get hit with a $15 cab fare to go to the Southside to the museum, but worth it.
You can always get a hotel closer to the museum to save on that cab fare - although Union Station is closer to the Merchandise Mart.
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09-04-2005, 09:19 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
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oh god!
thats very disturbing i never realised how much fat five lbs. actually was.
125lbs
ten lbs. to go !
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09-10-2005, 05:49 PM
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Token Rooster? ;)
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Arcadia, CA
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S/C/G: 185/138/~135 to maintain
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Great motivator! Also just read in Fitness magazine that a pound of fat is equivalent to 4 sticks of butter! (I'm guess they used the 3,500 calorie conversion scale) EWWW!!!
Ok, time for me to get rid of more "butter."
Goal: 150 ~ Current: 165 ~ Heaviest: 184
http://www.3fatchicks.com/weight-tracker/index.php
Last edited by AquaWarlock : 09-10-2005 at 05:55 PM.
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09-11-2005, 12:44 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 1999
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S/C/G: 257/135/maintaining
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A stick of butter weighs 1/4 pound, so four sticks of butter = a pound. It's not related to the calorie content, just the weight. 
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Start: 257 - June 1, 2001
Goal: 135 - May 12, 2002
Size 22/size 4
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09-18-2005, 10:39 PM
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Med Student
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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As you might be able to tell from my avator, I'm in the medical field (a med student at the moment) and boy oh boy was anatomy motivating! Its amazing what is in your body!
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10-01-2005, 12:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Illinois
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Makes me want to work out reeeeaaaaaaalllll bad! 
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10-01-2005, 01:46 AM
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Howie6267's Honey
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Newark, OH
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I tell ya, I was trying on bras tonight and seeing the belly hanging down there made me think of this thread. I've lost inches in my arms and bust, but need to *work* at getting my abdominal muscles toned up. Found some great-fitting bras after trying on, oh 30 or so...But short of a foundational garment, exercise is the only thing that's going to tighten up the belly!
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I was down to 199, but got back up to 265. Know what? No matter what my emotions, hormones and taste buds say, I won't ever give up!
My blog, my fella & my fella's blog.
Biggest Loser Challenge
Goal: 25lbs. by 3/31. 265/257/240 (-8)
Total weight loss:
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11-12-2005, 06:48 PM
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I think that needs to go onto my fridge....
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