Monday Journal

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Monday Journal
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Mon, 01-03-2005 - 8:23am

Are you all energized for the new year?






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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:27pm
I would guess it works because you just can't eat that many calories in fruit. I mean a cup of watermelon only has 40-some calories. My cousin lost weight on a few days of brown rice, beans and veggie.





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Registered: 03-20-2003
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:39pm
Good to see you here!





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Registered: 05-01-2003
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:46pm
Yes, it's still 6 long weeks. I think I could do light activity, like walking, right now. I would probably be ready for my step class in 4 weeks and weights in 6. But, I'm going to listen to my doctor and take things slowly.
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In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:49pm
How's it going?





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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:56pm

what is "bricking"? i'm ignorant about triathalon logistics.


do you grind your flax seeds? i've heard your body can't break them down to get the nutrients unless they are ground, and it's such a messy procedure to grind them that

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In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 2:59pm
probably, but i also like doing it because fruit is so light on the digestion, and it makes me feel like i'm getting all the yucky heavy foods out of my system. to me, it feels like it "detoxs" all the junk. but again, i don't have any scientific basis for this - it might be terrible for me for all i know!
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Registered: 03-25-2004
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 3:21pm
bricking is this painful thing that happens to your legs when you get off of a long bike ride and try to run. When you're biking, the blood in your body is pumped through the muscles necessary to run the bike, which, of course, are not the same muscles that your legs use to run. So you try to run and the muscles needed to run don't have the proper blood supply... and it hurts and your legs don't want to go and they turn into jelly. That's what bricking is. make sense?
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In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 3:25pm

That sounds painful!






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In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 3:28pm

It goes away after a few minutes... you just have to plow through it. Your body gets used to it too, if you practice while training. So each time is less and less painful. If you ease into it and condition yourself to it, it's not so bad. It kinda feels like muscle cramps. Some people really have a hard time with it and literally fall down during the transition.

Rayah

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Registered: 03-11-2004
In reply to: cl_jeanwl
Mon, 01-03-2005 - 3:30pm
i get it. is there a way to train yourself to lessen it? if so, how?