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Location: Detroit

What I do: work on my phd

Joined: October 15, 2008

Last signed in: March 23, 2012

About Me

Me
I am a 23 year old graduate student living in the Metro Detroit area. I spend my free time at the gym and scheming up healthy meals. I tend to get stressed out with school and exercising is the best way for me to relieve that stress. My goal is not about a number on the scale, but the way my body feels and how I feel in my clothes. Right now my goals are to maintain my size and keep toning my body. I am also rehabbing a foot injury from my last race.

My Weight Loss Journey
I began my serious attempt to lose weight in August of 2008 after a doctor's scale showed me how heavy I had gotten. After being a college athlete, not having a grueling practice schedule started to show since I am only 4'11". I was already running, but I started monitoring my nutrition more closely, and in October of 2008, I joined the daily plate. Since Aug of 08, I have lost a little over 26 lbs. I strive for fitness and nutritional eating and evaluate my results by how fast and far I am running, how I feel in my body, and how my clothes fit. I see the number on the scale as being secondary to all of that and am trying to get to a point where my weight doesn't define me.

I completed my first triathlon on June 28, 2009 and finished 6th in my age group. I also am following the new rules of lifting for women program and loving it.

I completed my first half marathon on 10/18/09 with a time of 2:04:11....next stop full marathon. Just have to get this foot pain under control first.

Calorie goal: 2,128

Consumed: 0

Burned: 0

Net calories: 0

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cottona02 burned 991.65 calories doing Running: 6.7 mph (9 min/mile).

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cottona02 burned 46.57 calories doing Stretching: mild, hatha yoga.

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cottona02 burned 136.12 calories doing Walk: 3.5 mph (17 min/mi).

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cottona02 burned 288.85 calories doing Ice Hockey.

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cottona02 burned 541.59 calories doing Step Aerobics - +i10t12+ step.

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cottona02 burned 179.10 calories doing Walk: 4 mph (15 min/mi).

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cottona02 burned 99.29 calories doing Running - 6.7 mph.

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cottona02 burned 128.95 calories doing Elliptical trainer: general.

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