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Losing Weight (Burning Fat) – Week 3

by Kieran on Feb 24th 2009

Unfortunately another disrupted week in regards to outdoor exercising and my much needed bike riding. More rain and then my young son had a fall at the local shopping centre hurting his arm, which resulted in a mad dash to the emergency or casualty section of the...

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My must have exercise and fat burning equipment #3

by Kieran on Feb 23rd 2009

My next must have piece of equipment in my quest to lose weight (fat) is a quality Body fat Monitor. As we all know by now it is not so much our weight, but our body fat than can do the real damage and our goal is really to lose body fat not necessarily weight. So...

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Losing Weight (Burning Fat) – Week 2

by Kieran on Feb 16th 2009

Week 2 went along fairly easily with the only real problem being the weather. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending upon your perspective) we had heavy rain for about 5 days during the past week which meant that I was unable to get out on my bike – my main...

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My exercise and fat burning equipment #2

by Kieran on Feb 14th 2009

My second most important piece of equipment for exercising and fat burning is a good quality heart rate monitor. If you want to increase the effectiveness of your exercise, get more out of each workout, and spend less time with better results, then you owe it to...

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My exercise and fat burning equipment #1

by Kieran on Feb 13th 2009

Okay, as promised I am going to go through my personal list of must have equipment for optimum weight loss (fat loss). The first item of must have equipment for me is a good bicycle (not an exercise bike), but a real bicycle for cycling outdoors. While I know that...

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Losing Weight (Fat) – Week 1

by Kieran on Feb 9th 2009

Well the first week went reasonably well considering – the first week is always the hardest! The calories consumed for the week were as follows: Monday: 1377, Tuesday: 1750, Wednesday: 1435, Thrsday: 1558, Friday: 1644, Saturday: 1674, and Sunday: 1452 –...

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The Challenge Begins

by Kieran on Feb 2nd 2009

Well, my new challenge begins today! The kids are back to school and I am now able to get my life back into some sort of regular routine again – including diet and exercise. The school holidays, including Christmas and New Year have not been kind to my now...

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