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Million Meters - Who Woulda Thought....

Post by gwjones » April 29th, 2006, 8:12 pm

...Rowing would have kept my interest for these months!

I started in September of last year as a 258 lb 49 year old woefully out of shape. I hit 1,000,000 today. I've dropped 35 lbs (45 left to go) and have watched my resting heartrate drop from 88 to 58.

Onward to 2,000,000!
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Post by torpedo » April 29th, 2006, 10:47 pm

Great success story! Keep on Erg'n!
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Re: Million Meters - Who Woulda Thought....

Post by Tyn » April 30th, 2006, 12:29 pm

gwjones wrote:...Rowing would have kept my interest for these months!

I started in September of last year as a 258 lb 49 year old woefully out of shape. I hit 1,000,000 today. I've dropped 35 lbs (45 left to go) and have watched my resting heartrate drop from 88 to 58.

Onward to 2,000,000!
Congrats gwjones!!
aim for the 5MM!!

One happy Daffy
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Post by Hennie Martini » April 30th, 2006, 1:47 pm

Well down!

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Post by mumbles » April 30th, 2006, 3:42 pm

Awesome, keep it up!

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Re: Million Meters - Who Woulda Thought....

Post by gcanyon » April 30th, 2006, 11:31 pm

gwjones wrote:...Rowing would have kept my interest for these months!

I started in September of last year as a 258 lb 49 year old woefully out of shape. I hit 1,000,000 today. I've dropped 35 lbs (45 left to go) and have watched my resting heartrate drop from 88 to 58.

Onward to 2,000,000!
Congrats! We hit 1,000,000 on the same day! It's funny, many people talk about the weight they've lost. I haven't lost any despite rowing around 7k per day. Everything has rearranged itself a bit, though.
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Post by gwjones » May 1st, 2006, 1:16 pm

Okay - I have to be fair - the weight loss is not *just* a result of rowing....

I have made major modifications to my diet and chart my calorie intake. Prior to that, just like you, I was rowing a lot and not losing weight. As soon as I started watching my diet, the weight started coming off.

Congrats on the 1,000,000 meters and let's keep on rowing!
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Post by DavidA » May 1st, 2006, 3:57 pm

Congratulations on the million meters, and the weight loss! :D B) :D

Good luck with continued erging and reaching/maintaining the weight you want.

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Post by Wood_Duck » May 1st, 2006, 6:08 pm

well done!
Keep up the good work!
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Re: Million Meters - Who Woulda Thought....

Post by tennstrike » May 3rd, 2006, 1:14 pm

gcanyon wrote:
gwjones wrote:...Rowing would have kept my interest for these months!

I started in September of last year as a 258 lb 49 year old woefully out of shape. I hit 1,000,000 today. I've dropped 35 lbs (45 left to go) and have watched my resting heartrate drop from 88 to 58.

Onward to 2,000,000!
Congrats! We hit 1,000,000 on the same day! It's funny, many people talk about the weight they've lost. I haven't lost any despite rowing around 7k per day. Everything has rearranged itself a bit, though.
FYI same here. Over 2 M meters in the last 11 months and 2 lbs of weight loss (doesn't count since a big glass of water can change that) at all with some re-arranging.
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500 1:38.7 | 1K 3:29.2 | 2K 7:16.9 | 5K 19:14.0 | 6K 23:12.3 | 10K 39:40.5 | Started rowing June05
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