Fit & Fat - Calling All Athletes ACTIVE seeks 2 new members!

Good morning, Folks! We're looking for 2 new members and would be glad to welcome you to our group...

Training for your first tri or maybe you're a veteran? Endurance cyclist? Runner? Current members participate in swimming, spinning, cycling, running, yoga, weight training and more. Join us!

Goals:
Drop some pounds while maintaining our training goals.

Profile:
Fat (okay, chubby) AND athletic? Low resting heart rate but higher BMI? This is your group! Walking the fine line between losing weight and maintaining your training goals can be tough. Share diet and training tips here.

Also, here's a great article from Nancy Clark about the challenges of weight loss and training...

Link

Wed. Mar 1, 10:06am

One more spot....

c'mon....you know you want to....

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 4:48 PM

I loved that link. It is so true, atleast for me. I exercise and love to do it, but for me to lose weight I need to stop the excess SNACKING.

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 9:30 PM

Can't find your group. Is it full?

Wednesday, March 1, 2006, 9:38 PM

We've got one more spot left!

Feel free to join us!

Thursday, March 2, 2006, 10:34 AM

Boy, is this the group for me. Please tell me how I can find you.

Friday, March 3, 2006, 8:57 AM

Seriously, been trying to find you since your first post. Where are you guys?

Friday, March 3, 2006, 9:45 AM

We're full now....

...but you could start a new one....

I got the idea from Sally Edwards' "Fit and Fat" heart rate training book. It's a fantastic training tool but also has great stories about "fat" athletes doing tris and marathons. Just because some insurance height/weight tables call you fat doesn't mean you can't be athletic. (This fat girl weighs 200#, is 5' 6", has a resting HR of 52 and bikes 100 miles for fun. Not so bad.) I've found that "experts" don't always know what to do with people like us - it is VERY hard to find the balance between eating enough to train, but cutting back enough calories to actually lose weight while doing it.

Good luck to you!! And if you start a new group, post it here.

Friday, March 3, 2006, 10:24 AM

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