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Progress is Progress Nonetheless

Progress is Progress Nonetheless

Lisa Eirene

About Lisa Eirene Lisa lost 110 pounds through calorie counting and exercise. She swims, bikes, runs, hikes and is enjoying life in Portland, Oregon. Her weight loss story has been featured in First Magazine, Yahoo Health, Woman's Day and Glamour.com.

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  1. Lisa

    You are still doing your regular cardio time on the elliptical and the running is an add on? I was considering trying to add on some running and didn’t know if I should cut back on cardio or just add it on.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I’m still doing the elliptical but reducing some of the time spent on it when I run too. One day a week I run and then spin, with no other activities. But on a weekend when I have time and want to burn the high calories I do both elliptical and run. I’m thinking of new ways to change up my routine, though, so that will be changing soon.

  2. Deb

    We kind of talked about this on Twitter, but after a month long stall, I started eating about 400 calories more per day because I was basically starving and now the scale is moving right along. I lost 2 pounds the first week after I increased my food intake, and this week I’m down 2.5 already though there’s still a few days left.

    I’ve also been trying to get at least one little jogging burst in during my treadmill time. I can’t go very fast at all (people walk faster than I jog haha!) but I’m really proud that I can do a 1/10th of a mile without stopping. I haven’t moved out of a walk since my freshman year of high school I think so it is a big step for me. 🙂 I have a goal on my list to be able to “run” (I use that word loosely) 1/4th a mile without stopping. That goal may be closer than I think!

    All these runner’s blogs I read are so inspiring for me to try and try again.

    1. Lisa Eirene

      I think it’s great that you saw a change in the scale after increasing your calories. Keep doing what works and hopefully you see changes each week!

      As for the running…I’m slow. I’m running like a 13 minute mile right now. I used to run a 9’30 or 10 min mile when I was running all the time. I have a lot of work to do.

      I’m glad that you’re inspired by running blogs. They helped me when I was starting out!

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