Am I the only one that finds it difficult to eat more?
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Just watched first exercise in video - usually that direction of rotation causes more impingement then the other way around.
May be true for some of the other forms.
Thanks for the warning. I too watched that video and thought I might try it. For right now, I'm focusing on stretching and resistance exercises. With my COPD, I get winded just bringing the groceries in from the car. So I try to find stuff where I can sit down and keep the resistance low.
There is no way I can fix my lungs, but I can build up my supporting muscles to help get the air out.
My oxygen levels are above 95% so getting it in and having it enter my blood stream does not seem to be the problem.
I'm so impressed with your journey. And persistence.
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Ugg, how can one person feel so may emotions all at one time? It's a situation that I have no control over. Hell the person creating the situation has lost control over it. No wonder I'm crazy.
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I hope whatever it is resolves itself soon. You have been doing so well and working so hard. ((Hugs))1
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1944
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2729
Average calories = 2273
Last weeks Average = 1918
Weight - Starting weight 305 pounds / 298.8
Calf- April 20.5 inches / Last week 18.25 inches/Today 18.5 inches
Thigh- April 30 inches / Last week 25.5 inches/Today 25.5 inches
Hips - April 58 inches /Last week 56 inches/Today 56 inches
Abdomen - April 51 inches / Last week 43.25 inches/ Today 43 inches
Waist - April 48 inches / Last week 45 inches/Today 44 inches
Forearm - April 13 inches / Last week 11.5 inches/Today 11.5 inches
Interesting week to say the least. Stress factors have been through the roof, so I'm not going to complain at this weeks measurements. I managed to get in at least three days of lifting and two days of walking (shopping). I even managed a day of beading. Here's hoping things start to settle down now.0 -
I got to looking at some of my starting measurements and some of them are off a bit, so I'm going to fix them.
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches0 -
Calling mercy for the day! I can't keep my shoulder in place, it keeps falling out.
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Nothing that I've found so far.
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1944
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2729
Average calories = 2094
Last weeks Average = 2273
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ Last week 298.8 / April 2nd 297.6
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 18.5 / Today 19 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25.5 / Today 25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 56 / Today 56 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 43/ Today 43 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 44 / Today 44.5
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.5 inches/Today 11.75 inches
Still can't keep my shoulder in.
I can't wait till the weather decides to actually switch to warm and stay there. Not much going on. My shoulder is not letting me lift nor bead. I've been sitting on my bum on the loveseat staring at my computer to the point I'm tired of looking at it. Here's hoping this week goes better. Hope you all are having a better week than I am.0 -
Ugh on the shoulder.
Any leg lifting available while sitting there?
Sure, just quad usage, but then when standing, you could do the hamstring by curling up the leg an equal number of times to keep balance.
Just a thought, I thought hip joints weren't great either.0 -
Sadly, I don't have any "good" joints. But that doesn't stop me from trying. 0
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keep doing what you can Mary Ann. You are doing awesome with what you can. inspiration all around:)
Kelly
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Love your attitude! You just never give up! Total inspiration!
Ichel
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1944
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2729
Average calories = 2220
Last weeks Average = 2094
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ April 2nd 297.6
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 19 / Today 19 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25 / Today 25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 56 / Today 56 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 43/ Today 43 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 44.5 / Today 44.5
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.75 inches/Today 11.5 inches
I think I'm finally becoming more consistent with calories so I'm going to start working on macros this week.
Goals / Avg
Carbs 60% / 47%
Fat 30% / 42%
Protein 10% / 11%
As some of you know I am in stage 3b kidney failure so I have to keep my protein intake abnormally low so my poorly functioning kidneys don't have to work so hard removing the waste from protein. I have worked very hard in the last year to keep my protein low and my kidneys have finally stabilized! With that in mind I don't want to mess that up by increasing my protein.
Starting this week I am going to be working on lowering fats and upping carbs. Wish me luck!
The shoulder is beginning to behave. I still put my arm in a sling whenever we ride in the Jeep or if we are going to be doing a lot of walking. When I forget to wear the sling, I tend to forget to keep those muscles in mind and I forget to keep them tightened to keep the shoulder in and suddenly I notice that it's hanging out again. Then the pain hits and it's a never ending cycle. Hoping to get back to lifting again soon, but it can wait.
I took a picture of my "bat wings" because I have noticed something when I am lifting and even when I'm not. As much as my "bat wings" gross me out, I'm going to post them because I want your opinion on this too.
Anyway, what I noticed is this, a few years ago I shut the Jeep door and felt something tear in my shoulder (the bad one). The doctor was sure I had torn a rotator cuff. She sent me to a sports medicine doctor whom claimed I hadn't done anything to that shoulder and I was just wasting his time. Anyway skip ahead to this year and I am watching my biceps while lifting my small weights. I have a nice bulge on the left side, but a dip on the right. Now that didn't look right to me so I started comparing my "bat wings" and I seem to have a bulge on the right bat wing and not one on the left. Now I'm wondering if I didn't tear the muscle clean off the bone and it's just kind of "hanging out" above my elbow. Would there still be pain after two, or was it three, years?
Ugg those arms are ugly. LOL Needless to say, I don't stand like that often.
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Something close to that could have happened. The pain would stop eventually.
But likely not a complete tear, or you'd have nothing to pull the arm up.
You might use your hand to feel for that bicep with arm outstretched, and notice how it feels as you contract the muscle. Feel the good arm at several spots, then the bad arm.
Something still could have partially teared and is loose, since there are 2 muscles in there.
And since they do cross the shoulder, they do indeed add to the stability of the joint.
This description may help in feeling it during a curl in a couple of positions, to feel for each muscle.
http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/BicepsBrachii.html
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Im not sure much about the muscle being ripped off, but the key is if YOU feel something is wrong, then you make sure to get it checked. Go back to your doc, ask for an ultrasound as that can determine if there is a tear in there. Dont stop until you get the answers you want.
And awesome job on the kidney stabilization!!
Kelly
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I did finally bring it up to my doctor. She looked at it (never touched it) and said "it really doesn't matter as there is no treatment for it anyway." I just makes me wonder if that is part of the reason I have been having so many problems with it in the last couple of years. And it did happen to my Dad. It took five years of him complaining before they'd even image it. They finally did an MRI and his muscle and tendon were balled up by his elbow. He recently had a "reverse shoulder" replacement.0
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They can't do anything about it???? Id find yourself a second opinion. Muscle Tears CAN be fixed. Either through therapy or through surgery. Sounds like this doctor does not have your best interests at heart0
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1944
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2729
Average calories = 2322
Last weeks Average = 2220
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ April 2nd 297.6
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 19 / Today 18.5 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25 / Today 25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 56 / Today 55 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 43/ Today 43 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 44.5 / Today 45
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.5 inches/Today 11.5 inches
I think I'm finally becoming more consistent with calories so I'm going to start working on macros this week.
Goals / Avg
Carbs 60% / 52%
Fat 30% / 36%
Protein 10% / 12%
Shoulder is finally starting to calm down again. I didn't do any beading yesterday, so that may have helped. I did make a barrette that I kind of like with a matching pin. I still haven't taken a picture of the pin yet. LOL I am still working on a different way to attach it to the barrette as I'm not too fond of the tape.
And I forgot to say the the doctor also said that since I have "normal" range of motion in the shoulder, there was no treatment. But I have "lost" a lot of MY range of motion.
Have a great week!
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Mary Ann, dont be afraid to get a second opinion if you are not happy with your doctors answers. if YOU know something isnt right and isnt normal, Fight for it and find the doctor who will help you.
Love the barette!
Kelly
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Didn't do any measuring this week. I'm trying out an app on my phone that counts steps. So far it seems pretty accurate (when I remember to pick up my phone and take it with me). Yesterday was a rather sedentary day 547 steps. Not counting the steps I took when I forgot to take my phone with me. LOL Maybe I won't forget my phone so often now. But at least I will get an idea of how many steps I take when we go shopping and other places. So far today I haven't picked up my phone at all. I guess that's the down side of using an app on the phone. But when you're cheap like me (LOL) you like the price tag of free.
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And all you really need is one good average day where you remember to take the phone with you at all times to get a general idea.
4K is considered the top of MFP's sedentary level, tad less for the general TDEE calc. Just as a goal.
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1944
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2729
Average calories = 1850
Last weeks Average = ?
This weeks steps = 5069
Step count is only outside the house and is the entire week, not one day. I'm still playing with the app on my phone and never remember to pick it up when in the house. Even when I do think to pick it up, it doesn't want to count steps inside the house for some reason. Oh well, it gives me a rough estimate.
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ April 2nd 297.6
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 18.5 / Today 18.5 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25 / Today 25.25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 55 / Today 55.25 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 43/ Today 42.5 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 45 / Today 45.25
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.5 inches/Today 11.75 inches
Macros
Goals / Avg
Carbs 60% / 51%
Fat 30% / 36%
Protein 10% / 13%
I got in two good days of beading this week! I got five necklace and earring sets done and a heart and rose.
Peace Sign Necklace and Earring set Metallic Teal/Black. Just waiting on the chain to come in so I can finish it. Also did a set in metallic purple/black, a set in metallic pink/black, a set in metallic Fuchsia/black, and a set in hot pink/black
And two views of the heart and rose sun catcher. I hang these in a window on a suction cup.
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1961
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2451
Average calories = 2436
Last weeks Average = 1850
This weeks steps = 7904
Last weeks steps = 5069
Step count is only outside the house and is the entire week, not one day. I'm still playing with the app on my phone and never remember to pick it up when in the house. Even when I do think to pick it up, it doesn't want to count steps inside the house for some reason. Oh well, it gives me a rough estimate. (I've been thinking about this and I wonder if it because when inside I take smaller, less confident steps because I don't have my walking crutch and my phone is in my hand instead of in a pouch hanging from my belt loop)
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ May 7, 2017 300.4
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 18.5 / Today 19 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25.25 / Today 25.5 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 55.25 / Today 56.25 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 42.25/ Today 42 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 45.25 / Today 45.25
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.75 inches/Today 11.75 inches
Macros
Goals / Avg
Carbs 60% / 46%
Fat 30% / 40%
Protein 10% / 14%
Busy this past week. I didn't do any beading. My whole body hurts from going to the U-pull it (Auto Salvage yard in case you are wondering what that is.) While it was a very clean and nicely kept one, the ground was large gravel, so my knees and ankles turned with each and every one of those 2000+ steps I took while there. My legs are still swollen as you can see from my measurements. Still not positive that my phone is picking up all of my steps even outside the house as I can walk the same distance and it will measure different steps each time. But I figure it gives me a rough idea just how many steps I do take when we are out and about.
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Sorry to hear about the difficult week and activity.
The phones & activity trackers use impact as indicator of a step.
Your height is used to calculate a default average stride length, your weight to calculate what the expected impact would be for that length.
Then actual impact is measured and the difference says what the new length is. Distance and time is pace. Pace and weight is calorie burn.
That's how they do it.
But true, in hand your body is compensating for the walking already, so seeing impacts could be totally or partially masked that way.1 -
It looks like your abdomen has continued to reduce throughout the time you've been following this approach. It's dropped substantially in size! It does look like you've had some fluid retention, but you have a good attitude about it. And it will leave soon. I hope your legs fell better soon.1
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Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) = 1967
Daily calories to maintain weight (TDEE) = 2459
Average calories = 2046
Last weeks Average = 2436
Week 3 steps = 5366
Week 2 steps = 7904
Week 1 steps = 5069
Step count is only outside the house and is the entire week, not one day. I'm still playing with the app on my phone and never remember to pick it up when in the house.
Weight - Starting weight-305 pounds August 2014/ May 14, 2017 301.8
Calf- April 2016-20.5 inches/ Last week 19 / Today 19 inches
Thigh- April 2016-29.25 inches / Last week 25.5 / Today 25 inches
Hips - August 2013-59 inches / Last week 56.25 / Today 55.25 inches
Abdomen - June 2016-49.25 inches / Last week 42/ Today 42 inches
Waist - August, 2013-50.5 inches / Last week 45.25 / Today 45.25
Forearm - April 2016-13 inches / Last week 11.75 inches/Today 11.75 inches
Macros
Goals / Avg
Carbs 60% / 48%
Fat 30% / 38%
Protein 10% / 13%
Just for the fun of it, I carried my phone with me this morning. I counted 30 steps from my living room to my bathroom. I counted 30 steps and my phone counted 2. LOL I'd love to see me take that hallway in one step Not to mention I would have to go around two corners in that one step each direction. But at least I am getting a fair idea outside the house. Yesterday was trigger point injections, so it was a rest day... of 1346 steps outside the house.
Butterfly necklace
This is the only one I am doing of this pattern. LOL It's going in my cousin's stocking for Christmas this year.
Legend of Zelda Shield
I don't think I'll be doing this one again either, it got quite boring by the time I finished it on the third day of working on it. Each and every bead is individually sewn to the bead next to it.
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Cool beading.
Have you confirmed the steps outside too?
Just thinking if it's that wrong inside, it could be missing a fair amount outside.1 -
Bead work is coming along beautifully.
Ichel
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