I’m back
Earlier this year, a prescription medication interacted with another prescription and I lost 30 pounds in a month (not the way to do it). It has finally stabilized but I want to lose the next 75.
I've ordered a new Garmin watch since the last one croaked. I know it helps me stay focused. Where do you walk when its 95 degrees in the shade?
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MarcoAlan11 wrote: »Where do you walk when it’s 95 degrees in the shade?
At the gym! Or way early -5am- in your neighborhood. Lots of medical plans offer Silver Sneakers free gym membership. Or there’s Planet Fitness which is super low cost.
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MarcoAlan11 wrote: »Where do you walk when its 95 degrees in the shade?
Inside my apartment. There are SO many walking exercise videos on YouTube that I have used and they work great... when you keep up with actually doing them haha.
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I'm in for finding which garmin you got yourself! I'm sort of ticked at how difficult Fitbit is making finding your historical HRV measurements (can't even figure out how far back they started them). Only way actually was via a full data take out request.
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Before I got a treadmill, I would just walk circles inside my house (front hall, hallway, kitchen, dining room). I still don't prefer the treadmill (it feels harder than just walking.0
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Well... my first visit with a treadmill ended up with a very unimpressed lady looking down at me from the heights of her exercise bike located one row behind the treadmill I used to be on... She sure as heck didn't interrupt her "sprint" either! I am sure there is a "video" of the scene somewhere in the "fails" department...
In any case, the evil machines still feel somewhat 'un-natural" to me as compared to "normal" terrain. But they WILL do in a pinch!1 -
In any case, the evil machines still feel somewhat 'un-natural" to me as compared to "normal" terrain. But they WILL do in a pinch!
Nothin’ more natural than walking outdoors for several miles on a humid, 106 degree day! If you go out at 5 am in the dark it’s only 80 degrees. Used to do that but have been warned about stumbling around in the dark trying to avoid tarantulas and armadillos.1 -
While there is undeniably a major fantasy trip going in terms of the lumen specifications as presented, ASIN B0BNL65DVR on Amazon.com looks, to me, very similar to THIS puppy: ASIN B0CR2WFQKR on Amazon.ca
And I happen to be the proud owner of two of the ASIN B0CR2WFQKR which replaced the same company's previous generation flashlight. Previous generation doesn't have the % of battery display. It has 5 circularly positioned leds that are either lit or dark. The old one was good. the % display one is even better. In any case they:
a) regularly last me a full 2+ hours.... or several 2+ hours events if I am not using them continuously.
b) on wide angle they light up everything more than sufficiently including unwanted wildlife
c) on beam can act as a four or two legged deterrent
That said... your neck of the wood sounds dangerous!!!!2 -
Sticking with the gym. They got potties and air conditioning!
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I used to walk outside during the pandemic. But somehow the gym seems safer……..
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Well.... what would stop you from staying on the path away from "infernal" "self moving" "machines" that may be out to get you?2
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Where is the
"reaction"? For a retired educator... I sense a remedial outreach opportunity in teaching them how to! 
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Hello all!
Back 😏… wish I’d never left!
Lost weight - 58 lbs in all & got HbA1c down, but have regained 24lbs over time & HbA1c back up..Aargh … will I ever learn!
Lost the weight by going extreme… so no surprise… big regain and slow rebound to my ingrained bad habits and binge eating. Wholehearedly ashamed of self.So back to CICO and MFP… where everything looks a wee bit different! Not much left is there, it was on that way when stopped last time 😬
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“So back to CICO and MFP… where everything looks a wee bit different! Not much left is there, it was on that way when stopped last time 😬”
welcome back! Yup some things are different but the basics -and all of us- are still here. I’m struggling with 15 lbs of regain myself. So you’re in good company. 😍
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HI Yooly
So hard when regain, but you’ve also got health issues currently with known side effects me…sending you hugs for all you are going through
I know my mindless weight gain exacerbates my health probs - 58 now, really should no better by now surely?
Logging on here seems better; swifter?
Anyone gon onto Premium? Considering it here ….just in case free goes for good!2 -
well I’m 20 years older than you but no wiser. The med thing though is frustrating.
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Hi Creamtea. Nothing to be ashamed of - you are here! Be proud. Says the woman coming back after a 75 some odd pound gain. Can't even really do the math or it will throw me off the rails again.
But I seem to have finally found my groove again.
I amusing MFP and this group like I used patches to quit smoking. As long as I didn't give up the patches - I didn't give up on quitting smoking and it finally clicked :)
We can do this, Ladies 😁and you too PAV but I don't think you are in a "regained state" so I didn't include you.2 -
Hi Laurie!
I’m beginning to think there is no end to this gain and loss malarkey - not for me anyway!
You’ve had issues with the ‘ealth too Laurie…it’s so hard with the worry and the meds…. But as you say keep coming back to it and never give up!
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I was on premium awhile back - but it didn't seem worth the money so I let it lapse.
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Wrote big thing but deleted it ;-) Close to maintain level but will be continuing with current status of "aim for slight reduction" for various reasons ranging from successful transition to maintenance without rebound at the very least and stretching out to avoiding drug and activity related weight regain and possibly stretching to a slight reduction to (further) improve potential outcomes. I admit from BMI 24 to 21 (where I currently have questions as to how I would look) there is SOME room…. but I don't know if there is enough room to quite take me up to Yooly's age—which at this stage looks like a bit of stretch! ;-)
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You lost me here, PAV.
"I admit from BMI 24 to 21 (where I currently have questions as to how I would look) there is SOME room…. but I don't know if there is enough room to quite take me up to Yooly's age—which at this stage looks like a bit of stretch! ;-)"0 -
Just random thoughts Laurie 🤣 not necessarily good 🤔
Considering "lifestyle changes" that might lead to me catching up to Yooly!
Not finding too many given that smoking, drinking, lack of exercise, blood sugar levels, excess weight etc are all not available to play with!
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”Considering "lifestyle changes" that might lead to me catching up to Yooly!
Not finding too many given that smoking, drinking, lack of exercise, blood sugar levels, excess weight etc are all not available to play with!”
How about STRESS, Mr. PAV? Stress, rest and social contact are big longevity factors. In some studies those appear to be as important as controlling physical aspects.
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Good catch. Rest and stress are probably the big ones there for me to play with. And I'm convinced they contributed to the issue. Even though they are not (at all) part of the predictive model with/without intervention -- probably because they're not easily measured. However I guess that after running the model I'll shut up and down the coctails till the side effects force the issue.😡
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Mr PAV…(you can tell I'm serious by the"Mr" :) I was just about to pm you but it seems that option is gone? I'm worried about you. Did I miss a health update? Sounds like you have shifted from irregular tests to something more serious. I hope not. 😥
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Well Ms Laurie your sentimens are appreciated and treasured 😘 (no emoji pun intended)
So after two years of "investigating" there is prescription of guideline directed drug therapy but STILL no discussion of diagnosis or short term / long term management! A game of "guess what's wrong" based on what we've prescribed!
That said, conduction issues are conduction issues. AFAIK they don't reverse without finger poking and/or devices.
And the field looks rigidly paint by numbers--no extra colors alowed! Especially locally. I would suspect because poking is both costly and not exactly zero risk.
So paint by numbers says that the evidence for devices at the current pump levels is "unclear".
Digging into the Seattle model says that Tea's "bods" won't talk about devices till pumping drops another ~10% from where it was a year ago
The population level MTBF prognostications indicate that our Yooly, while not out of reach, definitely requires some of these things to do their magic!
But yes. There is some (maybe too much?) 🤔🤔🤔 going on!
Surprisingly not externalized into food consumption!
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@PAV8888 - you doing ok? Some “Ticker” ‘myopathy going on there? Hope your “bods” are helping ?😯
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Lbbb, qrs consistently mid 120s on 3/3 ECGs, non ischemic. No "convincing" structural abno yet, lv ef ~45% (~six months ago: MRI with gating artifacts)
Bods relatively useless so far…
Electrocardiologist introduced ramipril and bisoprolol a month ago. And of course i have no idea if I'm feeling less good because less walking at less intensity and more drugs or because EF has reduced 🤷🏼♀️😡
Was considering second opinion but got my hands on the government guidelines... and pretty much they are treating per guidelines other than speed of up titration. Would still like to have extra (actual) guidance from useful bods 😡
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Couple random thoughts
I like the 'Mfp like a weight loss patch' equivalent to a 'quit smoking patch.'
Sorry Pav, i didn't understand much of that, but 'oh no' - do hope things progress better...
To OP - glad you're back... good thing to hang with other peeps
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PAV. I've grown to understand that bods are only human trying to figure out things within their, what feels like, very limited understanding of the magic that keeps us moving.
I'm glad you're on the case. You need you. I wish you could do a quick medical degree so you could access all that would help you see exactly what is going on.
I don't know much about tickers - but wish yours would settle on down and do good by you.1
