DaveAkeman Member

Video gaming is good, but I can't imagine a serious gaming session without chips and soda. Or at least popcorn. Maybe pizza . . .

Or running. If you don't think you can run, start a C25K program. You'll quickly get hooked.

Music, music, music!!! Learn an instrument . . . it's never too late!

You need to ignore BMI, especially as you approach your ideal weight, and look at Body Fat %. I had myself hydrostatically weighted, and found that, because I have a long torso and short limbs, and because I evidently have some MUSCLES hidden under the rolls, my BMI will still be in the OBESE range when my Body Fat is…

So, that's actually a THING? A couple years ago I was on my way down from Angel's Rest. (http://trails.gorgefriends.org/trail/angels-rest/) It is a rock precipice that juts out above the Columbia River Gorge where you can look 1500 feet straight down at the river. Absolutely beautiful. The trail up is 2.5 miles of…

As I was re-reading this thread, I noticed one more thing: You sound a bit concerned about your knees because you are overweight. I think that's fair. However, when I started, I had a BMI of 48. It is do-able. I used to tell myself that I was in a race to get the weight off my knees before they gave up. I don't have knee…

I just went through my logs. I completed W5D3 on 1/27/15, with a speed of 14:15 minutes/mile (4.21 mph). Yay, me! I beat you!!! (By 0.01 mph) Now, 4 1/2 months later, I am running 10-12 miles each week, and I have run a mile in 9:30, and a 5k in 33:15. You'll get there . . . just don't worry about speed!!!

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate the motivation toward the doctor. Tomorrow I'm going to do two things (not necessarily in this order): 1) I'm going to run. (Assuming I can find the time. Another busy, busy day lined up . . .) Maybe it'll come back again; maybe not. We'll see. And 2) I'm going to email my doctor. (Yes, my…

I tried fasting for a day a few months ago, just to see what happened. The next day I easily ate TWICE as many calories, without even hardly thinking about it. It didn't do anything for me.

My only question is . . . why are you waiting for next week??? You've made a great decision, and I applaud you for it!!! The best day to start C25K, though, is always TODAY! I've gone through C25K twice. I started the second time this last January, and I'm up to running about 10-12 miles a week now. (Not all at once!!!) As…

Just curious . . . why do you say not a podiatrist? Because that was the direction I was thinking. Are podiatrists not typically good with running injuries? (I would have thought they were the experts) And yeah . . . when it first happens, it's just about dropping me to the ground. But only for a moment - then it goes away.

I've already seen some of the short- and medium- term statistics, and it's scary as heck!

You mean, like when someone is in front of each side of you, so one of them is hiding each of your 'gut outriggers'? Nope - I don't know what you're talking about. I have CERTAINLY never done that!!! ;)

But if you're going to keep it up, it's got to be something you CAN keep up. For example, I know people who will NEVER 'exercise', but they will play soccer for hours and hours and hours. I think the trick is to find something that you can keep with. And there are plenty of ways to move your body that EVERYBODY should be…

Maybe this should go in the technical support area, but . . . is there any way to 'unsubscribe' to a thread??? (Once it blows up with hostility, for example) MFP should really look into this feature.

I am very anti-surgery. Here's my funny story, though . . . Early on I decided to get hydrostatically weighed. This is the most accurate way to measure your body fat percentage, and I really had no idea how much I should have lost because I have an odd body type. (Turns out I didn't need to loose NEARLY as much as BMI…

A Twinkie actually DOES have a bit of protein (likely in the cream filling). I think it's something like 4% of the calories. So there are probably MUCH worse foods than Twinkies to fill up on. This reminds me of an article I read that talked about how junk foods come in different levels. There is a lot of difference…

By the way . . . when I started reducing calories and running (not very much at first), I lost exactly 10 pounds in the first 3 days. And there were some other odd changes in bodily functions going on. (Not much action on the toilet, for example) When I talked to my doctor the next week, he assured me it was all normal. My…

At 135 calories each, I could only eat Twinkies for about 3 minutes before reaching my daily caloric goal. If I ate them ALL DAY, I think I would probably have trouble stepping on the scale the next morning.

Great research! I, too, have trouble even when I make popcorn at home. As for movie theater popcorn (which I LOVE, by the way), I know people preach moderation. However, my way of handling it is to not worry about the exact number of calories per serving, because when you multiply by ZERO servings, you still get the same…

Regarding the boredom issue: I used to run with Pandora music. I read a while back that a run I was considering joining did not allow headphones, and I wondered if I could EVER run without my music. One day I tried . . . I took the headphones off and put them in my pocket. My pace that day got about a mile a minute faster!…

I've done C25K. Twice in the past couple years (that's another story). And I run several times a week now. I cannot run on a treadmill. No way. I have trouble running on a track, although I will run TO the track and do a lap or two as PART of my route. I don't even like out-and-back routes; I try to do loops. I just get…

I didn't take it as negative. And I'm not humbled necessarily by the fact that people just have big numbers. I know you don't get results JUST by logging in (although I have always said that all you have to do to change something is simply MEASURE it . . . and calories are no different!) I'm at 120 days. That means that I…

120. And that is the longest I had seen so far. I'm very humbled by some of the numbers I see above!!!

I guess I see, and I'm sorry your 'friends' are making you feel that way. It hasn't been my experience at all. Thinking about it, though, most of my friends were already pretty fit people. I've always 'attempted' to be very active, and have always been the one huffing and puffing along behind. And, because my friends are…

I know; I was just having fun. As far as I know, nobody in my lineage has been to Ireland for at least 6 or 7 generations. Well . . . maybe my Grandpa back in '44. I'd love to make it some day, though (I HAVE flown over on my way to the Continent). I'd also like to go to my family's homeland BEFORE Ulster . . . Glasgow.

7th generation Scots-Irish-American here. My family spent a few generations in Ulster a while back. I guess that probably doesn't count.

I walk 5+ minutes before and after my run. No static stretching . . . the walking limbers me up, and cools me down.

I'm perplexed about your egg comment . . . eggs have very close to ZERO carbs, and even that minute amount is in the yolk. If you're eating an egg, you are getting only fat and protein. And if you eat only the white, you are getting very nearly PURE protein. So . . . more eggs = less carbs. (That's part of my trick, BTW)…

Those long-term goals are extremely important. A year and a half ago I set a goal for myself to run a 5k, and (because I am an engineer) I have a very laser-beam, goal-oriented focus (and for me, the goal must be quantitative). Of course, as I worked on running I lost weight, but running the 5k was the only goal - weight…