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Ditto Malibu927, whatever works best for you! It all gets you going in the same right direction little by little.

Oh, and thank you Californiagirl, I will check that out. Also helpful to hear this from another 'young person' like myself. :)

THANKS! And Tresa and SLJ, I failed to mention (I think) that my tread milling is always walking. I am not a runner and don't want to pound my legs. I get enough of that on the tennis court. So yes SLJ, you are saying what I do, which is nothing specific or performance intended (like you said - I liked that), it is…

How refreshing, a simple post debunking CICO in a very simple way, with all the very simple comments (which I agree with) saying, "Errrrrr, Yes It Is CICO". Every now and then we get one of these to clean the pipes out. Further agreeing with some other points, our accuracy in measuring both sides of the equation is where…

Thank you! Related question (kind of), is it better to NOT do the treadmill on lifting days? I typically life for 60-75 minutes then treadmill for 60 minutes. My rational brain is telling me that my cardio is not at a point that it would factor into anything I am doing lifting wise, since it is not THAT strenuous, I am…

I don't think anyone would consider my cardio extreme. I treadmill 60 minutes usually every day of the week, 3 mph @ 1% incline. Today upped it to 1.5% at 3.2. I play tennis doubles (hard tennis) twice a week, and lift for 60-75 min every other day. So, diet is important but getting older impresses on me how important…

Thank you SIJ!!!!! That was perfect and I am glad to hear you are getting stronger and adding muscle, who cares at what rate, you are adding! I am not looking to be in the seniors body building Olympics. I just want to be healthier and hopefully stronger and that it might show also. Your testimonial was very helpful!

I guess OP did not like any of the comments....

Why does overdoing cardio reduce the chance of gaining muscle dvann? Isn't cardio simply burning more calories? I eat back most of my added calories burned to get back to my MFP goal to lose x-amount a week. So, in theory if I cardio more (say treadmill or tennis), and burn more calories, but eat back those calories, how…

I weigh daily too. I have had to stop my "plan" 3 other times do to injuries or surgery, so this is my 4th weight loss journey on MFP. By having always weighed each morning, I have a ton of data to now compare trends of my weight and see where trends develop when I look back at my MFP daily diet and macros. I am an…

I actually had my testosterone checked last year when I was consistently tired and I was fine. Pretty sure was just 'life' and the hip wearing me out pre surgery.

My wife said "You are looking good". I asked what looked good? She says "Well mostly your stomach does not stick out as far as it used to." I took it as a compliment, since it was my choice to. :)

One thing about weighing a little more is that the skin is a little healthier looking. Maybe this is just me or my 55 years of age right around the corner. I am noticing on my neck that the skin is a little looser and is making me look like an 'older' person. I don't know if this will correct itself or if it is just part…

Thanks for your comments. Some really fun ones. Yes, I have been working out since I started this December 26th. Lifting 3-4 days a week, 60 minutes treadmill every day, gradually increasing the incline. I had hip replacement surgery last May, so 'this' cardio is also along the lines of additional physical therapy. I am a…

Some of the side effects (my limited reading about it) seems to have some of the same side effects as taking steroids. Maybe they are similar. This is interesting to hear about your client though and that it seems to be working for him.

THANKS! I am leaning toward the flapjacks...

It looks like hot air popcorn is a good & healthy source of carbs. What other carb snacks do you all like?

I would enjoy knowing if he has suffered any of the minor or major side effects that I have read about HRT. I am not sure that many men would discuss this though. I will stick to the working out and accept natural aging until there are some pretty concrete studies that tell us more. This was very interesting though. Thank…

This is about adding muscle in a deficit, not getting stronger. I am clearly seeing strength gains and getting stronger or else I would not be lifting more weight then when I started. But I am glad you are getting stronger too lorrpb.

AWESOME comments. Thank you. I really appreciated your detailed explanation SideSteel! It made perfect sense to me hearing it that way!

Thank you Annetrout! I am going out for donuts and pizza tonight! :)

Thank you for this post. I was just getting ready to post something about this and now here are all these wonderful validating comments. This is my 4th weight loss go of it, I am 54, and the prior three were during recoveries from surgeries, or during body hurts that would result in surgery (my latest was hip replacement…

Thank you for all your replies, I better see now how any changes by this morning would be negligible. I gave at 12:30, it only took 6 min 3 sec (I like to time it since my body usually pumps it out pretty fast), sat in the room and drank a lot of water, then had a hearty (healthy) lunch. I was able to treadmill without any…

Thank you! Turns out I am CMV Negative which is particularly in demand for infants, which is really cool. I got the call on Saturday and almost didn't answer the phone since I thought it was a telemarketer. I can be 5 pounds over tomorrow and it's all good!

TOPO CHICO! With lime!

Let's be kind to our fellow citizens who are trying to get their workouts in. Communicate with them if they are being annoying, they probably do not realize what they are doing. Make the world a better place. Live in harmony.

Luckily our gym has a lot of 'classes' of varying types, including classes for senior citizens (yes, a/my Gold's Gym caters to the elderly, thank God). So, I guess that is why we have possibly what appears to be an over supply of 2.5, 5 and 10 pound dumbbells. Packerjohn, I am glad you raised that point, since I think my…

There is not sense in me trying to explain that then.

Jayded, a cup of kernels to pop would be many cups of popped. I will do some googling, MFP did not show it. Maybe I looked incorrectly.

If I just stand on the bench then my new Polar Loop, which I am still trying to figure out, might give me another 'inactivity badge' (at first I felt the same thrill that I think you felt when you learned you were getting your "Gold Sticker" till I learned my new badge is not a thing to be proud of). Butt that is a good…