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Thanks. I started last night with my trainer. We're just going to do upper body and non-weight bearing things for a few weeks. It was fine, other than the fact that I'm really sore today in my arms and upper back, since I've not really done anything with those muscles in a long time.

Thanks. I know some of it is muscle loss, but not really sure how much. I have a Garnim scale that measures all of that - but since I'm not supposed to put weight on the injured leg, I step on and briefly put both feet down while putting as much of my weight on the uninjured leg - then as soon as the weight number…

No reason not to have the carbonation - just use seltzer water or club soda (seltzer with a trace of salt/salts added). It's the other stuff that's bad for you, sugar, artificial colors and sweeteners. You can get used to drinking other beverages, juice, etc, well diluted with plain seltzer, and should grow to like it that…

Yes, of course having something trying to smash you down 24/7/365 is going to make fitness harder - it makes everything harder. I'm trying to be less concerned about "who thinks I'm crazy" and more open about admitting what I went through and still go through. There was a lot of domestic violence, dysfunctional…

Thank you. I wish I were young, I'm old enough to qualify for AARP and a senior discount at a few places. I wish I knew 30 years ago what I know now about all of this. My entire adult life has been a quest to "fix it" without ever really understanding the basic problem. I compartmentalized all of the abuse away to the…

Yes, I was - physical abuse, slapping, shoving, grabbing, punching. Emotional abuse, being called names, told I was worthless, called the perjorative word for gay that starts with an F, molested, fondled, made to strip down, raped, and also made to watch his own deviant acts. Domestic violence, guns, knives, brutal control…

Yup, big time from having the snot beat out of me ages 0-24 by my father - well, CSA and emotional/psychological abuse didn't help either, I suspect. Nothing prepares a boy for a great and successful life like having a father who beat and r***** him, huh? Not that I'm bitter about it or anything. :o Hey, I got something…

Thanks, that is an interesting idea. I generally put add powder to liquid. I have been putting just a small amount of almond or cashew milk in the blender, then the powder. I should try this - but will have to bring an old-fashioned open top blender to work (no big deal) - do it like making mayonnaise, keep the blender…

Yes, I really do, my RD wants me to have about 160 grams per day. I really only even get close to that when I use a concentrated source and make an effort. Protein in any form, yuck. It doesn't go well with my anemia, I often get nauseated at the sight and smell of meat. I can do Greek yogurt fairly well. If I could live…

To be honest, sometimes I do a lot better when I stick to a simple, "same thing" diet. It takes away the burden and choice.

Yes but nothing severe. My thought is "severe pain" = work with a doctor and physical therapist to get into an exercise program that will minimize pain and risk and strengthen your core so you can do more and progress.

Huh ... I haven't ever noticed a discrepancy at all, they generally agree to the pound. I always weigh myself at home on my scale EXACTLY like I'm going to weigh in at the doctor's office - shoes on or off, etc, and I make sure I don't eat or drink anything until I get through with the appointment (easy to do, since they…

Thanks, I wish it was that simple. I know what I need to do -finding the "strength to do it" so to speak is the challenge. Even if I ate a dramatically iron-high diet, lived on nothing but liver, oysters, clams, and the darkest, bloodiest looking cuts of meat I could find, like buffalo, etc, I probably wouldn't get enough.…

Hair loss can also be a symptom of anemia or low iron stores even if hemaglobin is nominally with the normal range. Endurance athletes often have problems with anemia because the pounding from running and impact sports can deplete iron reserves, especially in women between puberty and menopause who are already prone to…

All of that stuff is convenient here and people are into that. I would love to have the time to cook every meal from scratch with extreme basics, fresh meats, vegetables, brown rice, beans, lentils etc, whatever nuts and oils are available. Yogurt is easy to make if you have access to milk and can buy just one starter tub…

My boot camp: M is mainly cardio with a little strength training, say 75/25, W about 50/50, and F is about 75/25 strength training.

Yup, me too, binge and some purging behaviors throughout my life. It's usually not about food.

Sorry, I'm a guy, but I don't think protein is gender-specific in the real world, probably just in the advertising world. I second the Isopure unsweetened unflavored. I have a lot of stomach upset/gi upset and that one doesn't bother me. Neutral flavor, kind of like bland powdered nonfat dry milk or powdered fake coffee…

I haven't ever looked at data from my watch in that kind of detail, but I always thought the calories burnt numbers were crap. Back when I was closely tracking food and exercise for a period of 6-8 months about 4 years ago, the watch #s should have resulted in about 1/3 more weight loss than I had in real life.

I am too - I've rode all winter other years in bad weather, this was a mild winter and I barely went. We both need to suck it up, get out there and ride. A couple of years ago I was doing 125-150 miles every week - and I was a lot thinner for it.

Well, I still am, I have a pretty significant problem with binge eating, at times I've turned to, ok, abused, diuretics and laxatives to compensate for that. It's definitely emotional. I'm slowly learning to see what triggers me, understand how the mechanism works that sets me in that panic mode, and do something to stop…

About 2 weeks ago I asked you about how to make nutrition and fitnes click for me despite a lot of obstacles in my life. Your response boiled down to something along the lines of "stop making excuses and make it a priority" - hopefully I captured the core of your response, I'm very roughly paraphrasing,I haven't searched…

I've been eating in the middle of the night, I can do fine all day; I don't sleep soundly, often my dog needs to go out and wakes me so I'm rarely not up at least once a night. I have always struggled with BED and other issues which make it more challenging. I'm taking vyvanse - it wears off by night so physical hunger is…

If you paid your membership you belong.

Well .., gut instinct tells me most men would deny BED like they deny other medical-psychological problems if and for ad long as possible. I did for decades in some ways. I addressed my BED - sort of - by doing things like weight watchers, weight loss clinics, seeing psychologists and discussing weight, work, family…

Well, just made an appointment to see the cardiologist/vascular surgeon end of May. A few years back he did a number of vein surgeries on me, and I was at a good low weight. Was having chest discomfort and shortness of breath January 2016 and I had put on a lot of weight and I was ashamed at how fat I was at that time. A…

Used to be a retired female physician lived down the street. She was one of the female pioneers of surgery, got her MD in the 1920s. She passed away at 98 (she's been gone probably 20 years now) and was jogging 3-5 miles about 5 days a week until the time she died - in her sleep of a stroke. Way to go out IMHO.

Thanks for responding, Machka9 - 400 KM will have to be a goal - I've done US (miles) centuries but never tried to go significantly beyond that. JerSchmare - I see your point about "no goal" because making it a quest to "get to 180 lbs" or "a size 4" or "six pack abs" is ultimately short-term thinking. After you get there,…

Hi, Machka9. Would you mind elaborating on something that I find really compelling in what you wrote, but only if it's not too personal or strikes some kind of sensitive chord in you ("triggering")?: "I was focused. I stuck with it for a full 16 weeks, and there was no deviation from the plan in that time. Not ever. Why…

I would be very upset if my dog could add his weight to mine. At about 144 pounds that would be a bit of a spike on my weight and bmi charts, which have been faliing nicely for the past 8 months.