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You have done a great job so far!

Way to go! An inspiration for sure!

I just had my first round of the season. I have dropped 30lbs since played last fall. It took a good 7ish holes to figure out my irons and driver. Starting out I felt like a new golfer, hooking drives, chunking irons, missing chips. A few holes before the turn, I relaxed a little more than I had been and my swing became…

My wife told me this morning that I snore less through the night. Less weight on the neck and my log sawing is declining!

Come off the trolling. Trolling is not real commenting. It is pretend commenting. I increased my time on the treadmill before I increased my speed. Once I was jogging/running on the treadmill for about 30 min, I upped the speed a little with the same time to work out. BTW, if you are moving your feet forward faster than a…

you can't out-exercise a bad diet. You need to eat less. When you burn more than you take in, you lose weight. The protein shakes and quest bars are nice and all, if they fit under your calorie goal. You can eat cheeseburgers all the time as long as you stay under the calorie goal. that is how you lose weight, not by…

It gets better! (and congrats on the new wheels!)

Your body performs to its best depending on fuel, stress, exhaustion, and many factors. You may have a tough run because you are mentally not really into it, or because your body is exhausted from too little sleep or too much exercise previous days. Everyone has good days and bad days. They are usually bad due to being…

adding muscle will not define abs. lowering fat percentage does that. Lifting weights and getting stronger is definitely great for fitness, however if you want abs, you need to lower your body fat, which is done by burning more calories than you consume. You can have abs at 215lbs, or at 170lbs. Strength training will make…

Ice, elevation, rest, stretching. Do duck walks (walk on the inside of your feet) and walk on the outside of your foot. stretching is very important.

when I use the foam roller at home my dachshund likes to lick my face or jump on my belly when I am rolling on my back. Its a game to him.

That is awesome! Great work. I play "mind games" on the treadmill. I start with 35 min (5 min warm up) then start my run (jog), tell myself I can go at least 2 min, then get to 5... I can make it to 1/3 of 30 min... Half way, etc. I was able to do a full 3.1K today (218lbs) after a couple weeks of running 3x/wk. It comes.…

weigh your food and accurately record everything you put in your mouth. CICO will work. How much you lose depends on the deficit, but shoot for a pound a week as you have about 30 weeks until October. You might lose faster or slower.

What exercises are you doing that seemed to work?

get fitted at a running store for shoes. Not size, but type. do you pronate (over or under?) or are you a neutral foot striker? this is the most important part of running/walking shoes. you need the support where your foot collapses and less where it doesn't. I had over-pronating shoes and my shins seized up after a…

whenever it gets boring or I need to balance out the muscle groups I work.

Good luck! Have fun and keep your pace to a comfortable level!

Most likely, you over-did it. That is a lot of movement when starting from nothing. Additionally, if you plan to run more often, I would pick up some new go-fasters, preferably from a running specific store that will fit you for your gait and not just size.

Waukegan for living and the loop for working.

weigh your food.

fitbit or similar, gift card to a running store, kayak rental, entry to a local race...

just hit "F5" and the site reloads pretty quickly and correctly

Way to go! Keep on rockin'!

just started running last week. Toughest part has been starting the run each day.

extra sodium in the diet can do that. I have eaten under my calorie goal by a little for over a week straight and lost some weight. I ate Chinese food Sunday night and gained a couple pounds on the scale by Monday morning, with under my cal goal still. It will come off as the sodium leaves your water level normal in a…

Your body does not hold onto fat if you "aren't eating enough". Calorie burns are general estimates, usually over-stated.

Hello, 37 soon to be 38 year old working in Chicago. I have been a member of MFP for years, but took it up seriously last July. Starting weight of 247, currently 221, goal of 200. I have been pretty good at monitoring my food, but don't weigh it with a scale yet. I just started back running last week, slowly.

I used to jog about a 1/4 mile or less and get wicked shin splints. Went to a running specific store, had them check my gait, got rid of the pronation correction shoes and went with neutral shoes, immediately no shin pain. I read somewhere that 80% (could be inaccurate) of people over-pronate (run with feet collapsing…

Since cal burns are estimates any way you slice it, I just let the fitbit do its thing. I know that if I stride longer on pace runs, I don't get the distance I actually covered (there is a calculation on stride length that longer steps aren't accounted for), but its always in the ballpark. I just try to eat back at best…

Yesterday I changed the oil in my Tahoe and slid easily under the truck without my belly hitting the step rails! 6 months ago, it was a squeeze at best. Plus the work coat is much too big now!