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  • I can so sympathize - depression and all (although mine was not quite the point of bed-ridden but plenty bad enough). I am used to my body performing at reasonable levels and I'm a runner by nature. So imagine my annoyance and embarrassment at having to walk rather than jog. Sure, I get it. I'm 53 and I've been almost…
    in Needing Encouragement Comment by JDHayesBC July 2017
  • Lately I've been thinking how much I used to love to run... in track and field and just plain running to get somewhere. I'm mortified that at the age of 53 my tendons and calves can go .5k before they start sending warning signals. I am so looking forward to fixing that.
    in The things you remember doing when you were young? Comment by JDHayesBC June 2017
  • On previous nutrition plans that's been my experience. I get less hungry as I eat less. Then again, I've never been very solidly attached to hunger. Our current plan which is substantially lower carb and higher fat than yours. That's also the distinguishing feature from previous diets of ours. We find fat, in particular,…
    in Did you feel less hungry after a while eating in a deficit? Comment by JDHayesBC June 2017
  • I always think back to how us humans are designed to run down gazelles on the Serengeti. So my vision of what it means to be "fit" is to be able to lope along behind that gazelle. There's a few problems with that: * I live in Canada so there's no handy Serengeti nearby. * Similarly, there are no tasty looking gazelles and…
    in What are your non-scale goals? Comment by JDHayesBC June 2017
  • I just got started with fitness trackers and I had EXACTLY the same thoughts as you. I'm 6' and about 185lbs. On a day when I spend 24 minutes on the elliptical for about 300 calories and walk another 2 miles or so elsewhere along with random pacing about the office Fit is going to give me about a 1k calorie adjustment.…
    in Fit bit calorie adjustment Comment by JDHayesBC May 2017
  • 1.What was the turning point for you? It's ok if it was a series of events My wife ran across a diet book she was intrigued with... basically high fat low carb. So I fired up all the spreadsheets and played around with the new tech while she worked the kitchen. Of the two of us, her contribution was much more valuable. I'm…
    in That AHA moment: What made you start? Comment by JDHayesBC May 2017
  • I think that the entire purpose of health insurance is to spread the risk. The moment we stop doing that we are making the entire concept of insurance pointless. The end conclusion of this thought train is that everyone should simply pay for their own medical costs since that is, in theory, the most optimal solution. There…
    in Do you think obese/overweight people should pay more for health insurance? Comment by JDHayesBC May 2017
  • I'm old (53) and much to my chagrin, just walking a few miles and spending 30 minutes on the elliptical yesterday was vaguely noticeable in my legs this morning. That is a sorry, sorry thing to say given that I'm a member of a species design to run down prey over long distances in the savanna. So for now at least I'm doing…
    in Cardio or Strength Training, which one do you prefer? Comment by JDHayesBC May 2017
  • My wife and I go back and forth over this. She says, as you did, they are good for you. I agree and point out that good or not they still have calories. For the most part I find it pretty easy to log the food and I personally prefer building the good habit of "Before it goes in my mouth it goes in MFP". As others have…
    in How many people log every fruit and vegetable they eat? Comment by JDHayesBC May 2017
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