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Suzi Q - commenting on this: Father Daughter Relationship – Lisa, like you I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had a better male influence in my life. But also realized I would be a much different person and I am happy with myself. When I think of my dad and how he handled things while mom and he were together…

Some pictures from my hike on Tuesday.

Morning. Checking in for the second day in a row :). I walked 4 miles yesterday and drank a lot more water and finally lost some of the water weight I've been carrying around, down 4 pounds this morning so I have a more realistic look at how much I've gained during this time - 6 pounds instead of 10! That's much more…

You ladies certainly talk a lot! I forget about this site because I don't get notifications so I have to consciously think about coming here. 300+ posts since I last checked in! I've gained back roughly 10 Covid pounds. My downfall is afternoon stress eating. I've changed our eating schedule a bit - since we are now in the…

Good afternoon. Tom (dh) and I went for a ride this morning - almost 20 miles, and a lot of hills, so it was a harder than usual ride for us. Neither of us slept well last night, so it took a lot out of us. Well, that and the fact that when we left at 8:30 it was already 83, and by the time we got home 90 minutes later it…

Hi, I used to frequent here last year, but for all sorts of reasons haven’t checked in for some time. Lots happened here. In February we took a road trip from AZ to Tampa, FL to stay with my husband’s son and daughter in law for what was supposed to be 6 weeks when she had their first child. We were there from mid…

I’ve read the explanation above and I’m still confused. I work out - right now it’s walking primarily or biking. Here’s today for example - Goal 1499 Food 1204 Negative Calorie 299 (I burned 387 on my 60 minute-12 mile bike ride). -4 calories left for the day. I have an Apple Watch. I generally burn at least 300 calories…

This is my 3 vein ablation, not cardiac but for leaky valves in varicose veins in my legs that caused my feet to swell up and caused pain. And yes, I do plan on speaking to my doctor. I'll probably just end up taking another week off from training, but I feel like I'm losing ground since it will have been a full month with…

Yea, I sweat quite a bit :). And yes plain water. Usually I put Smart water in my bottles, but didn’t this time. And in the past we’ve put Gatorade in our bottles, but didn’t have any. I spoke with a friend who is a cardiac nurse practictioner; she suggested I should probably plan on eating something high carb every hour…

Yes. I was diagnosed with heart disease about 16 years ago, along with high bp. Had to have 2 angiograms, but no stents, just balloon angioplasty. The bp is controlled, and the last time I had a stress test the doctor said I had totally reversed the heart disease. Helps that I’ve lost 52 pounds and am working out much,…

I’ve been MIA but I wanted to share what we did today - This year has been challenging, health wise, so we’ve not been able to ride like we used to. Well, today shattered that - we rode 34.55 miles. I’m sore, but it’s a good sore. And I see pizza in my future tonight!

34.55 mile bike ride. Longest in a year due to medical issues. I think I can eat what I want today.

I do limit my carbs because before I started monitoring macros, I wasn't losing even though I was at or under calories. I was eating far too many carbs. As it turned out, hubby wanted to go out for dinner, and that threw me WAAAAYYYY over carbs :/ Even though I just had shimp fajitas, without the tortilla. I had to…

I just went and looked again.. .I get it now. I didn't see the very faint dividing line between goal, food-exercise=net. Duh. Call it virus brain :wink:

I ate most of the calories while sick, and made sure it was nutrition-rich foods. I"m pretty much over it now, and actually just got back from the gym where I burned 312 calories on the treadmill, less than I probably would have if I were 100% but better than nothing. My maintenance calories were set by a nutritionist that…

So why are net calories different than calories remaining? I usually exercise, but I'm fighting a virus so won't be able to until tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm sure one or two days won't stall my progress, but I'm trying to understand which number I should aim for - the 750 remaining calories or 650 net calories?

Finally, a scale victory that I can celebrate! I had a very bad year last year that ended with me quitting my job. Then the first part of this year was medically challenging. I managed to gain 18 pounds back from the 50 I had originally lost. I was discouraged, weight finally started going down, but then I got stuck at 187…

Pip - have you considered riding in El Tour de Tucson? As a cyclist, I’m sure you probably know about it :). I would love to be in shape enough to ride the 50/55 miles part of it, but I’m not there yet. I could do the 25 mile, but the route is so hilly, I’m not sure! Still need to work on strength and endurance. However,…

Is that an Airstream? We want to get a new trailer so badly. Sold ours 3 years ago after my husband had a stroke and we downsized. We’re now sort of/kind of in the market again, but he’s hold out for a 5th wheel. He works from home, so we could travel any time and as long as he has internet, he can work. If I hadn’t had to…

Good morning. Pip - I see that you ride to and from the gym. I wish I could do that and actually might start later when it's cooler out. The main road to it is not a safe ride, but there is an alternative route that takes a little longer, so we'll see. :) I spoke with my trainer yesterday and we're switching Friday's…

KetoneKaren - Oh good! As homeschooling has become much more mainstream, schools are discovering what parents and teachers knew all along - each kid learns differently and needs a more tailored approach. One size does NOT fit all!

May I just say when you ask your trainer to get you ready to ride a long distance (60 miles in my case), be prepared for a tough workout? Today kicked me in the legs! And core! But it will be worth it. Oh and the scale was down another pound! Now that I’m back to longer rides every weekend, and adding in stationary rides…

Yes, clipless pedals. And mine are dual sided. They just terrify me! I’m so afraid of getting stuck and falling!

Update today - I met with my trainer and he's changed some of my routines to help me achieve the goal of 60 miles. I'll be working out with him Monday, Wednesday and Thursday now so I can take it easier on Friday. I'm going to add rides in on Tuesdays as well, even if at this point it's only on the bike at the gym. I have…

I would suggest exploring the options and seeing if there are any hybrid schools in your area. My daughter worked at one for a couple of years. The children are only in school 2 days a week, the rest of the time they are home. It's classical education so the school days included math, Latin, Logic classes. Parents and…

Went for a 14.5-mile ride. The first seven miles were all uphill and about did me in, but the ride home was wonderful - hit 25 miles per hour! I now know I need to dial back working out on Fridays as that prevented me from having a good ride this past Saturday. All but one of my kids are coming for late lunch/early dinner…

Better ride today. Rested yesterday, but didn’t really eat much either. Today’s ride was 14.5 miles, all uphill the first half of it. Which means the ride home was all down hill - I hit 25 miles per hour :). I think I’ve learned my lesson. No more training on Fridays, or at least very light. Thank you all for your help!

We are heading out for a shorter ride this morning. Probably going to go about 10-15 miles. Then it’s home to prep carne asada for a late lunch with my kids and grands, if they all come.

Good morning. Quickly browsing the posts here and notice that a lot of you use this to write out your goals. Since I'm retired, my schedule is definitely much more fluid, so goals are hard to pin down. However, I do have some things I want to accomplish: Quilting Finish flag quit - just need to do the actual quilting now…

AnnPT77 - I have been stuck on a plateau for some time, but finally lost 4 pounds in the past two weeks, since I went on the macros recommended to me by the nutritionist. This week there was no loss, but a gain of 1 pound. As I said, i tend to eat nearly all of my exercise calories. For example, today I burned 842…