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Thanks for the chair exercise ideas. I just found some yoga chair exercise shows on PBS and youtube. The lady's name is Sarah Starr, and she has a nice relaxing voice, too. I like yoga... it feels good and isn't like the "no pain, no gain" kind of exercise. The water exercise is a good idea, too. I'll look into that as…
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Thanks again to each and every one of you-- it all helps. What a warm and supportive site this is. It helps for me to remember that even doing the 1 pound a week gets good results over time, if I find I need more food, especially at first. And PAV, thanks for all the additional tips. I'm a bit of an organization nerd…
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PAV, in answer to your questions, I'm just barely starting to track my food or attempt to lose weight. I'm 5'3", 336 pounds, 62 years old, and extremely sedentary-- I'm sitting at my desk virtually all of my waking hours, other than to go to kitchen, bathroom or grocery store. Walking is a challenge. I have to really lean…
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Also, PAV, I appreciate the info on older people having a greater chance at longevity with a slightly higher weight. Will perhaps modify my goal to 140 pounds or so-- or maybe even slightly more, considering that I will have quite a bit of excess skin.
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PAV, that is all quite confusing to me. I don't know what TDEE is or how to figure it, and don't want to make this too complicated. Being the age I am, I don't anticipate that I'll be exercising very much even at goal weight, except for maybe trying to do some yoga. Also, I would think that the danger of being so obese,…
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PAV8888, thanks for this idea: "A more useful strategy for someone who will truly have to develop a new way of life over the next few years in order to maintain the weight loss is to aim to eat the sedentary calories for your target goal weight in the normal weight range." The sedentary maintenance calories for my goal of…
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Thanks all, I love reading your responses, it really helps me!
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Wow, quick answers, thank you! FitOverForty, when you moved calories back up, have you kept on losing? And Jayded, yes, I definitely want it to be simple and to just eat my regular kinds of food. (Thank you, too, apullum-- your response wasn't there when I first wrote this.) Sounds like 2 pounds a week is the consensus.…
