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Got out with my husband today for a run!!!! Now that he is cleared he can attempt to run, but he’s still having bigeminal pvcs whenever he exerts himself much, so it’s touch and go. If you aren’t familiar with the term pvcs are pre-ventricular contractions, which means your ventricle beats before your heart is done filing…

@Teresa502 120 degrees gee whilikers! Remind me not to whine so much when it’s in the 90s here! Great report, I really feel for the guy whose friends abandoned him sick, who does that? It sounds like you had an amazing time!

This is pretty much exactly what I wanted to say, thank you. @Avidkeo it’s not your fault for assuming the best of people and being slow to catch on when they don’t deserve it. The guy was counting on that and playing on your good nature and sympathy. We learn to be polite to others and it’s hard to switch gears.

Good news! The cardio office called today and said the doctor isn’t even going to call to talk to my husband about results because there is nothing to talk about, everything looks perfect. He is still having crazy pvcs but it appears to be stress and there’s nothing to be done about it. Also it’s probably not that…

I’m still getting out there. Pretty lonely without my running buddy. Husband had his stress and echo today but there was no doctor present and they don’t give you results until your doctor has viewed them which they say might be as long as TEN DAYS, really? We will both have gone barking mad by then. I do know that there…

Since you were wondering about how quickly food hits the bloodstream as glucose: I can tell you as a diabetic who tests blood sugar after eating that quick-digesting carbs such as gummies or juice hit the bloodstream within 15 minutes, peak at 45, and have been metabolized by 2 hours. Carbs combined with fiber or other…

Spent the past hour rage cooking and now I have breakfast and dinner for three people for six days. Not sure anyone will be able to taste the love though. So fed up with this, not being able to have even one day off. Now I have to do laundry and then hop immediately into bed for five hours sleep if I want to run tomorrow.

I’m getting a free day at my own house since it’s what I asked for for my birthday (which is tomorrow). The mares aren’t getting fed but they won’t die in one day. It is irksome how much heaven and earth I have to move to get someone to cover me for just one day. And I am still going to spend most of today catching up on…

Fair warning that this may not work for you, at least in the short term, but what works for me is to try to figure out what my body is really craving, if my tastes weren’t skewed by years of eating nutrient-poor, over-processed foods. So, for example in your case I would have some Greek yogurt with vanilla, cacao powder,…

If I can make a suggestion, rather than start with knee pushups, which are really a different movement, start from an elevated surface such as a chair or a counter, and move to a lower surface whenever it starts feeling easy. When I first started getting fit I was so out of shape that I did wall pushups, and they were…

Husband still not running, so we took a walk together at dawn. Heat already brutal. Last night it was absolutely disgusting, heat index was over 100 after sundown and the humidity was just sopping wet. It rained and the temp went UP. @kgirlhart Are you getting this? You all usually get our weather but a day earlier. So I…

I know you don’t want to hear this but if it is a ruptured tendon I would not wait until Monday but go to the ER. What you don’t want is for the tendon to retract because it becomes a much larger deal. Hoping it isn’t serious!

In terms of equipment, starting as a beginner you can do a lot with just bodyweight. Try pushups and squats to start.

If you aren’t losing weight you aren’t eating at a deficit. That’s what being in a deficit means. It’s possible that because of your condition you need to eat fewer calories than MFP gives you, but the most likely thing is that you are either underlogging your calories or overestimating your exercise burn. PCOS can make…

The amount of water you need daily has been found to be much less than some health gurus advise, and yes, drinks other than water, drinks with protein powder in, and even soups are used by your body as fluid intake. Once you are adequately hydrated there are no benefits to drinking additional water. And in fact, it’s far…

I’m still running but my husband isn’t allowed to run until after his stress test and echocardiogram on the 16th so I have no running buddy for the moment. I feel like I am being tested: “Will you quit running if this happens? How about this? Okay, add this!” So right now it’s mom needing 24/7 care, constant thunderstorms…

Most people asking on the forums about a cheat day use that terms to mean once a week. A one time occurrence such as a holiday or a birthday isn’t what’s being discussed here.

@shanaber No, since he wasn’t willing to be admitted they couldn’t schedule him until the 16th, so we have basically a week of hanging out wondering. His pvcs are not as bad at rest as before but continue to get bad when he exerts himself which can be a sign of some bad things. I’m hoping it’s just stress but it’s looking…

Actually if you are eating at maintenance and overeat by 1200 once a week, you will gain 19 lbs in a year. It’s math.

Why stop the Metformin? It’s a weight loss aid for many and as you noticed most who have lost weight on it tend to regain when they go off it. It’s got several benefits which have caused wealthy people to seek prescriptions for it off label as a longevity drug.

Hi Michael! I’m a runner too. I understand how frustrating it is not to be able to run because of injury. You get used to eating to fuel those runs and then you can’t anymore! Hoping you heal well and are back at it soon.

@shanaber Ask me about the difference between men and women’s cardio care! Go ahead, ask! Anyway - because I didn’t have enough on my plate my husband’s pvcs continued to get serious enough to be a thing and since they were worsening during exercise which is a bad sign we went to the er. Short version he is def not having…

It’s more important to be consistent in logging than accurate. If you are consistently 100 calories off in your estimate, over time you will notice in your rate of loss, and can adjust accordingly. Since people aren’t machines and process foods differently, there is always going to be a margin of error in logging. Did that…

LOL is that a baby puff adder? Trust you to find the only venomous snake in Poland! The view from the top is amazing!

It’s easier to have a sense of humor when you get enough sleep. Friend let us take off early yesterday which we used to do laundry and cook for the upcoming week. Because my mom’s kitchen is a horror show and her fridge is broken, we are cooking at home and transporting her food one day at a time. Also we learned that no…

This is normal. When your body adjusts to heat, your blood plasma volume increases, allowing you to sweat more without becoming dehydrated and causing a gain of a couple pounds. I just read an article in a runner’s magazine about it.

Thanks to mom’s friend who slept over, we got out early morning for a “long run” or as long as time allowed which turned out to be 5 miles and change, which is an improvement over previous days. I was thinking by now we would be heartily sick of not having time to get to anyplace other than WC Johnson/Cox park but…

My mother’s friend is staging an intervention. As I thought we have been making her far too comfortable. She doesn’t want any changes in her living situation because “the children are fine” and “this is balanced.” Also she told her friend that we were only here from 9 am to 3 pm which considering we are here 24/7 makes me…

Late but present! Actually I ran my first June run already, on the morning of the 1st. 5k trails plus walking on the far side of the Wolf River. It was a beautiful morning. Full time caretaker for my mom at present which is not a sustainable situation, so my goal is just to keep running and not let outside forces stop me.…

I’m still alive! My poor husband is having pvcs from stress though. And my mom, ugh. I love her but she is driving me to distraction. We keep figuring out from living in her house that she has not been okay to live on her own for quite some time - at least the past year during Covid but also longer than that. For example…