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Happy birthday @quilteryoyo ! Supposed to be a long run, no time, got in 5k on trails though. Nice day. Saw a deer very close to the trail, we didn’t bother her at all.
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I think there’s a cycle that forum members often go through. People who have been around a while and seen five hundred “I’m eating healthy / doing IF / drinking apple cider vinegar” yet not losing weight posts get impatient and abrupt sometimes. Best to step away from the keyboard for a while and let fresher members step…
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An ER doctor once tried to sent me home with an ovarian torsion, giant tumor, and an ovary which was dead and necrotic. Prescribed pain meds and tried to kick me out the door. I told him I would kill myself if sent home in that much pain and they called the hospitalist who got me admitted. I had to spend the rest of my…
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We had beautiful weather for a change! Still hot for running but 79 feels like 79 is paradise compared to what we have been having. Unfortunately no time for a long run, so we tried to do a little 5k tempo run. The lack of speed work and long runs in our recent history shows! Ugh, 10 min miles feel like 9 minute miles used…
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The easiest thing would be to pick a slower rate of loss. Many people jump in by setting MFP to two pounds a week, then quit because the calorie goal is too low. I know 100 lbs seems like it will take forever, but slowly losing is better than quitting and not losing anything. Other strategies that can help are filling up…
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Swallowtails are one of the few butterflies I can recognize! I knew this one looked LIKE a swallowtail, but without the tails. It turns out my “poop flies” are red spotted purple admirals, which are a swallowtail mimic. Swallowtails are poisonous and admirals aren’t, so they mimic their coloration to avoid being eaten. In…
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Does anyone else skim the thread, then later someone says, “I’m so sorry this happened to you…” and you think, wait, where was that, I missed it? Happens to me all the time. @kgirlhart I’m very sorry to hear about your cousin!
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You may disagree with my opinion but my opinion is that he’s a quack, and that what makes him a quack is primarily (ironically, given your comment) his stating that his way is the only way. It’s not. It’s not even the only way for diabetics. My a1c is consistently under 5 now, I’ve maintained my weight for years, and I…
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Well, I was quoting statistics from memory which is a bad idea. It would however be accurate to say individuals in the study misreported their intake by up to 2/3. You are misrepresenting what I said regarding honesty. I made it clear that these individuals are also lying TO THEMSELVES and don’t believe they are lying.…
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Trail run today - still getting out there at midday which is stupid hot, but less so than it has been recently. Watch said 88 degrees with a heat index of 101. Too sunny but with a little breeze which was nice. We had planned to run 5 miles and walk 3, ended up running 4 and walking three due to it just being too hot to…
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I agree with you re: the thyroid. The proper dose of meds, for me, makes the difference between my weight slowly drifting upwards about half a pound a week, and maintaining, on the same exact routine and calories. Because I log strictly, eat the same meals regularly in a rotation, and follow the same exercise protocol I…
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I’ll see if I can find it later. If I remember it was a British study. You may be able to find it by googling some key phrases.
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I think it’s valid to be aware of outliers, but when someone reports hoofbeats, it’s bad practice to not at least suggest it might be a horse rather than a zebra. And I do always say that there’s a remote possibility of an outlier health issue - which can only be discovered by nailing down logging first. If the poster’s…
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I try to put the point as delicately as possible, but there have been studies on “diet resistant” individuals using food laced with radioactive isotopes so that the exact amount of food taken in can be tracked. One such study found that obese people who claimed not to be able to lose weight through calorie restriction were…
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It’s pretty standard ER procedure to run bloodwork for even a young patient with heart pain, which will rule out blood clots and an ongoing heart attack (doesn’t show really recent heart attacks which is why they will keep you for 90 minutes and test again.) Blood work would also show inflammation associated with myo and…
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You’re going on bad data here. I said this before but will repeat it as often as you repeat your falsehood: multiple large long-term studies show that knee replacements and osteoarthritis are LOWER IN LONG TERM RUNNERS than in people who have never run. Same for hip replacements. The myth that running wears out your knees…
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Well, yeah, what defines a “healthy mindset” (your choice of words) is your mental state, not sure what the alternative would be there!
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I’m 53, have lifted for about three years. Mainly I’m a runner and lift secondary to my running. Currently working out from home since Covid, need to get back in the gym. I’m an injury-prone diabetic so I have to be careful when progressing. Height 5’8” Weight 150 lbs Squat 185 lbs (max my home mini barbell will hold) Dead…
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I’m in for August. Training for Sept 5k race which will hopefully be my first face to face race since Covid. Although races may be cancelled by then if caseload keeps going up at this rate. Still caretaking for my mother and also it’s insanely hot here, but I hope to get in some speedwork, get my long runs back up to at…
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Not running today so that’s it for July. I made my goal which was simply to keep running regularly 3 times a week, and Strava says I did 81.2 miles total, which is slightly up from June despite my running fewer days. Considering the overwhelming heat here, car wreck, shopping for and buying a new car, continuing to…
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For what it’s worth when I had serious anemia, the anemia itself gave me chest pain especially while standing because my muscles weren’t getting the oxygen they wanted.
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Um, don’t advise diabetics to fast for funsies. It can result in death and should never be done without medical advice from a real doctor who knows their situation, not some goof on the internet.
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My mother has tried every possible way to lose weight except CICO. She has been “trying to lose weight” for about seven decades now. In the meantime I lost weight, not by holding my mouth funny or denying myself my favorite foods, but by keeping track of my calories and activity and making sure they lined up. It’s not true…
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Try a smaller portion of pasta and bulking it out with zoodles (zucchini noodles). I find zoodles by themselves to be unsatisfying but added to a small portion of regular noodles it tastes good and works better. Whole grain pasta in my experience, doesn’t really help my blood glucose at all, testing after eating, compared…
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Do some research on the internet into sources which don’t sell surgery, and find out how likely this particular fix is to actually fix it. When I had a rotator tear I found independent studies reported the surgery suggested to me had like a 33% change of actually improving function, and a substantial rate of people who…
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You know what happens when a jogger has a “debilitating” injury as defined by the study you linked? (Example injuries include blisters and iliotibial band irritation.) That jogger temporarily is forced to become a non-jogger. That’s it. Nothing else happens. The runner is just unable to run for a while until the overuse…
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My main tip is I put cacao powder in everything. :) So what carbs are most tempting to you? Without knowing that it’s difficult to make suggestions. Apart from food, timing your carb intake around your exercise so that your exercise uses your blood sugar makes a huge difference. After a long run I can eat 90g of carbs…
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On the off chance that it is a blood clot, I would get to the ER and demand a d dimer, which will rule out blood clots.
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Another hot run! Heat index only about 107 so cool in comparison to our last two runs. But for some reason it felt harder, maybe because we had some hills so we generated more heat. Just an easy pace 5k (with walk break to cool down) and a short walk after for 5 miles total. We saw a deer and a very tiny lizard! Memphis is…
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Well, if you want to move to a small village where you walk two miles daily back and forth to the local butcher and fishmonger and baker, be my guest. My location and job (building 3D models for video games) don’t naturally lead my every day activities to support a healthy body, and I shop at a supermarket. Not too long…
