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Hello, PianoRun (and all the others on this 124 page thread)! I am now 62 and currently weigh about 145-150. I have been in that weight range for the last 4 years. But at 57 I was 242 pounds. That was when I was diagnosed with an unusually aggressive (and very uncommon) strain of endometrial cancer. My surgeon removed a 2…
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You do NOT need fancy running watches to be a runner! I have run full marathons (26.2 miles) with nothing but a cheap, WalMart wrist watch. Those fancy, $200 to $600 watches are only needed by the elite runners and triathelon athletes. We normal folks -- the 5K'ers of the world -- do NOT need those fancy, expensive…
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Some other advice from a coach who works with beginner runners: 1, NEVER WEAR COTTON when you run! Not even your undergarments or socks. Cotton retains moisture, and you will sweat when you run. This can cause you to be cold in winter, hot in summer, and run a greater risk of chafing any time of the year. Wear moisture…
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I am a coach with the Women Run/Walk Memphis program, which trains beginners to run their first 5K using the Couch to 5K program. The most important things we emphasize to our beginner ladies is to get a HIGH QUALITY pair of running shoes, fitted by experts used to fitting runners for shoes. This means seeking out the…
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I am actually one of the 15%. I lost just shy of 100 pounds back in 2012 - 1013, after a pretty devistating cancer. I was only given a 20% of surviving 5 years, then found out that research has determined that many adult onset cancers can be slowed or even stopped from returning with a combination of diet, exercise and…
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The exercise I hate the most is that one where you push away from the dinner table! But the gym exercise I hate the most is the one that I do to build my leg muscles -- I get on a treadmill and turn it up to its steepest incline (15%) within 10 minutes of the time I begin my workout. (I start at 8% incline and increase the…
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BTW, I lost almost 100 pounds - most of it right AFTER completing treatments for a particularly aggressive cancer. And I did it the old fashioned way -- by combining calorie restriction with regular, vigorous exercise. It took me about a year to loose that much, though. It didn't happen overnight. An oncological…
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Ask you doctor about the feasibility of you doing a ketogenic or Atkins diet - they would be the diets that would allow you the fastest SAFE weight loss (assuming you follow the established protocols religiously). But I would NEVER attempt any type of rapid weight loss without being under a doctor's supervision. Also,…
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It is my understanding, from the research I have done on high protein, low fat diets that it IS theoretically possible to loose 20 pounds in 2 weeks safely IF you are very, very obese. In fact, you see a few of the people featured on My 600 Pound Life do just that. You would have to pretty much eat nothing but proteins,…
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I certainly hope not, because I have been doing the 16 hour fast, 8 hour eating window every other day for about a week now, and I've been drinking an occasional cup of coffee with a small amount of Fairlife whole milk (ultra filtered to provide more protein and less sugar than regular whole milk). I've also put a single…
