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samgettingfit25 Member

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  • I think 6 days a week full body workout with each set taken to failure is indeed excessive. As mentioned, the gains happen when your muscles recover. If you are doing full body strength workouts, three days a week would be better with a day off (or active recovery or cardio) on in between days. For an upper/lower split or…
  • Thanks for the replies @tmoneyag99 and @AnnPT77 In my original post I certainly wasn't intending that everyone should take those (or any particular) drugs. It was partially a response this part of the OP's OP: "My doctor wants to put me on ozempic. He doesn't understand that I don't have an appetite problem. My eating is…
  • It sounds like you've made positive changes. I would echo the recommendation for more accuracy tracking food (if possible) - ideally, weigh it with a food scale and enter your recipes. I find sometimes I overestimate, sometimes I underestimate how much of something I ate. The good thing about a food scale is you can zero…
  • If you search YouTube for The Row House they have a few follow along workouts. In the past, I took classes at a Row House gym but sadly moved to a city without one. I also follow rowing workouts on Apple Fitness+ but that's a subscription service. The Row House class format often alternates rowing intervals with bodyweight…
  • The recent news associating Ozempic and osteoporosis seems to feature 30 year old pop singer Avery's Instagram posts. She admitted to having an eating disorder and taking Oz because of pressure in her industry to be thin (apparently her label either dropped her or threatened to). I am glad she spoke out, since she may be…
  • I do exercises when I use it mainly bodyweight squats and balance exercises. I don't really log it, I make a note in the "notes" section of the log just so I have a record of when I did it. I sometimes use it as part of my warmup but still consider it more self care or pampering than exercise.
  • Would your doctor be able to refer you to a Diabetes Educator? If your insurance covers GLP-1 it may also cover an educator and maybe a dietitian. If you can see an educator, that may help. It helped me understand the basics. I was diagnosed a little over three months ago, it's been real. I started in a GLP-1 right away (a…
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