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Do you have access to cardiac rehab? It seems like a program monitored by people with experience with your specific diagnosis. And I would also run anything by your cardiologist!

I am in for 4. I'm tired of fighting the same 10 pounds! 5'5" SW (long ago): 142 CW: 137 Goals: 2/29: 134 3/31: 130 5/31: 125

Don't be afraid of weights, especially heavy ones. The women in the magazines have spent years developing this muscle mass, and before the photo shoot or competition, have "cut" down to a very low weight so that their muscles show more clearly, AND they are flexing. That look doesn't come easily and certainly not from…

Gold filter here, too.

I'm also from Denver- MileHighMFP is the more active CO group.

I had a nice run on Christmas day (5 miles) and did 1/2 hour of intervals on the bike this morning. I'm headed to upstate NY for a 10 day vacation- my goal is to exercise 20 minutes a day (yoga, strength, or running). It will be a challenge!

Rested yesterday. Intervals on the treadmill today- Warm up 10 min 1min fast/1min easy x 6 8 min cool down fast speeds were 6.0 x 2, 7.0 x 2, 8.0x2. I got the intake questionnaire for my triathlon team coach to plan out the workouts for the year- here we go!

Yesterday: strength training (I'm doing New Rules of Lifting Supercharged), then 30 minutes easy on the spin bike at the gym. Plan today is for running intervals on the basement dreadmill (30 minutes). I finally got a replacement HRM for my Garmin- now I'm trying to figure out my heart rate zones, but there's so much…

@ MissyW- are you following a training plan for your 1/2 IM? I totally hear you with the emotional eating, etc. I've been working on it and (knock on wood) recently it's been going better... Have you checked out Beginner Triathlete? Lots of triathletes there for support too. I've had a pretty good week, except Monday (I…

Lots of great advice here! I'll echo a few thoughts: 1. The more time in the saddle, the more comfortable you will get. I'd encourage you to shift a lot especially as you start to get a feel for the different gears- after awhile it will become second nature. Also practice reaching for your water bottle and anything else…

I have gear to do both- I have padded cycling underwear I wear under my thermal running pants, and then I wear lots of technical layers on top. Same jacket for winter riding and running, same gloves, and a thin hat under my helmet. I wear ski socks, and I did get little shoe covers for the wind. I can ride down to about 50…

Good job getting it done :). Rest day today for me

OK, I finally have a workout to add :). Strength training- I'm doing New Rules of Lifting Supercharged. Today was basic training 1B. Irritated my quad strain so I think I'm going to go put some ice on it. Swim, 1K straight, 30:17. This was my second swim of 2013 so right now I'm just getting all the muscles used to it! I…

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Hi all! Name: Karen Age: 45 Live in: Denver I'm relatively new to MFP but have been doing tris for awhile. My first tri was actually...wait for it...in 1990. The I started on making babies and going to medical school, and I didn't do another until 1989. Since then I've done a few almost every summer, with my first Oly in…

I just joined the group- a daily thread sounds great!

My sister just finished a 100 mile race in them :)

I'm in a similar situation- I have done a half marathon a few years back and was training for one last spring and got injured and missed it. I don't believe that some people are just "injury prone" and if your PT thinks you can do it, I would totally go for it. But recognize that you should approach training carefully and…

Lots of great info here already! I would be cautious about lifting heavy until you get your form down- it might even be worth a couple of sessions with a trainer to get it right. I've been lifting on and off for years and developed some bad habits, and when I went to heavy lifting last year I injured myself because I…

I make soup on the weekends- chopped meat or ground beef, broth, whatever random vegetables I have around, and a can of chopped tomatoes. Or whatever else you'd like to put in; your spices may vary! It takes 10 minutes to put together, and about an hour to cook. Then I freeze it in individual containers, and pull one out…

[/quote] "I just ate a whole frozen Kashi pizza. I feel clean and dirty all at the same time." [/quote] You know you can cook those, right? :) (Darn quotey things didn't work right...)

I use the doctor as an excuse- I say "my cholesterol is high and because I had gestational diabetes, my risk of developing type 2 diabetes is 30% if I am not overweight, and much higher if I get overweight. So my doctor has recommended that I lose weight to reduce that risk". That usually shuts them up.

Try Geneen Roth's book "Breaking free from emotional eating". It has some very helpful advice about emotional eating, and especially dealing with binges.

It could be myosotis- basically muscle breakdown. Bilateral pain would make this more likely. Be cautious and seek medical care if you have truly dark brown urine and bilateral muscle pain- the breakdown products from myositis can cause kidney damage. Supplements and statins can increase the risk. Definitely concentrate on…

I like tris and running. Right now I'm building fitness after being injured. I log my workouts on beginnertriathete.com. Feel free to add me. Also try the distance runner group here- it's pretty active and a nice bunch :).

Wow, what an interesting thread. I think this highlights my own perception after years of reading the literature, reading message boards, and trying to lose weight myself, that different people respond to different "diets"...differently, and consequently that no diet is necessarily superior, or inferior, for weight loss…

I just tried peach ginger iced tea over about a half ounce of tart cherry concentrate- not calorie free but really tasty!

Lots of great ideas about fitting in the exercise! You also mentioned the daily making dinner routine, which can be a huge hassle! I love to use a crockpot, so that I don't have to spend so much time on prep, or freeze ahead meals, which you can cook on the weekends and then pop in the oven on weeknights. It's nice to have…

I'm not sure if anyone has recommended these books yet but Geneen Roth has a great book "Breaking free from emotional eating", and Evelyn Tribole has one that's somewhat similar called Intuitive Eating. Both talk a lot about re-establishing your relationship with food, and how diets can backfire with people who have eating…

I read both this and IE, and liked them both. Interesting the book that originally helped me lose weight was called "The Skinny The Book"- it's out of print now but it used very similar concepts in a really relatable way. The focus was definitely more on weight loss than developing a better relationship with food, but it…