tomwashere Member

Looks like you got mostly great advice. I think most of the difference is what you consider walking. If you are thinking the walking you normally do around the house or your neighborhood, then your benefits will not be anywhere near what you got from running. But if you are willing to go long and hard enough to get the…

I bought the 24 Hour Fitness membership at Costco which was $319 for 24 months. That's a little more than $13/month.

Looks like about 10 of that is hair. :-)

Something a little different you may want to consider is listening to podcasts while you work out. There is plenty of variety so you can probably find something to your liking. And unlike music, which I seem to be able to tune out, podcasts force me to listen and do a better job of taking my mind away from the exercise. I…

Third Day is always in my running playlists. Especially "Come Together", but this is a list of those most often being played while I run. - Come Together - Get On - Surrender - This is who I am - Slow Down - Don't Give up Hope - Gone - Come on Down Also, Jeremy Camp is good for exercise, but I just over-played him a while…

That is a pretty large load for only having been running two months. Still, it doesn't seem so excessive as to cause the toe problem. Just remember that not everything in our body responds to training at the same rate. Cardio fitness may be improving rapidly making you feel you are ready to increase the speed and mileage…

I'm a little surprised it happened and you have just started this running thing. I usually associate it with running very long distances. I used to have this problem but was regularly doing runs longer than 30 miles. What type of mileage are you doing? If you have just started, you may just be increasing the load too…

An ounce of good scotch.

Lots of coffee. Sparkling water. Milk with Muscle Milk after I lift. And a good Scotch every now and then.

I started at 278. Would have been 300 with another year like 2011. Trying to get to 195. Feel free to add me.