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make sure you are hydrated and focus on something that isn't a moving part. i can get headaches if i focus on the wheels of my bike, or the moving parts of my elliptical...stuff like that. focus on a stationary object. good luck.

i love your ticker! i often think of my weight loss in increments of either pounds of butter or the five pound bag of sugar. totally cool that that is your ticker! good luck.

i hate the weekends! it takes me a few days just to drop the few pounds i put on on the weekend. then i really only have a few more days to lose weight, b/c i constantly feel i am losing what i gained over the weekend. i try to turn the extra time i have during the weekend into positives... i can take longer walks, make a…

based on the situation you describe, sounds like sex would be the perfect exercise.

i have two weird ones...a snickers bar (which i usually don't even eat. i would list other candy bars far ahead of snickers as my favorite) and mcdonalds chicken mcnuggets for some reason.

congrats and happy birthday! what an awesome accomplishment. i would take the picture with you and your daughter in your old jeans and put it on the fridge for a reminder, altho with your determination, i doubt you need too many reminders!

how about a wife that is baking chocolate chip cookies while i am eating a salad for lunch...does that qualify?

work your upper body to keep some of the strength up there. also, you can do leg lifts and heal pumps. those will help keep the muscles in your legs working hard. not a terrible amount you can do, but these little things will make a big difference when you eventually get back to the gym. good luck.

goals for monday, april 16 1. drink a gallon of water 2. eat a salad with/as dinner 3. a serving of veggies as a snack 4. don't hurt myself at my son's first baseball practice of the season

i love my mens health, so maybe give womens health a try. it seems more geared towards really fit people tho, but i have taken some ideas from there and tried a few recipes that were all pretty good. i like that i can get a tip here and there on almost any topic i want. it is also pretty motivating. maybe womens health for…

congrats!

thanks for the advice. i increased my water b/c my weight loss stopped for a while AND b/c my goal of 8 glasses a day was falling short. so i put the goal of a gallon thinking i would average 8. well, for three days in a row, i hit the goal. and i dropped more weight. based on some of the threads on mfp, and i take them…

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i love my trek. i hope you will be happy with yours. i have severe knee issues. biking is one of the only things my orthopedic allows me to do. make sure the guy at the bike shop fits you. don't just let him sell you the bike and have you leave. i found with mine a half inch up or down with the seat changes the way my…

congrats!

michael jackson. end of discussion.

i would recommend the same thing...change up your workouts. i love my bike, i can vary the speed at which i pedal to adjust to how i feel and how hard i want to work. don't over rely on a bike for your workouts though, keep your body guessing what form of exercise it is going to do. i rotate between my bike, treadmill,…

1. done. 2. not done, but mowed lawn and built a planter 3. done. no one else is using this on the weekend?

saturday, april 14 1. drink a gallon of water 2. walk outside or ride bike 3. stay under calorie goal (tough on weekends)

friday, april 13 UPDATE goals: 1. drink a gallon of water...done. 2. either bike for 30 minutes or elliptical for 20 minutes...20 on elliptical, but my knee hurts. gotta take it easy tomorrow. 3. salad for lunch...yup 4. two servings of vegetables as snacks ...yup, but realized i need more veggies in the house. to all a…

i did. 20 pounds. strict diet and walking as exercise. 20 - 30 minutes a day, maybe 4 or 5 days a week. have up'd my exercise now that i can, but lost 20 pounds before i started riding my bike or using the elliptical. i think most of the weight was as a result of a tremendous increase in water, i drank nothing else EVER…

friday, april 13 goals: 1. drink a gallon of water 2. either bike for 30 minutes or elliptical for 20 minutes 3. salad for lunch 4. two servings of vegetables as snacks

goals for thursday 4/12 1. drink a gallon of water 2. either treadmill for 30 minutes or ride my bike for 30 minutes 3. don't blow a days worth of work when i meet my friend to watch the hockey game my update: 1. drank my gallon of water. 2. wanted to ride my bike, but then it started raining, so did treadmill for 40…

when i started my weight loss journey back in january i was faithful to 8 glasses a day. joined mfp about a month ago. haven't lost any weight, or significant weight in a few weeks. in looking over my food diary yesterday i noticed that 6 was becoming more my average. yesterday i challenged myself to drink a gallon. i did.…

i only tell people i lost weight if they ask. i am up to 28 pounds, altho my ticker only says ten, since i've lost 10 on mfp. and if they ask how much, i just tell them i don't really know. it ends the guessing game. i know i know. but to prevent them from doing the math or asking about my current weight and then doing the…

hey daryl, the way i look at day that starts off bad is that i can either continue to have a bad day, and make the people around me have a bad day too, or snap out of whatever funk i am in and have a better day. you control you. do something positive, something small to change the mood around. listen to one of your…

goals for thursday 4/12 1. drink a gallon of water 2. either treadmill for 30 minutes or ride my bike for 30 minutes 3. don't blow a days worth of work when i meet my friend to watch the hockey game i'm so good at doing this whole diet thing alone, but as soon as i try to have a social life, i screw it up...

used my elliptical for 18 minutes. i know it's not a lot compared to what else is on this thread, but it is better than nothing and more than i did last time!

i love kayaking. so fun. can't wait for better weather to go again!

goals for wednesday, 4/11 1. either 15 minutes on elliptical or 30 minutes on treadmill 2. drink a gallon of water 3. eat a salad with dinner 1. 18 minutes on elliptical 2. over a gallon of water 3. two bowlfuls of salad goals accomplished! and then some! gonna start thinking on realistic goals for tomorrow based on my…