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  • Fantastic! I'm still a long way from that...running just doesn't seem to work for me yet. But I'm not giving up! Major NSV....mark this date in your calendar. By this time next year you will be amazed at how far you've come from just 1 mile...I am certain!
    in NSV! I ran a mile! (First time... EVER!) Comment by webchickadee January 2014
  • Your body burns calories while you are alive (otherwise you would die.....you need energy to pump your heart, breath, perform your cellular processes, etc.). It's calculating what your baseline metabolism is based on your weight, sex, etc. In addition to your baseline metabolic burn, you expend extra energy by…
    in fitbit flex or one? Comment by webchickadee June 2013
  • I think the OP's question was a reasonable one, if he/she had stopped at the point I quoted above. It's asking for information about something they don't understand. It's the remainder of the question/post that has brought up people's hackles (right so, in my opinion). Yes, some of us are new to treadmills, some of us are…
    in Treadmills --- why do people hold on to the rails? Comment by webchickadee March 2013
  • HW: 330 (2006) CW: 237 (was 319 when I started losing weight in May 2012) GW: 135 Height: 5'4" Lightest (baby) - born at 1.9 lbs (7 weeks premature)! Almost didn't make it! Neonatal medicine wasn't very advanced in 1969! Lightest (teen) - 177 when I was 16 yrs old (43 yrs old now). Lightest adult weight - 199 (at age 19,…
    in What is your heaviest? Lightest? Where are you now? Goal? Comment by webchickadee October 2012
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