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OP, do you mind sharing why you're not sure if it's helping or beneficial for you? Someone might have worked through a similar situation. I personally wasn't getting CV benefits until I strengthened my leg and ankle muscles enough to sustain a good pace, but I had to walk every day to get there. If you're physically able…

Getting looks is often so subjective I think a lot of times we project whatever we're feeling into those looks. I used to assume everyone who looked at me funny was horrified by my fat or what I was eating or if I was wasting money..they may have been wondering why I was looking at them in the first place. Obviously some…

I prefer working out on an empty stomach. It seems perfectly fine for me as long as I'm not crazy hungry to start with. If so, I do the weak, shaky stuff being on diabetic medicine. If you find that you have that problem like me, I still only need something really tiny like no more than 4 carbs and a little protein to…

The thing that has motivated me the most is my walking partner. Even when I didn't feel like doing the aerobics or weights, my dog wanted to walk no matter if it was freezing cold, raining or too hot to breathe. So thanks to her I walk whether I do anything else or not. Now I've found a workout program I can do at home on…

I do 5-6 a day as well, but it's primarily for blood sugar maintenance. I really consider it 3 meals and 3 snacks. The snacks bridge the meals for me and are usually a protein snack <200 calories, but lately I've been cutting the protein snack in half and throwing a chocolate square in there. Breakfast, mid morning snack,…

I did real (not modified) push-ups this week for the first time since high school. I tried on clothes at the mall and can now wear a size I haven't worn since high school. I reached the 3 week mark sticking to my MFP calories, my hasfit exercise plan and walking my dogs every day since restarting. I have kept my blood…

Muscle mass weighs more than fat. Maybe the heavy lifting is causing muslce gains?

I'm addicted to soda as well. What it does to me if I drink it like an addict..my legs swell, it increases my acid reflux, it makes me crave sweets, and keeps me up more at night. Being tired, having feet and ankle pain from swelling and feeling sick from acid reflux keeps me from exercising enough, resting enough and…

I've always thought about food too. I've caused a lot of hangups in my family over my obsession with it in the way they respond to me around meals and portions. It got really bad when my diabetes was out of control and I was on all the blood sugar medicines and I was starving all the time. I haven't stopped thinking about…

I recommend you find boogie2988 on youtube and watch his serious videos. He has a lot of comedy as well, because it's how he makes a living being physically disabled with weight and spending a lot of time at home. He talks about a similar struggle with his childhood, though he is younger (30s) and has not had as much life…

Yes. I was much younger and it simply never crossed my mind that a girl that cute would be interested in me. She was a lot cuter than she realized. Have you ever visited another country?

I'm a supervisor, I give presentations in public in front of 100s of people, have lectured college courses and lead trainings. BUT, I probably post 1 out of every 20 online posts I type and it took me over an hour to get up the nerve to type this and it is probably the 3rd post (and a lot of retyping) I started before I…