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A couple weeks ago at a company picnic kickball game, running bases. I run three times a week, but those sprints left me more sore than I've been in a long time.

I've read that increasing dietary potassium can offset sodium. If this is not the case, anyone reading please correct me or explain further. :smile: Fruits and vegetables tend to be pretty high in potassium. When you're able to get more food in the house, that might be something to look at. You can track potassium in your…

If stairs are an option, take the stairs. Avoid the vending machines. Bring your own food and snacks and stick to that (this can be tough; my office has nearly constant parties and breakfasts and lunches and treats and people get really resentful when that one person doesn't attend, but oh well!). Bring walking shoes if…

Quit drinking my calories - specifically coffee creamer and juice.

Running my first 5k on Thanksgiving, 11/24!

I didn't use a food scale when I first started here in 2012. I lost much faster than expected, which is not the worst problem to have of course, but I was so hungry all the time and then I gained about half the weight back since 2013. I did buy a food scale after that and am back on track. Without the food scale, my food…

Lost about 55 lbs right here 2012-2013 (about 10 lbs from goal). Maintained for a few months without logging, then abruptly was up 10 by the end of 2013. Then gained another 20 back. The only reason it wasn't more was because periodically I would log back in and keep track for a month or so and lose 5 or 8 or whatever.…

My personal opinion, it works well if the person doing this has some idea of how much they're eating and how many calories they can expect to burn. Like you said in your OP, probably everyone has done it from time to time. When I first started tracking here, in that first month, several times I had to go workout to 'earn…

Yes, all my life. I wasn't allowed to have caffeine as a child, so I can't blame that - I became a coffee drinker in college because I couldn't get through my days on 3-5 hrs a night (if I was lucky). Going to bed and laying there in the dark and quiet is like a sensory deprivation chamber I think, for me, and then my mind…

I understand what you are saying and had the same hesitation when I did what I did to taper - my understanding was that the capsule itself was what allowed it to be released over time. OP - I used the same capsule, just with 'dots' removed. They slide open easily and then I would tightly put it back together. The empty…

My doctor agreed to take me off Cymbalta a few years ago and his "tapering" idea was one week at 30 mg then nothing. It was truly awful. Here's what I ended up doing: I actually split open one of the 60 mg tabs and counted those little dots - there were about 200 dots in a capsule, if I remember correctly. And I put 180…

83 days is about 12 weeks. So depending on how much you need to lose total, anywhere from 6-24 pounds is realistic (1/2 pound - 2 pounds per week).

I'm 5' 6" and my current weight is 176.4 I wear a medium top and I'm at the point where an 8 is too tight and a 10 is too big (US sizes) in pants.

You must be losing inches in places you are not measuring. I only measure 4 places regularly - hips at the widest point, waist at the narrowest point, bust, and stomach (over my belly button). I hadn't had much of a shift recently on any of the 4 but discovered yesterday I lost 2 inches off my bra band size (under the…

Once I was down about 2 sizes, I went to Goodwill and other thrift shops to get some clothes for work. I didn't want to spend too much for the in between sizes. I donated my 'fat' clothes each time I went. Sometimes, just one item, sometimes a whole bag. After losing 53 lbs in 2012-2013, i regained almost 20. I came back…

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Same. And i sweeten with honey.

I had surgery on that same disk in 2010. I can relate (unfortunately). The nerve damage is to my left leg and I still have trouble with it. I think my surgeon waited too long to decide to operate - he wanted to treat it conservatively for several years. Pre-surgery, I did not find that anything helped long-term. I have…

I have a new pair that are doing the same thing. They were laced too tight over my mid-foot. I loosened them and the tingle/numbness has stopped. Maybe try that?

Thank you, I will look for coconut water!

Maybe I should start drinking Gatorade.

I assumed water weight since the scale was way up and I definitely could not have gained 6 lbs of anything else. As for the bathroom - this past weekend, I drank 20 ounces before I started, 60 ounces of water during the 2 hours or so I was out there, took breaks every 20-30 minutes. I didn't go once during that time and it…

Good point, I will try drinking extra during the week (by extra, I mean 'more than I think I need') if I know I'll be working or playing outside that weekend.

I'm not a doctor or a nutritionist and I'm not giving official medical advice and was not part of a controlled double-blind study :wink: but here is an interesting personal anecdote nonetheless: I had a physical a few years ago and my cholesterol was at the high-end of normal. I think it was 199 (total cholesterol) No…

I felt overwhelmed too when I got started. I decided to stick with it for just one month and then I could reevaluate. I also decided to only weigh once a week during that month. I figured I could do anything (meaning, log my food and exercise regularly) for 4 weeks. If I remember correctly I lost something like 9 pounds…

Something so stupid and specialized it would take several paragraphs to explain it. It requires no job skills whatsoever. To sum up, I sit in a cubicle. I spend a lot of time surfing the internet.

I can totally relate! I was at 164 last May, about 10 lbs from my goal. Maintained it until October, then just quit caring about it at all...stopped working out, stopped logging food. I've never handled stress well and I had some serious stuff going on elsewhere and it just seemed like too much. Still pretty mad at myself.…

I love that you did a whole experiment around this :laugh:

My first 12 weeks I lost 22 lbs.

Agree! I swear a good one of either type is like eating candy!