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@JulieAL1969 AA was never for me as a grouchy old man I tend to keep to myself IRL. However two people very near and dear to me have been going to meetings and been AF, one over 20 years now. I have tried to change opinions and to no avail they are steadfast supporters of the program. I have the big book for close to 10…

I was wondering what is a drink? I see posts that proclaim the amount of drinks you will drink and think to myself how much alcohol is that. When my drinking was at its worse I figured and told myself I was having about 4 drinks a day that's not so bad right. I said before I had a really big glass and a drink in a rocks…

@JulieAL1969 Congratulations on a positive step in your journey I have been wondering since I found this site how to react to some of the posts. I sometimes read something and want to scream no that's not a good step. I am hesitant to say things at times. I think it might be because when I was drinking I could react badly…

Good morning all I have been on vacation for the last wo weeks and reading the posts but not really responding or posting because with just my phone it takes me forever. I want to relate a few things for those here fairly recently I am AF it was 10 years May 22 and have lost over 175 pounds and for me vacations are…

@NovusDies For me moderation is every few years or so The first time I indulged? was on New Years eve 3.5 years after I started my journey to improved health I had lost over 120 pounds by then and increased my running and working out from barely walking to running. The toast and wine at my daughters wedding was February…

Hi All I am just getting back to this thread after a week long project. Boy I had a lot of catching up to do as far as all the posts you guys sure do write a bit :* so you know a quick story, I have been closing up a storage unit that is packed full of old furniture junk and things I should have gotten rid of years ago…

I am glad to have found this site I feel it helps me appreciate the trials we all go thru in life I find sometimes I approach my food the way I used to approach my drinking. If I get angry I want to eat or a bit depressed how about a cookie. When you say the prisons are all of our own creation that's seem to really…

It started as a daily "chore" for the first few weeks but I soon found I was shedding water sometimes a pound or more a day as my body was adjusting the first 17 pounds I lost in a few weeks was mostly water weight. My BP started to drop as the fluid retention was being eliminated so I was celebrating some success that…

Hi I am Ken and this is some of my story I drank almost every day from the time I was 19 till I was over 60. I wanted to stop but when I thought of not drinking "forever" I could not imagine a day without it. If I was away for a weekend I made sure if I was coming back on sunday that I had bottles in the house, I am…

Congrats Jimb that's a wonderful journey you have made to a healthier lifestyle. I am also a swimmer ( even when I was very big I could swim) it is completely boring but a wonderful easy on the joints workout. I am one of quite a few 70 plus swimmers that show up regularly and do laps. We consistently do over an hour a day…

Hi all I am coming up on my 10th anniversary this May. I started at 367 with out of control BP and heart rate and slowly I started to cut out different foods and drink starting with alcohol I haven't had a hard drink since 2008 when I started and wine only 3 times in the last 10 years. At one time I couldn't imagine a day…

I am 70 and I swim an hour or more every morning and run most afternoons mostly because I love it but also because I do it alone and enjoy it for myself. In the beginning people asked what I did to lose all the weight and I found as I started to tell them their eyes would glaze over they didn't have any interest. Now I…

50 I was morbidly obese 60 still morbidly obese rolling into 70 in a few weeks and getting there running 5 times a week fitness class 3 or 4 times a week and swimming so setting a goal be it 50 or 60 or 70 is fine but you are never to old or to late to get healthy Lost almost 170 pounds was down a bit more but starting to…

I was morbidly obese and I paid the price to fly in first class because at a 56 inch waist I just didn't fit in coach seats I lost weight and became what I consider a real size person now and fit and do whatever or wherever I want. more important than the money I save now is the freedom this represents, picture a 170 pound…

Congratulations to all Its one day at a time then a month a year and so on I started May 22 2008 and looking forward to my first decade. I realized that the drinking was killing me and that didn't even scare me enough, the fear of having a stroke and losing function was the deciding factor as my BP was roughly 200/100 at…

I swim most mornings and run most afternoons so I am accustomed to breath in thru the mouth and out nose and so when I am running easy its mostly that but as I pick up the pace cant maintain that and so it becomes in and out thru the mouth

well this was my first month here and thanks to all it has proven to be very worthwhile A few things I do limited stretching before but I have about 2 blocks to where I start to measure my runs to warm up and also to cool down at the end I do deep tissue massages every two weeks and was seeing a DO to stretch and adjust me…

Continuation of previous post Monday 8/21 95 minute swim 2 miles 140 laps Eclipse 5.28 miles monthly total 94.27 94.27/ 100 goal miles

Saturday did some lite fitness work but no running Sunday 8/20 8.03 miles for a total of 88.99 for the month my highest monthly total before this was 88 miles so I managed to pass that with over a week to go should get my 100 mile total goal for August in the next few days. I am planning a 5 mile run after the eclipse…

8/17. Swim 1.75 miles fitness classes 8/18. Swim 1.75 miles 1 fitness class Run 5.1 miles today was what I call a match day 83 degrees 83 percent humidity cost me about 30 seconds per mile pace August 80.9 / goal 100 miles Highest monthly ever 88 miles should pass that easily this weekend and hit monthly goal by mid week

8/16 Swim 1.75 miles Run 5.45 miles August 75.8/ 100

No run today by definition it is a rest day but reality my legs are just fatigued and I am concerned it could lead to gimping up or worse so I am still 70.8 / 100 for my August challenge I did do my normal 90 minute morning 1.75 mile swim and 2 fitness classes before deciding the legs needed the day Hey just curious do any…

Monday 5.2 miles easy pace with not to much push back from the extra mile each day on the weekend 71.0 miles of 100 mile goal for the month and a week where I ran each day. This was a first for me in over 2 years. in 2014 I got pretty lame and had to mostly walk January 2015 I had my knee scoped and June 2015 I had a total…

Finished the weekend with a nice 6.3 miles at a consistent pace every mile within 10 seconds of planned pace for me just a perfect day light breeze low 80s blue skies at my favorite park. I am having a little tightness in one inner thigh muscle but considering the increased distances not surprising. I have run all but one…

Thru the 10th 47.33/100 almost half way there in 1/3 of the month I am feeling good about this goal even though it is a lot more than my longest month to date which was about 85 miles one month I will go over 50 this afternoon and over 60 thru the weekend. I must admit this is the only place I can discuss this without…

I would have to say my apple watch and my shuffle. My watch syncs up with a few of my programs so it seamlessly tracks and records my times and splits into my apps and MFP and my music for cadence and some mindless zen time I like the shuffle as it clips to my shirt collar with short buds so no long cord to tangle or catch

Hi I am from northern NJ Teaneck I am enjoying recapturing my health mostly thru swimming and running almost every day Swim 2 miles run 5 I am 69 and training to attempt a 1/2 marathon next year at 70 YO

Some firsts Intro 69Years young 9 years past May since I reclaimed my life first attempted running streak 5 miles a day first monthly goal triple digits 100 miles month to date 42.36 miles as of this afternoon

I have and used many Polar HRMs never accurate in the pool I saw the series 2 apple watch and the lap swimming won me over. I swim 5 mornings it tracks my lap count and times per lap and 100 yard splits my HR and calories burned. I run 4-5 times a week and the results are equally accurate and detailed it syncs with MFP and…

did you have any tests or did he just say it was pinched I have problems in that area and until I found someone that really knew and tested not much relief. The Sciatic nerve either passes thru or lays just under your piriformis muscle and that can get inflamed thru exercise or work and press on the sciatic nerve and that…