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I am semi retired so I have some day time oppertunity to run but Tuesday night and Thursday night are organized thru the running club on HS tracks that are kept lit till 9 PM We can all run at our own pace during Tuesday and talk before and after the run My 4 miler may be someone elses 5.5 miler its a little boring but its…

Great job I know the feeling you are discussing and it brings the biggest smile to my face I have a big and tall shop near me and I laugh out loud when I drive by now. We add to the satisfaction of being healthier the joy of shopping??? Did I really say that///// the joy of shopping Congratulations on one more step in your…

I lost the first 85 pounds with limited exercise, I was too heavy to do alot of exercises but I did walk almost all over town, people began to call me the walking man I walked to the post office grocery store CVS etc. and lost weight counting calories as I began to get lighter and more fit from walking I increased my daily…

Sure I was well over 300 when I started in May 2008 and it is a process of success and failures. No one here is perfect we all have to find things for ourselves. Walking then running has worked for me despite an arthritic hip and a bad knee but some people hate to run and love DVD workouts or other machines find your own…

No I was saying I was socially anxious because of my body image and what I was afraid people was saying at and about me. I can not speak to what causes your feelings since we don't know you at all. So I meant you are controlling that and if it was a problem you should discount that

At my heaviest I was always avoiding alot of social situations, before a group dinner would check to see the restaurant seating no chairs with arms no booths etc. I could stand in a room of people at a party with a drink in hand and listen to everone else talk to each other being afraid to eat because eveeryone would be…

I am approaching my final goals 175 then under 165 after over 5 years and so I am losing very slowly to ease in to a maintenance mode when I increase my mileage I do get hungry but I change the composition of my foods/meals to adjust to hunger 1 my daily smoothie more veggie or green in the smoothie celery is my go to…

Seems like I am bucking the trend here It has been 5 years plus on my weight loss journey and I stopped drinking the first day fearful of never having a drink again and how I could do it since I drank every day before, Long story short it has made my weight loss easier to maintain eating healthy calories and not having to…

As the fellow sexagenerian who PMed the question let me take this oppertunity to publicly say thanks for a comprehensive and detailed reply. I can use this as part of my future training plan to forward my running success

I never did C25K but I run and like everyone else I started somewhere. My understanding there is not 30 minutes day 1 week 1 but baby steps to start getting you ready so go out and do it. As I said I run and there are many days I am pooped as you said and you just lace up and get out and go and most times you feel much…

New Milford inaugural 10K 78:20 PR for me by 2:20 since last May Sigh good news bad news ran better than I have run since my early 30s and felt pretty good about it. Finished almost 2 blocks behind next to last runner So I still have alot of work to do before next one

First sorry to say no matter how much weight you lose IT WILL never end people will always want to correct you Second a piece of advice Ignore all advice and if its it ain't broke don't fix it It works for you great job doing it and keep it up. I am in a fitness class and after I had lost almost 130 pounds a newer member…

I don't think if you are going to make this a changed way of life that you maintain you should be hungry, not at bed time or really not much at any other time. I eat large meals but not high calorie meals I will have a snack late but its not the quart of ice cream that it used to be but an apple or a plate with cheese…

Hi I grew up in the Bronx and probably moved before either of you were born:smile: yes I am that old and now live in Northern NJ right over the bridge. I have been doing this for over 5 years now and have been on MFP over 550 days and would be happy to help motivate and chat about life style changes if you would like to…

/////////// 65 ///////////// I have been running for almost 2 years starting at 270 pounds I have my second 10K this sunday I am still losing weight slowly and getting faster So no it isn't too late just go out and if you enjoy it DO IT you are never too old Check my profile for my history starting out from May 22 2008 to…

I have moderate to severe arthritis in my left hip and I run thru the pain most of the time. After 1/4 to 1/2 mile warm up I am ok. The opinions vary, the PT says I should have had a hip replacement like yesterday but my DO ( osteopathic physician) works on adjusting stretching the area loosen up the joints and build the…

I know it might sound trite but run run run the more you run and vary your distances do some hills the faster you get. The strangest thing for me is I dont feel that I am faster but by my app and gps I am so it is same effort but faster speed. My last 10K was a 12:51 Min/mile last May, this saturday ran a trial 10K warmup…

I started by walking over 300 pounds and gradually transition to running still in the high 200s and I looked everyone in the eye and gave them my biggest smile as I wogged (walked jogged stumbled by) and most of the time most people smiled back. The key for me was I was morbidly obese and severely hypertensive when I…

I would go to the race for many reasons. You trained and prepared for it. You don't know that your time won't improve enough and unless this is different than races I have been in once everyone gets started the organization needed to figure the 15 minute pace is never accurate. The last 10K I ran I was told at 15…

No pain no gain can be a crock sometimes if you have had recurring soreness after yoga you might need to rest the muscles. I workout if I am stiff and work into it slowly stretch out and continue and thats fine, but soreness to the point where its hard to walk or move maybe back off for a day. When you work that hard you…

I am 65 about 5'9" and currently 185 and I have frequent conversations with my GP and cardiologists because of my history of morbid obesity and severe hypertension 5 years ago. I had a cardiogram in may prior to my first race and was deemed fine. During my training runs I average between 135 and 142. During the 10K I was…

Congratulations on the new hobby and the win. Last May I ran my first race ever a 10K and finished last in my age group 65 - 70s men and it was one of the biggest wins of my life finishing it and loving it. so a first had to be super keep it up and enjoy it. Side Benefit its very healthy for you

I was crazy excited the other day the town repaved most of the streets I run on and they are now nice and smooth and all the potholes are gone. I am 65 and I can say I am only going out for a fast 5K. After our running club finished 5K the other day I did another 2 miles for my Saturday 5 miler Because slow or fast I run.…

Happiness comes and goes while running you feel great and then you can hit a plateau and fight thru it and then feel great for the effort and the world is a happy place. Last February I was down in Orlando on vacation and training for my first 10K I had never run a race before of any distance. I decided to do a 6 mile run…

I think the first sentence says it all " I am 26 " I think at your age as you lose your skin will improve and after you are done losing and toning you will be thrilled with the results. Congrats on your progress so far and I wouldnt worry if I was you. I am 65 and losing a lot of weight and even my skin is improving over…

It is a permanent journey not always a battle I am over 5 years now sometimes it was straight down other times sideways and YES we did go up at times for months at times but you adjust and live your lifestyle this is your life for the future not just a weight loss or diet thing the health is the important thing the weight…

I agree completely and have been trying to live this way for 5 years now. I have tried to explain this on too many occasions to the people who at parties or events slide up to me on the buffet or dessert line and who with a smirk tell me " oh you can't eat any of this you are on a diet" No I just changed my food focus and…

My Dr "suggested " the HRM since I am a 65 year old who was severely hypertensive and obese and since I ran on perceived exertion he schooled me to stay below certain BPM as I progressed it just seemed a natural progression to add the GPS factor to monitor distance and pace as well. My BPM and BP are no longer factors he…

Remember this is your life and by doing it now you are improving decades of your future that should help give you the strength to continue and stick with it. I wish I was smart enough and strong enough to do this years ago. I waited till it was a crisis and I was already 60 to get it done. You have so much more ahead of…

My suggestions based on my experience, may not be for you is to add exercise and remove the things that contribute to retaining fluids. I cut out the salts and the processed foods no more pepperoni bacon or cold cuts so that limits the nitrates and nitrites. I also stopped all alcohol. I dropped about 12 pounds of fluid in…