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  • I'm restless about 11 times a night but those are not times I'm waking. I usually wake up once a night. Another question is what is considered a good "sleep efficiency" percentage?
  • The knee situation sounds very painful and seems like it would be very hard to walk an hour a day with that. I walk about 90 minutes daily, currently 40 - 60 minutes a day due to knee pain; hopefully that will change soon. During the walks I attempt to keep it interesting by thinking, reflecting about my life and sometimes…
  • Congrats to you. It's inspirational to see hard work pay off.
  • The first month of tracking, I ate my exercise calories and lost 4 pounds total for the month. The second month of tracking I did not eat my exercise calories and lost 8 pounds. Now I exercise longer (just walking) and eat some of those calories but not all. If I earn 600 exercise calories I might eat 100-150 of them.…
  • Couch to 5K is a great program; I just started day one today. Try to do it as planned and not push ahead, in order to prevent injuries and burnout. Also, if you can't keep up, just stay with each stage as long as needed before you move on. For me starting is always the hardest. Good luck.
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