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You won't get big - it will tone you up. And you'll see the effects in your arms and upper torso as well. Everything I read is positive about resistance training as an adult - I'm guessing by your picture avatar that you are one. Good luck!!! And keep up the great work!!!

I agree with ecjim - start out lighter than before your injury. One of my friends told me years ago..."Muscles have memory." You'll get back to the old weight pretty quickly after your body get acclimated to lifting again. WTG on your dedication and determination!!!

I eat a banana every morning to start toward this goal. Potassium-rich foods include many fruits, green vegetables, potatoes, and some types of fish, to name a few.

Stretching before AND after a workout has helped me a lot (along with the occasional Aleve). It's just part of our bodies getting older - knees, backs, shoulders, and other joints need a little more care and time off than when we were 20-30 year-olds. As another post said earlier, make sure to consult your doctor before…

Between sets of lifting, I walk around 1/4 mile inside the gym, either on an empty racquetball court, or a few flight of stairs to keep my heartrate up.

You can add me. I log every day.

I've been taking a statin since 2004 for my cholesterol. It lowered my number in about a month with very little side effects (I was nauseated for the first few days). My number really dipped after I got in better shape and dropped weight, but I still need the statin due to my genetic makeup. You should talk to your doctor…

I have been counting calories daily for nearly 7 years. It's just part of my life now. Some can go without counting and will be just fine, but I'm not one of those people.

I’m over 2000+ and always open to adding dedicated MFPers. Feel free to add me.

Yes Stef...I’m aware of the logging issues, ways around the system, and other things that could break / keep a streak. I acknowledge that I’ve been lucky because of internet available constantly, even internationally on vacations. I was just trying to start a conversation and see if anyone was interested in the thread.…

You can add me. On MFP since 2011. Day streak 2000+ days.

Since I am also 48 years old, I thought I should reply... When lifting upper body, I am pretty unscientific. I grab a 5 lb free weight and roll both shoulders forward and backward, as if warming up to throw a baseball. Then I rotate both directions around my waist 2 or 3 times, then concluding with a few standing triceps…

The Fitbit will calculate the calorie burn with your steps recorded. Depending on the model you have (mine is the Surge), you can select different exercises and time them with the built in stopwatch.

The stride length is definitely essential for accuracy. However, I have noticed there is a difference in measured distance when on a treadmill vs outside. My uneducated guess is my stride is longer when on the treadmill, thus throwing the distance off - usually about a tenth of every mile when running, a little more like…

My goal is to lift 3X weekly and intense cardio at least 2X during the week (treadmill and HIIT RPM Spin), and I will occasionally add to the end of my weights workout some cardio on the treadmill. I also wear a Fitbit and try to get my goal of 5 miles on my legs 6 days per week, whether it is power walking or running,…

There is no way to avoid the extra food and calories. I try to pick up my cardio a little more and I realize the weight will come off in January after the holidays as long as I get back to good habits and exercise. This will be my 5th Thanksgiving and Christmas on MFP - I add more calories to my daily goal because the…

Regarding beer and alcohol in general, I try to be honest with my logging. I know there are certain nights I will go over, sometimes way over. I will, within reason, push some of the calorie overage to the following day and eat less / burn more. I have always tried to put my calorie goals in a weekly overall package, so I…

Feel free to add me if you don't think 47 is too old...LOL. I've been doing this 4+ years on MFP, and I'll be happy to help any way that I can. I like to eat and drink beer - I pretty much eat what I want but stay consistent with my overall goals on a weekly basis. I mainly count calories and exercise and I have maintained…

Your situation is similar to mine - we have similar shoes even!!! I rolled my ankle in January and I tried to run through the pain for 3 months and now I'm out for the summer. I had to see a sports medicine doctor and rest from impact (running and power walking) was prescribed. I can still crosstrain, although it has been…

Like cwolfman13 said above, Maintenance is all about trial and error. Nobody is the same and you have to find that place where your intake and exercise / burns gets you around the same number. You're on the right track - it might take you a few more weeks to zone in on that magic number. Keep up the great work!!!

My suggestion would be to eat at your maintenance calories, rather than a deficit, if you are going to continue cardio and start weight training. You're so close being 2 pounds away...just stay active and be patient. You will get the results you are looking for over time. It's taken me nearly 4 years of cardio and 1 year…

My experience is similar to yours. When I dropped nearly 70 pounds, friends and family members commented they were worried about my health. I look now at a picture from 3 years ago, when I was under 200 pounds, and I agree - I do look pretty bad. I have been maintaining around 230-235 lbs for 2 years now, and nobody can…

I have had a LifeFitness T 5.0 for about 3 years. I believe it was around $3300. When I was looking back then, the advice I remember given to me was to make sure... 1) the track had a good shock absorber to ease stress on the joints 2) there is a warranty for the motor and the track I also Googled "treadmill customer…

I rolled my ankle about 6 weeks ago and it still hurts when I run more than 3 days in a row. I am hitting the weights and trying to get more cardio from the exercise / Spin bikes. Listen to your body and don't come back too soon. Make sure you recover. I always count my calories and I would recommend backing down on your…

I weigh myself daily and my report chart looks like a child's scribble Agree 100%. I have recorded my weight every day this week to show some of my newer MFP friends how much weight fluctuates over a short period of time. As some of the posters said above, it is a trend that you looking for...going down over a longer…

I was a jock in HS so I was always active. I gained a lot of weight after college, then lost 50+ in 1992 and stayed fit for the next 4 years. Got a new job and moved in 1996, found a new career and future wife in 1998, and gained an average of 4 pounds / year for the next 15 years. Beginning in March 2011, weighing…

https://www.fitbit.com/user/2C9VZW Just got my Charge an hour ago. Replaced my damaged / recalled Force from January.

Today's sign-in gives me 1383 consecutive days, have maintained for about 12-14 months, currently between 230-235 pounds. In 2012, I lost enough weight to get to 199, but I looked terribly old, and didn't feel very good. Since incorporating weights to my cardio, I look and feel a lot better, even at a higher weight. And,…

I would also recommend changing your activity level on MFP from sedentary to lightly active. I read on your post about having an office job, but, in reality, nobody is completely sedentary, as long as you move around even a little bit per day. I agree with all of the other recommendations. Good luck!!!

I use a Fitbit and the only exercises that I enter are thru MFP - Spin / cycling , weights, elliptical. I let the Fitbit count my steps and floors. In addition, I used MFP to have Fitbit give negative readings, which I need to "make up" around 225 calories after I wake up to get to "0". I found that the Fitbit keeps your…