Chari_Jan Member

Incredible!!! You are truly an inspiration to so many people! You're amazing!

It's not what you eat 2 - 3 days a year that stop you from reaching your goals...it's the other 363 - 362 days. By all means enjoy Thanksgiving to the fullest!!!

Fantastic work!!! Truly amazing!

What a beautiful story! You truly are amazing! Great job!

That is an amazing thing!! You totally rock!! I'm also in recovery, it's been 3 years, 2 months and 8 days since my last drink. I also drank beer like you did. It was no problem for me to polish off a 30 pack after work everyday. Congrats! You are doing wonderful!

Eat more protein and eat 6 times a day.

I complete agree with you. Do you hate being fat or eating veggies worse? I suggest you eat your veggies.

I wear my Polar FT4 heart rate monitor and I burn anywhere from 500 - 600 in an hour.

Now that some funny ****!!! LMAO!

That's awesome!! LMAO!! :laugh:

Even if it is after penetration....that is still extremely sad. I'm not opposed to a quicky but 6 minutes is even fast for that.

Just ordered the same brand of compression sleeves. Thank you. :flowerforyou:

Fantastic advice!!! I love it! I also do heavy lifting and have a day focused on calves and of course the usual squats, lunges and deadlifts. I love the army men thing! I'm gonna try all of these! Thank you! :flowerforyou:

Thinking I had stress fractures was the reason I took a month off. I will look for a Good Form Running clinic and consult with a sports med doc. Thank you for your suggestions. :flowerforyou:

That is exactly how mine feel. I haven't tried compression sleeves because the guy at the running store I go to said that they were a waste of money. I will certainly try them. Thanks! :flowerforyou:

I enjoy running. It's the whole mind game of beating yourself and pushing yourself farther than you ever thought you could. The feeling of triumph at the finish line or that 5th mile when you've only ran 3 miles before. It's a high you get that you just can't get from anything else. I get my cardio from other sources right…

Sorry to hear that. I can totally understand not being able to run due to bad knees, hips or ankles but shin splints!! Come on now! LOL

That is odd. Very odd in deed. Things that make you go hmmmm.

The cross trainer just bores me to death! Maybe if I close my eyes and pretend I'm running thru some beautiful trails with little bridges that cross over babbling brooks it wouldn't be so bad. LOL I love running trails or just around the park. It doesn't feel like work that way.

Within the first 2 minutes they are hurting. A sprint causes sharp stabbing pains in my shins...so I could do it but not pain free. It feels like my bones are going to snap...not a good feeling.

Maybe I will try Vibrams as well. That's awesome that you can do HIIT. I get my cardio right now from the stairmaster and bike but I so love to run. It so depressing that I can't do it without extreme pain.

It doesn't matter what surface I run on. I have ran on all of those.

I eat a can of albacore tuna with light mayo, relish and mustard with Nut Thins pecan crackers. Very high in protein so you remain full for a few hours. I also make homemade protein bars that I eat for snacks during the day and some fruit maybe.

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I also have the same problem. I'm hoping it's all fat and not skin.

To my boyfriend.. Can you stop and pick up a jug of protein when you get off work?

You can do benchpress with dumbbells. I have heard they are more effective because you have to use more of the small muscles to stabilize the weights. You can also use dumbbells for deadlifts as well.

I have been sober since 5.3.10. Your story is very familiar. I highly suggest hitting up an AA meeting or contacting a rehab center. If only to better educate yourself...you might hear something that you need to hear. I ask that you keep an open mind and look for the similarities instead of focusing on the differences…

This is me these except when I bend over to take the clothes off and I get a glimpse of my saggy stomach....Then I cry!!

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