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Walking and Shin Splints
I've been trying to become more active. I have a treadmill, but I get shin splints. Walking on a treadmill at 3.5 mph and a 3% incline, my heart rate gets up to 170 and I can guarantee that in 5 minutes, my shins will feel like they're about to snap in half, sometimes, even if I'm wearing compression sleeves. At 2.5 mph…
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Just because you're tired doesn't mean you're lazy
So, lately I have been feeling so down and out. I was tired, sluggish, moody, etc. I gained the weight back that I’d lost earlier this year and I was really beating myself up about it. I felt like I was just lazy and deserved to be “fat”. Then I spoke to a woman and she advised me to start taking B12 vitamins. She said she…
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Too Tired... Unmotivated... Late night cravings...
I've been very very tired lately. I lost 25 pounds in about 2 months. No extreme dieting or exercising. Just sticking to a 1200 calorie diet and walking on the treadmill for 30 minutes a day and walking my dog at least 3 times a day (15 minute walk minimum). I did a work out DVD every once in a while, but generally stuck…
