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Success without a thyroid.
Half way there. I'm a 66 years old male. A 6 year cancer survivor and I have no thyroid. I've talked to many other total thyroidectomy cancer survivors and the common thread has been how difficult it is to keep from gaining weight - let alone loosing weight. I started at 268.6 on January 1. Today was my 16 week weigh in…
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Slow bike exercise?
When I ride by myself I stay in cardio. When I ride with someone else (un-named) she is too slow to teach cardio. I've tried two alternates; 1. Maintaining a 70-90 cadence. 2. Top gear high pressure leg presses (more of a strength training). Which burns more calories?
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Mashing, extension and knees.
Constant mashing can be hard on knees. The other issue is leg extension. A proper setup should have you knee still slightly bent at the bottom of your stroke. Think cadence on those hills. I ride a recumbent trike (catrike Road) - I have a ruptured c5 c6 so I can't do the head up thing on a diamond frame. I use a bike…
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Extra exercise question
Using MFP, I eat to my goal (pre exercise calories). That's 1500 cal. I average 500 cal of exercise per day but don't eat the extra. I'm going on vacation for 2 months where the activity will increasey daily from 500 up to 15-2500 per day (2 hr bike rides and free golf every day - yeah I'm the obsessive type). My question:…
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What's your exercise passion?
I LOVE my recumbent trike! I have a ruptured c5/6 (in the neck) so I can't do the diamond frame anymore. I Use to swim but rotator cuff I use to dive but doc says no more. I hope I don't get some other injuries that prevent my riding. Last year I got in two "ride your age" rides 65 and 67 miles. This year my goal is to get…
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3 days into it
God only knows how many diets I've done! I've lost over 100#'s twice in my life and like everyone else I gain it back (always due to lifestyle). 3 days ago I was 268.6# and my goal (top of the BMI for me) is 165. This time though, I'm going to also change my lifestyle. I need to come first. To that end, NOTHING will get…
