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Walking in MBTs and calories burned?
Hello MFP friends. I walk between two and six miles a day with my dogs. From time to time I switch to MBT shoes (rocker soles) if my knees or hips start to hurt. Has anybody found a reliable estimate of how many more calories per hour we burn wearing MBTs. The company's ads claim up to 25% more. I found one study online…
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Cardio in Freezing Temps
I just returned from a trip to South Dakota where I did a fair amount of walking outdoors and doing photography in freezing temperatures. I became ravenous and gave in to eating excessive quantities of food at meals. Now back home and I don't appear to have gained weight over a three day period during which I ate about…
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Yo Yo Dieting
I'm 65, and I'm on a quest to return to the weight I was at the age of 21. If I succeed this will be the third time I've done this. I'm one of those people who can lose the weight, but then it starts creeping back up, a pound or so a month, ten or twelve pounds a year. This time, I let it go on longer than before, and at…
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Autumn Swoons
I've been fighting off temptations to eat comfort food (or overeat) and hibernate (or not exercise) this week. Just want to eat something warm, soft, and yummy, and crawl in bed with a book in the evenings. Could it be the weather or season? The last time I got my weight down to where it is now and went off the rails, it…
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Silver Foxes
Just starting a group for those of us in the Medicare years who intend to be/stay foxy till we drop. I'm 65 year old, 5'9" tall, 30 pounds overweight tomboy who loves walking, biking, hiking, kayaking, traveling, and --- oh yeah -- occasionally being told I'm looking good. Why I am posting this? Someone told me today that…
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Exercise for Prediabetics?
I would love to connect with other people who are prediabetic and are trying to reverse this condition. I have read a lot about insulin resistance and exercise, but I seem to be failing in my attempts to exercise enough. Just got a new blood test and despite losing 18 pounds and increasing exercise to 1 to 2 hours a day,…
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Depression and Low Carbs Diets
A year or so ago I read a research study that was done in Australia that found that people on low carb diets suffer from more depression than people on other kinds of diets. I related to that. Because of a family tendency to diabetes, I've been on a low carb diets for years. I have periods where I crave carbs, and during…
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Winter Comfort Food for Prediabetics and Diabetics
Wow. It's gray, chilly, windy, and rainy around San Francisco Bay this morning. I woke up with a mad craving for warm, hot comfort food and knew my usual breakfast of cold stuff wasn't going to do the trick. After scrounging around in the cupboard, I passed on the idea of an egg white omlette and came up with a half…
