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hiking and 5k's around Austin
Hi Austin folks! I am trying to hike at least once each weekend if anyone in this group would ever want to go. I tend to stay within 45 miles of the Austin area and usually do anywhere between 3-7 miles depending on the trail. I still have about 25 pounds to lose so it isn't like I am speed hiking when I go. :) But it is…
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Compression bra? Jogging advice?
Hi all! Very happy to have found this group. It seems most of the time when I talk about this with my friends no one understands where I am coming from on many levels. But here is my issue in a nutshell...... I was DCIS with lumpectomy and then 33 sessions of RADS. I am HAPPY to be over 2 1/2 years NED. I gained about 30…
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Walk It Out calories burned accuracy?
Hi all - I just started using the Wii Walk It Out game and LOVE IT! However, I was wondering if anyone knew or had a good guess about the accuracy of the calories burned that the game reports. I can easily do this game for an hour, walking in place the entire time, but whe it says I burned like 450 calories that seems high…
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Exercise bra recommendations after radiation?
I posted this on the cancer sites I am on as well but didn't get that many responses so thought I would throw it out there on here too. I went through breast cancer last fall. I did NOT have a masectomy. I had a lumpectomy with then 7 solid weeks of radiation. I gained about 15 pounds and was not able to work out all all…
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dieting and exercising and now GAINING weight
I lost about 7 pounds over 2 months but now I am GAINING weight. I have another 17 pounds to go. I try to exercise daily, I eat back my exercise calories, I log every single thing that goes in my mouth, and I have not changed anything (meaning I am eating right and exercising, but now instead of losing weight as I had been…
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Suggestions for a decent calories needed a day calculator?
While I am losing weight at this time by following what MFP recommends for my daily calorie needs, does anyone know of other good and decently reliable calculators online to give me an amount of what I would need to maintain my weight once I get there? I am getting a HUGE range difference from different sites... up to 500…
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food ideas while going through radiation?
I was wondering if anyone here had been through radiation for breast cancer and if so, could you give me some suggestions for things I should be eating? I just started radiation yesterday for breast cancer. I have to do 33 total treatments... so 5 times a week for 6 1/2 weeks. I am somewhat sick to my stomach though right…
