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Weight training with arthritic knees
I've been diagnosed with arthritic knees and will be needing knee replacement surgery within 5 years. I was told to give up running and not allowed to do any squats with weight. All the weight training programs I am looking at have squats. Does anyone know of a good, beginners weight training program without any lifting…
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Guilt Free Vacation
I will be on vacation for the next 5 days and during this time I will be doing some planned biking and swimming. But I'm also going to enjoy some food I don't normally eat and drink more alcohol than usual. I know on Tuesday the scale will be up 5 to 8 pds and I'm going to have to convince myself that I did not eat 20000…
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Too much cardio?
Some background - I'm 52, 6' tall and weigh in at 268 pds. According to MFP, I'm allowed 1650 calories a day to lose 2pds a week. I work at a desk all day and I've recently moved to a bike desk - I have setup my road bike on a trainer and built a desk around it. On average I do about 50-60miles a week with somedays…
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Reached the bottom
Greetings! I remember being overweight from the time I was 4 years old. When I was going into college, I went on the diabetic diet and went from 272 pounds to 200 pounds. It did wonders for my self confidence:). By the time I was working full time, I had ballooned back to 275 pounds. In 1984, I went back to the diabetic…
